Le Portrait de Petit Cossette

[Keitaro]

Just seen the promo for this, and I gota say it looks very interesting. Might be another vampire or dark gothic kinda anime. I'll be looking forward to it in the future.

[wao]

It definitely looks dark, and it looks intriguiing - the music seems nice, as well as the OP song cut... The character design is pretty nice, and it's got a person who can draw... X)

I'll just check it out anyway. Why not?

[NoSanninWa]

I've been watching all of the promos and new shows for this season. I've surveyed Monkey Turn, Yumeria, Area88, Diamond Dust Drops and Cos Prayers. As I watched each one I could only think, "Ugh, this is going to be a boring season." The best of the bunch seemed to be Cosmopolitan Prayers and that isn't saying much.

Then as I watched the promo for Le Portrait de Petit Cossette I felt a stir of excitement for the first time. Finally! It looks like this is going to be a show that I can really sink my teeth into. Perhaps the January season isn't going to be a total waste of time after all! :D
Just seen the promo for this, and I gota say it looks very interesting. Might be another vampire or dark gothic kinda anime. I'll be looking forward to it in the future.
It doesn't look at all like a vampire to me though it is definitely dark and gothic. I think that Cossette is a ghost. It seems that she is under a curse that she can only live if someone loves her enough to die in her stead. That would be a double-tragedy. Not only would someone who loves her be dead, but they also wouldn't be able to be together. Either way, one would be alive and the other, dead. If she loved him as well, then would she want him to die for her?

[Kamui4356]

I've been watching all of the promos and new shows for this season. I've surveyed Monkey Turn, Yumeria, Area88, Diamond Dust Drops and Cos Prayers. As I watched each one I could only think, "Ugh, this is going to be a boring season." The best of the bunch seemed to be Cosmopolitan Prayers and that isn't saying much.

Then as I watched the promo for Le Portrait de Petit Cossette I felt a stir of excitement for the first time. Finally! It looks like this is going to be a show that I can really sink my teeth into. Perhaps the January season isn't going to be a total waste of time after all! :D

It doesn't look at all like a vampire to me though it is definitely dark and gothic. I think that Cossette is a ghost. It seems that she is under a curse that she can only live if someone loves her enough to die in her stead. That would be a double-tragedy. Not only would someone who loves her be dead, but they also wouldn't be able to be together. Either way, one would be alive and the other, dead. If she loved him as well, then would she want him to die for her?
I've been watching all the promos too. Still I'm a little more hopeful about Yumeria, Area 88, and diamond dust drops, but that's probably because I was expecting absolutely nothing from them to begin with. :heh:
Le Protrait de Petit Cossette looks good though. I was afraid that I'd only have naruto and full metal alchemist to follow until Initial D 4th stage came out. Even if the others end up sucking I should at least have one new anime to follow now.

[Walküre]

WOW, this looks like a Highlight in the upcoming Anime Season to me.
Cant wait to get my hands on the first Episode, after watching the Promo, the Character Design and Music are really cool.

but........Spring :(

I hope Spring is going to start early in Japan this Year :)

[lamer_de]

Well, this is no series, but a 3 part OVA/OAV. The first episode will be released in Japan around late spring/summer...

CU,
lamer_de

[Kensuke]

Music is done by Yuki Kajiura (.hack//SIGN, Noir) so that alone got me interested. This series looks very promising, thats all I can say at this moment.

I do have great hopes for Diamond Dust Drops, maybe even to challenge Kimi ga Nozomu Eien in romance anime genre, but I should be careful to not to set my hopes too high.

[wao]

Well, this is no series, but a 3 part OVA/OAV. The first episode will be released in Japan around late spring/summer...

CU,
lamer_de

OVA? Ah well. Then we'd have to wait longer between episodes.... but I could expect good animation and stuff then, I suppose! ^_^

Late spring/summer is soooo far away though... bah. Thanks for the info anyway.

[Hobbit_Marco]

I'm looking forward to petit cossette too. To bad it'll be only three eps, but I guess those will have to be really good ^^. You don't see much dark/goth anime, and I'm kinda interested in occult and goth stuff. I can't wait till it airs...

[TheOneManArmy]

The Only proble is the big grammar mistake in the title, it should be read Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, since Cossette is a girl. Is that how the japanese spelled it?

[lamer_de]

We are pleased to announce a new series! Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (The Portrait of Little Cossette) is a 3-volume OAV coming this spring.

BeMPe noted that the title should actually be "Le Portrait de Petite Cossette," but we decided to stick to the (wrong) spelling the production staff came up with.
Japanese production companies like to have fun not only with English, but with many foreign languages like French or German aswell ^_^

[Keitaro]

Well, this is no series, but a 3 part OVA/OAV. The first episode will be released in Japan around late spring/summer...

CU,
lamer_de

Thats too bad I was hoping for a series out of this. Maybe its a good thing since the OAVs won't have to suffer from useless boring fillers like some other anime series do.

[OrO]

the title is funny, it sounds a happy anime but I didn't see the trailer yet (downloading)

[FemMas]

this seems like a wierd remake of The Picture of Dorian Gray. i'm interested to see how this goes along... hopefully there won't be too much space between the separate episodes. heh, and i agree with everyone else on the characters and music; both are just gorgeous! man, i wanna see this more now!

