Editing Princess Knight (section)

==Anime adaptation==
{{main|List of Princess Knight episodes}}
The ''Princess Knight'' anime series was produced by [[Mushi Production]] and had Osamu Tezuka as executive director, and Chikao Katsui and Kanji Akabori as chief directors.<ref name=anime2/> The series of 52 episodes was originally broadcast in Japan on [[Fuji TV]] from April 2, 1967 to April 7, 1968.<ref name=anime>{{cite web | url=http://tezukaosamu.net/jp/anime/35.html | title=リボンの騎士: アニメ・映像wiki | website=tezukaosamu.net | publisher=Tezuka Productions | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/data.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202175827/http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/data.htm | archive-date=December 2, 1998 | script-title=ja:虫プロダクション制作作品一覧 | publisher=[[Mushi Production]] | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref> In addition to the anime series, there is also 28-minute pilot film that was produced in November 1966 but was not broadcast on television.<ref name=encic/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/pi/pi001.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030803123404/http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/pi/pi001.html | archive-date=August 3, 2003 | title=Princess Knight (pilot film) | work=en.tezuka.co.jp | publisher=Tezuka Productions | access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> It was released as an extra when the series was released on [[LaserDisc]] in Japan.<ref name=encic>{{cite book | title=[[The Anime Encyclopedia|The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917]] | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rZg4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT689 689–690] | publisher=[[Stone Bridge Press]] |author1=[[Jonathan Clements|Clementes, Jonathan]] |author2=[[Helen McCarthy|McCarthy, Helen]] | year=2002 | isbn=9780786452576}}</ref> All episodes were released on LaserDisc by [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]] on March 28, 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000VVQTXU | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707110255/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000VVQTXU | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 7, 2014 | title=リボンの騎士 LD-BOX | publisher=Amazon | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja }}</ref> The episodes were also distributed in DVD format; [[Nippon Columbia]] released two box sets on December 21, 2001 and June 1, 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://columbia.jp/dvd/011221.html | title=01/12/21 | publisher=[[Nippon Columbia]] | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://columbia.jp/dvd/020518.html | title=02/05/18 | publisher=Nippon Columbia | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref> A single box set was released by Columbia on July 23, 2008,<ref name=colum>{{cite web | url=http://columbia.jp/plist.php?event=query&sc%5Bg%5D=3&sc%5Bry%5D=2008&sc%5Brm%5D=07 | script-title=ja:商品検索結果 | publisher=Nippon Columbia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140210/http://columbia.jp/plist.php?event=query&sc%5Bg%5D=3&sc%5Bry%5D=2008&sc%5Brm%5D=07 | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref> and another was released by Takarashijima on October 29, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/2010/11/%E3%80%8C%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E9%A8%8E%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D2%E6%9E%9A%E7%B5%84dvd-box%E5%A4%A7%E5%9E%8B%E6%9C%AC/ | title=「リボンの騎士」2枚組DVD BOX[大型本] | publisher=Mushi Production | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204427/http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/2010/11/%E3%80%8C%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E9%A8%8E%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D2%E6%9E%9A%E7%B5%84dvd-box%E5%A4%A7%E5%9E%8B%E6%9C%AC/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> A "Best Selection" DVD series was first released by Columbia on September 25, 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://columbia.jp/dvd/mushipro/best/ribbonnokishi.html | script-title=ja:リボンの騎士 ベストセレクション | publisher=Nippon Columbia | access-date=July 4, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref> and rereleased on July 23, 2008.<ref name=colum/>

