The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Also known as: Kaguya-hime no Monogatari / かぐや姫の物語
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya is a movie by Studio Ghibli that premiered in Fall 2013. It is finished airing with 1 episodes of about 137 minutes each. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Average AniList score: 8.1/10.
Synopsis
Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.
(Source: Toronto International Film Festival)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya episodes
- Episode 1: Complete Movie — aired November 23, 2013
Main characters
- Kaguya-hime (Main) — voiced by Aki Asakura
- Sutemaru (Supporting) — voiced by Kengo Koura
- Ouna (Supporting) — voiced by Nobuko Miyamoto
- Sagami (Supporting) — voiced by Atsuko Takahata
- Okina (Supporting) — voiced by Takeo Chii
- Inbe no Akita (Supporting) — voiced by Shinosuke Tatekawa
- Menowarawa (Supporting) — voiced by Tomoko Tabata
- Mikado (Supporting) — voiced by Nakamura Shichinosuke II
Related anime
- Alternative: Kaguya-hime (1961)
- Alternative: Kaguya-hime (1972)
- Alternative: Kaguya-hime
Anime like The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
- The Heike Story (2021) — ONA
- Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) — ONA
- Only Yesterday (1991) — movie
- In This Corner of the World (2016) — movie
- Land of the Lustrous (2017) — TV series
- Millennium Actress (2002) — movie
- Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light (2011) — movie
- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2016) — TV series