[TheOneManArmy]

Japanese production companies like to have fun not only with English, but with many foreign languages like French or German aswell ^_^


Well thank you, I looked around to know where the mistake was from... but it could also be plain bad spelling, forgetting the gender is a common mistake (reminds me of those Saikano little messages)

[JOJOS'STAR]

Sorry this title has such a bad french that it dosent make any sense so I've just rectified it but its still the same ''Le Portrait de Petit Cosette''

Anyway I think that this anime will be very intresting my kind of psyco-dreamy and very bloody. Nice idea since I know Cosette's old anime from the 80's made by frenchs. I have no doubt this anime will be very popular with people who liked ''Lain'' wich I like to call psycological anime :D And the story takes place in the old france so the environment makes it even more intresting to inovate diffrent drawing style that looks pretty nice to me Yet we dont now much about the plote or anything realy but damn its like I have forseen some good stuff in this.

[NoSanninWa]

One of the many wonderful features of this forum is the http://forums.animesuki.com/images/buttons/top_search.gif (http://forums.animesuki.com/search.php?) button. If you had known about the ability to search this forum I am sure that you would have done so and discovered that there is another thread that you should have posted this to instead of creating a new thread. Now that you know, I'll help you out by closing this thread so that you can post where it belongs.

Incidently you didn't even post this to the right sub-forum. Anime that has been fansubbed is discussed in the Fansubs Forum.

Follow ups to: Le Portrait de Petit Cossette

[Thyrz]

I just saw the Promo. Looked pretty interesting, psychological anime. It seems it's going to be a 3 episode OVA.
I'll be looking for this one.

[box-chan]

Right up my alley, I'm snagging it right now <yoink!>
I looked at the usual places but couldn't find a good summary, care to help out anyone?

thanks :)

[TronDD]

A promo was released last season and I've been waiting patiently for the show to come out. Looks amazing.

[Ori]

The Picture of Dorian Gray... :love: That was a good book. This guy drew a picture, found out he can't get old, only the picture gets old. He does a whole bunch of horrible things, and each time he does something bad the picture looks more horrible. Finally he can't stand the look of the picture and stabs it, killing himself at the same time. ^_^

I hope this anime is based on this... It looks so nice and gothic.

[SKoRPioN9x]

The Picture of Dorian Gray... :love: That was a good book. This guy drew a picture, found out he can't get old, only the picture gets old. He does a whole bunch of horrible things, and each time he does something bad the picture looks more horrible. Finally he can't stand the look of the picture and stabs it, killing himself at the same time. ^_^

I hope this anime is based on this... It looks so nice and gothic.
Well if the anime IS based on that, then thanks for the spoilers. :P

[lordwu]

Episode 1 raw has been out for a few days. Hopefully we get to see a subbed version soon. :)

[LK_LoA]

I loved this promo more than the Innocence one! I seen some screenshots. There's a monster in it? I hope the monster is more metaphorical rather than literal. And please no vampires.... they suck. =P

[dreamless]

i love animes about the supernatural and paranormal, can't wait to get this :cool:

[Ori]

Anyone seen the first ep yet?

*edited grammatical error by Ori

[TronDD]

Anyone SEEN the first ep yet?

Been downloading for a couple hours. Still 3 to go. :( Hasn't been a very fast torrent.

[MJS]

I've seen it and really liked it. It Has a nice atmosphere.. but I won't say more ;) check it out for yourself.

[Hao Asakura]

Have anyone checked out the NLA version here???

[oDin01]

Started watching this has a creepy feel to it. Haven't seen an anime like this in a while. Looks very interesting so far.

The first episode is 37 minutes so it might take a while do DL.

EDIT: The show reminded me of Soul Taker a little to much for the dark theme and palattes used. Great animation and music. Might be tempted to pick up the R2's for the OVA.

[Fighter Volk]

I loved this promo more than the Innocence one! I seen some screenshots. There's a monster in it? I hope the monster is more metaphorical rather than literal. And please no vampires.... they suck. =P

I like the pun ^^

[kanazuchi]

Wow, werd to the wise: Do not watch this show on any sort of hallucinogenic, you might have a bit of a bad trip... Other than that, I havn't had an anime bring that kinda of feeling through me in a while. What feeling that is though I dont know.

[Tzurial]

I cant even pretend to know what this was about... amazing eye candy though. And the music was great.. but then I expected nothing less from Kajiura Yuki

[babbito2k]

This is easily the show I liked the least this spring. It would have been nice if some characters had shown up in the midst of all the unpleasantness. As it was I couldn't get interested in them and so didn't care what-all was going on. The music was very nice but my eyes glazed over after 10 minutes of phony mysterioso whatsit and creepy whispering. I was hoping the damn glass would shatter after awhile.

[Ori]

Really? I loved the anime. It was so artistic. I love how it was done, I didn't find it too confusing, oddly.

I think this is something that stands out, not generic like a whole bunch of other anime out there right now, they are good, mind you, but they are generic, they are all the same. This is special. I have to admit I don't get the same kind of enjoyment as I would with other anime, but this I still enjoyed it.

The music was great and it was generally refreshing.

[SassyRobot]

eeww creeepy...and that poor guy...

Yeah it's nice to see something different i think I'll be watching the next 2 OVAs. It seems interesting and i want to see what the heck's gonna happen! The music is pretty good too, as you guys have mentioned.

