Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Chevalier, Le Chevalier D'Eon Japanese: シュヴァリエ Le Chevalier D'Eon
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 2, 2006 to Feb 23, 2007
Duration:
25 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
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Ranked: #6512
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Synopsis18th Century, France. Lia de Beaumont, loyal servant of Versailles and its King, Louis XV, is found dead in the river Seine. Floating inside a coffin, on which the word "Psalms" was written, her body had been poisoned by mercury, thus preserving decay. According to the Church, the soul that belonged to a corpse incapable of being consumed by the soil will forever wander in the human realm, unable to go to Heaven.
This greatly affects D'Eon de Beaumont, Lia's brother and one of the king's spies. He vows to discover by whom - and why - she was murdered. But he never expected that the one who conducting the revenge would be Lia, now possessing D'Eon's body! And what will the knight do when this quest might risk France itself?
History is retold in this supernatural tale of vengeance, loyalty and betrayal. |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Le Chevalier d'Eon
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Rampant
13 of 18 people found this review helpful
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24 of 24 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
7 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
The reason that I enjoyed this anime more than others might have is the stellar exploration and explanation for (mostly) genuine political occurrences, including what others did talk about, which was the real Le Chevalier d'Eon. What is brilliant about the Le Chevalier d'Eon character is that it takes the real life singular, makes it two characters here, and then brings them back together again. It explains the real life fall and ascension of monarchs, but with these made up characters and 'Psalms' playing a huge influence that was not there in real life.
Now, the reason I only gave the story an 8 despite this is that they never explore the concept of the Psalms fully enough. All we find it is about how the situation developed, but it does not focus on the actual nature of the Psalms as pertains to each person or their general nature nearly as much as I would have liked.
An aspect I disliked about the story as pertains to characters is that, I assume in an attempt to remain more mysterious, it just hinted at the tension resulting because of its various characters manipulations and motivations, but it never discusses these enough or displays the animosity enough for my tastes. It could have made matters much more grandiose, and it always had this running undercurrent of compromising grandiosity for a false attempt at creating mystery. The only way it is mysterious is in not telling us the motivations clearly enough. I do enjoy the way they tried to weave the tensions unfolding in a kind of 'domino effect' manner, where we see only a few motivations at first, but then more and more.
As for the characters themselves, the worst problem is that D'Eon is a simpering and insufferable wimp for most of the series. Most of the characters are highly enjoyable, however, so do not let this alone put you off. Even Anna, who is highly typical for an anime woman companion, but basically unimportant, character, is not repugnant.
Most of the characters have pretty good voice acting, and definitely contribute more than denigrate to this series. Some characters, however, had fairly boring and unexciting voices, so I rated this as I saw it, which was 'usually exciting, but not enough to be a 9 or a 10'. The music is pretty much never intrusive, and, indeed, this is one of the few anime that is not obsessed with constantly bombarding you with it every single moment. It uses classical music well. The introduction music for each episode is fairly nice, but the ending music is pretty terrible (OST and whatever the ending is? I do not mean a segue into the credits or anything, which happens in some anime).
I enjoyed this series more than I did due to its parts because it was one of the few which seemed perfectly paced and executed for most of the way. Some episodes are not so, but most left me thinking 'wow, that was really 20 minutes?' because it felt like it had been ten or so.
Oh, the reason that I only gave the art an 8 was because of its poor attempt at simulating movement at times during scenes in an attempt to give rapidity or drama (like every time they leave Versailles, it is animated terribly, although I respect the attempt of what impact they wanted, it is just a terrible idea). The mouths do not seem to match up well with the voices at all, but that might be a flaw of the audio being off in my version, so I am not rating it down for that. read more
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Washi
44 of 62 people found this review helpful
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24 of 24 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
10 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Watching Le Chevalier De’on ended up being quite a saga for me. Back when it when it was initially airing, I was really enthusiastic about the series and was watching it as fast as possible - until AnimeYuki’s “as fast as possible” became slow enough to hamper my interest with signs of limping plot development. So I put the show on hold and recently decided to watch through it with a friend from the start again. At first, beyond the stunning first episode, I thought the show had some significant flaws. From the start it was immensely pretty, Production IG going all-out on the production, and the plot was original, well-researched and envisioned in amazing depth and complexity - however, this all seemed wasted by languid pacing and tepid characterisation. In short, despite having a great plot, for a long time the show alienated viewers with its verbosity, lack of humour and characters that were largely hard to sympathise with.
Even until the very end, the main character, De’on left little impact, and were it not for the eventual growth of his comrades the series would have been hard to finish. Durand is a warm, likable presence and easily one of my favourite characters; his plotline toward the end of the series was undoubtedly a highlight, being both gripping and intense. The youngster, Robin is ultimately transformed into a remarkable character as he battles with the emotional challenges of their journey - grief, betrayal, revenge. And last, but not least comes the conniving and bitterly honourable Teillagory, who is not as straight-forward as we are lead to believe. The majority of the cast really come out of their shells and reveal their true selves as the pressure of the plot-climax accumulates, which makes for a final run of about 7 episodes that are packed with emotion and poignancy.
