Should you watch Napping Princess?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Napping Princess
Anime · 2017
Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented mechanic, falls asleep often, anywhere, anytime, entering, over and over, a dream-world where a squad of fantastic motorized contraptions fights against magic, a world close to reality where she will find out the keys of her true past.
The sides of Napping Princess
- A schoolgirl who keeps falling asleep
- A dream kingdom of machines and magic
- A widowed mechanic father with a secret
Napping Princess is good for you if…
- you like a dream world full of mechs and magic.
- you like a daughter uncovering her parents' past.
- you like bright, detailed animation of small-town Japan.
Napping Princess is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you lose patience when dream and reality keep blurring.
About: dreams · family · technology
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