Princess Tutu

What is Princess Tutu about?

Princess Tutu is a TV anime series of 38 episodes animated by Hal Film Maker, based on an original story written for the screen. It aired from August 16, 2002 to May 23, 2003. AniList classifies it as drama, fantasy, mahou shoujo and mystery.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Fairy Tale, Ballet, Dancing, Henshin, Female Protagonist, Boarding School, Anthropomorphism, Shapeshifting, Magic, Kuudere.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Ahiru Arima あひる

  Main character

  Ahiru is in all reality, a duck herself; however, in the beginning of the series she was turned into a human girl by Drosselmeyer. He also bestowed upon her a pendant which causes Ahiru to transform into her other-self, Princess Tutu. This was all caused by her desire to see Mytho, the Prince of the story, smile.

  Japanese voice: Nanae Katou

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  Fakir ふぁきあ

  Main character

  Fakir is the Knight of the story, and works through life watching over Mytho to protect the Prince as planned. He is purposely cold and rude near the beginning of the series in an effort to focus solely on Mytho, and also tries to sabotage Princess Tutu to give back the Prince's heart pieces.

  Japanese voice: Takahiro Sakurai

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  Mytho みゅうと

  Main character

  Mytho was once a heroic and kind Prince who protected the helpless, yet in one of his many battles he encountered a raven. The only way to defeat the monster was to shatter his heart to seal it away. In doing so, he lost all emotions and was left rather lifeless.

  Japanese voice: Naoki Yanagi

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  Rue Kuroha るう

  Main character

  Rue is a very difficult character to read. When the tale begins, she is in a relationship with Mytho more 'just because' than anything else, yet once Mytho is threatened from being taken away from her by gaining his heart, she finds that she does indeed care.

  Japanese voice: Nana Mizuki

Supporting characters

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  Drosselmeyer ドロッセルマイヤー

  Supporting character

  Drosselmeyer is an elderly man with a long, white beard. He's a writer and storyteller whose very genre-savvy, particularly when it comes to fairytales. He takes a passive role, commenting on the action and giving Ahiru and other characters little pushes in the direction he'd like to see the story go.

  Japanese voice: Noboru Mitani

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  Neko-sensei 猫先生

  Supporting character

  Neko-sensei is a teacher at the ballet school that the main characters attend. He has an odd obsession with being married, and even threatens his students that they will have to marry him if they keep making mistakes in class. Quite often, Ahiru is the one who gets tossed this warning throughout the series.

  Japanese voice: Yasunori Matsumoto

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  Edel エデル

  Supporting character

  Edel is a puppet made by Drosselmeyer, she acts as a guide to make sure all characters go through the set story as intended. She is merely a doll that cannot feel;

  Japanese voice: Akiko Hiramatsu

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  Uzura うずら

  Supporting character

  Uzura is a toddler-like doll created by Karon (Mytho and Fakir's adoptive father) from Edel's ashes. She plays a drum and semi-inadvertently helps Duck. However, her tendency to help turn Duck back into a girl with a splash of water often create awkward moments for both Duck and Fakir.

  Japanese voice: Erino Hazuki

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  Pique ぴけ

  Supporting character

  Pique (also Mai in the English translation) is one of Ahiru's classmates. She is the more tomboyish one of the group, and has a strong crush on Fakir.

  Japanese voice: Sachi Matsumoto

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  Lilie りりえ

  Supporting character

  Lilie (also known as Yuma in the English translation) is one of Ahiru's friends at the ballet school they attend. She has a habit of constantly saying how cute Ahiru is, and also seems to wish bad luck upon her just for a chance to do so but, in all truth she does wish the best for her friend.

  Japanese voice: Yuri Shiratori

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  Femio

  Supporting character

  Femio is a self proclaimed prince with a flair for the dramatic. Followed around by a servant carrying a lamp for dramatic lightning and rose petals for Femio to dramatically fall onto, he has the idea he is woeful and charming, never noticing the girls fleeing from him.

  Japanese voice: Papaya Suzuki

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  Autor あおとあ

  Supporting character

  A somewhat snobbish music student at the Academy who is obsessed with Drosselmeyer and his powers. After realizing Fakir is a descendant of Drosselmeyer, he becomes very interested in Fakir and encourages him to use the writing abilities Drosselmeyer once used to control the world.

  Japanese voice: Yuu Urata

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  Malen

  Supporting character

  Art student who appears in episode 9. She's got the feeling of obsession.

  Japanese voice: Erino Hazuki

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  Charon

  Supporting character

  Fakir's adoptive father, who told him everything about The Prince and the Raven story and about his fate. He had one of Mytho's heart shards, the feeling of regret (Episode 10).

  Japanese voice: Mugihito

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  Narrator ナレーター

  Supporting character

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  Japanese voice: Kyouko Kishida

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  Meerkat Brother 2

  Supporting character

  An extra voiced by Vic Mignogna. He appeared in episode 14 along with his four brothers telling Duck that they saw Fakir in the library.