Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 gets its premiere date!
Spy-action anime series have boomed in popularity in recent times, especially with the likes of Spy x Family topping ranking charts.
So in 2017, when studio Actas decided to produce a six-part Japanese animated spy action film series and a sequel to the 2017 anime television series Princess Principal, there was genuine excitement from the fans.
Princess Principal is an anime about the divisions of hierarchy and class identity and about social roles and social deception.
It’s an exploration of both what it means to be othered in a society with such things in place, and of how one subverts, transcends, or overcomes their role in such a society. It’s also got the mechanics of its theoretical video game adaptation already nailed down.
The premise is set Ten years ago when there was a proletarian revolution that tore apart the Kingdom of Albion, that is to say, London, into two warring nations, the Kingdom, the royals, who obviously want to maintain the monarchy, and the Commonwealth, who presumably want to install some form of democracy.
A great wall was erected between the two nations, and for the past decade, they’ve been doing politics and spying on each other, each trying to gain the upper hand in the battle for ultimate control of the more expansive Kingdom.
The series proper follows a team of spies aligned with the Commonwealth, codenamed the Principal Team, including the Kingdom’s own Princess Charlotte, who is fourth in line to the throne and has no power beyond being a political pawn of the Kingdom.
Thus, she has opted to join the Commonwealth spies and commit treason against her own Family in a bid to attain the throne.
Princess Principal, is unique among contemporary spy fiction in that, rather than being focused on wacky spy fights with cool gadgets, it’s much more thematically focused and character-driven in a way that a lot of other spy movies and shows really aren’t.
The first and second chapter of Princess Principal Crown Handler was well received, with a MyAnimeList rating of 7.5/10 and 7.7/10, respectively.
Fans were begging to wonder when will Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 will come out.
Well, looks like we finally have an answer to that question. So, keep scrolling to find out all the latest news and updates about Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3.
Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 1 was released on 26th May 2021, following which Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 2 aired on 23rd September 2021.
On 13th November 2022, the anime s’ official Twitter account released a key visual featuring the Duke of Arkham in the center and confirmed the Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 release date to be 7th April 2023.
| CHAPTER | RELEASE DATE |
| Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 1 | 26th May 2021 |
| Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 2 | 23rd September 2021 |
| Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 | 7th April 2023 |
The announcement also revealed a new Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 trailer. Check out below:
Following the assassination of Prince Edward, a succession crisis arises with the Duke of Normandy and aristocrats as one of Princess Mary, who is second in line, or Prince Richard, who is third in line, must inherit the throne.
Prince Richard, Duke of Arkham, questions Princess Mary on her loyalty and if she will side with him or choose the Duke of Normandy.
Although a change is required worldwide, especially among ethnic groups, the princess is in disbelief at Prince Richard Duke of Arkham s’ suggestion. He had a significant hand in the Prince Edward s’ assassination.
Mary wants to investigate the royal Family and their situation under CommonWealth s’ control, so she orders Ange and Dorothy to carry out this mission by infiltrating Mary s’ maids.
Mary is feeling the heat and exhaustion of the throne s’ succession as Prince Richard Duke of Arkham s’ plan begins to take shape.
Darkness looms over the Albion Kingdom. Will the Team White Pigeon survive or get swallowed up? Fans will have to wait for Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 to find that out.
Since the anime is an original production Princess Principal Crown Handler manga sale wasn’t a source of revenue.
Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 1 collected more than 100 million Yen($911,162), and Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 2 grossed 90 million Yen ($820,046) in box office collections.
The total box office collection for the film accounts for 190 million Yen($1.8 million).
Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapters 1 & 2 were nominated among the Top 100 Favorite’s, and both received nominations at Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2022.
Princess Principal Crown Handler anime is directed by Masaki Tachibana and scripted by Noboru Kimura. Characters are designed by Kimitake Nishio, and the music is composed by Yuki Kajiura. Animation is produced by studio Actas with art design by Morihito Ohara.
Check out the full staff and crew of Princess Principal Crown Handler below.
| ROLE | STAFF |
| Director | Masaki Tachibana |
| Screenwriter | Noboru Kimura |
| Original character designer | Kōhaku Kuroboshi |
| Character designer | Yukie Akiya and Kimitake Nishio |
| Chief animation director | Kimitake Nishio |
| Concept artist | Munashichi |
| Mechanical designer | Fumihiro Katagai |
| Researcher | Seiichi Shirato |
| Design assistant | Rasenjin Hayami |
| Prop designer | Ryō Akizuki |
| Composer | Yuki Kajiura |
| Sound director | Yoshikazu Iwanami |
| Art director | Miho Sugiura |
| Art designer | Morihito Ohara, Yuuho Taniuchi, Gō Taniguchi, and Noboru Jitsuhara |
| Color designer | Yuko Tsumori |
| Head of 3D animation | Tri-Slash |
| Graphic artist | Hirofumi Araki |
| Cinematographer | Yu Wakabayashi |
| Editor | Gō Sadamatsu |
| Animation production | Actas |
| Distributing company | Showgate |
You can find the list of Princess Principal Crown Handler characters and voice cast below:
| CHARACTERS | VOICED BY |
| Princess | Akira Sekine |
| Ange | Aoi Koga |
| Beatrice | Akari Kageyama |
| 7 | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Chise | Nozomi Furuki |
| Duke of Normandy | Takaya Hashi |
| L | Takayuki Sugo |
| Dorothy | Yō Taichi |
| Gazelle | Yuko Iida |
| Queen | Eiko Hanawa |
Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 will see the throne succession take many twist and turns as fans are in for a big treat.