Murder Princess

ANIME REVIEW

MURDER PRINCESS

Plot

The story begins with Dr. Akamashi, introduced as a scientist formerly in the employ of the government, launching a coup d’etat in the Forland kingdom. With his dying breath, the mortally wounded king sends his daughter Alita to find Prince Kaito, who is leading a diplomatic mission and its military escort abroad. She flees from the castle and reaches a forest on the country's border.

While running, the princess falls off of a cliff and onto Falis, an infamous female bounty hunter. Due to the nature of the near-death experience (referred to as a spiritual commutation) the souls of Alita and Falis are switched. After Falis dispatches the forest's guardian beast, Alita pleads with the bounty hunter to protect the Forland kingdom, offering herself, body and soul, as collateral. Falis agrees.

Characters

Allies

Alita Forland (アリタ‧フォーランド, Arita Fōrando^?) aka Milano (ミラノ, Mirano^?)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Second child of the late King Forland. She escapes from the castle during Akamashi's coup, running into Falis and switching bodies with her due to a near-death experience. In return for helping with the defense of the kingdom, she offers the bounty hunter her body and soul. She later assumes the identity of her former maid Milano, who died ensuring her safe escape during the coup, and assists Falis with running the kingdom.

Falis (ファリス, Farisu^?) aka Alita (アリタ, Arita^?)

Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)

Falis is one of the strongest and the most infamous bounty hunters in the world, even attributed with having slain a dragon. When operating near the border of Forland Kingdom, Princess Alita runs into her, and the two of them end up switching bodies by accident. Now stuck in Alita's body, she makes a deal with Alita to assume her identity and defend her kingdom. Falis' weapon of choice is the ancient katana Himetsuru (姫鶴, ひめつる^?, lit. Crane Princess); she sometimes uses a dagger in conjunction with the sword.

Dominikov (ドミニコフ, Dominikofu^?)

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japanese), Chuck Huber (English)

A fellow bounty hunter working for Falis. In the manga he is a Shinigami with extensive knowledge, while in the anime he is a cyborg. His weapon of choice is a large scythe.

Pete Armstrong (ピート‧アームストロング, Piito Amusutorongu^?)

Voiced by: Akimitsu Takase (Japanese), Ben Phillips (English)

Fellow bounty hunter working for Falis. While he is big, ferocious, and overpowering in hand to hand combat, beneath his purple skin is a gentle soul. Like Dominikov, Pete is a cyborg in the anime version.

Jodu Entolasia (ジョドォ‧エントラシア, Jodō Entorashia^?)

Voiced by: Takkou Ishimori (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English)

Butler of Forland Kingdom's royal family. He has a very serious personality and is strict when he is training Alita in the ways of a princess. He continues to serve in this capacity after Alita and Falis switch bodies, in order to aid Falis in acting out her part.

Milano Entolasia (ミラノ‧エントラシア, Mirano Entorashia^?)

Voiced by: Mayuko Takahashi (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)

The real Milano, Alita's maid and granddaughter of Jodu. She disguises herself as Princess Alita to buy Alita time to escape from Akamashi's coup d'etat, but is killed while carrying out that role. Alita later assumes Milano's identity.

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