“At all-boys school, Tooru is forced to crossdress as a "Princess" to boost student morale.”
Princess Princess
プリンセス・プリンセス
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Synopsis
At all-boys school, Tooru is forced to crossdress as a "Princess" to boost student morale.
Tooru Kouno's attractive appearance draws unexpected attention on his first day at an all-boys school. Having to transfer to a school without girls has been bad enough, but adding to his list of frustrations are boys staring at him all day long. However, he hopes that there may be girls around, since he ran into a lovely pink-haired girl on campus earlier that day. After being escorted to his dorm by his classmate, Yuujirou Shihoudani, he meets a student named Mikoto Yutaka, who looks eerily similar to the girl he saw previously. To his shock, he realizes Mikoto is the girl and confronts him about this revelation. Yuujirou divulges that he and Mikoto crossdress as part of their job: a school tradition in which attractive first years are chosen as idols called "Princesses" in order to boost the morale of the students—and because of his looks, Tooru has been chosen by the student council as their third Princess!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
What 21 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.82 · split reception
6.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.0
↓ 1.52
Running avg · Aug 2007 → Apr 2025
- 8 “This was genuinely great entertainment that kept me hooked enough that I couldn't stop watching, and I particularly loved how the cross-dressing provided funny comedy while the story successfully...”
- 7 “Toru, Yuujiro, and Mikoto are absolutely heart-stealing characters, and I appreciated how the series recognized the weirdness of its princess premise by genuinely exploring each character's...”
- 10 “I really enjoyed this fun anime filled with humor, mild suspense, and suggestive relationships, particularly loving the characters Tooru, Shihoudani and Mikoto and appreciating how the Princess...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2006 – Jun 2006 Spring 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0823 catalog
Produced by
- TV Asahi Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor