Sisters of Wellber
Japanese anime television series
Sisters of Wellber (Japanese: ウエルベールの物語 〜Sisters of Wellber〜, Hepburn: Werubēru no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~) is a fantasy anime television series animated by Trans Arts (with production assistance by Production I.G). Directed by Takayuki Hamana (浜名 孝行, Hamana Takayuki), the director behind the renowned Prince of Tennis TV series and animated movies, Sisters of Wellber began airing in Japan on Tokyo MX, Mētele, ABC, and AT-X in April 2007.
A related manga, MUZZLE-LOADER 〜Wellber Stories〜 (MUZZLE-LOADER 〜ウエルベールの物語〜, MUZZLE-LOADER ~Werubēru no Monogatari~), began serialization on February 28, 2007, in Monthly Comic Blade, one of Mag Garden's magazines.
A second season started on January 1, 2008, picking up just where the first season left off.
Plot
On the first season, Rita, the princess of the Kingdom of Wellber, stabs her sadist betrothed, Prince Gernia of Sangatras, and flees the city together with Tina, a feisty cat burglar who has given her refuge and offered to hire on as her bodyguard. Rita must travel on a secret diplomatic mission to the remote Kingdom of Greedom in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a full-scale war between Wellber and Sangatras.
In the second season, Sisters of Wellber Zwei, the group arrived at Greedom just in time to prevent a war between Wellber and Sangatras. After this is resolved, Tina is looking for information about her parents' murderer, the man with the wasp tattoo.
Characters
Tina Lothar (テイナ·ローター, Teina Rōtā)
Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi
A professional cat burglar, Tina gets involved with the kingdom's princess Rita when she breaks into the royal palace to steal a golden statue. Tina is very skilled with her pistols, but prefers not to kill people.
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