[hyper200092]

This anime was different from the usual anime. I enjoyed it. But one thing, some parts in the OVA gave me goosebumps and literally made my hair stand up (no clue how that happened). What I didn't like was the first 10 minutes of this OVA. In my opinion, it was so boring. I was about to stop it but decided to keep watching. Good thing I did :). Anyone else think the first 10 minutes was boring?

[Rion]

The Only proble is the big grammar mistake in the title, it should be read Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, since Cossette is a girl. Is that how the japanese spelled it?
_And_ I think the spelling of "Cossette" is... unusual. Has anybody read "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo? The daughter of Jean Valjean is called "Cosette" with only one "s", while "Cossette" is more a family name...

Btw, personally, I like the atmosphere, the BGM and the gothic/lolita-style in this OVA ^^ (but I don't really like the characters - Eiri is a little bit too... dumb, and Cossette too selfish)

[saku~ya]

Hmmm what can I say...it was denfinitely :interesting: I can't compare it to anything because this is the first time that I have watched this type of anime. I won't lie, I was confused in some parts of the episode. Cossette looks like she had a rough life not to mention Eiri as well he thinks he's going crazy. I really should have watched this at night, stinking glare on the computer ~_~

Though I do think my friend would enjoy something like this. He always goes for the kind of stuff. I wouldn't have this on my list of favorite new anime, though I will stick through it since its only 3 OVA's long. Who knows, my opinion may change when I see all of it.

One thing I don't disagree on is that the music is very well done. It sets the mood of it, an does it very well.

[dreamless]

Very good music for sure, and suits the scenes a lot. I do wonder which Orlando is it that mentioned in the show...

[ato]

Now, that was a stunning opening episode of this OVA. This seems like something I've never seen before. I can't seem to pinpoint its uniqueness, but once I have digested it maybe I'll come up with something...

The strength of this series is clearly in the story and moodsetting - If they manage to make us truly feel for the characters in the episodes to come, this might be something truly noteworthy. As for the premise of the series, it has a ring of truth to it. Internally consistent and resonating well with the folklore surrounding this kind of phenomena.

The ed song is something of the most fitting I've seen to an anime so far. It simply has to be written for this series. If not, then the series is written to the song. Amazingly good.

[WabukiSensei]

Could someone tell me like what's going on? I don't have a clue as to what this episode is trying to portray....it's too confusing for me to digest. I know that Cossette is some sort of dead person and I know that Eiri is like her victim or something, but that's about it. Btw, what does the title mean? And who was the black haired girl that told Eiri to drink from that cup of blood? She didn't look like Cossette but Cossette said that Eiri drank her blood.

[SimplyEd]

Just watched the first episode and i have to say: THAT'S what i call a BLOOD contract :twitch:

I was watching it with my cousin and we both went WTF!?!? at the same time..in a positive way,that is. I'm completely hooked..not only because the music score is another brilliant example of Kajiura Yuki's genius. This is actually the first time that an animation that carries her music really deserves the honor to carry it.

[LinChoiSin]

i liked it and i 'll definitely watch the next ova's .it reminds me of "shingetsutan tsukihime" and i loved that show so i'm glad because there aren't so many shows with a dark atmosphere.

[Ori]

Anyone know the music's name?

[dreamless]

Could someone tell me like what's going on? I don't have a clue as to what this episode is trying to portray....it's too confusing for me to digest. I know that Cossette is some sort of dead person and I know that Eiri is like her victim or something, but that's about it. Btw, what does the title mean? And who was the black haired girl that told Eiri to drink from that cup of blood? She didn't look like Cossette but Cossette said that Eiri drank her blood.
Cossette is a ghost, she was killed by a man and this act of evil made the spirits of the household utensils and furnitures angry thus they started to harm and kill random innocent people. So Cossette tried all the time to find someone who can see her and love her and take the sin of that man to stop the anger of the spirits. that black haired girl was possessed by Cossette at that time so she didn't remember what happened afterwards.

[Keitaro]

Finally a anime that can compare to the great Tsukihime. Since this is a ova its gonna be awhile before the next ova episode comes out.:(

[metachronism]

Could someone tell me like what's going on? I don't have a clue as to what this episode is trying to portray....it's too confusing for me to digest. I know that Cossette is some sort of dead person and I know that Eiri is like her victim or something, but that's about it. Btw, what does the title mean? And who was the black haired girl that told Eiri to drink from that cup of blood? She didn't look like Cossette but Cossette said that Eiri drank her blood.
The black-haired girl is the girl working at the deli store, Yū-chan. Like dreamless says, she was possessed by Cossette at the time.

When Eiri says "Yū-chan says she doesn't know anything about last night." that's what he's talking about. It's not "Yū-chan says she doesn't remember..." because he's not sure himself if it was for real.

I'm not sure if there will be a pre-DVD-release airing of vol. 2 like there was for vol 1, but if there is, I suspect it will be some time in June, as vol. 2 is slated for release in July.

Please do grab the DVD source version once we release it. The art in this show is too good for that TV cap--not to mention we need to fix typos :)

--meta

[TronDD]

Please do grab the DVD source version once we release it. The art in this show is too good for that TV cap--not to mention we need to fix typos :)

--meta

Sweet. Glad to see you plan to put out a DVD version and fixed subs. This show left me absolutely speachless. It's just unbelievably fantastic.

