L/R -Licensed by Royal-

L/R: Licensed by Royalty

Unranked — only 397 ratings (needs 400)

Jack Hofner and Rowe Rikenbacker are Cloud 7's L/R. Their job is to protect the Royal family of Ishtar, their treasures, and their reputation. Jack & Rowe face one of the toughest missions of their career when they are assigned to protect Noelle, a candidate for the 15 Year Princesse contest. It starts out simple, but soon all of Cloud 7 are involved in a web of intrigue that includes bombings, corruption and murder. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	L/R -Licensed by Royal- (latin)
Romaji	L/R -Licensed by Royal-
English	L/R: Licensed by Royalty
Chinese	L/R王室近卫队 (simplified · via wikidata)
Also known as	L/R

Facts

Format	TV series · 13 ep · 23 min · 5h total
Aired	2003-01-08 → 2003-03-26 (Winter 2003)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	TNK
Source	Original work
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Action Adventure Mystery
Themes	Episodic Espionage Guns Male Protagonist Terrorism Primarily Adult Cast Foreign Historical Work Royal Affairs Politics Fugitive Cars Urban

Reception

Community score	6.20 / 10
Bayesian score	— / 10
Composite	—
On lists	1,747
Favourited	9 (0.5%)
Completion	67.7%
Drop rate	12.1%
In backlog	55.5%
Score spread σ	1.98

Score distribution

1102103154365516107767840954107

Key staff

Director	Itsurou Kawasaki, Jirou Kouno
Series composition	Kazuki Matsui
Character design	Kayoko Nabeta, Masahiro Satou

AniList id 1456 · MAL id 1456 · record updated 2026-08-26