The Price of Smiles
2019 • Tatsunoko Production
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2019
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Tatsunoko Production
- Genres
- Drama · Fantasy · Mecha · Slice of Life
Original animation celebrating Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary.
On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yuuki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace.
Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold … and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua.
"Yuuki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!"
"…No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!"
Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling ... for smiling is essential to living.
This is a story of two girls born on distant planets.
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The Price of Smiles, released in 2019, was produced by Tatsunoko Production to mark the studio's 55th anniversary. The series is set on a distant planet where two protagonists, Princess Yuki and the soldier Stella, navigate a conflict that forces them to grapple with the emotional costs of duty and survival in a kingdom defined by perpetual artificial joy.
Directed by Toshimasa Suzuki with series composition by Shinichi Inotsume, the production sought to blend a melancholic, character-driven drama with the aesthetic hallmarks of a traditional sci-fi anime. While it was highly anticipated for its unique premise and anniversary milestone, it received a mixed critical reception, with many viewers finding the shift between the perspectives of the two leads to be a challenging narrative structure.
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