Princess Knight
1967 • The Right Stuf International
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 1967
- Episodes
- 52
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- The Right Stuf International · Mushi Production · Hanabee Entertainment
- Genres
- Action · Fantasy · Mystery · Romance
Princess Sapphire is a girl raised as a Prince. Through the mischief of an angel, the princess is born with both a girl's body and boy's mind. Since there is no boy successor in her kingdom, Sapphire is raised as a boy, but evil ministers try to reveal her secret. Unable to put up with the kind of vicious conduct prevailing in the kingdom, Sapphire disguises herself as "Princess Knight" and wields her sword of justice.
This is an animated version of the girls' manga featuring Sapphire's romance and adventure, which marked the first made-for-TV animated program geared towards girls in Japan.
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Princess Knight, known in Japan as Ribon no Kishi, was produced by Mushi Production and first aired in 1967. Created by the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, the series holds historical significance as one of the earliest examples of shojo anime. Tezuka drew inspiration from the Takarazuka Revue, a famous all-female theatrical troupe, to craft the story of Princess Sapphire, a character who must juggle both masculine and feminine identities in a kingdom that denies women the right to inherit the throne.
The series is celebrated for its pioneering blend of high-fantasy adventure and complex gender politics, themes that were remarkably progressive for mid-1960s television. The Right Stuf International later brought the series to Western audiences, preserving its legacy as a foundational work of the magical girl genre. Critics and scholars often point to the character of Sapphire as a bridge between the classic Disney-influenced aesthetic of the era and the evolving narrative sophistication that would come to define modern anime.
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