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Title (English) Sister Princess

Title (Japanese) Sister Princess

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Fantasy Novel

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Synopsis Whacked-out story of a teen stuck on an island with 12 little sisters.

Review What a goofy bit of shounen fluff! I just watched the first episode of "Sister Princess", the new King Records/TV Tokyo anime based upon the date-sim game from Media Works. The best way to describe this show is a cross between "Love Hina" and "To Heart", with more bizarreness than "Love Hina" and more girls than "To Heart". But all that said, this bit of late night shounen brain candy is still enjoyable in a "guilty pleasure" sense.
In a town of overachievers, hapless Wataru has just failed to get into university. But when he drags himself home in continuous denial, he finds two of his family's M.I.B. retainers congratulating him on getting accepted, then throwing him into truck along with a suitcase to "take him to his new school". While bouncing around in the truck, Wataru dreams of being shut out of university. During the dream a little girl in a yellow dress and wide brimmed hat talks with him about his choices, in a scene that just has to be an homage to the "mini-Lum" in the second "Urusei Yatsura" movie, "Beautiful Dreamer".
After a long ride, Wataru is unceremoniously dumped alongside the seashore, from which he can see a nearby island with a strange, perverted statue on its peak. The retainers leave behind a certificate that congratulates and welcomes Wataru to "Promised Island - Stargazers Hill West University". Wataru is suddenly faced with the taxi-boat driver who bears an uncanny resemblance to his grandfather ( as do most of the adults that Wataru runs into ). Along with a girl ( who keeps looking at a photo of Wataru ) and an obnoxious guy, Wataru is taken over to Promised Island, which looks a lot like a large scale cross between Epcot Center and "The Village" from the old show, "The Prisoner".
But as soon as Wataru reaches the island, he starts to run into a series of pretty young girls who are all quite friendly in a mysterious way. They also all insist on referring to Wataru as "o-nii-chan". The rest of the episode is spent following Wataru as he drags his big suitcase up and down the mountain that makes up Promised Island, trying to orient himself. The episode ends with Wataru bumping into the girls that he has met so far, as they host a surprise welcome party for him.
The animation is only fair, albeit there is a bit of CG. The opening and closing theme songs are "classic" irritating squeaky voiced j-pop, but the BGM is pretty good, although it is sparsely used. The plot is pretty straight forward, but thankfully, there is enough humor to get over the slow parts. All-in-all, I've seen worse, and "Sister Princess" is no worse than a lot of the analogous shoujo wish fulfillment series. So I will continue to watch the show and see where it goes. Just don't expect too much in the way of "in depth analysis" from me on the show. (g) (Dave Baranyi)
Sister Princess my guilty pleasure of this season this series is a lot more fun than it ought to be. It is based upon a date-sim and at first glance appears to be no more than a cheap attempt to cash in on the popularity of Love Hina. But this whacked-out story of a teen stuck on an island with 12 little sisters is much more a cross between the old British cult favorite The Prisoner and the old feminist horror film The Stepford Wives. It doesnt take too many episodes to understand why the protagonists main response to everything that happens around him is Sono bakana! Rating A fun late night watch.
(Dave Baranyi)

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Episodes 26

Release

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2001 April 5 -

Production Sunrise

Broadcaster TV Tokyo

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Sister Princess
Title (Japanese)	Sister Princess
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes
Classification	-
Synopsis	Whacked-out story of a teen stuck on an island with 12 little sisters.
Review	What a goofy bit of shounen fluff! I just watched the first episode of "Sister Princess", the new King Records/TV Tokyo anime based upon the date-sim game from Media Works. The best way to describe this show is a cross between "Love Hina" and "To Heart", with more bizarreness than "Love Hina" and more girls than "To Heart". But all that said, this bit of late night shounen brain candy is still enjoyable in a "guilty pleasure" sense. In a town of overachievers, hapless Wataru has just failed to get into university. But when he drags himself home in continuous denial, he finds two of his family's M.I.B. retainers congratulating him on getting accepted, then throwing him into truck along with a suitcase to "take him to his new school". While bouncing around in the truck, Wataru dreams of being shut out of university. During the dream a little girl in a yellow dress and wide brimmed hat talks with him about his choices, in a scene that just has to be an homage to the "mini-Lum" in the second "Urusei Yatsura" movie, "Beautiful Dreamer". After a long ride, Wataru is unceremoniously dumped alongside the seashore, from which he can see a nearby island with a strange, perverted statue on its peak. The retainers leave behind a certificate that congratulates and welcomes Wataru to "Promised Island - Stargazers Hill West University". Wataru is suddenly faced with the taxi-boat driver who bears an uncanny resemblance to his grandfather ( as do most of the adults that Wataru runs into ). Along with a girl ( who keeps looking at a photo of Wataru ) and an obnoxious guy, Wataru is taken over to Promised Island, which looks a lot like a large scale cross between Epcot Center and "The Village" from the old show, "The Prisoner". But as soon as Wataru reaches the island, he starts to run into a series of pretty young girls who are all quite friendly in a mysterious way. They also all insist on referring to Wataru as "o-nii-chan". The rest of the episode is spent following Wataru as he drags his big suitcase up and down the mountain that makes up Promised Island, trying to orient himself. The episode ends with Wataru bumping into the girls that he has met so far, as they host a surprise welcome party for him. The animation is only fair, albeit there is a bit of CG. The opening and closing theme songs are "classic" irritating squeaky voiced j-pop, but the BGM is pretty good, although it is sparsely used. The plot is pretty straight forward, but thankfully, there is enough humor to get over the slow parts. All-in-all, I've seen worse, and "Sister Princess" is no worse than a lot of the analogous shoujo wish fulfillment series. So I will continue to watch the show and see where it goes. Just don't expect too much in the way of "in depth analysis" from me on the show. (g) (Dave Baranyi) Sister Princess my guilty pleasure of this season this series is a lot more fun than it ought to be. It is based upon a date-sim and at first glance appears to be no more than a cheap attempt to cash in on the popularity of Love Hina. But this whacked-out story of a teen stuck on an island with 12 little sisters is much more a cross between the old British cult favorite The Prisoner and the old feminist horror film The Stepford Wives. It doesnt take too many episodes to understand why the protagonists main response to everything that happens around him is Sono bakana! Rating A fun late night watch. (Dave Baranyi)
Credits
Episodes	26
Release
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2001 April 5 -
Production	Sunrise
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.