Anime of the Month (05/2009) - Princess TuTu

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In a close one this month, Princess TuTu has been chosen as the AotM for May 2009.

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Here's a brief synopsis of Volume 1, which is available from ADV Films:

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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=3596

You may now discuss the series, keeping in mind that any and all potential spoilers should be kept in tags like this:

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This is a spoiler
Also, don't forget to rate the series when you're finished.

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Woo! My nomination won


This show is really awesome, its one of the best animes in my opinion.
 
I've been wanting to try this for months. I'll have some commentary once I've made it through the first couple of discs.
 
Saw this a few months ago, very, very cute magical girl series. Enjoyed the whole ballet and story within a story aspect.
It also responsible for one of the Best AMVs ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZqxecCukg
 
Only saw one episode via Comcast On Demand, and it was very late in the series, so obviously I didn't know what was going on (nor could I really form much of an opinion on it). Still, it has classical music and that gains it some points in my book.
 
Wow seriously? I mean, I'm a big fan of magical girl anime but the premise of this kind of scared me off so I never saw it. But hey if it's getting this many good reviews...
 
I remeraber seeing most of the series on Anime Network, and I was immediately hooked, but after 15-20 episodes, I was slowly losing a bit of interest.

My interest in the series immediately stopped when
I heard about the ending, unfortunatly.
 
So I went and bought the collection based off all the praise in this thread. This better be worth it, not like I'm losing much.
 
I rented the first disc of this series from Netflix, last year, and despite a good nuraber of people thinking that this series is great, I didn't really care for it, too much. It may have been the ballet stuff in this series that turned me off.
 
I'm surprised people are shying away from this because of the "ballet" stuff.

Now, I'm no hardcore fanatic of ballet either, but I appreciate the fact that it treats ballet like an artform rather than an ornament to put into a show.

Curious as it is that people are "scared off" by ballet (though I really don't know exactly WHY ballet would be something that would incite "panicked" reactions--I would expect indifference at most) the truth is, you don't HAVE to like ballet to like this series. I like this series because of its wealthy references to fairy tales, both obscure and well-known. The fact that it's done its RESEARCH on classical music and ballet is a bonus. I also like that much of the show is staged like an opera--it's very theatrical and stylized. Characters emote and gesture in a very "unrealistic" manner but the show still manages to retain the "filmic" quality of an anime series.

It's really an intelligently crafted series and if you REALLY wanted to try something a bit different in anime, Tutu is one of the best "unique" anime to come in recent years.

Also, if you like the show enough, check out the translator's commentary on the ADV sets (don't know if the new one released includes them). You'll gain an appreciation for just how densely researched in European and Asian lore this show really is.

And as for the ending, I thought it was GREAT. Fairy tales SHOULD have decisive, uncompromising endings and Tutu didn't bend an inch to settle for a "Hollywood" ending. I think we're too used to thinking the Hollywood ending is the "good" ending when in actuality they're very phony. If Tutu had ended like many people wanted it to, I would have lost all respect for the show because then it would have "compromised" to please fans.

I guess it may seem like I'm gushing a bit much, but in an era where anime that tries to be "different" comes along once in a blue moon, Tutu is like a goRABend. If I had to pick ONE anime from 2000-2009 to take with me to a desert island, Tutu would definitely be a top 5 contender.
 
Wow, this is really a joy to watch. I've seen four episodes so far. It's an outright unapologetic fairy tale, and with each episode just a bit more is revealed, so there's motivation to keep watching besides the seemingly obligatory scene of TuTu dancing her way toward recovering another part of the the heart of the "prince." Duck's two frienRAB also do their part for comic relief, offering endless energy and exaggerated expressions.

The classical music seals the deal. This series has my nuraber, it's beautiful stuff. What I wonder at the moment is who the "raven" is in the story.
 
I haven't seen this show yet, but because of all of the positive things I have heard about this show, and for the fact that Junichi Sato and Ikuko Itoh of Sailor Moon fame worked on this, it's definitely on my "Anime To Watch Hopefully Soon" list. Helps that classical music is in this.
 
I watched the first episode and I thought "Uh, I don't get it..."

I moved on to the second episode and I thought "Oh! I get it now! This show is cool!"

The fairy tale-like feel of the story and its use of classical music is superb.
 
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