Anime like Paris ni Saku Étoile

What is Paris ni Saku Étoile about?

Studio: Arvo Animation
Status: Finished

"I want to blossom, in this city."

The story follows two Japanese girls who never give up in reaching for étoile (stars) during the difficult times at the start of 20th century. Fujiko, who dreams of becoming a painter, and Chizuru, who is drawn into the world of ballet, meet by chance in Yokohama. Then, as if guided by fate, they meet again in Paris and work hard to follow their dreams together.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Foreign , Ballet , Historical , Swordplay , War , Drawing , Time Skip

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Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

Also known as Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth ~ The Animation.

Studio: Satelight , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Communications , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shop-owner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s.

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Iyashikei , Seinen , Family Life , Found Family , Urban , Age Gap , Ojou-sama , Female Protagonist

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