エガオノダイカ
The Price of Smiles
🚪 Often abandoned
Original animation celebrating Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary. On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yuuki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold … and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua. "Yuuki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!" "…No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!" Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling ... for smiling is essential to living. This is a story of two girls born on distant planets. (Source: Tatsunoko)
Names
| Original | エガオノダイカ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Egao no Daika |
| English | The Price of Smiles |
| Chinese | 笑容的代價 (traditional · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | The Cost of Smiles |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2019-01-04 → 2019-03-22 (Winter 2019) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | DramaFantasyMechaSlice of Life |
| Themes | WarFemale ProtagonistRobotsPoliticsCGIReal Robot |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · YouTube |
Reception
| Community score | 5.72 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.20 / 10 |
| Composite | 34.0 |
| On lists | 12,514 |
| Favourited | 73 (0.6%) |
| Completion | 59.9% |
| Drop rate | 24.6% |
| In backlog | 32.6% |
| Score spread σ | 1.99 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production | E | 53 of 54 |
| Broadcast season | Winter 2019 | E | 72 of 79 |
| Year | 2019 | E | 318 of 339 |
| Genre | Mecha | E | 475 of 484 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | E | 1,488 of 1,557 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | E | 1,543 of 1,578 |
| Source material | Original work | E | 1,641 of 1,732 |
| Era | Late 2010s | E | 1,732 of 1,863 |
| Genre | Drama | E | 1,874 of 1,917 |
| Genre | Fantasy | E | 2,071 of 2,142 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,541 of 2,668 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,196 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,884 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Toshimasa Suzuki, Takuya Ebisawa |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Shinichi Inozume |
| Character design | Naoto Nakamura |
AniList id 104674 · MAL id 38544 · record updated 2026-08-26

