Princess Knight

Description:

“The Knight with Hair Ribbons” is the first shojo adventure manga series. It features Sapphire, a princess born in a land resembling medieval Europe, who pretends to be male in order to inherit the throne. Its treatment of gender roles was influential on subsequent manga, and was itself influenced by the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater troupe.

Attribution:

Tezuka Osamu

Date:

1953-1956