[Kaoru]

Saw the first OVA and... o_o

This is the kind of anime I enjoy. Something different from what's been coming out recently.
Love everything about it - the art was pleasing (in all it's bloody goodness), the animation was no less, the music was beautiful and fit perfectly (nothin less from Kaijura-sama), and the gothic/moody atmosphere was what made this anime most interesting. I have to say, this is one of the most intriguing anime I've seen this year, so far. I watch alot of shonen anime these days, so this was very refreshing artistically and story-wise.

I look forward to the next episode. ^_^

[Lambda]

Well, I have to say I'm rather disappointed. Exactly my kind of style, but it seems to be missing something. I just don't feel interested in what it's trying to say, it hasn't managed to give me a "this is important" feeling that titles that require a great deal of audience effort really need. I think what it really needs is an interesting main character. Still, I'll definitely keep watching, sometimes things like this need time before they start to work, and the potential reward is great.

[Kazahaya]

stylish and artistic :3
I absolutely love the music... <3
though there are parts of the story i cant understand (without reading the previous posts) ....
watching creepy stuff once in a while is good, but whats going on is a bit too subtle for me to understand @_@" i'll rewatch it some time, mebbe i'll find it more enjoyable ; ) (just like Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)

[darkwave]

This one is a big hit to me. I like everything that i've seen so far, even thought its still a bit hazy for me to understand considering its only the first episode.

Cossette is way up there on my must watch list! >_<
Its about damn time somebody produced a quality anime different from the rest.

[Miwi]

This is, so far, my favorite anime of this season. I mean... this anime has everything! GREAT music (not just good, or nice, but the kind of soundtrack that makes you want to go running after the OST), great animation, great storyline... I even liked the characters! And all the skulls, and skeletons, and blood...

What can I say? I can hardly wait for the next OVA!

P.s: I've watched this OVA TWICE yesterday. I HARDLY watch something twice in such a short time. And I even paid attention the two times i watched it, what is even harder.

and cossette is MEAN.

[TronDD]

I've watched it twice already, too. I plan to watch it again tonight. I can't get enought :) Already put up the shot of Cossette that is shown during the end credits as my wallpaper. :)

[tsurumaru]

Cosette-chan Kawaii ne!

:) :heh: :)

[Hao Asakura]

Just watched the first episode and i have to say: THAT'S what i call a BLOOD contract :twitch:

I was watching it with my cousin and we both went WTF!?!? at the same time..in a positive way,that is. I'm completely hooked..not only because the music score is another brilliant example of Kajiura Yuki's genius. This is actually the first time that an animation that carries her music really deserves the honor to carry it.

Yeah, I just watched this show yesterday and I was totally confused about the show. The only thing I know about this series is Blood, Blood, and lots of.......lots of Blood. The story itself is vague and the visual is too foggy and blurry. The only cool thing is the music which really fits the situation. So the main male protagonist became demon himself to atone his sins to that Cossette girl huh??? Can't guess what's going to happen in the next episode. A true bizarre anime it is :twitch:

[LK_LoA]

Non-linear storytelling. I can handle that.
Excessive symbology and 'unnecessary' scenes. I can handle that.
Barely a decent introduction to the kawaii girls in the antique shop. I can handle that.
Blood everywhere. I can handle that.

The animation, soundtrack and voice-ating is superb though. Especially Marina Inoue who is Cosette and sings the ED. The TV capture hurt the quality as it was not as vibrant as the promo.

Verdict: High production values, great backgrounds, music and voice-acting let down by overdone transformation scene that felt out of place to me.

[Yogo_Pogo]

I heard some people wo said that the music of Yuki kajiura is good and i couln't agree more. But all the anime that i watched that had the music of Kajiura were boring. By the promo, i think that the beginning will be good and the end disapointing. If spring is a vacation for japanese i understand why anime in this season is boring. I noticed that while the duration of a vacation, they don't seems to be able to give anything interesting on tv or on any other form of entertainment that you can enjoy indoors. :eyespin:

[Ori]

Yeah the anime Yuki Kajiura does music for are all rather slow in action and plot, and not only that most of her stuff also does not have humour or romances. The only plus side to her stuff is the fact that all of them are very nicely animated.

Example of the ones I can't really stand would be Noir and Madlax. I can stand their rather slow story lines, and symbols but I just can't stand all those repeated flashbacks. Their plot sort of annoys me too.

.Hack series actually had guy characters and some humour so that was at least satisfying. But in terms of action that series was still rather slow, but I could stand that because of the beautiful animation.

But you know, this anime is different than these three anime, so I will have to wait and see another episode before deciding. ^_^

[Yogo_Pogo]

Reading opinion i'll give Cosette a chance since there's nothing else to see anyway

I have a little problem with the title though.

le portrait de petit cosette?
it's not supposed to be " le portrait de petite cosette? she's a girl right? so petite is for a girl and petit for a boy! They should not make mistake like that espacially if it's something that every one will watch. SVP pas de français si vous ne savez pas l'écrire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

french is my language so i know what i'm talking about. Saikano did some unforgivable errors with the french sentences in the opening( le "on est heureuse" m'a tué). In maria-sama ga miteru, in the title of one episode they did a mystake too, but since it was only a one time thing it's okay.

