The Royal Tutor


The Royal Tutor is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Higasa Akai. It was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 2013 to May 2021. It has been collected in seventeen volumes as of August 2021. Yen Press has licensed the manga and distributed monthly chapters digitally. An anime television adaptation by Bridge aired from April 4 to June 20, 2017.

Plot

Heine Wittgenstein, a man often mistaken for a small child, has been summoned to the royal palace of Glanzreich by the king to act as the royal tutor to the four younger princes—Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht–turning them into capable candidates to the throne. However, he finds his task difficult because of the complicated personalities of his charges, who had managed to cause every tutor to quit.

Characters

Main characters

;Heine Wittgenstein
;Kai von Glanzreich
;Bruno von Glanzreich
;Leonhard von Glanzreich
;Licht von Glanzreich

Other members of the Glanzreich Family

;Viktor von Glanzreich
;Adele von Glanzreich
;Eins von Glanzreich
;Titania von Glanzreich

Other characters

;Maximilian Rosenberg
;Ludwig Steiner
;Ernst Rosenberg
;Ralf von Fuchs
;Ivan Alexandruwitsch Romano
;Eugene Alexandruwitsch Romano

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Higasa Akai, The Royal Tutor was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 18, 2013, to May 18, 2021. Square Enix has published the compiled volumes since June 27, 2014. There are seventeen volumes. Yen Press had announced its license of the series in 2015, and they are currently releasing translated chapters monthly digitally.

Volume list

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by Bridge aired from April 4, 2017, to June 20, 2017. The opening theme is "Shoppai Namida" by Shogo Sakamoto, and the ending theme is "Prince Night " by cast members Keisuke Ueda, Yūya Asato, Yūto Adachi, Daisuke Hirose, and Shouta Aoi under the name P4 with T. Funimation has licensed the series in North America.
TitleOriginal air date

Musicals

The series has inspired two musicals, with the voice cast of the anime reprising their roles. The first play ran in 2017. The second play ran in April 2019 as a tie-in to the anime film, with Shohei Hashimoto and Shogo Sakamoto reprising their roles.

Film

The Royal Tutor: The Movie was announced in November 2018 and cast Shohei Hashimoto and Shogo Sakamoto as Ivan and Eugene, two original characters made for the film. It was produced by Tear Studio and released on February 16, 2019. Crunchyroll distributed the film for English release on its release day.

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