History Manga / PrincessKnight

!!This series provides examples of:

* FeministFantasy: Girls can't inherit the throne in this setting but due to a quirk in the MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality, Sapphire can.

* {{Tomboy}} surprisingly, it is not Saphire, whose princely finery still marks her out as a dandy, but Hecate who is dressed in stereotypical 1950's tomboy garb.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Sapphire pretends to be a boy out of political necessity.

* {{Roma}}: Emerald is the free-spirited Queen of the Gypsies in ''The Twin Knights''. She wears a tiny dress, dances wildly, and hates the thought of living by rigid social rules. There's also Mercedes, a hag-like fortuneteller and potion maker, and various other stereotypically-dressed types. Of note is that Emerald claims "Gypsies are above all else devout!"

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Plastic, despite being dimwitted and as pliable as his namesake, is eligible for the throne solely for being male.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Venus

** ''Deconstructed'' when [[spoiler:the help of Venus makes everything worse since help her isn't for free and [[DeconReconSwitch almost]] ruined the Happy Ending.]]

** In ''Twin Knights'', Silverland's society has progressed enough that half of the kingdom is certain that Princess Violetta would be a better heir than Prince Daisy. Also, unlike ''Princess Knight'', Violetta's aptitude for sword fighting and other traditionally unlady-like behavior isn't attributed to her having a "boy's heart".
* FluffyCloudHeaven: Where Tink is from and the unborn souls of children are.

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. The original manga series ran from 1953 to 1956 and proved popular enough to be granted a sequel, ''Twin Knights'', starring [[SpinOffspring Sapphire's daughter]] Princess Violetta on her search for her lost twin brother [[GenderBlenderName Prince Daisy]]. During the 60's Tezuka also made a TV anime adaption and an extended remake of the manga. Both versions followed roughly the original story up until close to its ending where they split off in their own directions. The new manga had Sapphire encountering the pirate Blood, fellow swords-woman Friebe and [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the goddess Venus]], all while overcoming [[spoiler: the permanent loss of her boy-heart]]. The anime also played around with some of these ideas, but quickly put them aside in favor of a longer StoryArc involving a new villain, Mr. X.

* TropeCodifier: This series codified the "[[{{Bifauxnen}} princely]] crossdressing heroine" trope that was later featured in ''RoseOfVersailles'' and ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. The original manga series ran from 1953 to 1956 and proved popular enough to be granted a sequel, ''Twin Knights'', starring [[SpinOffspring Sapphire's daughter]] Princess Violetta on her search for her lost twin brother [[GenderBlenderName Prince Daisy]]. During the 60's Tezuka also made a TV anime adaption and an extended remake of the manga. Both versions followed roughly the original story up until close to its ending where they split off in their own directions. The new manga had Sapphire encountering the pirate Blood, fellow swords-woman Friebe and [[ClassicalMythology the goddess Venus]], all while overcoming [[spoiler: the permanent loss of her boy-heart]]. The anime also played around with some of these ideas, but quickly put them aside in favor of a longer StoryArc involving a new villain, Mr. X.

* FantasyKitchenSink: A really weird example; apparently the Abrahamic {{God}} and the [[ClassicalMythology Greek gods]] exist in the same universe.

* DistressedDamsel: Although more often than not, it evolves into DamselOutOfDistress.

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:In the anime Sir Nylon, Duralumin's luckless henchman, finally snaps from the abuse and kills his boss, ruling Silverland for a very brief time as a drooling madman and puppet of Mr. X]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Duke Duralumin kills himself when he thinks his son is dying]].

* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Sapphire is one.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Blood retrieves a potion to save Sapphire's life at the cost of his own life. Although it turns out [[ShaggyDogStory he brought it back just a few moments too late]]]].

* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: Friebe has a brief fit of hysterical laughter when she finds out that the boy she's about to marry is actually a girl]].

