The realism of a horse-drawn carriage carrying a princess in modern Japan notwithstanding, it was a competently directed chase scene that really deserved more butler combat scenes than it got–but perhaps that’s for a different show to specialize in. It was a relatively serious, slow-paced episode with a car-chase action sequence that seems inspired, more than anything else, by the Castle of Cagliostro. I mean, really, if you’re going to make a show based on an eroge with this premise….who exactly are you trying to placate here?Īs for the substance of the show: given that I was fully expecting a fanservice show, episode 1 came as a surprise.
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In a world where Kanokon and Queens Blade can become TV shows it just seems bizarre. I mean, considering the show’s origins, I can’t imagine this being shown on anything other than a very late night time slot anyway, whose primary audience are otakus. Anyone have any idea what timeslot this is getting placed in? Either this is a very inept ploy to boost DVD sales, or some wildly inconsistent censoring going on. Clumsily rendered black blurs replace panty shots, though most of the boob gropage remains, oddly enough.
In fact, this show seems to be primarily known for one thing: the ridiculous lengths to which fan-service is both offered and censored in the same breath. But since this show is called, after all, Princess Lover, and moreover it’s based on an eroge, we should come to expect that the conceit is mostly going to be used in the service of the fan, so to speak. Of course there is also Hayate no Gotoku for an all-purpose parody, as well as the various butler shows like Kamen no Maid Guy and Kuroshitsuji that have come in its wake. This is the basic plotline in Hana Yori Dango, parodied in Ouran High School Host Club, given the kid treatment in Gakuen Alice, etc. One thing I noticed right off the bat is how, at least in the first two episodes, this show is the shounen fan-service version of a standard shoujo plot: ordinary schmoe suddenly gets thrown into the life of the super-wealthy and transfers to the uber-exclusive private school, and must adjust to the class system therein. It’s great to be so current! And so out of character from my tastes….
Another enforced anime club viewing brings you, dear readers, a first impressions post of a summer show when everyone else seems to be doing their fall preview posts.
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