LADY OSCAR / ROSE DE VERSAILLES AMV

For I just love this anime and the band that plays in the background (El Último de la Fila)
The anime is called Rose de Versailles or Lady Oscar (it has two possible titles).
The story takes place in 18th-century France. The blond lady who looks and acts like Brienne of Tarth is Oscar-François de Jarjayes, eldest daughter and heiress to a widowed general, who raised her as a boy to keep with the clan's military tradition. And as a young adult, she is the colonel in command of the French Royal Guard! Like Haruka/Sailor Uranus, this was one of the characters I liked before meeting the Maid of Tarth and starting to love her. A warrior maiden with fair hair, broad shoulders, and a good sword.
The dark-haired young man in uniform is André Grandier, Oscar's best friend since childhood and the grandson of her nanny. As the story develops, they gradually realise that they love each other even more than like brother and sister. Yet André was born a commoner, and he cannot rise beyond the rank of sergeant. What's more, General de Jarjayes will never accept this mésalliance...
Other important characters are the French royals: Louis XV and Louis XVI, with new Austrian addition Marie Antoinette, an immature and childish maiden who thinks Oscar is a he... and the Dauphine's true love, the dashing Swedish officer Count Hans Axel von Fersen (who also existed in real life... squee!!!).
So I recommend this series, which I'd like to describe as Game of Thrones at Versailles, to anyone interested in military and/or romance historical fiction.




And here's the start of the series, if you wish to see some more: