Anmitsu Hime
{{short description|Japanese media franchise based on a manga of the same name}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Anmitsu Hime
| image = Anmitsu DVD2.jpg
| caption = Cover of the second DVD box for the anime.
| ja_kanji = あんみつ姫
| ja_romaji =
| genre = Fantasy, Comedy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Shosuke Kurakane
| publisher = Kobunsha
| demographic = Shōjo
| magazine = Shōjo
| first = May 1949
| last = April 1955
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| title = Anmitsu Hime: Amakara no Shiro Maki
{{noitalic|あんみつ姫・甘辛城の巻}}
| director = Shigeo Nakagi
| producer =
| writer =
| music = Nobuaki Asai
| studio =
| licensee =
| released = {{Start date|1954|11|10}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| title = Anmitsu Hime: Amakara no Shiro Maki
{{noitalic|あんみつ姫・甘辛城の巻}}
| director = Shigeo Nakagi
| producer =
| writer =
| music = Nobuaki Asai
| studio =
| licensee =
| released = {{Start date|1954|11|23}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| title = Warrior Training of Anmitsu Hime
{{noitalic|あんみつ姫の武者修行}}
| director = Tatsuho Osone
| producer =
| writer =
| music = Mitsuo Kato
| studio = Shochiku
| licensee =
| released = {{Start date|1960|12|27}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = drama
| title = Anmitsu Hime: Yōjutsu Kurabe no Maki
{{noitalic|あんみつ姫・妖術競べの巻}}
| director =
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| network = KRT
| first = December 1, 1958
| last = October 28, 1960
| episodes = 100
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = special
| title =
| director = Akihiro Oguro
| producer =
| writer = Keiji Okutsu
| music =
| studio = Telepack
Fuji Television
| licensee =
| network = FNS (Fuji TV)
| released = {{Start date|1983|05|23}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = special
| title =
| director = Akihiro Oguro
| producer =
| writer = Keiji Okutsu
| music =
| studio = Telepack
Fuji Television
| licensee =
| network = FNS (Fuji TV)
| released = {{Start date|1983|10|17}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = special
| title =
| director = Shuji Sugimura
| producer =
| writer = Keiji Okutsu
| music =
| studio = Telepack
Fuji Television
| licensee =
| network = FNS (Fuji TV)
| released = {{Start date|1984|01|09}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Izumi Takemoto
| publisher = Kodansha
| demographic = Shōjo
| magazine = Nakayoshi
| first = September 1986
| last = October 1987
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| title = Anmitsu Hime: From Amakara Castle
| director = Masami Annō (chief)
| producer = Yoshitaki Suzuki (Studio Pierrot)
Ryūnosuke Endō (Fuji TV)
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiko)
| writer = Yoshio Urasawa
Yoshiyuki Suga
| music = Kan Ogasawara
| studio = Studio Pierrot
| network = Fuji TV
| first = October 5, 1986
| last = September 27, 1987
| episodes = 51
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live tv film
| title =
| director = Masaki Nishiura
| producer = Sumi Asano{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1165248/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title = Anmitsu hime (TV Movie 2008) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}
| writer = Yoshihiro Izumi
| music =
| studio = Fuji Television
FCC
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| released = {{Start date|2008|01|06}}
| runtime =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live tv film
| title =
| director = Masaki Nishiura
| producer = Sumi Asano
| writer = Yoshihiro Izumi
| music =
| studio = Fuji Television
FCC
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| released = {{Start date|2009|01|11}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo||あんみつ姫|Anmitsu Hime|"Princess Anmitsu"}}, known outside Japan as Sugar Princess, is a manga series by Shosuke Kurakane. The original manga was serialized between 1949 and 1955. In 1986, Izumi Takemoto retold the original manga series, releasing it under the same title and simultaneously with the anime adaptation.
Plot
Anmitsu is a beautiful princess living happily at the Amakara Castle. She is a tomboy and doesn't act very ladylike. When Anmitsu turns ten years old, her parents present her with a tutor named Castella, who's from the Pudding Kingdom, in hopes of getting Anmitsu more serious about being a princess. Nonetheless, Anmitsu is still up to her usual antics and frequently escapes from the castle to have fun. However, she learns many things about the world outside the castle and about life in general in her adventures. She also makes new friends and continues to cause trouble for the royalty in Amakara Castle.
Media
=Manga=
The manga was published in Kobunsha's Shōjo magazine from 1949 to 1955. The series helped boost the magazine's circulation to 700,000 copies.{{Cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Manga|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetomang00yada|url-access=limited|last=Yadao|first=Jason S.|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2009|isbn=978-1858285610|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetomang00yada/page/n24 15]}} It was one of the most popular manga of the early 1950s.{{Cite book|last=Power|first=Natsu Onoda|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/9970|title=God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga|date=2009|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-478-2|language=en}}
=Live-action adaptations=
The first adaptations of Anmitsu Hime came in 1954 with two films. Both starred Izumi Yukimura as Anmitsu Hime. Another film was made in 1960, but with an entirely new staff and cast, starring Haruko Wanibuchi as Animtsu Hime.
