プリンセス・プリンシパル

Princess Principal

The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases. (Source: Official Website)

Names

Original	プリンセス・プリンシパル (japanese)
Romaji	Princess Principal
English	Princess Principal
Chinese	首长公主 (simplified · via wikidata)

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2017-07-09 → 2017-09-24 (Summer 2017)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Studio 3Hz, Actas
Source	Original work
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Action Adventure Sci-Fi
Themes	Espionage Female Protagonist Steampunk Primarily Female Cast Foreign Achronological Order Episodic Urban Fantasy Boarding School Historical Primarily Teen Cast Guns
Streaming	Amazon Prime Video · YouTube · Hoopla

Reception

Community score	7.59 / 10
Bayesian score	7.59 / 10
Composite	58.8
On lists	70,527
Favourited	1,387 (2.0%)
Completion	77.6%
Drop rate	6.9%
In backlog	44.0%
Score spread σ	1.46
MyAnimeList	7.67 / 10

Score distribution

11012713207437351,06162,20675,91787,54294,222101,667

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Studio 3Hz	—	2 of 18
Studio	Actas	B	10 of 45
Broadcast season	Summer 2017	B	17 of 88
Year	2017	B	57 of 376
Genre	Sci-Fi	B	194 of 1,409
Source material	Original work	B	218 of 1,732
Season (all years)	Summer	B	269 of 1,662
Genre	Adventure	B	300 of 1,534
Era	Late 2010s	B	307 of 1,863
Length	Single-cour	B	520 of 2,668
Genre	Action	B	532 of 2,765
Format	TV series	B	714 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	1,140 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Masaki Tachibana, Nobutaka Ike
Series composition	Ichirou Ookouchi
Character design	Kouhaku Kuroboshi, Yukie Akiya
Original creator	Kouhaku Kuroboshi