Athanasia de Alger Obelia, the only legitimate princess of the Obelian Empire, awakens memories of a previous life; from these, she sees a future where she dies at the hands of her father, Emperor Claude. While his gaze is full of affection for Athanasia's older sister, Jennette Margarita, he only regards Athanasia with indifference and leaves her desperately yearning for his love.
To avert the fate that awaits her, the infant Athanasia resolves to escape the palace when she is older and, in the meantime, avoid meeting her father at all costs. However, their paths cross years before it was destined, and so young Athanasia finds herself at the mercy of Claude's seemingly mercurial whims. But the one emotion that she expects, apathy, is never present on his face. With a father who now considers her family, Athanasia strives to grow into a proper crown princess—but her grim vision may yet have ways to become true.
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Velaroz
I am going to keep this review simple and spoiler-free here, in regards to what changes were done to the plot and such. It feels a bit wrong and off putting in those regards, much to my own chagrin, since it had looked like these 16 episodes might've been all we were going to get, given how some events seemed to be playing off. I can say that they have at least only gotten about halfway through the story, even with the way they've rewritten things changing the major events quite heavily. I have a potential rationale for what is going on, essentially likening this to amoment of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy level of shenanigans, where each telling of the story, per medium, was supposed to be different. By this notion, one could argue that in "winding back the clock again" to tell the story from an anime perspective has pulled us into a different world line of "Who Made Me a Princess". This rationale is the only reason I am giving this a rating of 7, instead of much, much lower, given the deviations from the OG story path.
I recommend that sort of mindset if you read the source material first and have yet to watch this, in order to better enjoy the show.
Marinate1016
I’m truly so glad TBHX got me into watching donghua earlier this year because otherwise I’d have missed out on the masterclass in fantasy storytelling and animation that is Who Made Me a Princess. I have seen a ton of reincarnated princesses, villainesses, noble women, the whole range of the otome spectrum, and none of them have hit quite like this show. I’ve always said that the best fantasy stories are those that actually transport you to another world and make you feel completely immersed in it. Think Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, etc. I’m not saying WMMAP is on that level ofepic storytelling necessarily, but for 20 minutes every Sunday it helped me escaped the routine of my daily life and made me feel like I was apart of something greater. It’s a truly magical and beautiful experience that no other recent anime has come close to for me. I’m not sure what it is about Chinese animation, but there’s this epic quality to the ones I’ve seen thus far that just doesn’t exist in MOST Japanese anime. I’m trying to describe a feeling that was unknown to me until I watched TBHX this year, so I’m probably not doing it justice. You truly do just have to watch the first few episodes of this show and you’ll understand. My daughter Athanasia is one of the best written characters this year, her relationship with both her father and Lucas were among the best of the year, great character development, world building AND this show is a visual spectacle. One of the best shows of the year without a doubt.
I have a tendency to get really wordy and excited when talking about WMMAP because I love this series so much, so I’ll try to be as concise as possible here. There’s three things that really make this special as a story for me. 1:Athanasia as a character. Yes she’s the cutest, most lovable bundle of sunshine you’ll ever see, but she’s also just a phenomenal protagonist for whose accomplishments you can’t help but feel proud. Her first life ended in disaster and tragedy. She’s determined to not repeat that. The way she goes about doing that is both endearing and inspiring. The situation in her first life was really no fault of her own, but she still strives to improve every aspect of herself, specifically her magical ability and make inroads with people she couldn’t connect with before. That brings me to my 2nd point, her relationship with her father. Not many anime focus on daddy daughter dynamics and none have done it to the extent this series has. Athanasia’s relationship with her father is truly the backbone of this story. In her original life, the lack of a relationship with her father led to her doom, so she goes out of her comfort zone and establishes on this time around. It of course isn’t simple and there’s a lot of bumps in the road, but Athanasia keeping at it and slowly, but surely establishing that bond over the first few episodes was so good. It gets even better when you understand everything her father has been through and his initial frigid demeanor all makes sense. This author really made it a point to focus on the characters and that makes the series so much better. A lot of fantasy shows focus on the adventure or the quest to find the demon lord and they just fall flat because you don’t care about the characters, their struggles or anything other than some occasional fanservice and a cool battle or two. While there’s action in WMMAP, Athanasia’s relationship with her father, her development as a mage and her coming into her own as a member of the royal family are the priorities.
