The Princess and the Pilot

The Princess and the Pilot
Light novel volume cover
とある飛空士への追憶
(To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku)
Genre
Light novel
Written byKoroku Inumura
Illustrated byHaruyuki Morisawa
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
PublishedFebruary 19, 2008
Manga
Written byKoroku Inumura
Illustrated byMaiko Ogawa
Published byShogakukan
ImprintMonthly Shōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sunday
Original runAugust 12, 2009March 12, 2011
Volumes4
Anime film
Directed byJun Shishido
Produced by
  • Hideaki Miyamoto
  • Ryouhei Takahashi
Written bySatoko Okudera
Music byShirō Hamaguchi
Studio
Licensed by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)
Runtime100 minutes

The Princess and the Pilot (Japanese: とある飛空士への追憶, Hepburn: To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku; "Recollections for a Certain Pilot") is a Japanese light novel written by Koroku Inumura and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa. It was published by Shogakukan under its Gagaga Bunko imprint in February 2008. A manga adaptation by Maiko Ogawa was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday from August 2009 to February 2011, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation, a joint production by Madhouse and TMS Entertainment, directed by Jun Shishido, premiered in October 2011.