Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri, also known as Lilpri, is a Japanese shōjo anime directed by Makoto Moriwaki. It was adapted from the Sega arcade game of the same name. It was also adapted into two manga series by Mai Jinna.
Plot
Ringo Yukimori was walking with her mom and finds a bookstore selling three fairy tale books, Snow White, Cinderella, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Ringo herself finds the books disappearing. The reason why the books are disappearing happens to be is that Fairyland is trouble because the princesses are missing and their respective worlds are disappearing, causing a ripple effect on Earth where their stories are popular. The Queen of Fairyland sends three Ma-Pets, Sei, Dai, and Ryouku with magic gems to give three girls and transform them into the "Princess Idols" who sings songs to collect Happiness Tones. Later that day, Ringo's family was selling Apple pies, Ringo went walking to give apple pies, then she got ran over a flock of people and it brung her to Wish's concert entrances. Ringo meets Leila Takashiro and Natsuki Sasashara at the concert entrances. Finally, the Ma-Pets founded their respective princesses and gave them the Magic gem which became bracelets and transforms the young girls into older female popstars. When they accidentally debuted the concert, the three girls were known as "Lil' Pri". Now, they must use their songs to draw and collect Happiness Tones from humans in order to restore Fairyland.
Characters
Lil'Pri
;Ringo Yukimori Ringo is a sweet and adventurous girl with a curly and short pink hair with a red headband, red eyes, she wears a white shirt long sleeves with a pink vest with a red bow, a red skirt and a dark yellow boots. She dreams of becoming an idol when she's older. Her parents own a bakery that makes "the best apple pie in the world". She has septupletyounger brothers who are sometimes referred to as "The Seven Dwarfs". Ringo transforms into Snow White and her symbol is an apple. Her Ma-Pet is Sei, whom she tells her family is a parrot. She wears her pink magical diamond in a dark pink heart bracelet on her left wrist that allows her to transform. ;Leila Takashiro Leila is a shy girl with short light yellow hair with a red clips on each side, navy blue eyes, she wears a yellow dress under a light blue sweater with a pink heart with a two white wings, black leggings and a red Mary jeans.. She tends to be forgetful and clumsy. Her father is Italian and her mother is Japanese. Leila transforms into Cinderella and is represented by a sparkle/diamond. Her Ma-Pet is Dai, a dormouse often confused as a squirrel because of his bushy tail. She wears her light blue magical diamond in a dark blue heart bracelet on her left wrist. Her dad works for a shoe company. ;Natsuki Sasahara Natsuki is a rich and feisty girl with long violet hair in pigtails with a yellow-green bows, dark green eyes, she wears a lime green and black blouses with bow, a golden yellow belt with a white butterfly, dark purple shorts, long black socks and a yellow and black boots. Her family sells fabric that makes kimonos. She is also very good at sports. She transforms into Kaguya-hime and is represented by a crescent moon. Her Ma-Pet is Ryoku, a small green dragon. She wears her purple magical diamond in a dark purple heart bracelet on her left wrist. Natsuki stays with her grandparents despite her parents being out of town.
;Little Princess: Episodes 1-13 and 51 ;Happy Go Lucky!: Episodes 14-26 ;Prospect: Episodes 27-39 ;Infinite Wonder Girls: Episodes 40-49
Opening/Ending
Little Princess and Otona ni Naru tte Muzukashī!!! was used from episodes 1-25. Idolulu and Vira Vira Virou were used for episodes 26-51
Video game
A videogame, based on the anime, was released on 19 August2010 in Japan, titled "Lilpri DS: Hime-Chan! Apple Pink".
Manga
Lilpri was adapted into two manga series by Mai Jinna. Although the first series has the same title, it was first published in February 2009, a year before the anime. The second series, titled Puriri! Lilpri, was published in 2011.
