Princess Knight is a fast-paced tale of a heroic princess who can beat any man at fencing, yet is delicate and graceful enough to catch the eye of Prince Charming.... more>>

A mischief-making angel’s prank goes too far when the newborn princess of Silverland ends up with two hearts—one male and one female. Since the laws of Silverland only allow a male heir to ascend the throne, Princess Sapphire is raised as a prince. But will the avaricious Duke Duralumin discover Sapphire’s true nature and snatch the crown for his own son? <<less

1. The tale of Tonkara valley... more>>

Story about the history of a valley and the animals that lived there.

2. Sing Penny

3. Silk hat story

4. Ribbon Knight - Tink and the golden egg

5. Duckling with the white neck

6. The Golden Scale

One day, a young boy heads out to catch a haul of fish, so that he can afford to get good bread for his mother. While there he finds a golden fish who, in exchange for not killing it, offers him a golden scale which will grant any wish. Choosing delicious bread as his prize, the boy returns home successful. If he could get bread from one scale, what would he get with another?

7. Why mother lost her leg

8. The Devil Invites Himself to the Ball

The fox of danube, the head of the revolutionary army has infiltrated the ball and is plotting something. Who is this mysterious exactly? And what is his relationship with Lily?

9. Why mother lost her eyes

10. Mignon

11. The spring of crane <<less

Rainbow Prelude is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and also the name of one of his books in Kodansha's line of "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" books containing a collection of Tezuka's short stories. The stories included in the book are "Rainbow Prelude", "The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight", a manga version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", "Peacock Shell", and "Song of the White Peacock".... more>>

Chapters:

1) Niji no Prelude (虹のプレリュード); Shuukan Shoujo Comic 1975/10/05-10/26

2) Curtain wa Kon'ya mo Aoi (カーテンは今夜も青い); Shoujo Shinnen Zoukangou 1958/01

3) Venice no Shounin (ベニスの商人); Chuugaku 1-Nen Course Furoku 1959/04

4) Kujakugai (孔雀貝); Shoujo Club Furoku 1958/06

5) Shiro Kujaku no Uta (白くじゃくの歌); Nakayoshi Natsuyasumi Zoukangou 1959/09/15 <<less

This is the original version of Princess Knight that was serialized in Shojo Club from 1953-1956. The 1963 version, serialized in Nakayoshi was completely redone from the ground up.... more>>

Set in a medieval fairy-tale type setting, this is the story of young Princess Sapphire. When Sapphire is in heaven waiting to be born, a mischievous cherub named Tink accidentally gives her a second heart, and the young girl is born with both the brave and adventurous blue heart of a boy, as well as the loving and caring red heart of a girl. Realizing a mistake has been made, God sends Tink to earth with instructions to retrieve the blue boy’s heart. However, Princess Sapphire has been born into the Kingdom of Silverland, where only a male heir can inherit the throne, so retrieving the boy’s heart is no easy task. In order to keep the evil Duke Duralumin from becoming next-in-line to the throne, the king and queen announce that a prince has been born – forcing Sapphire into a life of deception. Sapphire was inspired by the Takarazuka Revue all-female theatre troupe, of which Tezuka was a long-time fan.

Frequent misconceptions (largely from American based or other such sources) place Princess Knight as the first Shojo Manga ever made. Shojo manga has existed for as long as manga itself. Some examples being Katsuji Matsumoto's Kurukuru Kurumi-chan from 1938 and Shosuke Kurakane's Anmitsu-hime from 1949 in addition to a myriad of others. <<less