Comments on: Romeo x Juliet – Anime First Impressions

By: ThatsNotMyName

ThatsNotMyName — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:21:56 +0000

IKR!!! this series is amazing i saw the whole series in i think 2-3 days…and i cried 20 times….so beautiful…

By: julietanrisya

julietanrisya — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:19:56 +0000

romeo and juliet must been a loveing couple i love it all episode im watch<3

By: fanromeoxjuliet

fanromeoxjuliet — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:38:18 +0000

seriously this is the best anime IN WORLD!!! its so ROMANTIC… seriously if you watch it, you wont stop looking at it, i saw untl episode 23, in 2 days!!!
it made me cry..

By: iseepenguinz

iseepenguinz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:03:12 +0000

umm… Romeo and Juliet is a tradgedy it can’t be a comedy its suposse to express the human condition of forbiden love and pointless feuds

By: kokoro

kokoro — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:12:08 +0000

moi aussi j’ai adoré ce manga, je ne connaissais pas la pièce de shakespear, mais je savais ce qui s’y passait, et je trouve que cette adaptation en animé est génial!

By: reina

reina — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:50:25 +0000

i saw this series a year ago. i really love this anime. though there are some new twists, the anime is still nice and cute.

By: theatre girl

theatre girl — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:35:40 +0000

I just want to say i believe the more one knows about theatre history, particularly Shakespeare and Greek theatre, the more one can appriciate and understand the absolute brillance of this anime. Gryffindorah is compleatly right. So it is great fun for a Shakesgeek like me to watch.

By: Gryffindorah

Gryffindorah — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:07:30 +0000

This anime is not just based on romeo and juliet, but many other shakespeare plays.

Juliet being hidden for sixteen years is a reference to the character of Hermione in “The Winters Tale”.
There also is a character called Hermione in the anime.

The character’s name Cordelia comes from King Lear.

Juliet dressing up as a boy to shield herself from danger comes from plays “As You Like It” and “Twelfth Night”

There may be some more references from The Tempest and other plays, but I need to read them again (I haven’t read some in about 8 years).

Romeo x Juliet is based on many shakespeare plays, and in order to truly appreciate what the creators are doing, perhaps reading several of Shakespeare’s works again will make the viewer of this wonderful adaptation appreciate it even more

By: shay

shay — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:14:17 +0000

OMG I love this anime any romantic anime I love especially my number one favorite sailor moon not too much the fighting but the whole love connection between usagi and mamrou-chan I love it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:23:40 +0000

i agree with Tama Sempai. Anyway, this anime “Romeo x Juliet” is an APPROPRIATION of Shakespeare’s version. It isn’t meant to follow the original storyline as Gonzo is only taking the main idea and transforming it into our modern context in which viewers won’t find things too predictable. Another reason i think that Gonzo is doing this is because mostly everyone already know the original storyline. It would be bland and boring if all they did was stick to the original. This way, unpredictable events will happen and this will obviously engage the audience twice as well.

I have to admit though, when i first heard this title, i thought it would stick the original stoyrline and i had doubts on whether or not to watch it. but as i continued, it got increasingly interesting and unpredictable.

I know that some people would rather watch the anime as the original, but i don’t think it’ll be as sucessful as it is now.