Princess Lover!

Of course this is series is still ongoing so I'll be giving my current impressions of the Anime.
Initially I was skeptical about watching this since it seemed like just another harem Anime thrown at us. But so far I find it quiet enjoyable.

. Pros
+ Not your typical generic harem
+ Has a mature feel to it
+ Nice balance between comedy and drama
+ Unique setting, harem in a rich setting
+ Pleasing visuals which matches the theme and setting
+ Ecchi not over the top ( well most of it is censored anyways )
... + Comedy level is just right
+ Potential to get serious in the latter of the series
+ Characters have depth to them
+ Big boobs

. Cons
- Censored ( it can be good too, fanservice can be distracting ).
- Girls a bit cliched ( but the series makes them feel refreshing )
- Will it be able to wrap up nicely given it's only 12 episodes total?

. In Detail :
So far it doesn't seem to be your typical generic harem Anime. I haven't watched an extensive amount of harems. But I found the rich harem theme of this Anime unique. The main character is rich and so are the rest of the girls. While harems are typically comedic this one has a serious tone right off the bat. Of course that doesn't mean this Anime doesn't have comedy ( it is labeled ecchi, though it's currently censored ), it does. I feel that this Anime so far has a nice balance of comedy and seriousness. The series so far seems to have more depth than the typical harem. It takes the characters and plot in a mature way while being able to entertain us at the same time. Something that definitely stood out to be was the visuals which I found very pleasing to the eyes. It fits the theme of the Anime well which I believe greatly enhances the entire experience. While the characters may be fairly cliched ( girl with sword,tsundere, etc ), the way the series currently presents them makes the experience more refreshing. There's not so much to say bad about the Anime, it only just started and I didn't start watching with very high expectations. But so far I'm surprised by how well I enjoy it so far. It seems that it well get more serious in the latter of the series. I'll continue watching.

You have a summary of Princess Lover, so I won't bother telling you that. I won't post any spoilers, so don't worry.

Overall 7
Princess Lover started off very good. It had a serious with light humor tone, with all the ecchi-ness included; but, then went way downhill in the second half which really hurt it overall.

Story 6
If I was only rating the first 6 or so episodes, this show would be a 9 because it was very enjoyable. It's very obvious who Teppi likes right from the start (Charlotte) and they have a lot of nice romantic moments. So why did ... I give the story a 6? In the second half of Princess Lover, this show fails.....very hard. The last episodes were pretty bad. They bring in special ops and the story tries way to hard to be funny causing it not to be very funny. The story tries to be serious, but overall just can't be taken seriously. The only plus to the story in the last arc is that Teppi weeds girls out with a kiss. That's the only good thing.

Art 8
The art was very good, epically for a harem anime. Everything was pretty fluent and looked fine, but there were some distortions in some scenes that weren't really the focus of the shot which, if you noticed them, made the art seem not as good (animators got lazy/ budget issues). It never happened on the main focus of the scene though

** not included in the rating** I would wait for the uncensored version to watch this show, in the censored version they censor things that are already censored.

Sound 8
The OP/ Ed were pretty good and the characters voices were all done well. Nothing to really say here, no complaints and nothing to really say that was especially amazing.

Character 7
One downfall to the characters is even thought Teppi, Charlotte, Seika, Yuu, and Sylvia are the main characters, only Teppi and Charlotte get any real screen time. The others are are there, but don't do a whole lot until the end.

Teppi >> an okay harem lead. had some funny moments and wanted to save everyone. But he turned into one of those "talk it out" characters to the main "villains"
Charlotte >> A lot of people didn't like her, but I liked her. She's a typical pink haired harem character who is very clingy to Teppi. SHe isn't very smart, but she was the funniest. (sex jokes about Teppi's .......)

Enjoyment 7
As I've already stated, the series started off really good and was very promising, but then went way downhill in the second half which really hurt my enjoyment.

i know it isn't good to a review on a anime that just aired but i just had to. i want to know what guy hasn't dreamed of becoming rich and being surrounded by hot babes with huge breast.

STORY 9- Arima Teppe, main character, lost his parents, reasons not known yet, and was adopted by grandfather, whose probably a billionaire. basically over night he went from poor to rich and from single and to #$%^, watch if you want to know. he is a lucky son of a B****, granted he lost his parents, but still a SOB regardless.

ART 9- as far ... as art in anime goes. it is pretty good. no complaints. the actions scenes were well done and the details were excellent.

SOUND 7- I'm going to be perfectly honest with you. i don't remember it. HAHAHA *sigh* ... that's kinda bad. well thinks of it like this. it wasn't so good that i would remember it and it wasn't so bad that i would complain. the OP and the ED songs were fine as well. everything blended well with the story.

