Princession Orchestra

It’s fun. Nothing amazing, but if you like magical girls, this is a solid watch.

I won’t call this a Precure rip-off, because it’s different enough (and I don’t believe they’re *trying* to blatantly steal concepts). Even so, it does lean *very* heavily into the tropes of said franchise, especially in its snarky gang of teleporting villains, physical fights, and genki-girl lead character, all of which are very reminiscent of Precure more so than any other magical girl show.

Pros:
- If the over-merchandising of Idol Precure irks you, perhaps you’ll enjoy this because it is a lot more subtle in that regard
- The songs are solid, ... and are the only aspect which I would say Princession has over Idol Precure
- The animation is fluid, and the transformations are surprisingly cool

Cons:
- If you have watched a lot of Precure, you won’t be able to unsee the extreme similarities
- The main fairy is boring and is little more than a plot device at this point, not having much of a personality at all

It’s fun enough so far, although I can’t say I enjoy this more than You and Idol Precure. As a substitute for Precure, it fails miserably, but as its own thing (which I hope it branches out into as the episodes progress), it has decent potential.

Give this a watch and judge it for yourself.

Princession Orchestra is at it's core Symphogear's music-based DNA re-tooled for a younger audience, with all it's edges smoothed out and painted over with a brush of Precure paint.

It's essentially ''Sunday Morning Symphogear'' aimed for a younger audience.

Initially this might hit that itch for Symphogear viewers, but it will need to keep adding new songs to it's roster in order to stand toe to toe with that musical behemoth.

Precure fans looking for something that feels a bit fresh compared to the Precure formula this might a welcome change of pace, but may fall short in other areas if it does not innovate and exceed ... beyond the standards Precure has set for years.

For Silver Link the animation is no slouch, there have already been some stand-out action cuts and transformation sequences. Whether that holds up remains to be seen, but so far so good!

It's still early days, I'm curious how things will unfold in later cours and what new characters are introduced. For now all I want is more songs, keep them coming!