 If you liked
Versailles no Bara
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 ...then you might like
Ribbon no Kishi
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Quite unusual for their time, both of these vintage series have a tomboy with a sword who is actually a royalty that was raised as a boy. Both take inspiration in European aesthetics, though unlike Rose of Versailles, Princess Knight is entirely fictional.
- Both are old series with plot revolving around girls who were raised like boys; more specifically noblemen or knights.
- Lots of European inspirations in the design and story; castles, princesses, knights, and sword fights.
- Rose of Versailles if roughly based on the real story of Marie Antoinette, whereas Ribbon no Kishi is entirely fictional.
Ribbon no Kishi is shallower thematically and geared more towards younger girls with a distinct Disney feel (hardly a surprise considering Osamu Tezuka was a friend of Walt Disney and heavily inspired by early Disney). Whilst Rose of Versailles does draw inspiration from Ribbon no Kishi (the earlier work
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Both gender-bender animes typically centering around a young female hero, who disguises herself as a man. Ribbon no Kishi has participated genuine, although in small changes in women’s empowerment, promoting a young female hero being less passive and domesticated, although I still felt that princess Sapphire relied on a man to save the kingdom. Furthermore, I don't think she was really comfortable playing the role of a male not that it's not okay too not like it but this just reinforced the pretty pink princess desire. Now, in Versailles no Bara, Oscar was strong and did fight the bad guys, and she was vocal about
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