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Tutu polyphon Around 40 characters are represented. Translations and more close-ups under the cut.

To fit with the episode 14 character Nyājinsky (after Vaslav Nijinsky), the other real-life names are animalized as well (mostly in Japanese or English, like Gutenberg to Goosenberg, Taglioni to Toraglioni, etc.), so I included them with the German translations. And I don’t speak German, so feel free to correct me on anything.

Blumenwalzer = Waltz of the Flowers

Nussknacker und Mausekönig = The Nutcracker and the Mouse King E. T. A. Hooffmann = E. T. A. Hoffmann D. D. Druckerpresse = D. D. + printing press

Schwanensee Quellenforschung = Swan Lake Sources and Influences Der geraubte Schleir = The Stolen Veil Johane Kārl Auspist Musäugurs = Johann Karl August Musäus (hane = feather, kā = crow sound/ auspice and augur [bird omens] might be hard to pick out of the others) Die weiße Ente = The White Duck Alewander Arfaunasyip = Alexander Afanasyev (wan = dog sound) Schwanenjungfrau Folklore-Traditionen = Swan Maiden Folklore Traditions Umazurakōmorinosuke (episode 21 bat. His name in the credits is pretty funny, as he’s a hammer-headed bat, so he’s umazura [horse-faced], kōmori [bat], then nosuke, a suffix that gives off an assistant/administrative/old-timey vibe [it was originally a title used for samurai working as government officials in the Edo era], hence him being an assistant at the library circulation desk). Der Märchenkönig: Ludcyg II. Biografie = The Fairy Tale King: Ludwig II Biography (cyg = cygnus [swan]. This influence is partially debatable, as some claims of it are due to Ludwig II’s 1886 lake drowning, which was after Swan Lake’s 1877 premiere [but to complicate things, the most common ending is from 1895 libretto, so it remains a possibility with any after]. But Tchaikovsky’s contemporaries did say he was inspired by Ludwig II, who was also known as the Swan King and an infamous Wagner fan and patron. Leading to Swan Lake’s many Wagner/medieval Germanic legend similarities, like the Siegfrieds in both the Ring Cycle and Swan Lake falsely confess their love to another woman due to the enemy’s magical deception and their unintentional betrayal of Brünnhilde/Odette causes all their deaths, Brünnhilde’s immolation and return of the ring to the Rhine’s waters lifting its curse compared with Odette and Siegfried drowning in the lake lifting the swan maidens’ curse [in later versions], Lohengrin being the Knight of the Swan, Gottfried enchanted into a swan by Ortrud, the relationship between swan maidens and either valkyrie or the Knight of the Swan in folklore, etc. Then, the swan theme is pretty undeniably derived from Lohengrin’s forbidden question leitmotif, and both represent impending tragedy as well). Eichenbaum von Goldkrone = Oak tree of Kinkan/Goldkrone Buchleute verboten = Bookpeople-banned (I’ve mostly seen them translated as “bookmen,” but they’re 図書の者 / tosho no mono, which doesn’t specify gender). Pike Lilie

Trilby; oder Die Fee von Argyll = Trilby; or, The Fairy of Argyll (La Sylphide basis) Charles Tsunodier = Charles Nodier (tsuno = horns or antlers) Vorwort = Foreword Ein Rezept für „Bravo!“ Spitzenschuh-Frikassee = A Recipe for “Bravo!” Pointe Shoe Fricassee (Rue mentions the legend of Marie Taglioni’s fans eating her shoes in episode 9. Tutu’s costume is also partially inspired by Taglioni’s in La Sylphide). Marie Toraglioni = Marie Taglioni (tora = tiger) Nachwort = Afterword Schottenstoff pas de chat: die Grundlagen für ein haarfrei Kilt = Tartan pas de chat: The Fundamentals for a (Cat) Hair-free Kilt (pas de chat is a ballet leap meant to look like a cat [chat]). Nyājinsky Scheherausgabe = Scheherazade + publishing (herausgabe)

Das hässliche Entlein = The Ugly Duckling Honks Chriswigeon Gandersen = Hans Christian Andersen Goosenberg = (Johannes) Gutenberg

