Julie the Wild Rose

A gentle, sorrowful period anime that follows a displaced girl through hardship, offering quiet warmth amid loss and wartime struggle.

Created by

Masami Kuzuo

Genres

Animation

Starring

Tomoko Naraoka, Yuji Mitsuya, Ryuji Saikachi

Overview

Eleven-year-old Julie Braun lives in the lush green mountain pastures of Austria's Southern Tyrol. Her parents are killed by Italian soldiers, and she is sent to Vienna to live with her relatives, the Clementes. She befriends cousins Johan and Tanya but has trouble adjusting to life with Uncle Karl and Aunt Klara. As Austria is plunged into World War I, Karl is fired from his job at a glass factory, and Julie's new family is forced into a life of hardship.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and bleak. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Family, grief, war, survival

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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