[tsurumaru]

Reading opinion i'll give Cosette a chance since there's nothing else to see anyway

I have a little problem with the title though.

le portrait de petit cosette?
it's not supposed to be " le portrait de petite cosette? she's a girl right? so petite is for a girl and petit for a boy! They should not make mistake like that espacially if it's something that every one will watch. SVP pas de français si vous ne savez pas l'écrire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure that this point has already been brought up before, if you follow Anime and Manga you should already know of the number of errors in the use of English which occur (often dubbed as "Engrish").
So it may be annoying to you but is understandable when you consider that neither French nor English are the creators native language. :)

I also believe that your statement that they should not have made the error especially since its something that "everyone" will watch comes across as sounding slightly arrogant. :heh: Remember most Anime and Manga is made for domestic use (ie for the Japanese), employing a translation team to ensure the accuracy of every foreign word or phrase would only serve to push up the production costs for little (perceived) benefit.

Only in recent years (as the general popularity of Anime and Manga has increased)has the international market started to factor into the production of new shows and we can hope that with this the considerations of any international audiences will be taken into account with the use of any content containing non native (Japanese) text or conversation. :)

french is my language so i know what i'm talking about. Saikano did some unforgivable errors with the french sentences in the opening( le "on est heureuse" m'a tué). In maria-sama ga miteru, in the title of one episode they did a mystake too, but since it was only a one time thing it's okay.

Remember they are trying at least, and it makes a nice change to see some other languages and cultures cropping up in Animes rather than the foreigner always being English or American (even if it means more subtitles for those of us who only speak one language).

Additionally for your information you made 8 spelling, or grammatical errors in your above post, none of them however were serious enough to obstruct the meaning of what you wanted to convey though. :p ;) Rather like the fact that I can still understand the English translation of the title should be something like
"The portrait of little Cosette" whichever way it is written, correctly or incorrectly :).

[LinChoiSin]

Reading opinion i'll give Cosette a chance since there's nothing else to see anyway

I have a little problem with the title though.

le portrait de petit cosette?
it's not supposed to be " le portrait de petite cosette? she's a girl right? so petite is for a girl and petit for a boy! They should not make mistake like that espacially if it's something that every one will watch. SVP pas de français si vous ne savez pas l'écrire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

french is my language so i know what i'm talking about. Saikano did some unforgivable errors with the french sentences in the opening( le "on est heureuse" m'a tué). In maria-sama ga miteru, in the title of one episode they did a mystake too, but since it was only a one time thing it's okay.

french may be your language but obviously you're not french because "le portrait de petite cosette" would still be a strange title , maybe people from belgium or switzerland speak like that.i also think it would be better for authors to be more careful when they use foreign languages but it's not that important after all.

[Yogo_Pogo]

I'm not from France but Québec and we talk french there. The tittle is not that strange petite cossette may be the nickname of Cossette.

Maybe the quality of french used is not that important but i still care. I would like to know where were my errors because i need to practice my english (writting). I'm writting with a very cheap english/french dictionary to help me but it helps only with the spelling not with the verbs or the form of the sentences.

i just finished watching "le portrait de petite Cossette" and i'm asking myself: hein?. Did my brain work or not? I understand that she's taking revenge and that she was killed by the guy who did her portrait (i think) and decided to take revenge on people who don't respect antics or something. If someone understand something... please tell. i think i'll rewatch anyway. this was way much for me, all that blood. is she using black magic?

THE MUSIC IS TO GOOD TOO BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
:bow: KAJIURA :love:

[the_marshal]

I did not understand more than you ! Maybe there are some more subtle things to understand but the basic idea seem rather simple...
What interested me the most is how it was done.... i mean the music and the animation did work to create the atmoshpere needed for the show...

It is really some dark and gothic show I don't saw often and I find it quite enjoyable... will keep watching until the end (there are only 3oav anyway...)

Whith monster it is the only dark or even special show I did see this season...

[zepher]

Best anime of the season, hands down, no contest.

Pacing, atmosphere, design, composition, layout, art direction, music, everything just screams class.
Ofcourse, i wouldnt expect anything less from the director of Soul Taker, another amazing anime.

I'm getting this on dvd.

[darkwave]

The dvd version of New Life Anime is the shit! Nice sub. >_<
If your watching the TV version quality, then you are missing out.

[TronDD]

I've downloaded it but haven't watched it yet. I already watched the TV version half a dozen times or so. I was waiting for the DVD version so I could watch it again. Now I just need the time.

[Breogan]

i just finished watching "le portrait de petite Cossette" and i'm asking myself: hein?. Did my brain work or not? I understand that she's taking revenge and that she was killed by the guy who did her portrait (i think) and decided to take revenge on people who don't respect antics or something. If someone understand something... please tell. i think i'll rewatch anyway. this was way much for me, all that blood. is she using black magic? Actually, she's not looking for vengeance at all, but to free the "souls of the vessels" who got cursed when she was murdered (supposedly by Orlando, the guy that painted the portrait?). To do that, she had to look for someone that could see her and would fall in love with her, drink her blood and take in the soul of Orlando and with it, his sins (although I'm starting to think that maybe Eirin is his reincarnation). Then he received punishment so the "souls of the vessels" could rest in peace.
We'll see more about the plot in July, which supposedly is when the 2nd DVD will be released.

[Tsubomi Koneko]

Er... interesting show.

A little confusing until the babble during the last bit... then all the blood and such made some sense.

I love the music too. Anyone know anything about when a single of the ending song is scheduled for release? :heh: *Karaoke freak.*

And uh... TV version... DVD version... there was only one download on the page I got it from so... huh?

