Production Information
The Princess Ai manga is a loose adaptation of Courtney Love's life story, with Ai as Love's fantasy alter ego. It should be noted that Ai means "love" in Japanese; thus, the name is a reference to both Courtney Love and Ai Yazawa, who drew the initial Princess Ai character design. It is also generally believed that Kent, the sensitive, blonde guitar player who becomes Ai's love interest, is based on Courtney Love's late husband, Kurt Cobain. Another connection to the real-life Love is Princess Ai's heart-shaped box, which figures prominently in the story. "Heart-Shaped Box" was a hit song by Nirvana, and was inspired by a heart-shaped box Courtney Love gave Cobain as a present.
Princess Ai is currently being adapted to be an animated film titled "Princess Ai ~Ai-land Chronicles~". It was described as "Totally new blend of live action and animation in Gothic Lolita fashion." A trailer was made for the manga by Satelight (Arjuna, Geneshaft, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Heat Guy J), and is believed to be part of the new production.
There was a release of the single "Broken Leash" from volume 2 of Princess Ai. It was featured on Tokyo Pop's "ANIME TRAXX Volume 1" which can be downloaded in iTunes. A full album of Princess Ai, with new and old songs from the manga, has now been released via iTunes.
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