CHARACTER 8- there isn't much i can say about the characters at the moment, but of the one character that has any character development besides the introduction is Arima Teppe. he is looking for revenge on #$%^@.

ENJOYMENT 8- this story seem like it will be interesting as far as the plot goes. i hope the classic themes don't mean over played cliches are also coming.

OVERALL 8- if you don't mind being jealous of this guy then i recommend it. the plot seems to be interesting enough.

note- please comment, i feel i need some criticism in order for me to improve.

There are a lot of harem anime around there, but this harem anime was the only one that made me emotional. Princess lover focused more on romance than ecchi, and that's probably the reason why I got more emotional.

The characters were different, especially the MC. Instead of a shy and normal protagonist living a normal life in a normal house, It had Teppei, the heir of a rich man living a dangerous life in a huge mansion. I've never seen any character like him. There's a lot of Charlottes and Sylvias out there, but only a few Teppei. Sure, he resembles other mainstream characters, ... but you can see that his personality was different from them.

As to the plot, it was perfect. There were no holes other than the open ending. What made it unique from ther harem anime is that it had a balanced plot. It didn't have a hella long introduction and fillers. It went straight to the point and perfectly balanced, with cliffhangers to keep the tension and interest of viewers.

One thing I liked. About this anime was the graphics. You won't even realize that there's a transition from picture to picture. The graphics were simply a classic, even though it was aired in 2009.

The voice acting... Pretty common, to be honest. But still, they did a great job.

All in all, I loved it. It was an entirely new thing for me. Emotional and romantic, that's princess lover!

I've thought a lot about what I think is useful when starting to watch an anime - criteria that might change my thoughts as to whether or not to watch a series. I’ve customized this list to what you typically see in ecchi series. First I give the criterion, then I define the parameters of the criterion, then I state how the series matched up against the specified parameters. I also note how things like art and the soundtrack affect my overall rating of a series (along with what I thought of the two components), if anyone is interested in that.
I don't claim that ... this criteria will be universal - different people have different tastes and value different things, but this review is what would make/break watching a series for me. Mild spoilers ahead.

Annoying Mascot Characters
1. It's not a matter of whether or not the mascot character is annoying, it's a matter of how annoying the mascot character is.
1) There is not a clearly defined mascot character in this series. Occasionally the main romantic interest acts as a mascot character, asking really simple questions so things can be elaborated more for the viewer, and offering overly-simple frustration at whatever unfortunate circumstance is unfolding. That being said, the main romantic doesn't often do that and when she does it's only mildly annoying.

Art
1. I find art to be pretty subjective. If I find it to be particularly good, it might +1 my overall opinion of the series, but I typically don’t hold it against a series for being averagely animated for the time it was animated.
1) The art in this series was pretty average, nothing eye-popping and almost nothing distractingly bad. If I had one complaint about the art it would be that the most of the main female cast had breasts that were big just a bit beyond the point of believability. I personally find female characters more attractive when I think that finding someone with their proportions in the real world is not impossible.

Friend Quality (MC-Male Friends)
1. The male friend(s) is/are (a) pervert(s) who do not get much characterization outside of getting the MC into trouble
1) That’s essentially what Teppei’s group of male friends are. There are two distinctions to be made: first, Teppei is the ringleader for his group of friends; second, there is a male friend Teppei has who is constantly ignored – he’s generic, but outside of the parameter of the stereotypical male friends in ecchi series.

Gratifying
1. The MC is not a hopeless loser with no talents and horrible grades. If he is, when he improves, his improvements come relatively early in the series and they stay for the duration of the series.
2. When the MC has to fight, he fights. (This doesn't have to do with the MC fighting well, just not being a pushover.)
3. The MC hones his skill and visibly improves throughout the series (when there's action in the included genre)
4. Romantic interests are forthcoming about their feelings (both the MC and the girl involved)
1) The main character certainly was not a loser, and not a clear-cut winner either. His grades weren't mentioned at any point throughout the series, so we're left to assume he's okay there.
2) When the MC had to fight, he fought, with little or no prompting from other characters.
3) The MC had good swordsmanship, but did not visibly improve it throughout the series. There was character skill progression, but it was more learning how to function in high-society (think Hayate no Gotoku without the ridiculousness and you'll have a decent perspective of what the training was like).
4) The MC was not too decisive during the course of the series about who his number one female was, he seemed to enjoy his female counterparts equally, there weren't any surprises about who he somewhat leans towards at the end of the series. The female counterparts are all pretty forthcoming about their feelings, there was one girl who was kind of a tsundere, but she was definitely forthcoming by the middle of the series and not particularly violent.