:EDIT Eh forget it, I found the info about the single on CD Japan. Geez have to wait until August! Here's the link if anyone else wants to pre-order the single or otherwise.

CDJapan - Hoseki - Le Portrait de Petite Cossette Main Theme Single (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SVWC-7211)

[towel_guy]

boy, i do love confusing stuff
finally that lain-feeling again :)

and ist yet another instance of the disturbing-color-syndrome i got to observe in a lot of recent animes
i mean do you ever see these kinds of colors in everyday life ? don't they hurt the eye before one gets used to it ?
just wondering how the makers came to their palette, and why more and more animes are becoming like this
not that its bad - just strange

[Melty Snow]

The wait is over, Ep 2 is out. Can't wait to see what happens.

Art and mood are brilliant.... can't really think of anything else to say

They tell you straight up what's going on mostly, which kind of took away some of the fun..

Mataki seems to try to get more involved than she should :(

[Yogo_Pogo]

and ist yet another instance of the disturbing-color-syndrome i got to observe in a lot of recent animes
i mean do you ever see these kinds of colors in everyday life ? don't they hurt the eye before one gets used to it ?
just wondering how the makers came to their palette, and why more and more animes are becoming like this
not that its bad - just strange

Maybe because it suits the atmosphere of the show. Or they want to make it more realist. Anime that look more realist (or the producer want it to look that way) tends to use this kind of palette.

[dreamless]

wow, episode 2, just great. If the first episode is a love story with some horror elements, the second episode is a pure wonderful love story... with some supernatural battle mixed in I guess...

Loligoth and Kajiura Yuki's music, what more can you ask? :p

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v297/dreamless0/cossette_2_1.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v297/dreamless0/cossette_2_2.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v297/dreamless0/cossette_2_3.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v297/dreamless0/cossette_2_4.jpg

[Yogo_Pogo]

Just a question. How old is Cossette? She looks like 12 year old to me, but i can be wrong.

loligoth? what does it means?
loli from lolita?

[Melty Snow]

Yea, probably 11-14, underdeveloped for a European and
Marcellos says something about he doesn't want her to grow up, which could refer to puberty.... or the 2nd growth spurt

Loligoth = gothic lolita i think
Lolita from Cossette being jailbait.
Gothic from the dark style?
Gothic lolita was graffiti on a wall in the first ep too.



Cossette naked fan service was nice, and a tad bit scary

[dreamless]

Yea, probably 11-14, underdeveloped for a European and
Marcellos says something about he doesn't want her to grow up, which could refer to puberty.... or the 2nd growth spurt

Loligoth = gothic lolita i think
Lolita from Cossette being jailbait.
Gothic from the dark style?
Gothic lolita was graffiti on a wall in the first ep too.



Cossette naked fan service was nice, and a tad bit scary
lol, now you mention it, there's even tentacles... :twitch:

[Melty Snow]

and guro(death)... if anyone's interested in that

There's way too much Eiri s&m and bondage if you ask me though.

[spudman]

Yea, probably 11-14, underdeveloped for a European and
Marcellos says something about he doesn't want her to grow up, which could refer to puberty.... or the 2nd growth spurt
I took it to mean that Marcello wants her to remain as she looks in the portraits. He says they're works of art and he can't have the model changing. That's why he doesn't want her to grow up and it's also why she doesn't like being drawn now, because of what happened before.

[Melty Snow]

Yea, thats pretty much it. I just took puberty as the reference point for when her image would dramatically change. Marcello is probably a lolicon :heh: , wanting her to stay the same physically and mentally. Cossette remarks that she "was and ignorant child" and she does seem to be portrayed as pure, huge lolicon bait right here.

[spudman]

Yea, thats pretty much it. I just took puberty as the reference point for when her image would dramatically change. Marcello is probably a lolicon :heh: , wanting her to stay the same physically and mentally. Cossette remarks that she "was and ignorant child" and she does seem to be portrayed as pure, huge lolicon bait right here.
I think I'd be inclined to agree with the lolicon thing. She is certainly portrayed as young & innocent. Also, some of actions i.e. the way she bites on her little finger, don't help. Although you don't see much, Cossette certainly shows a lot of flesh at times. And what's with that scene @ about 29:30 with her in the clock :twitch:

[Melty Snow]

Hmm that part was weird... and sexy
Have 2 ideas on that one..
1. The clock spirit attacks Cossette to defend itself, then she purifies the part that attacks her to break free and continue the main purification on Eiri. Cossette stumbles afterwards due to the attack (read: erotic clock tentacle action).
2. Eiri hesitates in receiving Marcello's suffering (from pain and he says he doesn't want to die some time earlier), so some of the suffering transfers to Cossette. Eiri then sees that he allowed delicate little Cossette to be hurt, so makes up his resolve that he will love her blindly and endure the suffering without hesitation, taking in the suffering he allowed to escape leading to the bloody finaly with Cossette's help.

I think 1 makes much more sense since I'm unaware of any powers that Eiri has, but 2 is much more interesting way to read into it....

Question... Where did the evil clock come from?
And what were they purifying before the clock?

[dreamless]

Hmm that part was weird... and sexy
Have 2 ideas on that one..
1. The clock spirit attacks Cossette to defend itself, then she purifies the part that attacks her to break free and continue the main purification on Eiri. Cossette stumbles afterwards due to the attack (read: erotic clock tentacle action).
2. Eiri hesitates in receiving Marcello's suffering (from pain and he says he doesn't want to die some time earlier), so some of the suffering transfers to Cossette. Eiri then sees that he allowed delicate little Cossette to be hurt, so makes up his resolve that he will love her blindly and endure the suffering without hesitation, taking in the suffering he allowed to escape leading to the bloody finaly with Cossette's help.

