ANIME INFO
Rose of Versailles
Other name: Versailles no Bara, ベルサイユのばら
English name: The Rose of Versailles
Type: TV
Episodes: 40
Status: Completed
Premiered: Fall 1979
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Historical, Romance, Shoujo
Released: 1979
Duration: 24 min
Studios: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers: Nippon Television Network
Plot Summary:
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.