==Live-action television dramas==
- The first TV drama series was broadcast in 1958–1960, featuring Misao Nakahara as Princess Anmitsu.
- The second TV drama series was broadcast in 1983–1984, featuring Kyōko Koizumi as Princess Anmitsu.
- The third TV drama mini-series was broadcast in 2008{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-26/classic-shojo-manga-anmitsu-hime-gets-television-drama|title=Classic Shōjo Manga Anmitsu-hime Gets Television Drama|date=July 10, 2023 }} and 2009{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-17/tv-drama-based-on-anmitsu-hime-shojo-manga-gets-sequel|title=TV Drama Based on Anmitsu-hime Shōjo Manga Gets Sequel|date=July 10, 2023 }} in the form of two television specials. They feature Mao Inoue as Princess Anmitsu.
=Anime television series=
An anime adaptation, called Anmitsu Hime: From Amakara Castle was made by Studio Pierrot (with planning cooperation from Tatsunoko Production, who produced the show that previously was in Anmitsu-hime's timeslot: Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman) that aired on Fuji TV from October 5, 1986, to September 27, 1987, for a 51-episode run."[http://pierrot.jp/english/title/amakara.html Sugar Princess] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220115920/http://pierrot.jp/english/title/amakara.html |date=February 20, 2009 }}". Studio Pierrot. Retrieved on February 10, 2009. The broadcast time is from 18:00 to 18:30 on Sunday, it is the time zone which is assigned to "Chibi Maruko-chan" since 1990.
The series is about a tomboy princess in the late Edo-period world, but with modern-day technology. This anime is tied up with the "Dream Factory" and "Sunset Meow Meow" that were planned by Fuji TV at that time, stories of Princess Anmitsu visiting the "Dream Factory" appears in this anime, and theme songs are also sung by the Onyanko Club.
;Theme songs
- Opening theme : Koi wa Question
- : Singer : Onyanko Club / Lyricist : Yasushi Akimoto / Composer : Akira Mitake / Arranger : Akira Mitake
- Ending theme : {{nihongo|"Anmitsu Great Strategy"|あんみつ大作戦|Anmitsu Dai Sakusen}}
- : Singer : Onyanko Club / Lyricist : Yasushi Akimoto / Composer : Hiro Nagasawa / Arranger : Etsuko Yamakawa
==Anime staff==
- Director : Masami Annō
- Series composition : Yoshio Urasawa
- Scenario : Yoshio Urasawa, Yoshiyuki Suga
- Character design : Kōji Nanke
- Music : Kan Ogasawara
- Sound director : Fusanobu Fujiyama
- Animation director : Yoshiyuki Kishi
- Art director : Torao Arai
- Producer : Yoshitaki Suzuki (Studio Pierrot), Ryūnosuke Endō (Fuji TV), Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiko Advertising)
- Planning : Kazuo Shimamura (Yomiko Advertising)
- Production Desk : Ken Hagino
==Anime cast==
- Princess Anmitsu : Mami Koyama{{Cite web |url=http://pierrot.jp/archives/tv_list_1985/tv_013.html |title=株式会社ぴえろ 公式サイト |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232200/http://pierrot.jp/archives/tv_list_1985/tv_013.html |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
- Awanodango no Kami : Takuzō Kamiyama
- Shibucha : Hisako Kyōda
- Hikozaemon Abekawa : Jōji Yanami
- Court Lady Ohagi : Reiko Suzuki
- Kaki no Tanesuke : Shigeru Chiba
- Amaguri no Suke : Yūko Mita
- Manjū : Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Shiomame : Sakurako Hoshino
- Sembei : Tesshō Genda
- Gen'ai Hiraga : Kei Tomiyama
- Narrator : Tomoko Ōno
=Video game=
{{Main|Alex Kidd: High-Tech World}}
A Master System video game based on the series was made, and translated for the Europe, North America and Oceania markets as Alex Kidd in High-Tech World, with the main character replaced with Alex Kidd and other characters and parts of the game slightly edited to fit the change from a female to a male protagonist; where as the goal of Anmitsu Hime is to reach a cake shop in time before it closes, the localized version changes this to a game center.
References
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External links
- [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0240490.htm Anmitsu Hime film list]
- [http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/joyjoy/joy11.html Sega Joy Joy news #11] contains info on the game
- [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/anmitsu/index.html Fuji TV page] contains info on the 2008 drama {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010181224/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/anmitsu2/ Fuji TV page] contains info on the 2009 drama {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|manga|3724}}
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Category:1986 anime television series debuts
Category:Comedy anime and manga
Category:Fantasy anime and manga
Category:Fuji Television original programming