The third most important thing to me is the romance! Now I’m not gonna lie, I was on the fence with the Lucathy ship at first because technically there’s a very big age gap involved in this, but it’s one of those ones where it doesn’t feel weird because physically Lucas and Athy are at similar ages and mentally Athanasia is a reincarnated adult, although Lucas technically doesn’t know that.. but hey, whatever, it’s cute as hell. I love all of Lucas and athy’s interactions. They both love to troll one another, they talk trash, they have their little fights, but at the end of the day they’ll always apologize and come back together. How much they care for one another is palpable. They honestly have one of the most realistic relationships I’ve seen in a fantasy story like this. While it’s not blatantly romantic yet, you can tell it’s going that way and well.. if you’ve looked up anything related to this series, you’ve already seen panels and fanart lol. I kind of flip flop depending on my mood, but this is probably my favorite part of the story as a whole. I just hate that the episodes are so short so we only get like 5-6 minutes of them on screen together per week. Every scene they share is so fun, though! Cannot get enough of Lucas messing with Athy and pushing her to her limits before apologizing and flirting with her in his own way. They also are genuinely great FRIENDS first and foremost which makes any eventual romantic development that much better. In her past life, Athy didn’t really have that connection with anyone else her own age and Lucas has also been lonely for most of his life. They’re the perfect pair at the perfect time. There is a little bit of a love triangle going on which I didn’t really care for because I just don’t like Ijikiel that much as a character, but it’s cool seeing all these cute boys falling for my girl Athanasia! She’s the it girl.
The production values are absolutely stunning in this. Animation is fluid, art is bright and gorgeous, the ost is amazing and the Japanese dub is great too. It’s easily the best looking show this season and arguably of the year. Just a treat for the eyes and it stays that way throughout which I’ve noticed is another staple of Chinese animation. I guess that’s why it takes so long to get new seasons? But I’m grateful for the staff here.
Who made me a princess is one of those shows that will live rent free in my head for a longtime. I’m honestly glad this doesn’t follow the manhwa exactly so I can start reading it now that the donghua’s finished and get a totally different experience. I have a couple volumes already and will definitely be collecting the rest. Athanasia rocked my world and was one of the things I looked most forward to every week!
Who made me a princess gets 10 out of 10.
KANLen09
Who Made Me A Princess — A trifactor of things that seemingly should not go together, but look at what it did as a form of representation. Wherever you live on Earth, comic books can come in a variety of forms under different names and even features at that. The only difference is where they are created, and they even come in their various forms that made them look the way they do today. And it's in this case where, very rarely, multiple entities come together to create a work of art that feels somewhat the same, but it has a charm to it. In thecase of novelist Plutus's Mofa Gongzhu de Xiao Fannao a.k.a. Who Made Me A Princess, though, this is the rare exception that sees 3 countries unified under a single vision: the adaptation of the South Korean Webtoon manhwa series, animated and produced by one of China's animation companies, and Japan producing its own dub version on top of the Chinese sub itself. It truly is an animation series that's like no other.
The Isekai reincarnation trope is not new, regardless of where it came from, because it's ultimately bound by the same formula as a starting point for authors to jumpstart their premise right from the outset. And for this story, the reincarnation of the main character, who clearly remembers her previous life from a story that is pretty much an open-and-shut case, it's not exactly a story that sees her future being bright, but it's a solemn one that results in quite the miserable life as the princess, who was at first adored, then grew up and became the target of assassination by her own family of all people. And now, for the MC of Athanasia de Alger Obelia, this is exactly the case of her redemption by trying to win over her father, Emperor Claude of the Obelia Empire, instead of having to trigger his dark side of ignoring her until proven guilty. Amongst the original cursed storyline, there are other aspects for the princess to uncover and amend its story before it's too late, and that goes for the aspiring girl who has her work cut out for her from the very start.
Athanasia (or Athy, as she's better known) is quite the optimistic girl that's born out of circumstances that lead to the default parent dynamic, which she has to contend with from the get-go. Birthed healthy, which resulted in her mother's early death after childbirth, which wrecked Claude's life upside down to never ever want to hear his own wife's name, Diana, throughout the large palace. The resentment grows and is made known throughout the entire compound of the "Thou-shalt-not-name" person, should someone intentionally want to happy-trigger Claude's nightmarish past to come to life. Of course, since the world is endowed in magic, those feelings also manifest through magic as well, making Claude's relapse into darkness quite the showing that no one risks offending him at all. Therefore, it's Athy's responsibility to grow up to be a fine daughter of his, maintain the status quo as both childlike and in her teenage years, and, if ever on a private approach, try to understand her own father's desperation, while getting better at her magic, because she's inept and needs constant tutelage to get the hang of it.
