A clip from episode 23. Another one of my favorite scenes. Tutu has gone into the crazy world of Drosselmeyer to stop him from perverting the fairy tale further. She must escape from this mad realm, and leaps into the light, into... In this scene, if classical music were not the theme of the series, I can easily imagine hearing the refrain from Erasure's "In My Arms" playing as Princess Tutu leaps through the gate of light.
This folder contains my favorite scenes from Princess Tutu, and some requested clips. Unlike Full Moon, some of the scenes I chose were not too cutesy, but have a fairly dramatic presence (always another plus). Again, a prerequisite to these clips would be to first watch the entire Princess Tutu series, which I am sure is on this website. I'm just presenting what I consider the 'best of' moments :)
Requested clip from Act 14, Part 1. Beginning of the Act. Ahiru's dream sequence of dancing with the prince concludes a little unexpectedly.
This is a requested clip, from episode 5, "On the eve of the Fire Festival." Rue should be practicing her dance moves with Mytho, but she hasn't shown up at the dance studio. Ahiru's nearby on janitorial duty, and Mytho pulls her in for a brief dance. Her mop bucket (ugh) comes in handy at the end of the clip, though.
From episode #1. A clip containing an introduction to most of the primary players in this anime. We've got Ahiru, our lovable duck-chan, the ethereal Mytho (Mute), the foul-tempered Fakia (Fakir), dirty ol' Neko-Sensei, beautiful yet cold Rue (forgot), and my favorites, the clinically insane Lilie (Ririe) and Pike (also forgot).
A clip from episode 2. An anteater (one of many anthropomorphs we'll encounter in this series) has decided to declare a rival war against Rue and does a dance deliberately choosing Mytho as her partner. Now Rue's up. And she's chosen klutzy Ahiru as her partner?!
A clip from episode 3. Ahiru thinks about her role (as Princess Tutu) in this crazy fairy tale come to reality. Lilie and Pike aren't overly helpful as they seem more interested in being silly with how inept poor Ahiru is. We get a brief view of Drosselmeyer (bleah!) and the cryptic but helpful Eden-san.
A clip from episode #4. Mytho's missing, and Rue and Ahiru are looking for him. Though we can't really call them buddies, Ahiru's silly personality does win Rue over a bit. See 1:43 when Ahiru is unintentionally mimicking Rue's out-of-breath speech :)
A clip from episode #5. Princess Tutu must save a portion of Mytho's heart, and at the same time, get him on time with his date with Rue! Can she convince the spirit to help release this piece of Mytho? And more importantly, is Rue going to be stood up?
A clip from episode 6. Ahiru has been asked to dance, much to her (and Neko-Sensei's) surprise, for Paulamoni-san. "I feel the same..." :) So her natural choice for partner will be Mytho this around, right? Right? Eh! It's not??
A clip from episode 7. Princess Tutu and Mytho together, alone, for an evening confession? Well, it kinda looks that way until Princess Claire decides to stop in to say hello.
Clip from episode 8. Ahiru wants to slip a note to Mytho, so she caches herself in one of the lockers. Interestingly, it happens to be Fakir's locker, and he happens to find her inside, in her duck form. Does this mean we'll see a tender, animal-sympathetic side of Fakir, or is he having confit de canard tonight? Ahiru's pronunciation of "Iguana" is cute!
A clip from episode 9. After a little chat with Ahiru, Rue thinks about their "friendship," something kind of new to her. Interestingly, the conversation between Neko-Sensei and the goat ties indirectly to both Rue and Fakir, who pass by the cafe independently.
A clip from episode 10. We get a little bit of background about Fakir, and some insight as to why he's so grumpy all the time. Also a cute scene with Fakir and Ahiru at the end :)
This is a clip from episode 11. We have, firstly, our cute little duo of Princess Tutu and Mytho. Bonus points for the duck umbrella. The party starts to get a little crowded when Rue and Fakir pop in to say hello.
A clip from episode 12. One of my favorite scenes in the series. Ahiru and Fakir are hunting to Mytho and with the help from a rogue Edel-san, they know where to go. After a silly little conversation, they find they are trapped. The only way out is if Ahiru reverts to her duck mode, but then Fakir will know her variant form! What to do?
This clip is taken from episode 13. This is the conclusion of the first main arc of Princess Tutu. Claire has done a pas de deux with Mytho. This leaves Princess Tutu to perform a pas de deux with... who? Ahiru is such a strong duck :)
Clip from episode 15. We skipped 14 intentionally. The ravenesque Claire confronts Fakir in the library.
This is a clip from episode 16. Lilie and Pike talk with Ahiru about Fakir, and suggest that Ahiru is interested in Fakir, too... hence the "three way" interest in them that Pike mentions. Why, what were you thinking about? ;) Meanwhile Neko-Sensei is still having a problem attracting the ladies. Poor guy.
A clip from episode 18. Episode 17 was deliberately skipped. It's Tutu versus a maniacal sword-wielding knight bent on whopping her, but good. Will she prevail? And even if she does, will she come out unscathed?
A clip from episode 19. No, this really has very little to do with the play beyond the character naming. Lilie and Pike are convinced that Ahiru is in love with Fakir and are trying their best to help (see the stretching exercises for a typical example).
A clip from episode 20. Lilie and Pike are ever so helpful again in trying to get Ahiru to "confess" to Fakir... got to love the push they give her. And who's this Rachel that's all over Fakir right now?
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