Production I.G's work on Fena really shows why they are one of the biggest anime studios working today. It is here that we meet Fena Houtman, a young orphan who decides to take fate into her own hands, escape a life of forced sex work, and join a band of ninjas to look for treasure - and also possibly El Dorado and the Garden of Eden or something. Instead, this is the closest we've come to a Da Vinci Code anime, with reincarnations, secret organizations, and religious treasure hunts that culminate in an ending that brings to mind the final choice of Mass Effect 3.įena: Pirate Princess takes place in a fantastical alternate version of the 18th century, full of ninjas and pirates, where high-tech submarines and ironclads are frequent sights in the high seas and machine guns are as common as muskets and cutlasses. Sure, the show can subvert expectations, but a show about Batman should at some point have Batman in it, right? Though the first co-production between Crunchyroll and Adult Swim offers plenty of pirate fun and high-seas adventures, viewers should know that a show about a pirate princess, this is not. When a show has the words 'Pirate Princess' in its title, there are certain promises and expectations of royalty and swashbuckling being made.