Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre

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Synonyms: Rozen Maiden: Ouverture
Japanese: ローゼンメイデン・オーベルテュー
English: Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre
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Information

Type: TV Special
Episodes: 2
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 23, 2006 to Dec 24, 2006
Producers: Mellow Head
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Nomad
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.711 (scored by 3505435,054 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #12602
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Popularity: #2913
Members: 62,041
Favorites: 214

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Synopsis

As Jun Sakurada fights and lives alongside the Rozen Maidens, special lifelike dolls made to battle each other, he enjoys a rare break in which he is told a story during the events of Rozen Maiden: Träumend.

When Jun buys a brooch as a present for Shinku, the fifth doll, she refuses to accept it at any cost. Souseiseki, the fourth doll, then recounts the story of how Shinku and the first doll, Suigintou, first met. This tale tells of the cruel and heartbreaking circumstances surrounding Suigintou's birth, and how the many misunderstandings between her and Shinku shaped their longstanding rivalry fueled by Suigintou's unfettered hate towards Shinku.

The stage is set in Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre in 19th century London as the story delves into the past of these one-time friends and the secrets that they hold.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Suigintou

Main
Tanaka, Rie
Japanese

Shinku

Main
Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Suiseiseki

Supporting
Kuwatani, Natsuko
Japanese

Souseiseki

Supporting
Morinaga, Rika
Japanese

Hinaichigo

Supporting
Nogawa, Sakura
Japanese

Barasuishou

Supporting
Gotou, Saori
Japanese

Kanaria

Supporting
Shimura, Yumi
Japanese

Sakurada, Jun

Supporting
Sanada, Asami
Japanese

Detective Kun-Kun

Supporting
Tsukui, Kyousei
Japanese

Laplace no Ma

Supporting
Tsukui, Kyousei
Japanese

Staff

Tanaka, Junichirou
Assistant Producer
Matsuo, Kou
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard


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Opening Theme

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"Baragoku Otome (薔薇獄乙女)" by ALI PROJECT
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Ending Theme

"Utsusemi no Kage (空蝉ノ影)" by kukui




Reviews

Mar 23, 2022
If you're a Suigintou fan, you're in luck. This OVA series cuts out almost all of the 'irrelevant' side-characters and focuses strictly on Shinku and Suigintou, their past, and the start of their mutual animosity. Despite Ouvertüre technically being a prequel, it's best to watch the previous two seasons to understand it in its entirety.

Shinku cannot stand imperfection, for to accept imperfection is to deny her purpose in life--to become the perfect doll, Alice. Suigintou is by design imperfect--for Shinku to deny imperfection, to deny the possibility of a defective doll like herself ever seeing their father again is to deny her very existence, and ...
Nov 25, 2012
I loved overture!!! Anyone who reads this review and likes rozen maiden must watch it! The story was very good though I did think it would be a little longer, that's my only qualm. The relationship between Shinku and Suigintou is one everyone must know about. The art was pretty good too, the same as the other 2 seasons.
I loved the opening! One of my favorite anime openings right now! :) It's very...beautiful. Sadly I don't usually pay much attention to anime endings so I have nothing to say about the ending.
The characters were wonderful. As usual, I loved Shinku though she ...
May 14, 2015
Mixed Feelings
I am not exactly sure when this series actually ends up starting as there are many characters from Traumend but yet there is also a lot more information about the Alice Game that Jun doesn’t seem to know at the end of the series. There is also a lot of information on Suigintou.

Because of the fact that most of the story revolves in a different era then the rest of the series, it makes it so the animation is a lot different as well. I believe the story is actually in Europe as well meaning a different look to the backgrounds. The personality of ...

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