Majestic Prince (franchise)

Majestic Prince (マジェスティックプリンス) is a science fiction multimedia project created by Japanese company FIELDS. A manga series, written by Rando Ayamine, illustrated by Hikaru Niijima and with original work/planning credited to Fields/Sotsu, began serialisation in 2011. Its anime television series, Majestic Prince (銀河機攻隊マジェスティックプリンス) was developed by Doga Kobo and Orange, and was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from April 4, 2013, to September 19, 2013, and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks,[1] and the Anime Network.[2] with its dub home video release in 2014. In July 2016 the episodes were rebroadcast, with a new "25th episode" on September 29, 2016, with events leading to a feature film released in November.[3][4]

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The opening theme for episodes 2 through 12 is "Watashi wa Sōzō-suru" (私は想像する) performed by Natsumi Kon. The ending theme for episodes 1 to 12 is "Sayonara tte Iu" (サヨナラっていう) performed by Chiaki Ishikawa. Ishikawa also wrote and composed both songs. The opening and ending themes change on episode 13 to "PROMPT", performed by Kon, and "Arigatō. Tadaima." (アリガトウ. タダイマ.) performed by Yōko Hikasa and Yuka Iguchi as their characters Kei Kugimiya and Tamaki Irie, respectively. "Bokutachi wa Ikiteiru (僕たちは生きている)" by Izuru Hitachi (Hiroki Aiba), Toshikaze Asagi (Shintaro Asanuma), Ataru Suruga (Junya Ikeda) is the 3rd ending, and runs in episode 16 and episodes 20–22. The second ending returns for episodes 13–15, 17-18 and 23. "Respect Me" by Chiaki Ishikawa is the ending for episode 19 and "Watashi wa Souzousuru (私は想像する)" by Natsumi Kon is the ending for episode 24. Episode 6 features an insert song written by Ishikawa and performed by Kon titled "Kokoro" (ココロ), and episode 24 features "So no Gyaku" (その逆), written and performed by Ishikawa. The anime was rebroadcast from July to September 2016, two episodes per week in a special programming block titled "Majestic Hour".[3] On September 29, 2016, a 25th episode aired,[4] which serves as a lead-in to a feature film released in November 2016. The film features "Kokoro wa Hitotsu Janai" (心はひとつじゃない) as well as a returning "PROMPT" as insert songs, both performed by Kon. The credits theme for the film is "Kienai Sora" (消えない宙), performed by Kon.

Manga

Majestic Prince, written by Rando Ayamine and illustrated by Hikaru Niijima, was published in Hero's Inc.'s Monthly Hero's from November 1, 2011,[5] to March 1, 2019.[6] The first tankōbon (bound volume) of the series was released on October 5, 2012; the sixteenth and last was released on May 2, 2019.

Yūsuke Ozaki serialized a parallel manga, Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince, initially in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Ace, starting on April 4, 2013.[7] On July 10, 2013, Kadokawa ceased Newtype Ace; the manga restarted on August 20 in Kadokawa Niconico Ace,[8] where it was published until October 18, 2013.[9] The manga was compiled into two volumes were released by Kadokawa on July 6, 2013, and November 9, 2013.[10]

type	tv series
title	Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince
director	Keitaro Motonaga
writer	Reiko Yoshida
music	Toshiyuki Watanabe
studio	Doga Kobo, Orange
network	Tokyo MX, tvk, KBS, SUN
first	April 4, 2013
last	September 19, 2013
episodes	24
episode list	List of Majestic Prince episodes

Majestic Prince (franchise)

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