Marginal Prince

DirectedbyTakayuki Inagaki

Producedby

Kai Izumi
Mitsuhiro Hata
Ritsuko Inoue
Hideyuki Nanba

WrittenbyRitsuko Hayasaka

MusicbyYasunori Iwasaki

マージナルプリンス-月桂樹の王子達- (Mājinaru Purinsu - Gekkeiju no Ōji-tachi)
Marginal Prince
Anime television series
Directed by	Takayuki Inagaki
Produced by	Kai Izumi Mitsuhiro Hata Ritsuko Inoue Hideyuki Nanba
Written by	Ritsuko Hayasaka
Music by	Yasunori Iwasaki
Studio	Tokyo Kids Studio T&B Gonzo
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama
Original run	October 1, 2006 – December 24, 2006
Episodes	13

Marginal Prince (マージナルプリンス-月桂樹の王子達-, Mājinaru Purinsu - Gekkeiju no Ōji-tachi) is a Japanese anime television series. The anime is based on Japanese cell phone service NTT DoCoMo's dating simulation game released on August 15, 2005. The anime, directed by Takayuki Inagaki, premiered on both Tokyo MX TV and TV Saitama on October 1, 2006. The anime's 13 episodes were released between October 1, 2006, and December 24, 2006. An extra episode was released on July 19, 2007.

Game

The game was played on Japanese cell phone network NTT DoCoMo. The goal of the game was to form romantic relationships and hear love songs. Speech recognition software was employed to allow the player to directly converse with the characters. The player made story choices, spoke with characters, and heard characters conversing with each other. Different images were displayed on the player's phone depending on conversation choices and clothing selections. The game offered multiple endings depending on player decisions throughout the game.

Anime

In the anime, the main character is Yuta rather than his sister. For that reason, the anime has more of a homosexual element than the game.

The anime uses two pieces of theme music. "Hanashitaku wa nai" by Flame is the series' opening theme, while "LOOK UP DAYS" by Michihiro Kuroda is the series' ending theme.

Victor Entertainment released seven DVDs for the anime, each containing two episodes of the anime. The first DVD was released on January 25, 2007.^[1] The second DVD was released on February 21, 2007.^[2] The third DVD was released on March 21, 2007.^[3] The fourth DVD was released on April 25, 2007.^[4] The fifth DVD was released on May 23, 2007.^[5] The sixth DVD was released on June 21, 2007.^[6] The final DVD was released on July 19, 2007.^[7] Crunchyroll streamed the series.^[8]

Episode listing

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Suiryoku no Esukuera (The Jade Escuela)" (翠緑のエスクエラ)	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)
2	"Akatsuki no Ēderushutain (The Edelstein Before Dawn)" (暁のエーデルシュタイン)	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)
3	"Genzō no Ipuse (The Illusion of Ipse)" (幻像のイプセ)	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)
4	"Yōkō no Foashupīru (The Vorspiel of the Sun [German: Prelude])" (陽光のフォアシュピール)	October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22)
5	"Junpaku no Memoria (The Purest Memoria)" (純白のメモリア)	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)
6	"Senkō no Aniverusēru (A Glorious Anniversaire)" (閃光のアニヴェルセール)	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)
7	"Umikaze no Toraifurusu (Trifles in the Breeze)" (海風のトライフルス)	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)
8	"Shin’en no Meizu (A Deep Maze)" (深遠のメイズ)	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)
9	"Arashi no Etoranze (A Stormy Etranger)" (嵐のエトランゼ)	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)
10	"Kokō no Torisuteitia (The High and Mighty Tristitia)" (孤高のトリスティティア)	December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
11	"Jōnetsu no Torovāre (Passionate Trovare)" (情熱のトロヴァーレ)	December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)
12	"Shukusai no Enpesāru (Empezar, the Offerer)" (祝祭のエンペサール)	December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17)
13	"Kenran no Apurōsu (Rousing Applause)" (絢爛のアプロース)	December 24, 2006 (2006-12-24)
Extra	"TOKYO merīgōrando (merry-go-land)" (TOKYOメリーゴーランド(The Extra Disc is not found until this year 2010, maybe no extra episode))	July 19, 2007 (2007-07-19)

Game CDs

Serendipity released three game music CDs. The first two CDs, Marginal Prince Songs 1 and Marginal Prince Songs 2, were both released on September 1, 2005. Both CDs were sung by Shun Someya, Ryotaro Okiayu and Hisayoshi Suganuma.^[9]^[10] The final CD, Marginal Prince Songs 2.1 -Stanislav Sokurov-, was released on January 22, 2006.^[11]

Drama CD

Serendipity released a drama CD, called Yuta Gakuin Tochaku Hen, for the anime on September 15, 2006.^[12]

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