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Between them, hecatehatesthat andriddering have uploaded nearly every episode of Princess Tutu for taking.

Come on, anime flist people. d_irge. jaina. settiai. donna_c_punk. bronwenstx. mooness. girlwithjournal. permetaform. psychodragon82. evemac. fadingembers. flutingfrenzy. cowgirlnoir. automatedalice_. rainjewel. arafel. And anyone else I can't recall at the moment.

It's free anime! And it's awesome! And it's so totally the most meta anime ever! Go, download! Fly little otakus!

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When is it exactly that the development really caught your attention?

Episode 2 made me realize the anime was something I was going to love. Because of the "moment in Episode Two that reads like a homage to Chuang Tzu, who famously dreamt he was a butterfly, only to wake and wonder if he might not be a butterfly dreaming it was Chuang Tzu." -- to quote mswyrr. And because of the cracktastic weirdness of the whole anteater thing. And little things I didn't expect-- like Rue choosing Ahiru for her dance partner, and then Fakir clapping for them for some unexplained ironic reason.

The style caught my attention first-- the different fairy tale and ballet and calsssical music references that just infused the show-- not only in the main plot and soundtrack, but in tiny details. There's great attention to thematic details. In terms of development... that came probably after episode 7 or 8, when we see more details about the characters beyond Ahiru, and things start to build toward a conclusion that comes with the first season ending in episode 13. The second season is like this mad, strange fanfic written ABOUT the first season, and I loved it even more and it got even weirder.

Overall, I love the development of all the main characters, and their various and complex relationships. This show has excellent reward for character development.