In a follow up to a story we posted about back on September 2nd, Sister Princess has announced their big 20th-anniversary project via their official website, Twitter, and YouTube channels. The fact that they have a YouTube channel should be a big hint as to what the project is, but if you haven’t pieced it together yet, one of the sisters (Karen to be specific) will be making her debut as a virtual YouTuber starting on Monday, September 23rd. It’s unclear if any of the other sisters will be joining Karen in her new virtual adventures. It’s also not known if the original voice actress for the role, Natsuko Kuwatani, will be reprising her role for this venture.
In addition to hosting Karen’s debut on the 23rd, both the 26-episode first season (simply titled Sister Princess) and the thirteen-episode second season (Sister Princess: Repure) will be hosted on YouTube with new episodes being posted weekly, though the streams are region locked to Japan.
Sister Princess was originally launched as a serialized light novel written by Sakurako Kimino in Dengeki G’s magazine from 1999 to 2003. In 2001, the series was adapted into a manga and the first of two television anime series (the first of which was released in English by ADV Films). In 2018, the anime series and its sequel (which was never officially released in English) were rescued by Discotek Media and re-released in the west.
Discotek Media describes the plot of the first season as:
Wataru Minakami was at the top of his class in middle school and had a pretty comfy life in Tokyo. But, when he unexpectedly fails his only high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch, his life is suddenly thrown into utter chaos! Jeeves, Wataru’s trusted butler, sends him off to attend school on a mysterious island. Upon his arrival, Wataru encounters many friendly, cute girls. This isn’t a problem until he finds out they are all his sisters! For most kids, adjusting to life at a new school in a different town is tough enough. But for Wataru Minakami, high school will be the easy part!
Via Animate Times
