This year has been filled with exciting manga adaptations and Pine Jam Studio’s Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess is going to be another great addition. This fantasy and comedy manga series from 2019 is finally getting an anime that’s going to have well-known voice actors like Haruka Shiraishi, Chikahiro Kobayashi, and Shizuka Ito.
Tis Time For “Torture”, Princess takes place in a world where the Imperial Army is at war against Hellhorde. The princess (Hime-sama) is somehow captured and turned into a prisoner of war to get secret information about the army. However, the two enemies signed a prisoner-of-war treaty that prohibited them from employing any real torture on prisoners.
To get Hime-sama to start spewing out all of the army’s secrets, Tortura, the grand inquisitor, uses a different kind of torture that involves placing delicious and irresistible food in front of Hime-sama and only letting her eat it once she’s said something useful.
While the description makes it sound like an action anime, Tis Time For “Torture” Princess is instead very sweet and hilarious, with Hime-sama rarely giving any significant information & even when she does give something that could be used against the imperial army, the Hell-Lord doesn’t take advantage of the secret.
About The Anime
The ongoing battle between the Imperial Army and the Hellhorde gets worse with time, but with the fierce Hime-sama on their side, the army seems to be winning the years-long war.
Princess is one of the strongest soldiers the army has, and with her legendary sword named Excalibur, the duo becomes Hellhorde’s worst enemy.
While she may be of royal origin, Hime-sama is also the commander of the Third Order and is the main person behind each attack the Imperial army plans on Hellhorde. Hell is ruled by Hell-Lord, a demon king who wishes to subjugate all humans.
Things take an unexpected turn after Princess is eventually kidnapped by Hellhorde and made to be a prisoner of war.
Since both parties had signed a treaty that prohibited inflicting any kind of real torture on their prisoners, Hellhorde’s interrogator, Torture Tortura, used a unique method to get the prisoners to speak up.
Every day, Tortura brings tasty food and snacks for the princess and only lets her eat it if she lets a secret about the army slip out. Excalibur tries to stop Princess every time, but with such delicious food in front of her, there’s no way the princess would stop herself from feasting on it.
Most of the secrets that the princess reveals usually are useless to Hellhorde, so the interrogations continue for a long time. When Hime-sama does happen to give something that Hell-Lord could use against the Imperial Army, he doesn’t use it at all due to selfish or humorous reasons.
Tortura isn’t the only one who tries to interrogate the princess; unique new monsters and demons like Youki & Inki, Krall, Giant, and Mao-Mao are also called to the dungeon to convince Hime-sama.
The voice actors for Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess include Haruka Shiraishi voicing Hime-sama, Shizuka Ito voicing Torture Tortura, Chikahiro Kobayashi voicing Excalibur and Rina Hidaka voicing Mao-Mao.
Episode Schedule
The comedy and fantasy anime from Pine Jam Studios is going to be coming out with new episodes on Tuesdays, with each lasting for a total of 24-25 minutes. Tis Time For “Torture”, Princess will have around 12 episodes for the first season.
Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess’s episode schedule:
- Episode 1: January 9th, 2024
- Episode 2: January 16th, 2024
- Episode 3: January 23rd, 2024
- Episode 4: January 30th, 2024
- Episode 5: February 6th, 2024
- Episode 6: February 13th, 2024
- Episode 7: February 20th, 2024
- Episode 8: February 27th, 2024
- Episode 9: March 5th, 2024
- Episode 10: March 12th, 2024
- Episode 11: March 19th, 2024
- Episode 12: March 26th, 2024
Streaming Guide
Japanese television platforms like Tokyo MX, BS11, Kansai TV, AT-X, NBC, and TVh will be coming out with new episodes of Tis Time For Torture Princess at 12:00 AM JST. Besides these networks, on-demand episodes of the Pine Jam Studoos anime will be available to stream on Crunchyroll globally.
Episode release times of Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess in other countries:
- United Kingdom: 3:00 PM, Mondays
- Australia: 2:00 AM, Tuesdays
- United States: 10:00 AM, Mondays
- Canada: 10:00 AM, Mondays
- Germany: 4:00 PM, Mondays
- Philippines: 11:00 PM, Mondays
The wholesome manga by Robinson finally gets an interesting anime of its own. The creator of Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura, used to read Tis Time For Torture Princess in 2020 and recalls it as being one of his favorite manga.
