NIS America (NISA), the American accessory of the Nippon Ichi Software bold company, appear on Thursday that it acquired MADHOUSE's The Princess and the Pilot (To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku) anime blur for North America. The authorization marks NISA's aboriginal anime blur release. NISA will absolution the blur on Blu-ray Disc on May 14 in a subtitled-only exceptional copy set for US$44.99. The set includes a 32-page album art book and collectible slipcase. Video account cover Japanese commercials and affected previews.

The blur adapts Koroku Inumura's affair atypical of the aforementioned name. NISA describes the story:

The war amid the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been angry for years. In the bosom of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his adulation for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as allotment of his alliance proposal. When the Amatsukami bolt wind of this, they advance the del Moral residence, targeting Juana's life. As a last-ditch accomplishment to accompany the prince his bride, the San Maltilia Airforce employs a acquisitive of alloyed claret — a bestado — to fly Juana to the prince in secret. The pilot, Charles, accepts the mission ... but traversing an ocean alone, and into adversary territory, proves a abundant added alarming affliction than anyone could accept anticipated.

Jun Shishido (Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger, The Story of Saiunkoku) directed the blur at the anime flat MADHOUSE. Satoko Okudera (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children) wrote the screenplay, and appearance artist Hidenori Matsubara (Ah! My Goddess, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, King of Thorn) acclimatized the aboriginal atypical illustrations by Haruyuki Morisawa (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne).

The casting includes Ryunosuke Kamiki (Summer Wars' Kenji Koiso, Howl's Moving Castle's Markl) as Charles Karino, Seika Taketomi as Juana del Moral, Daisuke Ono (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya' Itsuki Koizumi, Wagnaria!!'s Jun Satou, Black Butler's Sebastian) as Carlo Levamme, and Daisuke Namikawa (Persona 4's Yu Narukami, Kimi ni Todoke's Shōta Kazehaya, Bleach's Ulquiorra) as Joaquin. The blur opened in Japan in October 2011.

NISA is alive a trailer.