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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2005-12-03 08:24 pm
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Princess Tutu, eps 1-5

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.

[identity profile] smithereen.livejournal.com 2005-12-04 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
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.