Mushi Production submitted the anime adaptation to [[NBC Enterprises]] that was declined because its executives felt the series theme could be interpreted as "sex switch."{{sfn|Ladd|Deneroff|2008|p=66–68}} Animator [[Joe Oriolo]], however, purchased the anime's distribution rights, and along with Burt Hecht dubbed its episodes into English.<ref name=encic/>{{sfn|Ladd|Deneroff|2008|p=68}} In 1972, after a limited release under the title ''Princess Knight'', Oriolo and Hecht edited three episodes and made it into a film titled ''Choppy and the Princess'' that was licensed to independent television in the United States and was syndicated in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=encic/>{{sfn|Ladd|Deneroff|2008|p=68}} In October 2012, [[Nozomi Entertainment]], a [[Right Stuf]]'s publishing division, acquired its distribution's rights for North America. Featuring an English-language and a Spanish-language dub, it used the edited and cut version broadcast in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-24/right-stuf-licenses-princess-knight-anime | title=Right Stuf Licenses Princess Knight TV Anime | author=Hodgkins, Crystalyn | website=Anime News Network | date=October 24, 2012 | access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> The first part was released on August 20, 2013 while the second one was published on October 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-20/north-american-anime-manga-releases-august-18-24 | title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 18–24 | author=Hodgkins, Crystalyn | date=August 20, 2013 | website=Anime News Network | access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-22/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-20-26 | title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 20–26 | author=Hodgkins, Crystalyn | date=October 22, 2013 | website=Anime News Network | access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>

The show also aired in Australia in the 1970s,<ref name=australia/> and was released on home media in Australia and the United Kingdom. Movie Makers released seven episodes under the title ''The Adventures of Choppy and the Princess'' and three individual episodes without the title. The distributor Tasley Leisures released six episodes under the title ''Choppy and the Princess, Adventures 1-6''.<ref name=encic/> The Starlite Group released seven ''The Adventures of Choppy and the Princess'' DVDs in the United Kingdom in 2006, with the film also being available from the same company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.starliteshoppingmall.com/cat.php?q=Animations-Cartoons | title=Animations-Cartoons | publisher=Starlite Group | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163624/https://www.starliteshoppingmall.com/cat.php?q=Animations-Cartoons | archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ES046GC/ | title=The Adventures of Choppy And The Princess | publisher=Amazon | access-date=July 4, 2014}}</ref> In August 2013, Hanabee Entertainment licensed the series for an Australian release;<ref name=australia>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-08-10/hanabee-entertainment-licenses-princess-knight | title=Hanabee Entertainment Licenses Princess Knight | date=August 9, 2013 | website=Anime News Network | access-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref> it was first released on DVD into two parts on September 18, and October 6, 2013 respectively,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-part-1-dvd | title=Princess Knight: Eps 1–26 | publisher=Hanabee Entertainment | access-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123207/https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-part-1-dvd | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-part-2-dvd | title=Princess Knight: Eps 27–52 | publisher=Hanabee Entertainment | access-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123219/https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-part-2-dvd | url-status=dead }}</ref> while a box set was released on September 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-dvd-boxset | title=Boxset: Princess Knight | publisher=Hanabee Entertainment | access-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-date=January 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123208/https://hanabee.com.au/products/princess-knight-dvd-boxset | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Theater===
At various times in his career, Tezuka worked on short original animation films, or "theater anime", which included some of the ''Princess Knight'' story.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/classification/theater.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704022853/http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/classification/theater.html | archive-date=July 4, 2006 | title=Theater Anime | work=en.tezuka.co.jp | publisher=Tezuka Productions | access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> Samples of this work were shown in the "300 Inch Theater",<ref name=theater>{{cite web | url=http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/mv/mv024.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708201314/http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/mv/mv024.html | archive-date=July 8, 2006 | title=Princess Knight | work=en.tezuka.co.jp | publisher=Tezuka Productions | access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> which was held at Tezuka Osamu World in the [[Kyoto]] Station Building from July 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/trend/hayari/20081021_06.html | title=手塚治虫生誕80周年 | date=October 21, 2008 | publisher=[[Oricon]] | access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> In this film, the Phoenix (from the [[Phoenix (manga)|eponymous Tezuka manga]]) plays the role of storyteller, and introduces two pictures. The first part tells the story of ''Princess Knight'', and the second part talks about [[Minamoto Yoshitsune]], who made his mark in the history of Kyoto as a person who became entangled in a struggle by another's wicked design in spite of his desire for peace just like Sapphire.<ref name=theater/>