Rose of Versailles

Rose of Versailles is a complex and rewarding shoujo adaptation, the majority of which was directed by Osamu Dezaki.

The show follows the exploits of French officer Oscar de Jarjeyes, a fictional noblewoman who is raised as a man and is assigned to protect incoming princess Marie Antoinette.

Rose of Versailles has something for everyone. The show features intense action scenes and thick melodrama, but it never panders. Every episode is in service to its characters and narrative.

This show is also dense. The average episode of Rose of Versailles contains as much character development, action and narrative advancement as an entire arc of any other show. There's no way I could have predicted the show would turn out the way it did. It's a true epic, spanning some twenty years of history at breakneck speed.

Oscar is an exciting protagonist to follow through the difficult waters of the French revolution. Her bravery and passion are exciting and she approaches each of the factions of the period with pragmatism and intelligence. The show skillfully navigates politics, history and high drama in each arc.

The show's music is exciting. The score drives each episode forward, the intro is gorgeous, and the first few bars of the ending theme haunt my dreams.

I never finished an episode of this show without immediately wanting to start the next. It's hands-down one of the best dramas I've seen animated.

rov is one of the most influential anime and manga ever the face that it still has die hard fans and fan clubs all over the world till now is simply amazing it not just a show that you watch once it stays with you

the main character is a very strong woman who is both a warrior fighting for her country and a woman in love
and thanks to the fantastic riyoko ikeda Oscar François de Jarjayes became an icon

the end maybe tragic but it also what makes rov so unforgettable
some of the classic lines from this anime
You are the light. I am the shadow."Someday,I'll give my life for you like you threw yours for me yesterday

The more I love you, the more blind I become to you. Ah, Oscar...Oscar!"