I think 1 makes much more sense since I'm unaware of any powers that Eiri has, but 2 is much more interesting way to read into it....

Question... Where did the evil clock come from?
And what were they purifying before the clock?
I think that clock was the clock in Cossette's house which was on the scene when she got murdered.

before the clock it was the cabinet that got purified in episode 1, and maybe some utensils... I think it was said that all those furnitures that was on the scene of Cossette's murder got possessed by angry spirits, thus they cause deaths and suffering to anyone who possess them later...

[Melty Snow]

Sorry, wasn't too clear on the question. I meant to ask where Zenshin'ni got the clock. Rewatched a few parts... around 18:40 she happens to find the clock in a random antique shop walking back from work(?).

Yea, wasn't too sure what was being purified in ep 1, the entire house burned down :( . So it was the bleeding cabinet with tablewear/utensils.... the purification world scene for it didn't have a theme like the clock one :( .

NLA's dvd sub of ep 1 looks super crisp after watching ep 2... really nice
need to watch ep 2 dvd sub when it comes out.

Trying to make an entire page of mostly spoiler tags :)

[spudman]

Sorry, wasn't too clear on the question. I meant to ask where Zenshin'ni got the clock. Rewatched a few parts... around 18:40 she happens to find the clock in a random antique shop walking back from work(?).

Yea, wasn't too sure what was being purified in ep 1, the entire house burned down :( . So it was the bleeding cabinet with tablewear/utensils.... the purification world scene for it didn't have a theme like the clock one :( .
Yes, Zenshin'ni happened to notice the smell (?) of the clock as she passed it. Though she didn't seem to recognize it, or even know where she was when she came round after luring Eiri to it in an attempt to draw out whatever is in him. Notice how the clock was burning after purification, just like the items in ep1 which set the rest of the house ablaze.

Unless it's my imagination, in ep 1 there were quite a few scenes involving things like the glasses. In ep 2, it's clocks / clockwork. Notice the first time you see Cossette & the clockwork behind her, also when Eiri winds up the music box, and you also see the silhouette of a clock mechanism & winder at one point.

If Marcello only killed Cossette because he didn't want her to change, why did he kill the rest of the family as well. Why didn't he just kill her & run?

[Chanterelle]

Yes, Zenshin'ni happened to notice the smell (?) of the clock as she passed it. Though she didn't seem to recognize it, or even know where she was when she came round after luring Eiri to it in an attempt to draw out whatever is in him. Notice how the clock was burning after purification, just like the items in ep1 which set the rest of the house ablaze.

Unless it's my imagination, in ep 1 there were quite a few scenes involving things like the glasses. In ep 2, it's clocks / clockwork. Notice the first time you see Cossette & the clockwork behind her, also when Eiri winds up the music box, and you also see the silhouette of a clock mechanism & winder at one point.

If Marcello only killed Cossette because he didn't want her to change, why did he kill the rest of the family as well. Why didn't he just kill her & run?


Her family members probably obstructed Marcello's way and he killed them to get to her.

[spudman]

Her family members probably obstructed Marcello's way and he killed them to get to her.

But being her fiance he would (should) have been trusted & it would have been easy to lure her away to do the deed... or am I just thinking too much. Maybe he just lost the plot & went for the kill taking out whoever was in the way.

[Chanterelle]

But being her fiance he would (should) have been trusted & it would have been easy to lure her away to do the deed... or am I just thinking too much. Maybe he just lost the plot & went for the kill taking out whoever was in the way.

But the murder should have taken place in her house as the silverware and furniture were watching, and they should be part of her house's furniture because perhaps they had emotional attachment to Cossette as they had seen her grow up.

[Melty Snow]

If you're going to kill your 12 year old fiance because you don't want her to grow up, then you must be insane :twitch: . I think he went a bit wacko, decided to keep Cossette in her young angelic form, so goes and kills her parents so he can have his moment alone with Cossette and enjoy the last moments of her living beauty. Then afterwards he probably enjoyed her nonliving beauty :heh: . Forget that last part. Yea... just blame his bad planning skills on insanity.
If he killed Cossette outside, then we'd have haunted patio furniture :twitch: .

[Ongaku_no_tenshi]

If you're going to kill your 12 year old fiance because you don't want her to grow up, then you must be insane :twitch: . I think he went a bit wacko, decided to keep Cossette in her young angelic form, so goes and kills her parents so he can have his moment alone with Cossette and enjoy the last moments of her living beauty.



:heh: I really have to agree on that. That guy was NUTS! My god, he should have been locked away a long time ago. At first this series was just gothic and dark. Now it is truely noir.

[TrueKnight]

The music at eps 2 went downhill, was Kajiuura still doing it?.......What they got a new composer or something? No gothic feeling at alll....well imo.

and even if they didn't changed the ending song at the the 2nd eps, it still amazes me and I replayed it a lot.