And it's the people that truly help mark Athy's growth into the daughter that Claude can be proud of and the people of the Obelia Empire to see that Athy can stand up on her own as its next princess. With Claude's aide, Felix Robane is the agile assistant that's closest to the Emperor and is sometimes even requested to protect Athy when it comes to external things beyond his influence. As for the princess herself, she has no shortage of assistants, friends, and even romantic interests, because Athy has to progress with the times as well. Within the four walls of the palace, it's not just her own mother Diana's history that she attempts to unveil; it's also getting her magic up to standard with not just Felix's help but also the dark mage Lucas, who stands conceited against Athy in every way by both assisting her magic learning growth and also teasing her when it comes to the fact of Athy's romantic guises, such as her relations with Ijikiel Alpheus, the white-haired boy with the gentleman charm going for him. However, Ijikiel's relations to Athy also bring into focus the narrative of the original story, of which he's the cousin of Jeanette Margarita, the biological "sister" of the Obelia family who wants fame and power to rid Claude of his esteemed privilege for a hostile takeover.
As you can see, Athy has a lot of plot to ponder since she knows the story inside and out, and this is a stress-juggling ability that'll define her years as the princess who knows not just what the story is missing elements of but also how she can navigate changing its storyline so that everyone lives and no one has to be sacrificed over contemplary matters. In Chinese, I would define her as a 女强人 (Nǚ qiángrén) or strong woman, because she's the only female family royalty in a sea of men, both intimate and supporting from all sides.
The overall production is interesting, because despite its marketing to Japan for its own dub with Kadokawa at the helm, everything else, from animation to production, is all China-centric. Helmed by Quanzhi Gaoshou's director Zhang Yingying over at Coloured Pencil Animation, there's just something to be said about Chinese animation that easily rivals Japanese animation, because China has easily progressed in anime production since the 2010s and has gotten better over time with series like Link Click, To Be Hero, and the most recent, Lord of Mysteries. At least for the show, it truly is a beautiful sight to look at and proves that China is catching up to Japan, and that they too can mass market any series that is a whole can of worms to be opened should it do its marketing in Japan and globally.
The music is plenty fine as a whole and does its job as intended. Between the theme songs, however, both the Chinese sub and Japanese dub have their own set of charms, and I have to admit that as a bonafide Chinese that I am, TOMOKO's OP and Shayi's ED are a hair better, though the Japanese representation with DAOKO's OP and XAI's ED are no less bad and fittingly impressive for their audience.
It would be a disservice to say that China has the upper hand against Japan when it comes to their own productions, because there are still improvements to be had against the faults that made the adaptation less cohesive. With cut content alongside questionable decisions made and acceptable production values that are in line with what's to be expect for Chinese animation, Mofa Gongzhu de Xiao Fannao a.k.a. The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess, is not a perfect product by any means. Still, in the vein of Isekai reincarnation stories, this stands above average for the most part and is an anime that's worth the watch (even when the manhwa is still the superior version of the source material). We'll never get a rare tri-party affiliation like this for eons to come, and for what the anime achieved in its entirety, it's a double thumbs-up pass.
on1n4
if you liked the original manhwa: you will probably not like this in the same way. several plot points have been shifted around, to the point i think it genuinely has altered the story, and there’s a bunch of added content that feels borderline.. bad? corny? there were several points where i felt second hand embarrassment watching this anime. even though the animation is gorgeous, as an avid lover of the original story, it felt like all my most precious memories of the original story were being actively trampled on.. it’s not a bad anime, just a bit nonsensical and sometimes over the top, withthe plot left open-ended on the final episode (possible 2nd season?) but i would say to tread carefully if you’re the kind of person who’s protective about your favorite stories and you read the original (like me).
ZetsumeiSairen
“The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess” left a warm and mature impression — it’s an adaptation that not only respects the original material, but also brings new life and depth to it. What I especially appreciated is that the anime moves away from the typical isekai tropes and instead focuses on character-driven storytelling. The story feels more subtle, emotional, and thoughtfully paced, making it far more engaging than the manhwa version. One of the greatest strengths of this adaptation is the dynamic between the father and the daughter. The small but meaningful changes to his character make him feel more human and layered,adding warmth as well as inner conflict. Their relationship develops naturally, and the emotional moments feel sincere rather than theatrical, giving the narrative genuine depth and emotional impact.
