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.

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.

Characters

Lapis(ラピス, Rapisu)

Voiced by: Yūko Miyamura (Japanese); Laura Chyu (English)

Kohaku(コハク)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Peter Doyle (English)

Nandra(ナンドラ, Nandora)

Voiced by: Mika Kanai (Japanese); Philece Sampler (English)

Jii(爺)

Voiced by: Takeshi Aono (Japanese); Doug Stone (English)

Topaz(トパーズ)

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Jessica Gee (English)

Juwai(ジュワイ)

Voiced by: Shiho Niiyama (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)

Media

Manga

Fujimi Shobo published the manga's six tankōbon between January 1994 and December 1998.

Volume listing

No.Release dateISBN
1January 1994978-4-82-918337-3
2July 1995978-4-04-926074-8
3August 1996978-4-04-926094-6
4October 1997978-4-04-926114-1
5April 1998978-4-04-926121-9
6December 1998978-4-04-926130-1

OVAs

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.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal release date
1"Force Your Adorn Daughter to go on a Journey" Transliteration: "Kawaii Ko ni wa Muriyari Tabi Sasero" (Japanese: かわいい娘にはムリヤリ旅させろ)-Masashi Kubota[ja]-December 1, 1997(1997-12-01)
2"Face-Off at the Forest of Puddings" Transliteration: "Purin no Mori no Kettou" (Japanese: プリンの森の決闘)Katsuichi Nakayama[ja]Mayori Sekijima[ja]Katsuichi NakayamaMarch 21, 1998(1998-03-21)
3"Wraith of the Health Brother Trio" Transliteration: "Kyoufu no Kenkou San Kyoudai" (Japanese: 恐怖の健康三兄弟)-Masashi KubotaYoshiki YamakawaMay 21, 1998(1998-05-21)

Reception

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".

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