[tsurumaru]

If you're going to kill your 12 year old fiance because you don't want her to grow up, then you must be insane :twitch: . I think he went a bit wacko, decided to keep Cossette in her young angelic form, so goes and kills her parents so he can have his moment alone with Cossette and enjoy the last moments of her living beauty. Then afterwards he probably enjoyed her nonliving beauty :heh: . Forget that last part. Yea... just blame his bad planning skills on insanity.
If he killed Cossette outside, then we'd have haunted patio furniture :twitch: .

Actually given the main audience of this series I'm wondering whether Marcello and Eiri are the target of some slight parody on a deep level. Marcello was obviously not only Lolicon but also slightly deranged (hmm wonder if thats a trend in artists? :p ). Typically his attitude reminds me of the most hardcore type of Lolicon ie those who are physically repelled by adult females and therefore focus their attentions on adolescent or prepubescent girls only. This would explain why he was so desperate to "immortalise" Cossette but doesn't change the fact that his methods were detestable as well as psychotic.
Eiri seem to be a similar "type", remember how Cossette keeps telling him he is the "same" as Marcello and factor in the whole risk of extreme punishment for having a relationship with Cossette (pain, suffering, madness and possibly death) it seems to invoke the spirit of Nabokov's original "Lolita" (You'll pay for it in the end) and I somehow wonder if this isn't at least aimed at the audience (a lot of whom will presumably be Lolicon's themselves).

Oh yeah and damn she's cute! ;) :heh:

[Tsukirin]

I downloaded two of the avis, and its pretty good. The only thing I don't get is, what the whole sacrificial thing is all about.

[Spiggy]

When I first downloaded the DVD versions - I seriously thought that it was licensed b/c it was just too crisp. I was shock to find out that it's not but pleased b/c I can get the 3rd w/o worrying too much. The 1st one just kind of lost me until the end. I had to piece everything together in reverse to get the jest of everything. I wonder how come in ep2 during the fight w/ the clock spirit, in once close-up it looked like she was nude and in another she had some tights on??? At least that what it looked like to me. There probably isn't that big of an age difference between the 2 so it seems ok for a relationship (not a healthy one but one none the less). I'm so glad dreamless, I believe, recommended this to someone looking for something like tsukihime. Thank you!!

On a side note: I love her eyes!!! There need to be more pictures out there with close ups of her eyes. They're strange, void, yet intriguing.

[dajoro]

Has anyone seen the third (and last?) Petit Cossette? If so could you summarize it for us. Thanks

[Ialdaboth]

Has anyone seen the third (and last?) Petit Cossette? If so could you summarize it for us. Thanks

Episode 3 will be out 2004/12/22 (according to cdjapan)

[Kaoru Chujo]

It was released in Japan on 22 December 2004, according to the official Japanese site (http://www.cossette.jp/), at the amazing price of ~$60 for a 34-minute episode on DVD.

Tsukuyomi ~ Moon Phase is by the same director (Shinbo Akiyuki 新房昭之 ), but is much less dark.

[BakaOnna]

I just finished the OVA. Has anyone else seen this? I couldn't find a thread on it.

Anyway, I'm a bit confused on the ending. So Cossette was actually the spirit of Marcelo's painting? Or did the spirit Cossette appear after the real one left? And what's up with Soukou near the end.
Some of the imagery really throws off what's actually happening. Overally, a good series. I loved the music. Need to find the soundtrack. :heh:

[NoSanninWa]

Cossette was once a real girl who was murdered by Marcelo. Her spirt was trapped in this world as a result of the tragedy.

[BakaOnna]

Cossette was once a real girl who was murdered by Marcelo. Her spirt was trapped in this world as a result of the tragedy.
I got that. What I was confused about was when Cossette from Marcelo's painting said that the real Cossette left and when Eiri figure out that the Painting Cossette is a fake. So did the real Cossette leave and then the Painting Cossette replace the real one? That's the part I was confused on.

And also, at the end after Eiri finished the painting, did Cossette possess that girl (Shunko or something) to bring Eiri back to "realty"?

[gaguri]

You're actually correct Bakaonna. There's two different Cossettes we see in this OVA. One is the real Cossette's spirit, who was murdered by Marcelo like Nosanniwa mentioned. The other one is Marcelo's Painting (named by Eiri), who replaces the real Cossette at some point, and starts playing around with Eiri's heart until he comes to the realisation by recognising Marcelo's shadow. It took a form of Cossette's spirit (while imprisoning her) in order to manipulate Eiri into painting more of his ideal eternal beauty.
But I don't remember much aboutthe other girls, sorry. I would need to watch it again, but I do remember that few girls did act in a very doll-like manner, and they were all probably possessed, by either Cossette or Marcelo's Painting.

[ellifeedn]

The title sounds interesting, but could someone tell me what the series is about?

[Dark Wing]

I know it's a little late to be posting here but I finally got around to seeing this anime and I have to say it's truly one of a kind...hands down one of my favorites of all time.

Oh and for anyone wondering what happed to the real Cossette in ep. 3 she left Eiri after realizing how much he truly loved her unlike Marcelo Eiri was willing to endure the pain caused to Cossette in order to free her soul. This is when a fake Cossette appeared who was in reality Marcelo's shadow trying to control Eiri however Eiri wouldn't obey and fought back creating his own piece of art not with blind obsession but pure love for Cossette finally braking the curse.

I would also like to point out that the manga went on a bit longer with more cursed items and less gore.

[YuriEcchiGirl]

I have this OVA on DVD & I really enjoy it very much, so very mysterious & gothic indeed :)