Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season – Zankoku Douwa: Utsukushi-hime
Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season - A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess / 残酷童話 うつくし姫 / Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season Episode 6.5
| Genres: Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Vampire | |
| Themes: Psychological, Vampire | |
| Studios: Shaft | |
| Producers: Aniplex, Kodansha, Rakuonsha | |
| Rating: 7.73 / 10 | |
| Rank: #1265 | |
| Popularity: #6928 | |
| Users Listed: 10,112 | |
| Users Scored: 5,742 | |
| NSFW: No | |
| Last Updated: 09/02/2024 | |
| Aired: August 17, 2024 (Summer) | |
| Type: ona | |
| Source: Light Novel | |
| Age Rating: PG 13 | |
| Episodes: 1 |
Synopsis:
This installment in the Monogatari Series delves into a historical narrative, recounting an event from a vanished kingdom approximately six centuries past. The story centers on a strikingly beautiful princess, whose fate becomes intertwined with unusual circumstances. Exploring themes of beauty, isolation, and the weight of historical echoes, the episode unfolds within a subtly melancholic atmosphere. It presents a quiet contemplation on a bygone era, focusing less on grand action and more on character interactions and the unfolding consequences of past events. The narrative invites viewers to consider the enduring impact of stories and the complexities hidden beneath appearances, offering a unique blend of folklore and introspective storytelling characteristic of the series.
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Characters:
- Narrator (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya
- Oshino, Shinobu (Main)
Staff:
- Ishikawa, Tatsuya (Producer)
- Matsukawa, Yuuya (Producer)
- Nishibe, Maho (Producer)
- Shioya, Yoshiyuki (Producer)
- Suzuki, Ryuusuke (Producer)
- Yodo, Akiko (Producer)
- Fukagawa, Ikumi (Assistant Producer)
- Hagiwara, Mika (Assistant Producer)
- Nakayama, Naho (Assistant Producer)
- Sugai, Natsuki (Assistant Producer)
- Shinbou, Akiyuki (Director, Series Composition)
- Yoshizawa, Midori (Director)
- Tsuruoka, Youta (Sound Director)
- Saito, Nobutaka (Episode Director)
- Ooshima, Miku (Script)
- Ayase (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement)
- YOASOBI (Theme Song Performance)
- Iwakami, Atsuhiro (Planning)
- Kubota, Mitsutoshi (Planning)
- Miura, Fumi (Associate Producer)
- Miyazono, Yuria (Music)
- NISIO, ISIN (Original Creator)
- Sotokawa, Akihiro (Associate Producer)
- Tada, Muku (Editing)
- Takahashi, Ryuu (Planning)
- Tou, Fuyashi (Series Composition)
- Tsunoda, Naotoshi (Planning)
Reviews:
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User jimfaindel (Score: 10/10):
This story is less fairy tale and more psychological horror, but it didn't lie to us in one regard: it is indeed cruel. We got a hint of the princess' tragedy and the immensity of her curse from the continuation of the original story's ending, but it is only now that we come to fully realize what a dreadful curse beauty and adoration can be. Fascination upon contemplating the sublime, leading to a demure and understated madness, which for all its kindness is stained with red all the same. Each and every time we've stumbled into a fragment of Shinobu's backstory, the medium has changed and distorted,diverting from whatever it is we may have expected and haunting us with its unnatural beauty. There is no salvation nor morals to these tales, not ever, only regret and death, yet they keep drawing us in all the same. They are by far my favorite parts of this long and convoluted tale.nnAs we keep contextualizing and revealing new faces of this monster of a story, each revelation only leads to further questions. Humanizing this monster has only left it looking more inhuman than ever, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Related Anime/Manga:
- Monogatari Series: Off Season (manga - Adaptation)
- Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season (anime - Parent Story)