Scrapped Princess
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Scrapped Princess (スクラップド・プリンセス Sukurapudo Purinsesu) is a Japanese anime television series based on a novel by Ichiro Sakaki and Yukinobu Asami. It was produced by BONES in 2003 and is classified as fantasy. The anime is distributed in the United States by Bandai Entertainment. There is also a manga adaptation published in the US by Tokyopop.
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Story
The story revolves around a girl named Pacifica Casull, born into the royal family of the kingdom Leinwan, and then abandoned. The 5111th Grendel Prophecy said that she was the "poison that would destroy the world" upon her sixteenth birthday. As a consequence, she was dropped from a cliff as an infant. Nevertheless, she survived, and earned the name "Scrapped Princess" because of her fate.
She was rescued and adopted by the commoner Casull family. Her adopted siblings - Shannon, loner swordsman, and Raquel, motherly magician - became her protectors. They travel with her throughout the story, protecting her from the numerous attempts on her life by people who fear the outcome of the prophecy, should she survive. Both siblings' skills see constant use. By contrast, Pacifica is a mostly typical fifteen-year-old, and her inability to defend herself is a recurring source of self-doubt for her.
Scrapped Princess is notable for beautiful animation, above-average soundtrack, and theme, beginning as high fantasy and quickly mixing in varying degrees of post-apocalyptic and science fiction elements. The atmosphere has undertones of sadness, though many of the characters and situations are superficially light-hearted.
Characters
- Pacifica Casull, the Scrapped Princess
- Shannon Casull, Pacifica's brother and Guardian
- Raquel Casull, Pacifica's sister and Guardian
- Christopher Armalite, leader of the elite army unit Obstinate Arrow
- Winia Chester, drawn-back inn-maid
- Leopold Scorpse, a young traveling lordling who wishes to become a knight
- Zefiris, a Dragoon or powerful spiritual being, constructed to battle the Peacemakers
- CZ, a Peacemaker or human-shaped weapon programmed to destroy the Scrapped Princess
Names and Firearm References
Many names correspond to modern-day firearms and their manufacturers, such as the Casull family, Winia Chester (Winchester rifle) and her hometown Taurus, Christopher Armalite, Doyle Barrett, the kingdom Leinwan and its capital, Sauer, the Giat empire, military commanders Sturm and Peters-Stahl, the Lord Mauser, his nemesis Lord Browning, the Peacemakers Galil, Steyr, Socom and Cz, the elite unit the Black Hawks (Blackhawk revolver). There are also horses named Makarov, Dragunov and Parabellum.