The next part (library checkout card on the right) can only be read on the unskewed version attached at the end. Buch-Nr. = Book number / P22 / 16.08.2002 / 26.AKT (Akt = ballet act or scene. Used in Tutu’s episode titles) Verfasser = Author / D. D. Drosselmeyer Titel = Title / Prinz und Rabe = The Prince and the Raven Ausgeliehen = Borrowed / Leser = Reader / Zurückgegeben = Returned Uzura! (Fakir is correcting her writing) 15.AKT Autor 26.AKT (he’s testing out author’s signatures for his future tragic masterpiece) 10.AKT Waniko 26.AKT / 15.AKT Armajirō 26.AKT / 18.AKT Boayo 18.AKT / 17.AKT Montand 17.AKT / 9.AKT Yagiko-sensei 26.AKT / 19.AKT Lysander 26.AKT 21.AKT Marie und Clara 21.AKT (Two extras listed in the credits. Marie is the main character of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, while Clara is usually her name in the ballet adaptation) 1.AKT Fakir 26.AKT (It’s supposed to look like his handwriting in episode 23. A cool detail in the show is that when he’s possessed by Drosselmeyer in 25, his handwriting looks different and much more sophisticated) Schwanz (Uzura drew a picture of Ahiru as a duck and tried to write the word for “tail” [Schwanz], but instead wrote the word for “swan” [Schwan], so Fakir added in the Z)

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Fakiru Week Day 3: Lotus @fyeahfakiruweek A pas de deux from a hypothetical Thumbelina ballet. To fit more with the characters, instead of the fairy prince introduced in the fairy tale’s last few paragraphs, Fakir is some sort of fairy knight who cares for the injured swallow with the Thumbelina Ahiru. Then, the swallow is instead a quail, as it’s Uzura as an Erzgebirge bird. For the week’s floriography theme, I went with “new beginnings” for lotuses and, as yellow ones symbolize openness and hospitality, the species is nelumbo lutea. Then, Ahiru’s outfit is themed around yellow water buttercups, as they grow in ponds, symbolize cheerfulness, charm, humility, etc., and their leaves look like little duck feet. Fakir’s is oak-themed. Music: Prokofiev: Summer Day: III. Waltz

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Balcony pas de deux

Music: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2: 19-21. Balcony Scene, Romeo's Variation, and Love Dance

Maybe an interesting thing about the balcony scene is that Romeo's variation before the pas de deux isn't technically supposed to exist and Prokofiev was always quite pissed about being forced to write it (he thought it disrupted the narrative flow to have Romeo randomly dancing by himself for a few minutes before the pas de deux). And that, as well as a few other dances he thought were pointless (Morning Dance, the second Juliet variation, and Dance with Mandolins), left him annoyed by the 1940 score and he always considered the score from the original cancelled 1935 production the official/correct one. But the most infamous change was of course not those additions, but that the original 1935 version has a happy ending where Romeo and Juliet survive, because, in his words, "living people can dance; the dead cannot dance lying down." But the 1935 version has somehow never been recorded, whether due to copyright/museum drama or people simply finding the happy ending "uncool," I don't know. At any rate, the music was written to lead up to the happy ending and that version has the intended resolution of all the themes, so I don't see why both versions aren't performed. Those who get precious about Shakespeare disagree, but the fact is, Shakespeare didn't originate the story of Romeo and Juliet to begin with and his version, too, is merely an adaptation.

That's only a tiny bit of that story, but anyway, for my drawing here, the poses are from the MacMillan choreography: Top, Middle (with no kiss. I added it in because I thought it suited the pose, haha), and Bottom

If you start with the first link, the rest are within the next ten or so seconds. The first pose varies a lot depending on the dancers, if you compare it to here, here (I guess I drew it most like this one), here, etc.

Then, I went with a "rose by any other name" etc. theme, so the darker roses are supposed to be like the red ones in Fakir's vases in the show, then the lighter ones are swamp roses. And the birds are Canary Mama and one of her chicks.

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God your art style is gorgeous!!! The way that they look almost like porcelain dolls is just *chefs kiss*

Thanks! I was going for a bookplate and old fairy tale illustration sort of art style, but rather than how the people are usually drawn like vague/faceless realistic people, I thought a good way to match the fairy tale borders and stuff would be a doll-ish sort of look. But it takes a long time to draw, haha, so I'm glad someone likes it.

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At the Town Musicians of Bremen statue. Part of a bit of a travel series along the German Fairy Tale Route (as seen on Fakir's map) and other story-related sites.

And for another music- and animal-themed fairy tale, the flutist bird sitting on the statue is playing the flute/bird's theme from Peter and the Wolf and is maybe wondering why Ahiru isn't joining in on the oboe ;) But I imagine Ahiru would be none too pleased with the duck's fate, leaving Fakir no choice but to recite it to her with a new ending. Knowing him, that would probably be a convenient gust of wind coming by and blowing the duck out of the wolf's stomach.

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The first episode of Princess Tutu aired "tutu" (22) years ago today, August 16th. As the episode's subtitle/theme piece is the Waltz of the Flowers and it uses mainly other Nutcracker pieces as well, I drew the Waltz of the Snowflakes so I could include a lot of characters in one scene.

Poses from the Wright/Ivanov choreography: Ahiru and Fakir, Mytho, Rue, Pike, and Lilie.