I also appreciated the way the mother’s role was reinterpreted in this adaptation. Instead of being just a distant backstory element, she feels like a meaningful emotional presence whose influence subtly shapes the characters and their motivations. Her portrayal adds warmth and poignancy to the narrative, strengthening the overall emotional tone of the story.
Overall, this adaptation feels:
more balanced than the manhwa,
more emotionally grounded,
and distinguished by its aesthetic visuals and strong character relationships.
Timur15
The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess: Athanasia has the ability to control time. In this regard, she has the power to rewrite her destiny. The animation and artwork are top-notch. They've done a great job conveying the drama and palace intrigue. The anime has some truly despicable characters. The Baron is a complete jerk—you just want to strangle him. They're digging the princess's grave. - The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess: Athanasia karakteri zaman kontrol yeteneğine sahip. Bu doğrultuda kaderini baştan yazma yetisine sahip. Animasyonlar olsun çizimleri kalitesini konuşturuyor. Drama ve saray entrikalarınıda gayet güzel aktarmışlar. Anime Kötü karakterlere sahip.Baron karakteri tam bir piç, onu boğmak istiyorsunuz. Prensesin kuyusunu kazıyorlar.
SerenityEva
I don't think I've ever seen an anime differ so much from the original source just like this one. It's not just missing some scenes, it's changing the entirety of how the scene happens. Adding in more scenes for anime-only content is fine to a point but the way they did it this anime was just... unnecessary. They skipped and changed so much stuff that it's quite disappointing. And how they ended it... wth. Do yourself a favour and read the manga/manhwa/wtv it's called. You'll enjoy it more. The series can be enjoyed on its own if you've never read the original source.
BrotherCoa
This was such a great Asian anime - Korean story, Chinese animation and Japanese voices. It has quality to it from first to the last episode and it is a great watch. Splendid surprise and a prime example that there are show this season beside OPM season 3 worthy of watch. Animation and music: amazing. The animation is breathtaking. Done by Chinese studio they really didn't save on it. The artstyle is great, there is movement all around the screen and animation during the important story bits is epic. Best looking show this season without any doubt. Music is sadly average, no notable soundtrack. But itgets job done.
Overall: music is good and animation is amazing, it is a gem for both eyes and ears.
Characters: MC is called Athanasia and she is only princess of the imperial household of Oberia. This entire story resolves around her and her development, from little shy girl to prim and proper princess of the empire. Watching her trying her best to avoid the prophecy of her death by the hands of her father was dramatic and wholesome at the same time. Beside her we have Emperor Claude, who is Athanasia's father and very... difficult individual to say the least. He comes around as very stoic and strict individual, emotionless and even merciless at times. His dealing with Athanasia are joy to watch as they are the very thing that is slowly changing him to a more mild person. Other than these two we have Lukas, who is cheeky and powerful magician who later on teaches Athanasia magic. Felix who is Claude's personal bodyguard and overall cool guy. Lilian who is best mom in the series, loyal and caring to Athanasia. Ijekiel who is son of a duke and very intelligent and caring individual and Jennette who is Athanasia's 'rival' in her prophecies but also sweet and caring girl.
Overall: Athanasia is wholesome girl and her struggle for survival carries this series hard. Other characters are also rich in variety and add to the overall experience.
Story: Story revolves around Athanasia and trying to survive ever since she was a little baby girl. When she was very young she received prophesies that showcased her a future in which she will be killed by her father's hand. Throughout the story she learns as much as she can and put all her skills into trying to find a way to avoid her ultimate fate. One day she meets Claude by cahnce much earlier than she would in the prophecy and from there the story takes new and unexpected turn. As a manhwa reader (didn't read LN but from what I know they follow main storyline closely) I am very glad with the direction they took anime. Which is saying something in this day and age in which anime adaptation are most of the time butchered to the point of not being recognized. The story is slow burned but it gets better the more it goes on.
Overall: The story is interesting and watching Athanasia doing her best to avoid her cruel fate leaves you on calm and wholesome state every time another step toward that future has been avoided.
Overall grade: 9, and well deserved. I gave it 10 as to me it was amazing. But realistically the proper grade is somewhere between 8 or 9. What hampers this story is slow pacing, which can turn off some people who are more interested in action and drama rather than daughter spending quality time with her dad. Other than that it excels in every other department.
Easy recommendation from me. Will watch season 2 as it will be even better than season 1 in terms of story.
