From the intricate plot of the story to the emotional characters, to the greatly-drawn characters, and to the great background music,this anime has to be one of my favorites, or perhaps even rank number one on the anime list on MyAnimeList.Net.
The story of this anime, as mentioned before in the previous paragraph, was weaved together intricately with each event "fitting" perfectly with the next (that may not have made much sense, but what I was trying to say was that the events in the story are very well made). One such example of a perfect "fitting" event would be at the beginning when Juliet arrived at home, took off her hat, and got her hair brushed by Cordelia. This event was soon followed by the introduction of other characters, and so it fitted with the story. The only one aspect of the plot of Romeo x Juliet which I did not like was the introduction and the explanation of Escalus, the tree "goddess". I didn't like it because the artists or director of this anime only used a few short scenes to explain what Escalus really was. It would've been better if the director spent half of an episode to explain the origins of Escalus, or how Escalus actually works, etc...Besides from Escalus, I thought that the plot of RomeoxJuliet was excellent.
I thought that the art of this anime was somehow different than any of the other art in other animes because of many reasons. First, the eyes of the characters were drawn with less emphasis on the eyes; this is different from those "sparkly" characters from other romance anime. Second, the action scenes were much better drawn because more colors were used to emphasize blood, or other "casualties" of fighting. One such example of this is the ending, when Romeo bled and blood fell out from his body. The blood from his body were well-detailed.
Lastly, the characters and the sound of the story had many strong points and many weak points to them. I will explain the sound first. The background music of the anime gave me the feeling of that scene. One such example was when Romeo and Juliet lived in that village. The music of that scene was sad, but at the same time it had a loving feeling to it. That made me feel very connected to how Romeo and Juliet were feeling about each other. I didn't really like the background music of the ending scene because it gave me tears :D!!! I thought that the characters of Romeo and Juliet were very well-made to fit into the environment of the anime. This is probably because the director made the character do certain things that would fit into the story, such as having them go to balls and fighting. If the director were to make them practice magic with a staff (like the ones in Mahou Sensei Negima), then the characters would've been an "awkward" addition to the story. Asides from the two main characters, I thought that the other characters were very well detail, except for the gardener of Escalus. As mentioned in the plot paragraph, the director or artists of this anime did not really focus much on Escalus and how it works. This explanation would go toward the gardener character, too.
Overall, I thought this anime was a very sweet, tender, and loving anime that anyone can learn to love. Romeo. Juliet. Forever.