** She dons it again in ''Twin Knights'', when [[spoiler:she and Violetta are imprisoned and she takes the opportunity to give her daughter swordfighting lessons.]] Violetta also has a similar one.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler: Marquis Oolong pretends to be a nutcase so that if any of his underlings plot to overthrow him, they'll be less covert about it and he'll be able to root them out]].

* PostClimaxConfrontation: [[spoiler:In the manga remake, Venus takes over as BigBad once Madame Hell and Duke Duralumin [[CharacterDeath are out of the picture]], and serves as the final obstacle of Sapphire's and Franz's love]].

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler: Oolong]].

** In ''Twin Knights'', Princess Violetta sets out to find her long-lost twin brother [[spoiler:to free her parents from prison and stop the usurpers taking over the kingdom.]]

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Sapphire's mom, and later on lots of people in the vicinity of the royal castle of Silverland]].
* TheMusical: In 2006, idol group MorningMusume made a musical adaptation with an all-female cast, aided by [[{{Takarazuka}} the Takarazuka Revue]]

* VoluntaryShapeshifter: Hecate can change into a variety of animals and creatures.

* FeministFantasy: Girls can't inherit the throne in this setting but due to a quirk in the MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality,Sapphire can.

* HeirClubForMen: If this were not the case, than Sapphire's dual identity would not be necessary.

* NoOntologicalInertia: Madam Hell is reminded at one point her flesh-to-stone spell will be reversed if she dies. [[spoiler: Sadly, this also applies to Hecate,as her mother literally ''made'' her using magic.]]

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. The original manga series ran from 1953 to 1956 and proved popular enough to be granted a sequel, ''Twin Knights'', starring [[SpinOffspring Sapphire's daughter]] princess Violetta on her search for her lost twin brother [[GenderBlenderName prince Daisy]]. During the 60's Tezuka also made a TV anime adaption and an extended remake of the manga. Both versions followed roughly the original story up until close to its ending where they split off in their own directions. The new manga had Sapphire encountering the pirate Blood, fellow swords-woman Friebe and [[ClassicalMythology the goddess Venus]], all while overcoming [[spoiler: the permanent loss of her boy-heart]]. The anime also played around with some of these ideas, but quickly put them aside in favor of a longer StoryArc involving a new villain, Mr. X.

* FeministFantasy: Girls can't inherit the throne in this setting but due to a quirk in the MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality,Sapphire can.

* KnightOfCerebus: Mr. X makes things a lot more serious

* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: Princess Sapphire is known as ''Prince'' Sapphire because it was the only way to keep the kingdom out of the evil duke's hands.

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Sapphire.

* DistressedDamsel: Although more often than not, it evolves into BadassDamsel.

* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]

* FeministFantasy
* FluffyCloudHeaven

* HeirClubForMen
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Blood retrieves a potion to save Sapphire's life at the cost of his own life. Although it turns out [[ShootTheShaggyDog he brought it back just a few moments too late]]]].

* JerkassGods: Venus.

* KnightOfCerebus: Mr. X.

* MagicFeather: Double subverted with [[spoiler: Sapphire's boy heart]] in the 60's manga. [[spoiler: The loss of it initially cripples her with fear, but she eventually learns to be just as brave without it.]]

* PostClimaxConfrontation: [[spoiler:In the manga remake, Venus takes over as BigBad once Madame Hell and Duke Duralumin [[KilledOffForReal are out of the picture]], and serves as the final obstacle of Sapphire's and Franz's love]].
* PunchClockVillain: Eros often disapproves of her mistress Venus's jealousy -- motivated plots, and alternates between following orders because it's her job and secretly subverting Venus's plans while hoping that Venus won't find out.
* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Tink looks like a little kid, but since he's [[OurAngelsAreDifferent an angel]] it's probably safe to assume he's much older.

* {{Satan}}: Also known as Mephisto. He desired, among other things, to steal Sapphire's unique twin-hearted soul. In his earthly form, he possessed powerful magic and NighInvulnerability, but was deathly afraid of angels, retreating whenever Tink blew his horn occasionally turning him into a ButtMonkey.

