Berusaiyu no Bara/The Rose of Versailles

Originally Posted by Taegueki

I was at Montreal for couple days, and I found the whole DVD set. [Only 20.00 =D] it was possibly best anime purchase ever.

A bootleg release then I guess? As far as I know know there aren't any english subbed dvds.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Taegueki

Indeed, the artwork of this anime and manga can't be compared with artwork nowdays. Just look at Galaxy Express 999, he had some sort of "mediocre" artwork, but it was considered as one of the best anime/manga of all the time.

It's a question of preference, you know. I for one much prefer the look of 70s/80s anime over the more perfect look of contemporary works.

Originally Posted by szammit

Also, I don't think it was generally known that Oscar was a woman, right? I think most courtiers thought she was male (she certainly was 'handsome' in a masculine way, not particularly pretty though).

Yes, that was the whole point, remember:

Oscar's father never had the son he wanted, so he decides to raise his youngest daughter as if she was a boy. And as a woman would have never gotten the job that Oscar gets it's only natural that the members of the court, as well as most others, have no idea that she is really a woman.

How ya doing, buddy?