[Anime] Romeo x Juliet

http://www.romejuli.jp/top.html

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One bloody night fourteen years ago, House Montague staged a coup against the Capulets, the rulers of the floating city of Neo Verona. Despite their best efforts to exterminate the Capulet line, one young girl, Juliet, managed to survive along with a handful of family retainers.

Since that night, Juliet has lived her life masquerading as a man, hidden away from the Montagues by the playwright William Shakespeare. Only two years-old at the time of the coup, she has since been raised in ignorance of her heritage. All this is done to protect her from House Montague which continues to search for her to this day.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, the day when all secrets are to be revealed to her, Fate takes a hand and crosses her path with that of Romeo, heir of House Montague.

So begins this timeless tale of love and tragedy.

I never thought I'd watch this but I thought I'd give it a try. The main story should be pretty much the same as Shakespeare's play but there are differences from the original play such as Juliet disguised as a man and having to hide from the Montague, Romeo being heart broken because he can't hook up with Rosaline, the story taking place on a floating island, and people having a pegasus (flying horse). I'm interested in this different approach. I find it more interesting that reading the play or watching movies of it. There's two episodes out so far. I've seen the first and I'm enjoying it.

The opening song is "Inori ~You Raise Me Up~" by Lena Park
It should be released sometime in June 2007
The ending song is "Cyclone" by 12012
Also released sometime in June 2007

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Tritoch

I wasn't really interested in this before, but it does sound... interesting. After all, floating continents always make for a good time. How is Romeo being heartbroken over Rosaline different from the original play though? That was pretty much the entire opening before.

Before I was thinking Hermione as Rosaline. But, if you see it as Odin as Rosaline then yeah, it's pretty much the same as the play. (I didn't think of Odin as Rosaline, until now. I didn't catch that little twist.)

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Originally Posted by -=SeRaPH=-

So... do you guys like the music???

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There are a few tracks that stand out SUPER EXCEPTIONALLY such as when Romeo and Juliet first meet <3

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

From what I understand, many people don't like Shakespeare because they have difficulty understanding Old English. A lot of effort goes into trying to understand the text so they don't pay much attention to the story and other elements of the story. I fall in this category too. I just knew the general story but if you focused more on the elements and the way the story is told then it's more enjoyable. This show is like a fresh start so give it a try. Btw, there's no Old English.

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Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Not to be a dick, but Shakespeare wrote in modern English (though he won't melt with you). Old English would be stuff like Beowulf, which is pretty incomprehensible to anyone that isn't trained in it.

Oh, ok. I wasn't sure what real old English was. But even with modern English it seems old because of the words used and the way it's worded. (It's supposed to be poetic, right?)
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"Deny thy father and refuse thy name/Or it thou wilt not be, be but sworn my love,/And I'll no longer be a Capulet."

It's pretty easy to understand what's said but the red, many students would have to read that part slower or reread it to understand because people aren't familiar with that way of speaking. I know I said "wtf?" when I first read that. It would help if teachers tell you that it = if but they always forget.

I was speaking idiomatically.