Rose of Versailles (Berusaiyu no bara) (1979)

Posted : 2 years, 11 months ago at Dec 28 9:58

This is simply an amazing show that epitomizes all that shoujo should be. Everything in this show is fueled by character emotions and the like. And unlike most shows of the genre today it's not always fueled from the characters undying love for each other or something like that. This is a good thing. So the story is basically there's a girl named Oscar. She was raised as a man because her father wanted sons to succeed the family name in the military, or something like that. So she protects the Queen from conspiracies and stuff like that for about half the show. Oh wait, did I forget to mention that the Queen was Marie Antoinette? Do you see where this is going... no? Well the story itself takes place in France, namely Versailles (where the royal family lived), for the most part, prior ...Read more