Kazuhiro Fujita's Short Stories#Puppet Princess
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Yoru no Uta.jpg
| caption = Yoru no Uta cover
| ja_kanji = 藤田和日郎短編集
| ja_romaji = Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Yoru no Uta
| author = Kazuhiro Fujita
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en =
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| published = July 18, 1995
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = ova
| title = Puppet Princess
| director = Hirotoshi Takaya
| producer = Masahito Yoshioka
| writer = Junichi Miyashita
| music = Kaoru Wada
| studio = TMS Entertainment
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Media Blasters
}}
| released = March 24, 2000
| runtime = 42 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Akatsuki no Uta
| author = Kazuhiro Fujita
| publisher = Shogakukan
| publisher_en =
| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| published = February 18, 2004
| volumes = 1
| volume_list =
}}
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{{Nihongo|Kazuhiro Fujita Short Stories|藤田和日郎短編集|Fujita Kazuhiro Tanpenshū|lead=yes}} is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita and published by Shogakukan. The first collection, Yoru no Uta, contains five stories and was released in July 1995. The second collection, Akatsuki no Uta, contains four stories and was released in February 2004.
An original video animation (OVA) adaptation of the story "Puppet Princess", from Yoru no Uta, was produced by TMS Entertainment and released in March 2000. It has been licensed in North America by Media Blasters.
Publication
The first collected volume, {{nihongo|Yoru no Uta|夜の歌||{{lit.}} "Night Songs"}}, includes five stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Zōkan between 1988 and 1994. The volume was released on July 18, 1995. The second collected volume, {{nihongo|Akatsuki no Uta|暁の歌||{{lit.}} "Dawn Songs"}}, includes four stories that were published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday between 1996 and 2003. It was released on February 18, 2004. Shogakukan re-released the volumes in a {{Transliteration|ja|bunkoban}} edition on April 15 and May 13, 2006.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤田和日郎短編傑作集 1 夜の歌（小学館文庫）|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091936516|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201109214503/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091936516|archive-date=November 9, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤田和日郎短編傑作集 2 暁の歌（小学館文庫）|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091936523|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201109214510/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091936523|archive-date=November 9, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}
=''Yoru no Uta''=
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|VolumeNumber = 1
|RelDate = July 18, 1995{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤田和日郎短編集 夜の歌|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091235611|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120180141/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4091235611|archive-date=November 20, 2004|language=ja}}
|ISBN = 4-09-123561-1
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{{Numbered list|start=1
|{{nihongo|"Puppet Princess"|からくりの君|Karakuri no Kimi}}
|{{nihongo|"Song of the Open Palm"|掌の歌|Tenohira no Uta}}
|{{nihongo|"Strange Ferry Tale"|連絡船奇譚|Renrakusen Kitan}}
|{{nihongo|"To the Merry-Go-Round!"|メリーゴーランドへ!|Merī gō Rando e!}}
|{{nihongo|"Shall We Go Out Walking by Night? – Part 1"|夜に散歩しないかね＜前編＞|Yoru ni Sanpo Shinai ka ne Zenpen}}
|{{nihongo|"Shall We Go Out Walking by Night? – Part 2"|夜に散歩しないかね＜後編＞|Yoru ni Sanpo Shinai ka ne Kōhen}}
}}
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=''Akatsuki no Uta''=
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|VolumeNumber = 1
|RelDate = February 18, 2004{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤田和日郎短編集 暁の歌|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=409123562X|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120180144/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=409123562X|archive-date=November 20, 2004|language=ja}}
|ISBN = 4-09-123562-X
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|{{nihongo|"Attack of a Moment – Part 1"|瞬撃の虚空（前編）|Shungeki no Kokū (Zenpen)}}
|{{nihongo|"Attack of a Moment – Part 2"|瞬撃の虚空（後編）|Shungeki no Kokū (Kōhen)}}
|{{nihongo|"In the Sky, a Feather..."|空に羽が…|Sora ni Hane ga…}}
|{{nihongo|"Gemel's Shop of Space Weapons – Part 1"|ゲメル宇宙武器店（前編）|Gemeru Uchū Buki-ten Zenpen}}
|{{nihongo|"Gemel's Shop of Space Weapons – Part 2"|ゲメル宇宙武器店（後編）|Gemeru Uchū Buki-ten Kōhen}}
|{{nihongo|"The Advent of Gastroking"|美食王の到着|Gasutokingu no Tōchaku}}
}}
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''Puppet Princess''
