Scrapped Princess
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Cover art for the first light novel
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スクラップド・プリンセス (Sukurappudo Purinsesu) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Ichirō Sakaki |
| Illustrated by | Yukinobu Azumi |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
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| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| Original run | March 1999 – October 2005 |
| Volumes | 13, and 5 collections of short stories. |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ichiro Sakaki |
| Illustrated by | Yabuki Go |
| Published by | Kadokawa |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dragon Comics |
| Original run | 2002 – 2004 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Soichi Masui |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Studio | Bones |
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| Original network | WOWOW |
| English network | |
| Original run | 8 April 2003 – 7 October 2003 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Scrapped Princess (Japanese: スクラップド・プリンセス Hepburn: Sukurappudo Purinsesu?) is a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Yukinobu Azumi, also known as the popular adult dōjin artist Nakayohi Mogudan. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones. The character designs in the anime are by Takahiro Komori, who is also known for the designs on another anime series, Cowboy Bebop.
Scrapped Princess is notable for high quality animation, its music, which is composed by Masumi Itō, and its themes. It begins as high fantasy and then quickly mixes into varying degrees of post-apocalyptic and science fiction elements through the application of Clarke's third law. The atmosphere has undertones of sadness, though many of the characters and situations are superficially light-hearted.
The anime is distributed in the United States by Bandai Entertainment. There is also a manga adaptation which has also been published in the US by Tokyopop. The manga is only three volumes, and has no plot overlap with the anime; the only things in common are the three main characters, the idea of the Scrapped Princess, and the Mauser Faith they are running from. Between May and November 2007 three of the original light novels have been translated into English by Tokyopop.
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