History Anime / FushigiboshiNoFutagohime

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* LateArrivalSpoiler: It's pretty obvious Eclipse is Prince Shade from the Moon Kingdom once Shade is formally introduced in the series. Originally, on the official website, Eclipse was listed in the section for characters with an unspecified region as a separate character than Prince Shade. Once TheReveal happened, his profile was moved to the "Moon Kingdom" page.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Mysterious Star"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY (also known for their ''VideoGame/DaikaijuuMonogatari'' games), Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.

Fine and Rein are fraternal [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twins]] who are also [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princesses]] of the Sunny Kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Mysterious Star, a hollow planet with a floating sun in the middle. They also happen to be [[InformedAbility "the most un-Princesslike Princesses ever"]]. Fine (the red-haired one) is a {{Tomboy}} with a love of [[BigEater sweet things]] while Rein (the blue-haired one) is a GenkiGirl who loves cute things but gets [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a little insane when it comes to romance]].

* AdaptationExpansion: There's a lot of this, but for starters, contrary to the original concept's solid seven, the anime went out of its way to introduce a secret eighth kingdom on the Mysterious Star, known as the Ocean Kingdom, guarded by Princess Pearl.

* DisappearedDad: All the families in the Mysterious Star are nuclear families... except for the Moon Kingdom, where there ''is'' a queen, but not a king. In fact, we don't even know who and ''if'' Shade and Milky ever had a father...

* PettingZooPeople: Most of the inhabitants of the Mysterious Star

* PutOnABus: The writers of ''Gyu!'' use this trope ''immensely''. The show introduces new princesses and princes while ignoring even the royal families of the Mysterious Star. In other words, if you're looking for anyone who is ''not'' Fine, Rein, Poomo, Chiffon, and Bibin, prepare to be massively disappointed. Even ''Auler'' doesn't show up as much as he should have. Alongside that, even the new princesses and princes are basically ignored after having one episode to themselves — [[spoiler:Thomas]] gets this the worst, [[spoiler:as shortly after his HeelFaceTurn, he disappears for about 20 episodes, and when he finally returns to the Academy, he is DemotedToExtra]].
* RebelliousPrincess: Fine and Rein, to the point of being labeled the "most un-princesslike princesses in the history of the Mysterious Star".

* SugarBowl: The Mysterious Star is very cute and friendly.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Mysterious Star"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY (also known for their ''VideoGame/DaikaijuuMonogatari'' games), Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Wonder Planet"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY (also known for their ''VideoGame/DaikaijuuMonogatari'' games), Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.

Fine and Rein are fraternal [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twins]] who are also [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princesses]] of the Sunny Kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Wonder Planet, a hollow planet with a floating sun in the middle. They also happen to be [[InformedAbility "the most un-Princesslike Princesses ever"]]. Fine (the red-haired one) is a {{Tomboy}} with a love of [[BigEater sweet things]] while Rein (the blue-haired one) is a GenkiGirl who loves cute things but gets [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a little insane when it comes to romance]].

* AdaptationExpansion: There's a lot of this, but for starters, contrary to the original concept's solid seven, the anime went out of its way to introduce a secret eighth kingdom on the Wonder Planet, known as the Ocean Kingdom, guarded by Princess Pearl.

* DisappearedDad: All the families in the Wonder Planet are nuclear families... except for the Moon Kingdom, where there ''is'' a queen, but not a king. In fact, we don't even know who and ''if'' Shade and Milky ever had a father...

* PettingZooPeople: Most of the inhabitants of the Wonder Planet.

* PutOnABus: The writers of ''Gyu!'' use this trope ''immensely''. The show introduces new princesses and princes while ignoring even the royal families of the Wonder Planet. In other words, if you're looking for anyone who is ''not'' Fine, Rein, Poomo, Chiffon, and Bibin, prepare to be massively disappointed. Even ''Auler'' doesn't show up as much as he should have. Alongside of that, even the new princesses and princes are basically ignored after having one episode to themselves — [[spoiler:Thomas]] gets this the worst, [[spoiler:as shortly after his HeelFaceTurn, he disappears for about 20 episodes, and when he finally returns to the Academy, he is DemotedToExtra]].
* RebelliousPrincess: Fine and Rein, to the point of being labeled the "most unprincesslike princesses in the history of the Mysterious Star".

* PimpedOutDress
* PowerTrio[=/=]ThreeAmigos: Fine, Rein, and Poomo act as a trio throughout the series, although you can substitute Poomo for Lione if you want a more human counterpart. Cue the second half of the series, Altezza replaces Lione's role. The trio formation becomes crucial to ''Gyu!'' to the point where the students ''must'' create teams of three, hence Team Gemini (Fine, Rein, Chiffon), Team Celeb (Elizabeta, Sasha, Carla), Team Jewel (Altezza, Sophie, Lemon), Team Samba (Lione, Calorie, Asuri), etc.

