Princess Principal: Crown Handler
| Princess Principal: Crown Handler | |
|---|---|
| Kanji | プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler |
| Revised Hepburn | Purinsesu Purinshiparu: Kuraun Handorā |
| Directed by | Masaki Tachibana |
| Screenplay by | Noboru Kimura |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yu Wakabayashi |
| Edited by | Gō Sadamatsu |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Showgate |
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Running time | Total (4 films): 228 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | Total (4 films): ¥349 million |
Princess Principal: Crown Handler (Japanese: プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler, Hepburn: Purinsesu Purinshiparu: Kuraun Handorā) is a six-part Japanese animated spy action film series and a sequel to the 2017 anime television series Princess Principal. Produced by Actas and distributed by Showgate, the film series is directed by Masaki Tachibana from a script written by Noboru Kimura and stars Aoi Koga, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, and Nozomi Furuki.
The film series follows Ange, Princess, Dorothy, Beatrice, and Chise, members of Team White Pigeon, as they are assigned to investigate Bishop, the Commonwealth spy within the Kingdom's royal family, for his loyalty. Following his death from an assailant and an assassination attempt on Prince Richard, the team is tasked to find the Cavorite bombs that are stolen from the Commonwealth. After the incident of missing bombs, Richard, the mastermind behind it and the assassination of Prince Edward, invites Princess to join him for his plan to reform the Kingdom. The death of Prince Edward, who is first in line to succeed the Queen of the Kingdom, has caused a power struggle between Richard and Princess Mary, who is second in the line of succession.
A sequel to the anime series was announced in April 2018. The staff and cast for the first film in the series were revealed in September 2019, with Koga replacing Ayaka Imamura as the voice actress for Ange due to the latter's health condition. Its production was completed in March 2020. The staff and cast for the second film in the series were revealed in July 2021, while its production was completed in August. The staff and cast for the third film in the series were revealed in November 2022. The staff and cast for the fourth film were revealed in February 2025.
Four films in the Princess Principal: Crown Handler series have been released in Japan since 2021: Chapter 1 on February 11, Chapter 2 on September 23, Chapter 3 on April 7, 2023, and Chapter 4 on May 23, 2025. The film series has grossed over ¥349 million in Japan.