An update from the Princess Principal series reveals that Princess Principal: Crown Handler 4 will premiere in Japanese theaters on May 23 JST. A main trailer and key visual for the anime were also released.
Like the first three Crown Handler entries, the staff credits include:
• Director: Masaki Tachibana
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Noboru Kimura
• Character designer and chief animation director: Kimitake Nishio
• Character designer: Yukie Akiya
• Original character designer: Kouhaku Kuroboshi
• Mechanical designer: Fumihiro Katagai
• Color designer: Yuko Tsumori
• Background art director: Miho Sugiura
• Compositing director: Yuu Wakabayashi as photography director
• Music composer: Yuki Kajiura
• Animation production: Actas
The theme songs are still “LIES & TIES” by Void_Chords feat. Yui Mugino (the opening) and “Nowhere Land” by Aoi Koga, Akira Sekine, You Taichi, Akari Kageyama, and Nozomi Furuki as their respective characters Ange, Princess, Dorothy, Beatrice, and Chise.
Princess Principal: Crown Handler is a series of six planned movies that takes place after 2017’s Princess Principal TV anime series. Both follow a team of spies in an alternate steampunk 19th century where the Kingdom of Albion is divided into East and West by a giant wall. Princess Principal: Crown Handler Chapter 3 was released in 2023.
Source: Princess Principal website