Yes, the series well and truly redeems itself, trading slow-winded for brevity, and packing a really strong punch for the show’s climax. Those last 7 episodes are edge-of-your seat entertainment, and, quite frankly, exceptional in every way. I really mourn all those out there who dropped this show pre-emptively, as it truly teaches us the virtue that good things come to those who wait. Drawing from, and upturning the subtleties of the characters explored during the first half of the series, especially in terms of the ideology and approach to loyalty and patriotism, and slathering the audience with the answers to mystery after mystery, the plot explodes into a fiery culmination that extends to the very end of the last episode.
As if just to mock those who did not persevere, this final run is also blessed with the very heights of Production IG’s production efforts. The animation in this episodes is excessively good, and, in terms of the cel detail and fluidity of motion, up there with the very best of animation ever produced in an anime tv series, if not the best. But that’s not all; beyond a generous budget these episodes display a sense of artistry that most anime cannot even approach. The background art is, in typical IG fashion, excellent, and a number of background works later in the series depict some really memorable locales and scenes. Let us not forget to mention that drawing a building as a background is a lot different to trying to recreate early France - the detail in the architecture is supreme. The directing in Le Chevalier only really shines as it approaches its end and there is more striking content to present, but when it shines it really shines. Honestly, I find it difficult to praise IG’s work here enough, but I’ll say that it ranged from impressive to astounding - high quality through and through, and more attention to detail being payed than I’ve ever seen from an anime series before. Very rarely am I captivated by the aesthetic beauty of an anime tv series (as very rarely does it have it), but frequently was while watching this series - particularly in episode 18. Not to be outdone, the musical production is very much up to scratch, with a mature, classical composition that captures the spirit of the series very well, and grants it plenty of energy when it’s needed. The sound in general, was in fact very good, with good sound effects, and a nice OP and ED capping each episode - they kind of grow on you.
The plot is both a strength and a weakness of the show, its convoluted and complex nature meaning that it’s very easy to become lost or confused, and, towards the beginning, bored. However, the layered complexity of the plot is ultimately very rewarding, as the end pulls everything together and explains it all, making for very enthralling viewing (the kind that cannot be achieved with a simplistic plot). Furthermore, the way that it is interwoven into French history and the roots of the revolution is really very clever, and even more impressive that it was pulled off believably. There is a lot of dialogue, and a lot of step-based progression earlier in the series which can make it feel like it’s going nowhere. I do admit that some of the dialogue could have been trimmed here and there, but it certainly had direction, it just took time to build up a good momentum. I think the story is an ambitious one, in its scope and intricacy, the likes of which aren’t often pulled of well in anime.
IG have gone all out in bringing this ambitious tale of politics, knighthood and the supernatural to life, and came very close to making a masterpiece. The conclusion is wholly satisfying and thrilling, and the whole series is rendered with artistic flare and meticulous attention to detail. Its downfall rests with its first half, which doesn’t provide enough emotional attachment or solid plot direction to make it captivating. Nonetheless, I urge everyone to press on until the show hits its stride and recommend it to everyone who thinks they’re capable of this.
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Versailles and crossdressing, anyone?
So lets see. The only reason why I finde this 2 series verry similar is the main charachter and the historic theme of bouth animes.In Le Chevalier D'eon as well as in Rose of Versailles we have the main charachter who is stucked betwen 2 faces. The face of a woman or the face of a man. In Rose of versailles Oscar was raised as a man, but she is going to love as a woman. Determinated, courageous and proude as a man, but fragile like a woman. In Le Chevalier D'eon our main charachter, a male is possesed by his twin sisters soul who want's revenge. Traped between the 2 personalites he is confused and at a point doesn't even know who is the real him.In bouth series the confusion because of the 2 faces life apear at some point and finishes when the charachter is finaly accepting the person that he is. In Le chevalier D'on this crisis is a bit more stronger because he is actualy controled by his sisters spirit.If you watched one of this movie for his historical tipe you will surely like the other for the same reason. In bouth the action is situated in France.Corruption, kings failing and the thirst for power. You can finde them all in this animes.Conclusio: if you liked one of them you'll surely like the other.
Both BeruBara and Chevalier feature crossdressing and genderbending main characters in a revolution-era French setting that's as accurate as possible, sans the liberties that, of course, had to be taken to create the story.
Both stories take places in history at the same time and both contains same historical characters, but Le Chevalier D'Eon is much darker and includes supernatural accidents.
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While Le Chevalier retells history, Gankutsuou retells a famous novel. Both have a wide range of characters, each moved by a different and deep feeling, specially that of vengeance. They share the same feel, and the plot development is similar.
Two masterpieces with painful and dramatic stories. Le Chevalier D'eon is based on historic events, while Gankutsuou on famous book. The ending in both anime isn't quite a happy ending. Compared, Le Chevalier D'eon is much more dramatic but also I would say the better one from these two.
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Opening Theme"BORN" by Miwako Okuda
Ending Theme"OVER NIGHT" by Aya
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