Magical Falling
1. The MC somehow ends up in the 69 position or groping the female foil(s)' chest more often than humanly possible
1) This is an ecchi show, so it does happen; however, it's much less frequent than other ecchi shows. Also, the female character(s?) play(s?) it off much better than other ecchi show female character(s) do.

Memory Problems
1. The MC has forgotten a promise to a childhood friend
2. The MC has forgotten the face of a childhood friend he made a promise to
3. The MC has amnesia
1) There were no MC memory problems in this series

Predictable Transfers
1. If they're an antagonist in one episode, they're in the MC's class the next.
1) The only predictable transfer was the MC into the academy, and it was by no means painful to watch.

‘Special’ Main Character
1. The MC is somehow distinguished during the course of the series from his peers – be it a special power or sudden change in social status
1) This happens – you know what it is from the summary given on MAL

Soundtrack
1. This rarely has an impact on my overall rating of a series, but I do feel I should note when I think a soundtrack is particularly memorable
1) I thought the soundtrack was good, in that I remember thinking it was good as I watched the series; however, I don’t remember any scenes that really hit home for me because of the music – which sometimes happens to me when I watch anime.

Voice Acting
1. I'm not particularly judgmental about voice acting, the only thing that really bothers me is if there's a male character with a particularly effeminate voice or vice versa
2. If there is English in the subbed version, there either isn't a lot or there is not a thick Japanese accent with characters who are supposed to be native/fluent English speakers
The voice acting was fine in both regards.
1) I remember thinking (as I was watching the series) that the antagonist for this series has a great voice actor.
2) There was not a lot of English in this series.


1) One thing that bothered me about the show was how clear-cut the themes were, despite them dealing with complex topics which don't really have an answer to them. One of the themes is more 'money more problems'. Another one of the themes seems to be, 'poor people shouldn't blame rich people for their being poor, they should just stop being poor'. This really just left a bad taste in my mouth, if they left some characters and some plot more up to the viewer to decide what is right and what is wrong, I would have been much happier with the quality of the story.

"Ill deal with it somehow!" - Teppei Arima
Teppei, a young teenage boy who lived with his mother and father in a social status that could be considered poor, but he was happy. Unknown to him, his life changed dramatically after his parents died in an accident that could be related to the recent attacks on the rich families in his area. Accepting his grandfather's adoption, Teppei is forcibly thrust into a world where he went from poor to filthy rich. The romance/comedy/action that ensues following his attempts at adapting to the rich life is one worth watching.

I found Princess Lover! One of the unique harem/ecchi/romance ... anime that I have seen. Contrary to the many harem anime out there, Princess Lover! put on its own style despite being adapted from an adult visual novel.

The Story: Considering all the harem based anime I have seen thus far, Princess Lover! is set in an entirely different setting. Rather than the typical high school drama, PL focuses more on a the world that surrounds the main character which includes Japan families, royalty from other countries, and heirs to major fashion companies. (Not to mention all of whom are filthy rich). The story starts out suddenly, Teppei, completely happy with his life, is suddenly ripped from his normal atmosphere when his parents die in an accident. His grandfather, who adopts him, turns out to be the owner of a mega famous and popular company, The Arima Combine. The comedy that comes from Teppei's sudden transfer to the rich and famous was very pleasing. Even in the short 12 episodes, the plot development surprised me. Usually in harem anime, one doesn't see much plot development because of the major focus on the characters, PL does a good job of balancing both. The story setting and plot isn't a typical harem themed anime, and because of that, PL has a more mature/different/pleasing feeling. Not only does the plot explain more on the conflict between the rich and poor, it also touches on economics and the roles that CEO play in running major corporations. Not only did GoHands, and Dream Force did a good job of balancing the plot and characters to where the story actually progressed to an obvious well done climax and falling action, but they also did well in including comedy and drama.

Art and Sound: The visuals done by the producers weren't sharp and picturesque like one would see in modern anime, but the smooth brightly colored drawings added to the music that accompanied it. I've never had to find fault at an anime's pictures or music, but for a 2009 anime, I think PL did very well. Being tagged as an ecchi anime I was pleased that the fan service wasn't over the top, but tastefully added. There are uncensored and censored versions but either way, it doesn't detract from the work as a whole.

Characters: Like in any generic harem anime, the main character can fall into one of two categories. The useless loser type, or the kind-hearted "I'll save everyone type". Unusually Teppei doesn't fall into either. With a good background from his parents backing his personality, a kind output that allows him to interact well with the people around him, the animators also made a character that I haven't seen so far. Teppei, unlike generic harem main characters, actually saves the day from time to time, either with his badass kendo skills, or his growing skills in managing a business. It seems as though to put it in other words, comparing it to usual harems, for example To Love Ru, Teppei and the characters in PL, and Rito and the characters in TLR are reversed. While Rito depends on the aliens to save him most of the time (not to mention he is dead useless physically), Teppei can be considered the opposite. (Although, I think deflecting bullets with a wooden kendo sword is a little far fetched.) The other characters in PL were also somewhat unique, but not so much that one couldn't see similarities.

