The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady might at first seem like your typical isekai anime based on that word salad title alone. However, this particular isekai anime has a couple things going for it that other isekai anime series doesn’t. First of all, it has a female main protoganist. The second is that the female main protagonist’s love interest and deuteragonist is also female. Yes, this is a very rare anime series indeed. One that is both isekai fantasy and yuri. But most of all: this anime does both genres well.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady: Details

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You can already see that this is a yuri series just from the hand-holding.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is a yuri isekai fantasy adventure anime series. It’s in fact the anime adaptation of the light novel series of the same name by writer Piero Karasu (who is the author of the novel said light novel is based on) and artist Yuri Kisaragi. Diomedéa (Squid Girl, Gingitsune, Handa-kun), the animation studio formerly known as Studio Barcelona, is the animation studio behind this anime.

Shingo Tamaki is the director behind The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, with Wataru Watari (My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected) as the writer. Moe Hyūga composed the music we hear in the anime.

Speaking of music: the opening theme music for The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is “Arc-en-Ciel” (which is French for “Rainbow”, by the way) by Hanatan.

You can’t doubt the yuri even in the opening sequence.

Meanwhile, “Only for You” by Sayaka Senbongi and Manaka Iwami is the ending theme music for the same.

It’s even more difficult to doubt the yuri in the ending sequence.

Voice Cast

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady stars the voices of Sayaka Senbongi as Anisphia “Anis” Wynn Palettia and Manaka Iwami as Euphyllia “Euphy” Magenta. Other notable voices include Ai Kakuma as Ilia Coral, Hina Yōmiya as Lainie Cyan, Yū Sasahara as Tilty Claret, and Shogo Sakata as Algard “Allie” Von Palettia.

Where to Watch

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady premiered on January 4, 2023. This anime ran until March 22, 2023 for a total of 12 episodes. You can watch this anime only on Crunchyroll.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady: Synopsis

This is probably the yuri anime every yuri fan has been waiting for.

Normally, this would be the part of my review where I give a spoiler-filled plot summary of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady. However, this is the spoiler-free review, so I won’t do that this time. Why? Mostly because this particular anime is just new enough that a lot of people might not have seen it yet. Thus, you’re all getting the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead. You can check that out below:

When noblewoman Euphyllia is unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch, the buffoonish Princess Anisphia takes it upon herself to right this wrong. Despite being taken for a fool ’cause of her silly antics, Anisphia is a magic genius, and she has a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name. But little do they know—their encounter will alter the kingdom and the entire world!

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady: The Good

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This is even by the artist for the light novels to boot.

If you’re a yuri fan (as I am), The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is very likely the anime for you. Not least of which is because it’s also an example of a good isekai fantasy anime, for a change. A large part of it is due to the fact that the main character Anis isn’t your typical overpowered anime protagonist you typically have in an isekai anime. For a start, she’s the rare female protagonist, which is already a good start. Secondly, she’s not actually overpowered, despite how the first episode makes her out to be. Yes, Anis is powerful, but she’s not depicted as being invincible. Enemies can surprise her, or enemies can make her fight in battles that don’t involve feats of physical/magical prowess. Basically: battles in which strength of arms is useless, and where politicial maneuvering is key to victory.

Yes, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is partially a political thriller. Mostly involving the interplay between the monarchy, the nobility, and the commoners. It’s a bit rare to get both fantasy action and political thrillers in most isekai anime, and it’s even rarer when the main character in such an anime is female. It reminds me a bit of the Honor Harrington novels by David Weber in some respects. Just in a fantasy story rather than a sci-fi story.

More Yuri is Always a Good Thing

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So much symbolism here between Anis and Euphy.

Of course, though, I can’t talk about the good points of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady without talking about the yuri. Having the main character of an isekai anime not only be female but in a same-sex relationship with the female deuteragonist as well is a nice touch. Not only that, but Anis’s relationship with Euphy is a major plot point in the story. It drives the plot and characters’ actions, giving it much more meaning than it would normally. It’s a great way to intertwine the romance with the main plot, and I’m all for it. And that’s not even going into the secondary yuri couple that forms over the course of the story as delicious icing on this yuri cake.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady: The Bad

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Seriously, what’s bad about this?

If you haven’t guessed by now: if you’re homophobic, then The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady isn’t the anime for you anymore than Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. If you’re not homophobic, then obviously this shouldn’t be a problem. We yuri fans will just happily feast on the yuri hater tears in the meantime.

That aside though, I do have a single criticism of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady. That has to do with the end of the finale episode. The narration reveals a major plot point that occurs far down the line in the story. I’m not certain why, to be honest. It feels like Diomedéa is hedging their bets here, and anticipating that this anime might not get a season 2. Thus, they want the story of the anime to have some sort of satisfying conclusion rather than leaving it hanging. Although to be fair, both the light novel and its manga adaptation are currently ongoing. It might just be the case that they’re leaving that info there as a sequel hook for when Diomedéa has enough story to make that season 2. Fingers crossed, yuri fans.

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