The Royal Tutor


The Royal Tutor is a Japanese manga series by Higasa Akai. It started serialization in Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine in November 2013. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of December 2019. Yen Press has licensed the manga and distribute monthly chapters digitally. An anime television adaptation by Bridge that started from April 4, 2017 to June 20, 2017. A stage play has been announced as well. A new project has been announced. On September 17, 2018, it was announced that a film produced by Tear Studio would be released on February 16, 2019.

Plot

Heine Wittgenstein, a man often mistaken for a small child, has been summoned to the royal palace of Glanzreich by the king to act as the royal tutor to the four younger princes—Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht–turning them into capable candidates to the throne. However, he finds his task difficult because of the complicated personalities of his charges, who had managed to cause every tutor they had to quit.

Characters

Main Characters

Other members of the Glanzreich Family

;Maria von Glanzreich

Other Characters

;Ivan Alexandruwitsch Romano
;Eugene Alexandruwitsch Romano

Media

Manga

The manga is written and illustrated by Higasa Akai. It debuted in the December 2013 issue of Monthly GFantasy. Square Enix has published the compiled volumes since June 27, 2014. Currently there are twelve volumes. Yen Press had announced its license of the series in 2015, and they are currently releasing translated chapters monthly digitally.

Volumes List

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by Bridge aired from April 4, 2017 to June 20, 2017. The opening theme is "Shoppoi Namida" by Shogo Sakamoto, and the ending theme is "Prince Night " by cast members Keisuke Ueda, Yūya Asato, Yūto Adachi, Daisuke Hirose, and Shouta Aoi under the name P4 with T. Funimation has licensed the series in North America.
TitleOriginal air date

Musicals

The series has inspired two musicals, with the voice cast of the anime reprising their roles. The first play ran in 2017. The second play ran in April 2019 as a tie-in to the anime film, with Shohei Hashimoto and Shogo Sakamoto reprising their roles.

Film

The Royal Tutor: The Movie was announced in November 2018 and cast Shohei Hashimoto and Shogo Sakamoto as Ivan and Eugene, two original characters made for the film. The film was released nationwide in Japan on February 16, 2019. Crunchyroll distributed the film for English release on its release day.

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