The beginning of a new relationship? Nozomi Entertainment, which has released the full series Rose of Versailles on DVD and has multiple episodes available on YouTube, has now set up the series for streaming on Crunchyroll with all forty episodes available. All of the episodes are available for premium users right away and the first eight episodes are available for free users. The remaining episodes are spread out over the next few weeks with the series being available in full for free users by August 22nd.
Plot concept: General Jarjayes – so desperate for a son to preserve the family name and noble standing – names his newborn daughter ”Oscar” and chooses to raise her as a boy. Fourteen years later, Oscar is a masterful duelist, marksman, and the newly appointed Commander of the French Royal Guards. Her first task: to protect Marie Antoinette, who is engaged to the French prince and future king, Louis-Auguste.