“Yuuka revives Union School's Circlet Bout club to challenge Japan's top player, Chikage, after a fateful tie.”
Circlet Princess
CIRCLET PRINCESS(サークレット・プリンセス)
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Synopsis
Yuuka revives Union School's Circlet Bout club to challenge Japan's top player, Chikage, after a fateful tie.
Virtual Reality and the arrival of Circlet Technology has changed people's lives. A new competitive electronic sport called Circlet Bout emerges, and schools duel to determine the strongest Circlet Bout Club and player. One day, Yuuka Sasaki gets mistaken for a challenger and battles against Chikage Fujimura, the best player in Japan, tying the intense fight despite her inexperience. These events lead to her passion for the sport, deciding to become a Circlet Bout player. Two years later, Yuuka moves to Tokyo and enrolls in Union School, a place where she can practice and pursue her dream of fighting Chikage again. After her arrival at the Union School, she discovers the club closed. Now her first goal is to help the athletic Miyuki Kasahara and club manager Ayumu Aizawa reopen Union's Circle Bout Club and return it to its former glory.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.25
Running avg · Mar 2019 → Sep 2020
- 4 “Amumu is the only highlight of this show, which otherwise serves only as a source of fan service. The plot is nonsensical, the characters are generic tropes, the protagonist is completely...”
- 5 “The plot is handled well, making for an enjoyable time-waster or a simple guilty pleasure. However, the story remains quite basic, and the art and animation are unremarkable, failing to stand out...”
- 5 “The series offers some genuinely fun and cute moments, highlighted by charming character quirks like Yuuka’s sour plum obsession and the variety of weapons used in Circlet Bout. However, the...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Circlet Princess begins and ends here.
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2019 – Mar 2019 Winter 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-14339 catalog
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- Lantis Producer