Enjoyment and Overall: I think the major aspect of PL that allowed it to be good, would be the overall feeling of how different it is compared to the norm. In my words, it thought outside the lines of the box and succeeded. If one is looking for a break from the typical harem type anime, PL provides pretty much all of that. To reiterate, with a unique setting, different main character, and actually some plot development that occurs, succeeding at balancing these unusual additions to the harem style, PL is one worth watching. PL can also be considered an indie anime, but it is also underrated; if any of you who read this play League of Legends, it's like an unpopular champion that is actually very strong.

Thanks for reading,
-Nebarto

wow... I really don't know what to say. I never would have thought that I'd watch an anime that had the words "Princess" and "Lover" in it, let alone both of them together.


The story is exactly the kind of stuff that I love. A decent, average guy that gets thrown into a world where he has no idea what's going on.

The great thing about Princess Lover is the fact that the protagonist isn't one of those clueless airhead guys. He knows that the girls around him love him, Hell they even say it to his face, and hes man enough to take it into ... consideration and go with the flow. He doesn't hurt them like other guys do.

I would highly recommend this anime to anyone who is interested.

Overall score:9.84
This is the greatest drama series I've ever seen, be it manga or anime.
[Notable picks:]
Drama:10 l Tragedy:4 l School life:4 l Inspirational:8 l Wholeness of plot:9 l Harem:8 l Comedy:6 l Romance:6 l Action: 8

Story:10
Quite notably, there are three parts to this series: Intro, Making allies and crisis. I felt that it is very well-structured and fan-service does not impede the plot at all, except in the first part of ep 6, which was a bit excessive. Little unnecessary scenes.

Especially worth commending are the drama and inspirational scenes, which were aplenty. Drama especially unfolds from the ep7. That means that before ep 6 ... the mood for the series was quite light, whereas it was heavy from 7 onwards.

Story was original, especially when this is a harem genre series. Like Asu no Yoichi, all of the main and some of the side characters played a heavy part in the development of the plot and climatic ending. The seemingly deep plot uncovered at the intro was properly addressed by the climatic ending, which is not every series could do.

One setback is that by the last minutes of the last episode, the harem presented seems to be still held there, and no firm conclusion was made with who Teppei was going to be with.

Art:9
The art was amazing. Characters sometimes had near-perfect expressions. Colour was comfortable with the eyes and landscape was amazingly presented. Special effects looked almost real.

Sound:9
Some bgm were fantastic, some OSTs were spectacular and fitting in well with the scenes. OP and ED were great and fitting with the series, esp OP. Voice actresses and actors displayed emotions, reactions etc. well.

Character:10
Amazing use of characters to move plot along, all had special talents. We have a combat butler, a compassionate princess, a pro-fencer, a pro-swordsman, people with high authority and wisdom etc. Character development was great, but Isshin seemed to have a mysterious feel even to the end. Characters' personalities were improving till the end, but not out of place.

Enjoyment:9
I would have liked it even more if they didn't change the atmosphere so quickly from ep 6 to 7. Overall, I enjoyed the tension and plot presented throughout the whole series. You would love this series if you like drama.

Overall:
This is one of my top 3 fav anime for sure, since I rarely find any series that really has potential for deep plots but yet finish them.

One regret is that the harem was still unresolved right till the end, it's as if the producer was happy to let the series as a harem judging from what the main female characters say in the end.

Also, in the ending scenes, the eng subs for songs in the last episode was not presented very well for the one I watched.

Honestly, looking back at this at 2019, I can say without qualification that this is a really good anime. Sure, the story may have seen really generic with little to no substance, but the show really makes it up by doing good animation and likeable characters (mostly the heroines). It was really enjoyable.

When I compare the animation quality in 2019 with those in the 2000s, it is obvious that the animation industry has gone through a lot of changes and unfortunately, these changes are not positive. The animation execution quality really took a hit in the 2010s with the implementation of horrendous CG to ... save some costs. Its a sad state of affair. I really hope that the Japanese begin to reflect on the better anime era in the 2000s and change their current practices.

I actually read the first chapter of this manga before i saw anything about the anime counterpart. The manga actually started off very differently with the focus on the princess alone, but that's beside the point. Overall I really enjoyed this anime, it was a nice watch. It starts off intriguing and then kinda slows down a bit into a nice good-hearted watch. However, it actually gets serious pretty abruptly, and the serious section is quite nice, and at times a bit darker than i expected (people actually got shot!). The characters are all nice, if not a bit small of a cast, the main ... guy and the girls taking up pretty much most of the focus with very little light on others. The animation is fantastic, and yes, gives nice ecchi moments because of it. Actually, it wans't that bad when it came to ecchi-ness. Sure it had some fan-service from time to time but it was never so thick and saturated that it put me off, although i did download the censored version. The one complaint i have about this anime is that it is far too short and the ending doesn't really solve anything! C'mon man, pick a girl! Even so, this anime is still a nice watch and would appeal to men and woman alike. I recommend it to anyone who wishes to see a nice romance anime with a decent plot, and some ecchi. Oh but don't watch the OVA, dang hentai....

Story: The start of the series seemed like it could have been a decent show, enjoyable to watch, decent character development and fanservice. Can't forget fanservice. But, it seemed like romantic and awkward moments were just being tossed at you between Teppei and Charolette, but seeing Charollete often, i didn't really mind ;D. The real story only kicked in during the last few episodes so it seemed as if you were just being assaulted by a very predictable story line.

Art: Some very good art in this anime, structures and backgrounds as well as character details were great. Once again, the fanservice of pantie flashing and ... big breasts was still there, as well as many ecchi moments in the later parts of the show. All in all, good art.

Sound: Voice acting was fairly decent, opening and closing themes were a bit upbeat and fluffly, but were at least decently made. Not much to say on the sound.

Characters: Protagonist not the average one, actually a good guy instead of the seemingly common harem protagonists, which was a breathe of fresh air. The four main female characters weren't very developed throughout this anime's short life, but the cliche of the mind you, extremely attractive airhead lovergirl was shown too much, and the other girl characters probably should have received more screen time if the show lasted more than just 12 episodes.

Enjoyment: I did actually enjoy this anime, contrary to some others. If you can get around being kind of jealous of all of these unobtainable girls falling in love with the main character. With all aspects of the show in mind, it was a very enjoyable show, which I find could have been very successful if the show didn't have such a short life.

Overall: I kind of liked this show, although short was still somewhat enjoyable, certain characters could have received more screen time or more lines, and it may have been a bit better, but all in all a somewhat decent show, but like some other Harems it does have some cliches in characters.

This is the best Anime I've ever seen!

Because this anime does not dependig on the length of a video, how many episode this anime have, the video is depending on the way they let you think, watch, feel.

It doesn't matter what other peoples thinks of this video, the fact is just that this anime really can bring the message to you, that's one of the most important thing of watching an anime.

Either the storyline is good, so far.

So I really look forward to see the other episodes!

Keep up the good work, and may this anime continues in the future with more episodes.

I was actually suprised that i picked this anime to watch or that i actually enjoye watching it although i still ended up asking myself if i seriously just watched and enjoyed it. Well enough blabbering.

Reveiw:

Okay so the story isnt something new, i mean lots of shows hit you with this theme, meaning: average guy today, super rich guy tomorrow. Cliche to say the least but it did well however the overall storyline does seem a bit weak later on as the animators introduced slight contrasting material but still it didnt completely kill it. i say a good 7.

The art was nicely done, and ... i liked the character styling, however near the ending the animators seemed to forget a few frames. Despite that i say an 8

Sound, well what can i say bout the sound, not much really, would have given it an 7 or 8 but the themes absoluutely killed it, they were , well ...sometimes it was hard to remember that there was actually a theme at all.

Characters were probably the best aspect of the show, they were developed well especially the lead male and 2 of the main females while not being overly so. A 9 in my opinion.

Enjoyment. like i said, i was suprised i actually enjoyed this anime, however say so, it wasn't enjoyable to the degree of riveting you to your chair but rather something that you would enjoy a few episodes, get up do something else then continue it later. I would say it deserves a 7 to be fair. As for recommending it, i would if you want something light to watch to kill time but not if you want something engrossing and epic.

Princess Lover, not your made in 10 minute harem story where the girls just automatically plastered themself on the main lead.

The story is about a poor boy who found out he had a extremely rich grandfather after his parent's death.This is the very boy who ended up being the successor of his grandfather's business and the same person who is loved by two princess character female lead which are actually princesses.

This anime do not have the " I Love All " ending where the guy doesnt decide who he likes and just continue his life with all the female leads.
He chooses and decides the one ... that he loves and goes all out for her risking his very own life.

I definitely enjoyed this anime very much, it would be regrettable as a anime fan to miss this anime, it picks up right on episode 1.

With state of the art, artwork and graphics and sound, with a intense story and pleasant character devolopment with a mix of fantasy and reality.

It is hard not to enjoy this anime to the fullest.

Princess Lover! ....

I finished seeing this anime yesterday.
When I started watching this anime I did have any great expectation. I thought that this would be 'just another' harem anime with lots of ecchi.

But somewhere along the 2nd and 3rd episode the things started to turnaround.
Good thing about this anime is that the characters in this anime have got some level of depth in them.

I watched the uncensored version as usual 8-).
As far as the eccchi content is concerned, it is very less in this anime.
...
The Story:
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I don't want to tell you the whole story (I don't like spoilers).
But it shows the glimpse of the rich people's life.
Stuff's like,
-> It doesn't matter what you social status is, people all over sacrifice something for something else.
->You have to make decisions at every point in your life and these decisions are the ones that makes your life.
And ETC are shown in a nice way in this anime.

If you the semi-serious kind of person (like me) this anime does make you think about all this.

The Art/Sound:
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The art is really good, so is the sound.


I would say it is a Good Anime and is worth watching at-least once.
(This is how I perceived this anime. We all have different view point and we all see things differently. This is my point of view.) :)

I had no clue what I would be going for when I stepped into this anime. It took off with a strong start with our main, Teppei losing his parents in an accedent. He soon saves a very beautiful girl from being chased by a band of thugs.

+1 Harem - Princess

Then being the heir to his grand father's giant company which means...

+1 Harem - Maid

Attending a dinner party where he meets his arranged fiance

... +1 Harem - Strong Blonde

And going to school

+1 Harem - Fashion designer and the smallest breast size (I think it's a B)

Anyhoo!

The ecchi is great, although it does suffer from a big of the breasts being a bit too big. The uncensored DVD versions are a gift from god. The art is just beautiful, I love the way they drew the faces. Even our male main looks a bit 'pretty' a times.

The comedy is great and besides from Negi (annoying sidekick friend) i didn't see a need to have any more of Teppei's school friends in the mix. The plot is stable enough to carry the series till the end and I'm satisfied with the final results.

The soundtrack is as pretty as the art. I love the ending theme to this S.S.D! by Yokuza.

tl;dr? : Well it's a nice ecchi/harem. Not much romance though. 12 episodes are worth checking out try to put the uncensored version at top priority.

Well based on what has come out so far, this anime is promising. For example, the animation quality and the uniqueness to the characters situation makes for an interesting start to the show. But in all reality the show is pretty funny as well, but i believe that to be the case with most harem style animes anyway, its certainly a show to look forward to.

A lot of times I've said that Harem anime is a plague on humanity. And high school anime can work but have recently been kinda shit. But nothing can describe the kind of hatred I feel towards the mixing of high school and harems. So what happens when I watched this high school harem! Belong to the genre that needs to go brutally anal rape itself to death!... It was good... I cannot even begin to comprehend how this anime could possible have been in any way, shape, or form decent! There's something fundamentally wrong with that picture. Well lets get to it.

Story 6/10: ... Okay, the story is only slightly above average. It starts out kind of following the harem formula of coming up with an extremely half-assed reason for having the main lego brick personality protagonist end up surrounded by chicks. In this the lego bricks parents die and he goes to live with his grandpa who just so happens to be extremely rich and our lego brick had no idea. But... Wait?... The plot, starts to make sense after a while in and somewhat diverges into a far more decent political story and story of revenge!... Well to a degree. So yeah the shows plot starts out fairly standard harem but it becomes far better later in. My one problems is *warning, minor spoilers* the main villains motivations for revenge in contrast to what he actually does to get the revenge is kind of, ridiculously over the top. I mean sure some people have embarrassed me as a kid too but you don't see me planning murder, I just slashed their tires later.

Art 5/10: I have nothing bad to say about the art, I also have nothing good to say about it. The art is extremely average and generic. The character all follow the basic anime character template that seems to be so fucking popular (people, when will you learn? Anime means it was made in Japan, it's not a specific art style, you're allowed to make the basic design to make your show look unique!), the backgrounds are nothing special what so ever, and the animation with both just regular walking and fighting is about the same as you'll see almost everywhere else unless you watch something like Akira or Jin-Roh (then again, those were the pinnacle of animation smoothness in anime in my opinion, so it's unfair to compare them)

Sound 5/10: Once again a very average part of the show. All the music is exactly what you'd expect from a harem anime and there are no memorable tracks, nor any that stand out. This is another thing anime studio's need to realize, music is supposed to fit with the scene at hand in a way that perfectly accents the scene and be easily listened to and appreciated by the audience without drawing attention away from the show. If your audience says "wait, there was music going on in that scene? Oh yeah that really background generic stuff, right" you're not leaving a good impression. And my rule about not reviewing voice acting in languages I don't understand still stands so no dub = no voice acting review.

Character 8/10: Fantastic! I now get review the extremely bland and personality-less harem male lead #24601 ("What? No not you Valjean, some other guy") so allow me to rip this sexual oblivious dumb fuck a new assho- Wait a second, the male lead is actually good! Holy shit guys! The internet is about to break, everyone evacuate! ABANDON THREAD!!!!!!...

