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“All-male island academy trains elite heirs to become "Marginal Princes" through empire and alchemy studies.”
Marginal Prince: Gekkeiju no Ouji-tachi
マージナルプリンス -月桂樹の王子達-
5.78
11,832 rank · 15,359 viewers · 17 favorites
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Synopsis
All-male island academy trains elite heirs to become "Marginal Princes" through empire and alchemy studies.
"Marginal Prince" based off of the hit love simulation game series for girls! Yuta studies abroad in a tiny, far away island in the pacific ocean name Alphonso where he enters the all-dorm, all-male Alphonso Gakuen. However, the school is really a place for the children of the famous . . . and the school specializes in classes on empires and alchemy! And one day, after studying enough at the school, the students become known as "Marginal Princes"! Learn about the stories of fate and trial as each of the students studies to become kings! (Source: Crunchyroll)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
3.6
/10
What 9 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 1
σ 2.22
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.22 · split reception
The polarity gap
2.3 pts
Recommenders 4.5 · others 2.3
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.44
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “WARNING: It's NOT a boy's love at all, but only a regular BROMANCE. All the songs are literally about the love between a girl and his prince. I don't know why it's tagged like that but it's...”
- 4 “This anime was hard to watch mainly ,because of the lack of enternatinment it provided. Why this what turn in to an anime astonishes me. The only good aspects of this anime is the art work.”
- 5 “I've watched 6 episodes so far, and it's not too bad, but not good either. however I am confused about one thing : where in the hell in the shounen ai? I've only watched 6 episodes so probably...”
Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 56%
Long · 0%
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 Fall 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1744 catalog
Produced by
- GDH Producer
- Sotsu Music Publishing Producer