Manga The manga by
Shosuke Kurakane was published in
Kobunsha's '''' magazine from 1949 to 1955. The series helped boost the magazine's circulation to 700,000 copies. It was one of the most popular manga of the early 1950s.
Live-action adaptations The first adaptations of
Anmitsu Hime came in 1954 with two films. Both starred
Izumi Yukimura as Anmitsu Hime. Another film was made in 1960, but with an entirely new staff and cast, starring Haruko Wanibuchi as Animtsu Hime.
Live-action television dramas • The first TV drama series was broadcast in 1958–1960, featuring
Misao Nakahara as Princess Anmitsu. • The second TV drama series was broadcast in 1983–1984, featuring
Kyōko Koizumi as Princess Anmitsu. • The third TV drama mini-series was broadcast in 2008 and 2009 in the form of two television specials. They feature
Mao Inoue as Princess Anmitsu.
Anime television series An
anime adaptation was originally planned in 1961 but was cancelled because of cost issues. The broadcast time is from 18:00 to 18:30 on Sunday, it is the time zone which is assigned to "
Chibi Maruko-chan" since 1990. The series is about a
tomboy princess in the late Edo-period world, but with modern-day technology. This anime is tied up with the "Dream Factory" and "
Sunset Meow Meow" that were planned by Fuji TV at that time, stories of Princess Anmitsu visiting the "Dream Factory" appears in this anime, and theme songs are also sung by the
Onyanko Club. ;Theme songs • Opening theme :
Koi wa Question • : Singer :
Onyanko Club / Lyricist :
Yasushi Akimoto / Composer :
Akira Mitake / Arranger : Akira Mitake • Ending theme : • : Singer : Onyanko Club / Lyricist : Yasushi Akimoto / Composer :
Hiro Nagasawa / Arranger :
Etsuko Yamakawa Anime staff • Director :
Masami Annō • Series composition :
Yoshio Urasawa • Scenario : Yoshio Urasawa,
Yoshiyuki Suga • Character design :
Kōji Nanke • Music :
Kan Ogasawara • Sound director :
Fusanobu Fujiyama • Animation director :
Yoshiyuki Kishi • Art director :
Torao Arai • Producer :
Yoshitaki Suzuki (Studio Pierrot),
Ryūnosuke Endō (Fuji TV),
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiko Advertising) • Planning :
Kazuo Shimamura (Yomiko Advertising) • Production Desk :
Ken Hagino Anime cast •
Princess Anmitsu :
Mami Koyama •
Awanodango no Kami :
Takuzō Kamiyama •
Shibucha :
Hisako Kyōda •
Hikozaemon Abekawa :
Jōji Yanami •
Court Lady Ohagi :
Reiko Suzuki •
Kaki no Tanesuke :
Shigeru Chiba •
Amaguri no Suke :
Yūko Mita •
Manjū :
Yuriko Fuchizaki •
Shiomame :
Sakurako Hoshino •
Sembei :
Tesshō Genda • '''Gen'ai Hiraga''' :
Kei Tomiyama • Narrator :
Tomoko Ōno Video game A
Master System video game based on the series was made, and translated for the Europe, North America and Oceania markets as
Alex Kidd in High-Tech World, with the main character replaced with
Alex Kidd and other characters and parts of the game slightly edited to fit the change from a female to a male protagonist; where as the goal of Anmitsu Hime is to reach a cake shop in time before it closes, the localized version changes this to a
game center. ==References==