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“Team White Pigeon hunts a royal double agent codenamed Bishop amid Albion's spy tensions and betrayal.”
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler
7.54
1,954 rank · 46,370 viewers · 68 favorites
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Synopsis
Team White Pigeon hunts a royal double agent codenamed Bishop amid Albion's spy tensions and betrayal.
A failed assassination attempt on the Kingdom of Albion's queen causes spies on all sides to be questioned on their loyalty to their respective alliances. Amid the increasing tensions, Ange le Carré, Dorothy, Charlotte, and Chise Toudou have returned with a new assignment: to collect an antique bookstore owner held captive at the kingdom's prison. However, this simple mission is soon followed by fear when Control assigns the team to investigate a suspected double agent within the royal family. Ange and the other members of Team White Pigeon must face betrayal and bloodshed as they attempt to make contact with another spy while aware of only one thing: their codename, Bishop.
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7.6
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Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.02
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Strong agreement
σ 1.02 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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↓ 0.40
Running avg · May 2021 → Mar 2025
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- 7 “I always find it funny when studios try to sell a 50 minute long animation as a "movie". Like imagine going to a cinema to watch something that doesn't even last one hour. Rest assured, this is not...”
- 9 “First of all, if you haven't watched the anime yet, do that before watching this or else you won't understand some important plot points in this movie. Now, if you're reading this I'm assuming it's...”
- 8 “There are series that tend to fade into obscurity when they are finished, whether it be because their sequel took to long or perhaps they never generated a large following to begin with. Princess...”
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A Movie Production
Actas.- Format 1 × 53′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 53m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2021 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-14084 catalog
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor