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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Princess Knight
1999 0h 8m JA
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7.5
BANGER
★7.5TMDB · 2
AnimationAdventureFantasy
Synopsis
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In heaven, boys and girls were assigned their gender by being given a blue heart for boys and a red heart for girls. One of the cherubs does not want to stop being a cherub, so he gives one of the girls (Zafiro) his blue heart, because of Cachito's mischief, who is sent to earth as punishment to correct his mistake. The story really begins when, after a few years, the elf-like angel finds the girl and tries to convince her to return the extra blue heart he gave her. At birth, her situation is already complicated: in her kingdom, the Salic law prevails, so the king passes his baby girl off as a boy to prevent unscrupulous nobles from seizing power.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Yumi Touma
Sapphire (voice)
Chafurin
Duke Duralumin (voice)
Eiji Maruyama
King (voice)
Miho Yamada
Queen (voice)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Masayoshi Nishida
- Writers
- Osamu Tezuka, Mayumi Morita
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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3 / 5
RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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4 / 5
CAST
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Yumi Touma and Chafurin and Eiji Maruyama carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Masayoshi Nishida directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Yumi Touma and Chafurin and Eiji Maruyama carry the top of the cast.
- 5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 8 min · 0h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Masayoshi Nishida
Production companies
Who made it
Tezuka Productions
JP
Key crew
- Original StoryOsamu Tezuka
- Art DirectionKazuo Okada
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1999-12-04
Also known as
International titles
- Ribbon no KishiJP
- 骑士公主CN
- 公主骑士CN
- 缎带骑士CN
- リボンの騎士（KYOTO手塚治虫ワールド上映版）JP
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