The Princess and the Pilot

  

Type: Animated Movie

Genre: Adventure, Military, Romance, Shounen

Producer: Madhouse

Duration: 1hr. 40min.

Plot Summary:

      Charles Karino is a mercenary pilot. Though he earned himself the title of the best pilot in San Maltilia, he's always bullied by some of his comrades, and he's looked down upon by high ranks in the Levamme military; that goes back to the fact that he's a Bestado. Bestado are mixed-bloods born of Levamme and Amatsukami, Levamme's sworn enemies, and they are considered the lowest of the low.

      Juana Del Moral is the heiress of the Del Moral mansion. She was proposed to by the prince of Levamme, who promised to end the war with Amatsukami in a year and marry her. A year went by and the war didn't end. One day the Amatsukami target the Del Moral mansion with the aim of killing the future princess and lowering the morale of the Levamme forces. However, Juana survives the attack, but the prince give orders that she shall be brought to the capital for her safety.

     After having their elite force, assigned with escorting the princess, beaten up by the Amatsukami, the Levamme military resolves to assigning the mercenary pilot Charles Karino with the mission.

And so, the pilot and the princess start their perilous and eventful flight across the ocean to the capital.

Review:

         The princess and the pilot is a good movie but not exceptional, however, it's fairly enjoyable.

Story: The story is fine not very original, and the plot is kind of predictable; however, it has other advantages that cover for that.

Art: It's the best thing about the movie. It's very neat and kind of charming. I liked how the characters looked and the landscape. The animation was good, and the battle scenes are well made.

Soundtrack: It went well with the general atmosphere of the movie but it's not very memorable, didn't leave much of an impression on me.

Characters: I don't know about this one. :D

Maybe the characters are not that original, but I liked Karino. I actually had a bit of a crush on him. He might seem to be someone with a week personality, letting himself be bullied but not objecting. However, I thought it was the entire opposite. He's not wasting his energy on fruitless dispute. As long as he can fly, nothing else matters. Also, I thought he'd fall in love with the beautiful princess at first glance, and that kind of thing, but he was very composed and rational; the princess who did surprise me, too, by her clumsiness, in spite of her graceful outlook. The two of the made a very nice duo.

           In conclusion, The Pilot and the Princess is a decent movie with an average story, beautiful art and likable characters. If Hayao Miyazaki movies didn't exist, I would have rated it higher, but they can't be unseen, and my standards have gotten significantly high so it's a 7.5/10.

That's all for now! Ja na! ^_^