* WholesomeCrossdresser

** [[spoiler: Emerald intends to use a similar potion to save Violetta]] in Twin Knights, [[spoiler: but the mother wolf saves here in turn by taking her place.]]

* ActionGirl: Sapphire and Friebe.

* [[spoiler:PostClimaxConfrontation]]: [[spoiler:In the manga remake, Venus takes over as BigBad once Madame Hell and Duke Duralumin [[KilledOffForReal are out of the picture]], and serves as the final obstacle of Sapphire's and Franz's love]].

Aka ''Ribon no Kishi''[[hottip:*:Literally, Ribbon Knight or Knight of the Ribbon]] and ''Choppy and the Princess''.

The anime was broadcast in the United States as ''Princess Knight'' or ''Choppy and the Princess'', the latter being at first the title of a short movie made by mashing together three of the episodes. Distribution of the American version was spotty at best, and it wasn't until 2012 that the show got a proper DVD release. The 60's manga has received an English language two-volume collected release from Vertical inc in 2011 and a similar release of Twin Knights in 2013.

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. The original manga series ran from 1953 to 1956 and proved popular enough to be granted a sequel, ''Twin Knights'', starring [[SpinOffspring Sapphire's daughter]] princess Violetta on her search for her lost twin brother [[GenderBlenderName prince Daisy]]. During the 60's Tezuka also made a TV anime adaption and an extended remake of the manga. Both versions followed roughly the original story up until close to it's ending where they split off in their own directions. The new manga had Sapphire encountering the pirate Blood, fellow swords-woman Friebe and [[ClassicalMythology the goddess Venus]], all while overcoming [[spoiler: the permanent loss of her boy-heart]]. The anime also played around with some of these ideas, but quickly put them aside in favor of a longer StoryArc involving a new villain, Mr. X.

The anime was broadcast in the United States as ''Princess Knight'' or ''Choppy and the Princess'', the latter being at first the title of a short movie made by mashing together three of the episodes. Distribution of the American version was spotty at best, and it wasn't until 2012 that the show got a proper DVD release. The 60's manga has received an English language two-volume collected release from Vertical inc in 2011 and a similar release of Twin Knights is planned for 2013.

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. The original manga series ran from 1953 to 1956 and proved popular enough to be granted a sequel, ''Twin Knight'', starring [[SpinOffspring Sapphire's daughter]] princess Violetta on her search for her lost twin brother [[GenderBlenderName prince Daisy]]. During the 60's Tezuka made both a TV anime adaption and an extended remake of the manga. Both versions followed roughly the original story up until close to it's ending where they split off in their own directions. The new manga had Sapphire encountering the pirate Blood, fellow swords-woman Friebe and [[ClassicalMythology the goddess Venus]], all while overcoming [[spoiler: the permanent loss of her boy-heart]]. The anime also played around with some of these ideas, but quickly put them aside in favor of a longer StoryArc involving a new villain, Mr. X.

The anime was broadcast in the United States as ''Princess Knight'' or ''Choppy and the Princess'', the latter being at first the title of a short movie made by mashing together three of the episodes. Distribution of the American version was spotty at best, and it wasn't until 2012 that the show got a proper DVD release. The 60's manga has received an English language two-volume collected release from Vertical inc and a similar release of Twin Knight is also planned.

* DeusExMachina: Played straight in the finale.

''Ribon no Kishi'' was created by OsamuTezuka in 1953, and is one of the earliest {{shojo}} manga. There were four manga storylines, the third starting in 1963, and serving as the primary basis for the {{Anime}} version. The anime was broadcast in the United States as ''Princess Knight'' or ''Choppy and the Princess'', the latter being at first the title of a short movie made by mashing together three of the episodes. Distribution of the American version was spotty at best, and it wasn't until 2012 that the show got a proper DVD release. The manga has received an English language two-volume collected release. There's a sequel, ''Twin Knight'', about Sapphire's twin children, Daisy and Violetta.