TV series
The Price of Smiles
2019 · 1 season
A gentle, earnest anime that contrasts palace warmth with soldierly duty, slowly turning bittersweet as childish innocence meets the cost of conflict.
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Yumiri Hanamori, Saori Hayami, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Overview
- On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yuuki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua. Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling for smiling is essential to living.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, coming-of-age, identity, family
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Yumiri Hanamori, Saori Hayami, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