{{Nihongo|"Puppet Princess"|からくりの君|Karakuri no Kimi}}, a story included in the Yoru no Uta collection, was adapted into a 42-minute original video animation (OVA) produced by TMS Entertainment and released on March 24, 2000, on VHS.{{cite web|script-title=ja:からくりの君|url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/2000s/591401.html|publisher=TMS Entertainment|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201109231909/https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/2000s/591401.html|archive-date=November 9, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:その他 VHS|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/951012415|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241202214456/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori/kaitori_detail/951012415|archive-date=December 2, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} A DVD version was released as a bonus disc for the {{Nihongo|20th Anniversary of the Artistic Career: The Soul of Kazuhiro Fujita|画業20周年記念全集 藤田和日郎魂}} artbook on July 17, 2009.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤田和日郎魂|url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091990198|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501121158/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091990198|archive-date=May 1, 2015|language=ja}}
In December 2000, Media Blasters announced that it had licensed the OVA in North America, and it was released on VHS and DVD on September 25, 2001.{{cite web|title=Media Blasters Aquisitions [sic]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-12-09/media-blasters-aquisitions|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 9, 2020|date=December 9, 2000|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109192416/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-12-09/media-blasters-aquisitions|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Media Blasters Delays|url=http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php?id=2024|publisher=AnimeNation|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112124055/http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php?id=2024|archive-date=November 12, 2004|date=June 7, 2001}}{{cite web|title=Puppet Princess (D)|url=http://cave3.red5interactive.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/209247040105017425/browse/item/48364/4/0/0|publisher=Right Stuf|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624142520/http://cave3.red5interactive.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/209247040105017425/browse/item/48364/4/0/0|archive-date=June 24, 2001}}{{cite web|title=Puppet Princess DVD (Hyb)|url=http://cave3.red5interactive.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/209247040105021356/browse/item/48365/4/0/0|publisher=Right Stuf|access-date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624155104/http://cave3.red5interactive.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/209247040105021356/browse/item/48365/4/0/0|archive-date=June 24, 2001}} In August 2020, Media Blasters announced that the OVA would be released on Blu-ray.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Media Blasters to Release Puppet Princess Anime on Blu-Ray Disc|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-21/media-blasters-to-release-puppet-princess-anime-on-blu-ray-disc/.163180|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 9, 2020|date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102191328/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-21/media-blasters-to-release-puppet-princess-anime-on-blu-ray-disc/.163180|url-status=live}} It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 23, 2021.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 21-27 - News [2021-02-23]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-23/north-american-anime-manga-releases-february-21-27/.169870|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 4, 2021|date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802043939/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-23/north-american-anime-manga-releases-february-21-27/.169870|url-status=live}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Puppet Princess DVD – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/puppet-princess/dvd|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 28, 2002}}
- {{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Puppet Princess|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/562.php|publisher=Anime on DVD|date=September 25, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411002937/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/562.php|archive-date=April 11, 2005}}
- {{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Danica|title=Puppet Princess Anime is a Fun Romp of Ninja Escapism|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/puppet-princess-anime-is-a-fun-romp-of-ninja-escapism/|website=Otaku USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404043847/https://otakuusamagazine.com/puppet-princess-anime-is-a-fun-romp-of-ninja-escapism/|archive-date=April 4, 2021|date=April 1, 2021|url-status=live}}
External links
- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031015507/http://www.tms-e.com/library/tokushu/karakuri/|title=Puppet Princess at TMS Entertainment}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|ova|62|title=Puppet Princess}}
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{{TMS Entertainment OVAs}}