Detatoko Princess (Japanese: でたとこプリンセス, Hepburn: Detatoko Purinsesu, lit. "Suddenly Princess") is a Japanese manga written by Hitoshi Okuda and serialised in Dragon Magazine from 1994 to 1999. The individual chapters were published in six bound volumes by Fujimi Shobo.
Detatoko Princess | |
でたとこプリンセス (Detatoko Purinsesu) | |
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Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
Manga | |
Written by | Hitoshi Okuda |
Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
Magazine | Dragon Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1994 – 1999 |
Volumes | 6 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
Produced by |
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Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
Music by | Takeo Miratsu |
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Licensed by | |
Released | December 1, 1997 – May 21, 1998 |
Runtime | 30 minutes each |
Episodes | 3 |
The manga was adapted into a 3-episode original video animation, created by J.C.Staff and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. The 3 episodes were released in Japan between December 1, 1997, and May 21, 1998. In the United States the OVA was released by AnimeWorks, a division of Media Blasters, in May 2004.[1]
Fujimi Shobo published the manga's six tankōbon between January 1994 and December 1998.[2][3]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | January 1994[2] | 978-4-82-918337-3 |
2 | July 1995[4] | 978-4-04-926074-8 |
3 | August 1996[5] | 978-4-04-926094-6 |
4 | October 1997[6] | 978-4-04-926114-1 |
5 | April 1998[7] | 978-4-04-926121-9 |
6 | December 1998[3] | 978-4-04-926130-1 |
The OVAs uses two pieces of theme music. The opening theme is "Chocolat au lait" (ショコラ・オ・レ, Shokora.O.Re), while "Tenshi No O Heso" (天使のおへそ) is the series' ending theme.
On May 25, 2004, AnimeWorks released a DVD containing the three OVAs.[8]
Anime News Network's Bamboo Dong criticised the OVAs for taking "every fantasy stereotype and embraces it, making no pretence of the fact that they're trying to milk every cliché".[9]