** Milro has an interesting case since her name was spelled "Mirlo" in the first [[AllThereInTheManual character fanbook]], but "Milro" in episode 19 and in the second character fanbook. One has to wonder if "Mirlo" was a typo or if TheyJustDidntCare about the proper romanization of her name. Last, some fansubs write her name out by her literal Japanese pronunciation, "Miruro", but it's not {{Word of God}} so it has less validity than her other names.** The fansubs romanized Truth's name as "Toulouse" and Altezza's as "Altessa" before the character fanbook came out with the official romanizations. Some people still refer to the characters by their fansub names.

* TransformationTrinket - The Sunny Luces
* TrueBlueFemininity - Rein

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* [[StopHavingFunGuy Stop Having Fun Girl]]: Altezza takes the "Best Food Princess" competition a [[SeriousBusiness little too seriously]]...** Heck, episode 22 reveals that she [[HardWorkHardlyWorks trained more diligently]] for the previous parties than all the other princesses combined.

* AnimeFirst

* {{Defictionalization}}: During the first season's run, there were actual Princess Parties held to promote the show.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The writers of the show decided not to focus too much on the LoveDodecahedron between Fine, Rein, Bright, and Eclipse because they felt that romance would draw away some of their viewers.

* TheForce: The Prominence

* PutOnABus: The writers of ''Gyu!'' use this trope ''immensely''. The show introduces new princesses and princes while ignoring even the royal families of the Wonder Planet. In other words, if you're looking for anyone who is ''not'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad Fine, Rein, Poomo, Chiffon, and Bibin]], prepare to be massively disappointed. Even ''Auler'' doesn't show up as much as he should have. Alongside of that, even the new princesses and princes are basically ignored after having one episode to themselves — [[spoiler:Thomas]] gets this the worst, [[spoiler:as shortly after his HeelFaceTurn, he disappears for about 20 episodes, and when he finally returns to the Academy, he is DemotedToExtra]].

* PrincessCurls: Both main characters.

It later got a second series, ''Fushigiboshi No Futagohime Gyu!'', in which Fine and Rein get sent to [[BoardingSchool Princess School]] in order to receive a certification that will allow them to become Queens. During the orientation of new students, they are presented with a legendary bell that will only ring when a certain person, [[TheChosenOne destined to become the "Universal Princess"]] touches it. Until this time, the bell has never rung until Fine and Rein touch it, transforming them into [[FrillsOfJustice newer, frillier, poofier dresses]]. Meanwhile, a strange dark entity has begun to possess people all over campus, causing them to descend into irreversible depression. Unlike the previous series, it follows a standard MonsterOfTheWeek format and delves into MagicalGirlWarrior themes instead of the CuteWitch style it originally had (presumably due to the success of a similar format in the second half of the original series). Part of the reason of why it was different was because Junichi Sato left in the beginning of its run, most likely due to CreativeDifferences. [[BrokenBase Some cite the sequel as something that should have never existed]]

It later got a second series, ''Fushigiboshi No Futagohime Gyu!'', in which Fine and Rein get sent to [[BoardingSchool Princess School]] in order to receive a certification that will allow them to become Queens. During the orientation of new students, they are presented with a legendary bell that will only ring when a certain person, [[TheChosenOne destined to become the "Universal Princess"]] touches it. Until this time, the bell has never rung until Fine and Rein touch it, transforming them into [[FrillsOfJustice newer, frillier, poofier dresses]]. Meanwhile, a strange dark entity has begun to possess people all over campus, causing them to descend into irreversible depression. Unlike the previous series, it follows a standard MonsterOfTheWeek format and delves into MagicalGirlWarrior themes instead of the CuteWitch style it originally had (presumably due to the success of a similar format in the second half of the original series). Part of the reason of why it was different was because Junichi Sato left in the beginning of its run, most likely due to CreativeDifferences. [[BrokenBase Some cite the sequel as something that should have never existed]], but YourMilageMayVary.

* OfficialCouple: Fine/Shade, Rein/Bright, Altezza/Auler, Elizabeta/Fango, Calorie/Tauri, Milro/Pastel... and that's not even including the kings and queens! Even [[{{ToyShip}} Milky and Nalro]] got some {{Ship Tease}} before they even learned how to speak!

This series has a [[{{Characters/FushigiboshiNoFutagoHime}} Character Sheet]]. For all tropes relating to specific characters, please list them there.

Fansubbed by [[http://www.honobono.cc/ the Honobono group]] up to episode 47.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Wonder Planet"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY (also known for their Roleplay/DaikaijuuMonogatari games), Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.

* AdaptationDecay: Since the manga was serialized in ''Ciao!'' around the same time the anime began airing, it was understandably different from the other. One of the most striking differences is that the manga artist, Mayuki Anan, apparently had an AlternateCharacterInterpretation of some of the princesses, which resulted in Milro becoming an IceQueen and TheOjou while Altezza was made into a ShrinkingViolet.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Wonder Planet"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY (also known for their DaikaijuuMonogatari games), Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.

* LesYay: Sure, Altezza got paired with Auler, but there was plenty of this between her and Sophie.

Fushigiboshi No Futagohime ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Twin Princesses Of The Wonder Planet"]]) is a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl series from the director of ''SailorMoon'', Junichi Sato. Initially a [[http://futagohime.jp/original concept with its own interactive webpage]] by BIRTHDAY, Hal Film Maker took the idea and adapted it into an anime, which began in April of 2005.