Is it safe to come back... It looks kind... Yeah, we're good. So anyway, the lead character is actually pretty decent. He's pretty competent, doesn't over-react whenever he accidentally touches breasts, and he's not a complete dumb fuck who's completely oblivious to the fact that women have vagina's. But he's still flawed enough to not be at the hateable level of Mary Sue, he's more on the level of "the lucky pervert!" (honestly, episode 6 will make you shit yourself laugh) As for the females, you have the basic trends of the Mary Sue main (and she's really Mary Sue level, god I hate this archetype), the tsundere, the... Supporting Mary Sue (okay, one was bad enough but this is ridiculous). But one of our other female leads makes up for this, Silvia, who doesn't follow a certain archetype and for a female in a harem anime is actually quite competent on her own.

Enjoyment 7/10: Okay, I liked watch Princess Lover, I will admit to actually having enjoyed a... A... *mumble*... A HIGH SCHOOL HAREM!!!! The show, despite the average art and sound and only slightly above average story is actually quite entertaining. Every episode is generally packed with plenty of fun to watch antics or suspense (I say this is thanks to the 12 episode length that keeps the show nice and compact, keep this in mind anime industry, longer is not necessarily better. Yes, I'm looking at you 300+ episode shows)

Overall 7/10: So yes, it's a high school harem, and it's actually fairly decent. I don't know how they managed to pull it off but Princess Lover is actually quite a good show and I'd recommend it if you're looking for something short. One thing people often complain about though is the romantically inconclusive ending however I myself didn't really mind this too much. But if you don't like shows where the romance aspect isn't resolved at the end you should be wary of this show.

Its a great shut your brain off and just watch anime. In all honestly doesn't really deserve a 10/10 but it definitely deserves a 8/10 at least. Art is very good looking for an 09' production and even as a previously stated a shut your brain off and just watch show it flushes out each of the characters very well. Main compliments that I've heard are one or two things about ending but, I believe this was done on purpose because it depends on what you want and that is how it happened.


If I had to nitpick after just watching it, it would be ... that the main love interest motives don't feel as flushed out as the rest of them.

Money is a fickle thing, the richer your are, it's expected you will be better off but is that always true?.

Princess Lover! as an ecchi harem anime, there was actually alot of potential this anime had and by all means it succeeded in some, in others...well lets start with the characters shall we?

Character-wise, we have our typical harem cast archetypes with a semi-interesting main male protagonist. Shirou- Teppei Arima voiced by Takuma Terashima is our typical "wanting to protect and care for his harem" type with a tragic backstory added to him. The tragic backstory of his parents dying leaving him to his grandfather actually ... kickstarts the anime but that isn't really his bright spot for the Teppei as a character, it's more or less what happens when a normal teenager is now brought to a place of wealth (it might sound off but LA will get to this later). Sakur- Yuu Fujikura voiced by Yuki Matsuoka becomes Teppei's personal maid and is the typical nice girl who minds Teppei, she is LA's favourite character in this anime, no not only because LA has a thing for maids, but also because her typical nice girl and the minder to Teppei is a nice combination of NOT getting her annoying and helping Teppei's cause at the same time. Ride- Charlotte Hazelrink voiced by Ryouka Yuzuki is our resident genki girl and ALWAYS happy in any situation and she is our MAIN focus of this entire anime, why does LA say this?, well she's the first girl Teppei meets, she has the most screentime even outside of her main plotline and the anime itself is gunning for Charlotte and Teppei to be together as this relationship also gets the most screentime...LA didn't like this turn of events, she wasn't an absolute detriment to the anime as her plotline leads to one of the grander themes to Princess Lover!, but LA wished some of the other harem members could get if any screentime. Rin- Seika Houjouin voiced by Emiri Katou is your resident tsundere and strict "club president" type character and she gets a small arc to herself that ties into her and Teppei grandfather's family issues and LA didn't mind it but like any harem member with a small arc and gets added to the harem, she fawns and tsundere's over Teppei. Finally we have Sab- Sylvia van Hossen voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi the character with the most wasted potential within this harem and quite honestly the LEAST amount of screentime in LA's eyes. Why?, well Sylvia becomes Teppei's fiancee through Teppei's grandfather Isshin Arima. This is interesting as we could see how Teppei would have felt being forced to marry Sylvia and then later on Sylvia and Teppei might fall in love naturally and break the social structure OR Sylvia and Teppei liking each other but rebelling at their forced marriage just something like that but again...due to Charlotte being the main focus, this was just wasted potential from LA. LA still preferred Yuu as favourite, but Sylvia was probably the most interesting character in the harem. Also if LA's hinting isn't obvious enough, kinda a coincidence that the harem members were carbon copied from Fate stay night right?

