Princess Tutu, eps 1-5

[telophase]

Just watched the first DVD of Princess Tutu.

Yup, on crack.

Basic storyline: Duck, the main character, is a duck. Who is also a girl. Girl-Duck is a ballet student in some fairytale Eurpoean town, and has a massive crush on a classmate who has a strangely flat affect. She discovers that fairytales have come to life, that there's a Prince that needs rescuing, that she really is a duck, and that she can turn into Princess Tutu, ballet-dancing defender of justice.

Um. Yeah. :) On crack, amusing, silly. I wasn't as OMGWTFBBQ? at it as others seem to be, but I think that's because it was recommended to me as being completely crack-induced, so I was expecting it.






Mind you, I wasn't exactly expecting the ballet-dancing anteater out for revenge, or the feline ballet master who keeps threatening the girls with marriage to him if they step out of line, or the fact that the sentient duck is the only one who thinks that's strange.

Comments

[aussa.livejournal.com]

Huh...
This makes me want to watch it...

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If you can put up with squeaky female voices, go right ahead. XD If it wasn't for the WTF? factor, the voices themselves would turn me off. *not a fan of high-pitched squealy voices*

[chibi-nasu.livejournal.com]

I love Tutu! I picked up the first DVD when Chris Patton kept talking about how much he was enjoying voicing it... I read the back cover and went o.O?! and was heavily considering putting it back on the shelf. I got it anyway.

And thoroughly enjoyed it. Still made me go o.O?! but I liked it, despite the fact that it isn't my usual cup of tea

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

It gets weirder and much richer from there. Don't worry- *everything* will be explained. Unforunately, you'll have to find the second season via bittorrent or someplace like that, which is utterly awesome. For some reason, ADV has been slow in releasing it.

[chibi-nasu.livejournal.com]

There was a dispute over the cover art, if memory serves me right. It'll be released, but...in a long while XD

Yeah, I have seen past the first volume

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

Same here. I'm glad I did. :D I love the ending.

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

What does the BBQ part mean?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's a parody. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=omgwtfbbq)

[octopedingenue]

I think I may have chosen to write my thesis on "Princess Tutu" just so I could make my advisor watch the episode with the ballerina anteater.

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

So awesome. I'm so glad you're watching this cause it's one of my favorites, and it doesn't get much discussion. The first five eps hooked me, but they're more episodic and in the magical girl mold than later eps. Also I LOVE the humor, but it gets much darker and deeper and less silly as it goes. (Except for that season 2 episode with Femio which is the best thing EVER.) And you know...I'll tell you...ever since Utena nothing phases me cause it didn't even seem that cracktastic to me. I'm all...anteater girls? Of COURSE there are anteater girls. And chihuaha boys and cat teachers? Well, why wouldn't there be? heh. Oh anime, my world view is forever warped because of you.

The lead character's name

[cks.livejournal.com]

I think that Ahiru's name makes more sense and is less jarring if you think of her as being called 'Ahiru' by people instead of 'Duck'. While her name means duck, I don't think that the other characters in Princess Tutu think of it that way. (Unlike names like 'Neko-sensei', which I suspect the characters are using literally since their teacher is a cat.)

(There's a long parade of anime characters with names that are actual Japanese words, often with important and/or punning meanings for the character. So Ahiru's name is in good company.)

Re: The lead character's name

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Her name doesn't bother me, actually. In a world where anteaters dance, I can easily accept that "Duck" is also a personal name. :) (Not to mention I've seen too much BBC comedy and read too many British books - I'm used to "duck" being used as a term of endearment.)