Ribon no Kishi
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The cover for Princess Knight volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition.
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リボンの騎士 (Ribon no Kishi) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Shōjo Club |
| Original run | January 1953 – January 1956 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| The Twin Knights | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | January 1958 – June 1958 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | January 1963 – October 1966 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Shōjo Friend |
| Original run | April 1967 – April 1968 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
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| Music by | Isao Tomita |
| Studio | Mushi Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| English network | Seven Network |
| Original run | April 2, 1967 – April 7, 1968 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Masayoshi Nishida |
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| Written by | Mayumi Morita |
| Music by | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| Studio | Media Vision |
| Released | 1999 |
| Runtime | 8 minutes |
Princess Knight, also known as Ribbon no Kishi (Japanese: リボンの騎士 Hepburn: Ribon no Kishi?, literally "Knight of Ribbons"), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Princess Sapphire, a girl who pretends to be a male prince to prevent the evil Duke Duralumin from inheriting the throne of Silverland.
It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo Club from 1953 to 1956, later collected and released into two tankōbon volumes. A television series was produced by Mushi Production, which aired on Japan's Fuji Television from 1967 to 1968. Princess Knight also ran through three other serializations between 1958 and 1968, and has spawned many types of related merchandise.
The television series was dubbed into English by Joe Oriolo in the 1970s, renamed Choppy and the Princess. It was released to American, Australian, and British television audiences, with home video releases to follow. The manga was first published in English by Kodansha International in 2001, with a newer version by Vertical in 2011.
For the most part, the story of the various serializations is the same, with only the fourth serialization being significantly different. The second serialization, The Twin Knights, is a sequel to the first.
Taking place in a medieval European-like fairy tale setting, Princess Knight is the story of young Princess Sapphire who must pretend to be a male prince so she can inherit the throne as women are not eligible to do so. As she is born, her father, the King, announces his baby is a boy instead of a girl. The reason for this is that the next-in-line to the throne, Duke Duralumin (ジュラルミン大公 Jurarumin Taikō?) (in the Right Stuf release, the character was named "Duralumon"; he is also known as "Jeralmin" and "Duke of Duralumin"), is an evil man who would repress the people if his son were to become king.
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