
Alita Forland
main character


A scientist known as Dr. Akamashi launches a coup d'état in the Forland Kingdom using his army of beasts and two android minions. With his dying breath, the king tells his daughter, Princess Alita, to escape at all cost and find Prince Kaito - her older brother who's currently on a diplomatic mission abroad - in order to guarantee her own safety and possibly take back the kingdom. As Alita flees, however, she ends up in a predicament that results in her dying and swapping bodies with Falis, an infamous bounty hunter who happened to be out hunting in a nearby forest together with her monster sidekicks, Dominikov and Pete. With the two women retaining their respective skills and personalities but changing appearances, Alita, now in Falis's body, begs her to go back to her kingdom and make things right, offering her body and soul as collateral - to which Falis, now in Alita's body, agrees, leading to the birth of the so-called Murder Princess, who ends up not only having to take back and protect the kingdom, but also, unravel a much deeper intrigue that soon unfolds.
Murder Princess has been met with mixed reactions, with an average AniList score of 65/100 — 29% of 4,001 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #17 highest-rated anime of 2007, and #5 most popular anime of 2007 on AniList.
Of the 6.6K AniList users who started it, 4.5% dropped it, so it is rarely abandoned; 5.7K have finished it.
At about 2 h 24 min in total, it is a short commitment — a weekend binge.
Best for viewers who enjoy Action, Adventure, Fantasy — especially body swapping, female protagonist, swordplay, gore.
Availability, audio and subtitles vary by region and service.
6 episodes are listed.
Murder Princess has 6 episodes of about 24 minutes each, roughly 2 h 24 min in total.
About 2 h 24 min back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 3 days; at one hour a day, about 3 days.
Yes. Murder Princess has finished airing — the final episode aired August 29, 2007.
No sequel is listed for Murder Princess as of October 2026. You can continue the story in the original manga.
Yes. Murder Princess adapts the manga by Sekihiko Inui.
Murder Princess was animated by Bee Train and directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa.
Murder Princess is listed on Crunchyroll. Availability varies by region — check the streaming links on this page.