Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime 1

  
  
  
  

Time to start off the new season with some sugary sweet extremely cute fun with Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime! Full summary this time ;)

OP is 「プリンセスはあきらめない」 by gal twin group FLIP-FLAP. Animation is great, I don't like the song quite as much...

Our story takes place on the Fushigiboshi, a rather strange place as the name says, where there are 7 kingdoms and the twin princesses of the title, ファイン (Fine, in red) and レイン (Rain, in blue) -- I don't see how they're twins, but I'll play along ;) -- are from the Sun Kingdom... And they're goofing off outside, definitely not acting like princesses, while Camelot (the maid), searches for them. The Princess Party is going to be held and the "Best Princess" will be chosen, so the princesses of the other 6 kingdoms are coming. One of them, Princess Leonne, arrives by glider, having a bit of a crash landing...

リオーネ萌え可愛すぎ！！

As Momotato said, Leonne should be the star of the show... Those ears! ;) (Updated: Oh, they're lion ears. So that would make them.... shishimimi?) Poor Leonne doesn't have any confidence in herself. She's afraid she'll mess up at the dance, so Fine and Rain try to cheer her up a bit... they can't dance too well.. Leonne leaves, looking a bit happier :)

A strange light comes from where the elevator is, and Fine and Rain go to check it out. The elevator takes them down... and at the bottom someone appears and talks to them.. a ghost? It's Princess Grace, the princess who saved the Fushigiboshi when the light of the Sun Kingdom disappeared and the kingdoms were covered in darkness. And now, the same thing is about to happen again... And the most un-princess-like princesses in the history of the Fushigiboshi are supposed to save it somehow. She gives Fine and Rain each a magical item, a Prominence, and of course, the requisite mascot character comes included, Pumo, to teach them how to do things.

And now Fine and Rain are late to the Princess Party, which has already begun. Prince Bright dances with Altessa, who seems to think she has the upper hand in the Best Princess competition, and then the other princesses. Fine and Rain finally make their very unelegant entrance to the party. Rain definitely has a thing for Prince Bright ;) She dances with him, but not too well, stepping on his foot. Princess Leonne is up next, but she still lacks confidence in herself..

But the lights in the ballroom go out, and Leonne starts crying... Fine and Rain decide to use the power of the Prominence to fix things and make Leonne happy, so it's henshin time! And after the transformation Fine and Rain use their powers, a spotlight appears over Leonne, and she has her dance with Prince Bright. Kawaii~ :) The lights come back on and the Best Princess is announced.. It's Princess Leonne! Yay :)

So everyone leaves, and Fine and Rain return to their room, Fine still with an empty stomach thinking about that cake she didn't even get a bite of, and Rain still thinking about Prince Bright. Camelot comes in with a stack of books intending to make them study quite a bit.. so what do you do in this situation? Fine and Rain run away... definitely the most un-princess-like princesses there are ;)

The ED is 「おしゃれファンタジー」, sung by Fine and Rain. Catchy waltz, and great animation to go with it :)

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What a fun show :) And top quality to match. Excellent animation by Hal Film Maker, excellent voice talent -- Mizuhashi Kaori (Sara in Futakoi) was Altessa. I didn't hear about that! -- excellent everything. Character design, especially facial expressions, reminded me of Princess Tutu, though Futago Hime is much cuter. The twin princesses, Fine and Rain, are quite likeable, but Leonne is definitely my favorite. She better be showing up a lot more in coming episodes ;)

I'll definitely be keeping up with it, for the entire 52 episodes if I can. It's a nice, happy, sugary sweet cute way to start off the weekend :) I'll stick it under Quickie for now.