ひるね姫 ~知らないワタシの物語~
Napping Princess
This fender and genre-bending film takes us into the not-too-distant machine-driven future. Kokone should be diligently studying for her university entrance exams, but she just can't seem to stay awake. Aside from stealing precious study time, her napping is even more distracting, as it brings on strange dreams with warring machines that hint at family secrets that have been dormant for years. She can't ask her father, a hipster mechanic more talented and artful than his job requires, as he's always busy modifying motorcycles and cars in flights of fancy. What are these visions that lead Kokone at once closer to and farther away from her family? Like all the best anime, the film revels in multilayered fantasy to show how sometimes opposites—waking and dreaming, the past and the future—are far more intertwined than they appear. (Source: New York International Children's Film Festival)
Names
| Original | ひるね姫 ~知らないワタシの物語~ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari |
| English | Napping Princess |
| Chinese | 午睡公主 ~不為人知的故事~ (traditional · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me · Ancien and the Magic Tablet · Ancien e o Mundo Mágico · Ancien y el mundo mágico · Спящая принцесса |
Facts
| Format | Feature film · 1 ep · 111 min · 2h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2017-03-18 (Spring 2017) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Signal.MD |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionAdventureDramaFantasyMechaSci-Fi |
| Themes | CarsFemale ProtagonistArtificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentMotorcyclesEconomics |
| Streaming | Tubi TV · Tubi TV |
Reception
| Community score | 6.63 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.90 / 10 |
| Composite | 45.8 |
| On lists | 13,113 |
| Favourited | 70 (0.5%) |
| Completion | 90.8% |
| Drop rate | 1.9% |
| In backlog | 55.8% |
| Score spread σ | 1.68 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Signal.MD | C | 12 of 29 |
| Broadcast season | Spring 2017 | D | 66 of 101 |
| Year | 2017 | D | 238 of 376 |
| Genre | Mecha | D | 320 of 484 |
| Format | Feature film | E | 886 of 997 |
| Length | Movie | E | 886 of 997 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | D | 947 of 1,409 |
| Source material | Original work | D | 1,120 of 1,732 |
| Genre | Adventure | D | 1,141 of 1,534 |
| Era | Late 2010s | D | 1,170 of 1,863 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | D | 1,279 of 1,868 |
| Genre | Fantasy | D | 1,499 of 2,142 |
| Genre | Drama | D | 1,502 of 1,917 |
| Genre | Action | D | 1,982 of 2,765 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 4,785 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Kenji Kamiyama |
|---|---|
| Character design | Satoko Morikawa, Atsuko Sasaki, Tomoko Tsuji |
| Original creator | Satoko Morikawa |
Franchise — ひるね姫 ~知らないワタシの物語~
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| other | 2017 | Ancien to Mahou no Tablet: Mou Hitotsu no Hirune Hime |
AniList id 21788 · MAL id 33204 · record updated 2026-08-26