For minor characters, it's expected that most of them supporting characters for a harem anime, but LA would note that the majority of the minor cast do have some semblance of screentime whether it be Haruhiko Nezu voiced by Minoru Shiriashi the butt monkey of the cast, Ayano Kaneko and Erika Takezono voiced by Nozomi Sasaki and Kaoru Mizuhara being Seika's posse members and Alfred voiced by Yousuke Akimoto, the extremely clingy butler of Charlotte.

Princess Lover!'s plot progression is albeit quick even for a 12 episode anime, consisting of 3 "arcs" in a ways, the Introduction arc focusing on what's going on and introducing the majority of the characters along with Teppei's situation of finding his parent's killers, Seika's arc along with the Hot Springs Meta Episode (Don't ask) then Charlotte's arc that gets serious. Now how the mood is placed, LA thought this anime would get extremely moodswinging due to how it gets "serious" and "comes out of nowhere" or stupid comedically ecchi moments appear but LA by the end didn't really see this, the anime was always goofy and ecchi as hell even when it's serious, minor characters and especially Charlotte backs up it's goofiness even in the most serious at times (also see the two dorky "terrorists", Nezu and gratitous amounts of fanservice). Like harems that are comedic ecchifest animes doesn't ALWAYS need to be like this, look at The World God Only Knows: Goddesses arc and hell Highschool DxD did this!, a harem isn't just limited to it's premise.

If there was anything LA could actually be annoyed by the plot is Sylvia's screentime taken away by Charlotte instead and adds to the missed potential Sylvia as a character would of had. Although it wasn't from the first episode, but it becomes quite noticeable almost blaring out like an S.O.S signal that this won't be a balanced harem and the Hot Springs Pact disguising as if it would was a lame attempt in thinking that no one other than Charlotte would win this harem.

So about Teppei's situation of being brought into a world of wealth through his grandfather is actually an interesting theme to this anime, as the majority of the harem and characters are aristocrats or of royalty or wealthy businesswomans, seeing Teppei being the average guy and STILL being one by the end of it is actually quite interesting as he is unaffected by money or power and this fuels his want to protect people due to his parents dying. This dynamic actually works pretty well and even Charlotte's arc main villain is essentially a polar opposite character to Teppei only this time the villain took the wrong path and doesn't care about anyone but himself and his ambitions. Princess Lover! underlying theme tucked under the forced panty shots and harem antics does shows us that even if your rich, you can quite easily have even newer problems as well as the fact that you might self destruct yourself if your not careful with your money. Cheesy enough as it sounds, this notion is kinda manifested in Teppei of that having power and money isn't everything.

On speaking of fanservice.......HELLLLLLLLLLLO uncensored glory, yup the anime is completely uncensored and although the forced panty shots and jiggle physics is strong in this one, the fanservice is pretty plentiful albeit forced typical for an ecchi harem anime.

The animation done by GoHands has GoHands'...hands all over it. From the typical shining effect to the decent enough backgrounds that could make JJ Abrams blush. The character designs are pretty polished and exotic, this is kinda obvious to the wealthy characters, special mention probably goes to Sylvia's normal outfit. The fights that happen in this anime is sparse but ok enough, though the fencing and swordplay are decent to look at. Overall, yes LA thought the animation was typical of GoHands and decent to look at.

The voice acting.....well NORIO WAKAMOTO as Isshin Arima, man LA heard him in quite a while. Yuki Matsuoka, Megumi Toyoguchiand Ryouka Yuzuki were pretty good however LA's surprising voice actor would go to Emiri Katou as Seika, mainly because Emiri is typecasted as the genki of the harem members, here?...she's the strict tsundere character?...yeah LA wasn't expecting it and she does it pretty well.

LA also thought that because of it's themes being taken full circle along with Teppei's resolution taken place during the finale, LA thought the ending was done pretty well for Teppei and this anime's themes quite well. Not so much with how the harem ending...ends with a harem ending with Teppei still not choosing even though it's goddamn obvious that he's gonna be with Charlotte.

So Princess Lover! kinda got LA torn over many elements to it by the end of it. LA liked it's grander themes of being rich not always being ideal and safe, Princess Lover! knowing itself and it's limitations and wanting to be different if it could and tried, the decent ending, the animation and voice acting being decent, however with Sylvia's and Yuu's lesser screentime due to Charlotte highjacking the plot and forced panty shots and fanservice and finally having that harem ending. Princess Lover! isn't that bad, yes it has it's problems and sometimes those problems are due to LA's own bias due to best girl and all but LA just can't hate it but it's not great either.