Le Portrait de Petite Cossette
This story is about a Phantom Zone Picture of an Elegant Gothic Lolita, murdered by Mad Artist Marchello Orlando to eternally preserve her youthful beauty, and Eiri Kurahashi, a young art student who becomes obsessed with her. The anime OVA was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and featured music by Yuki Kajiura.
Tropes used in Le Portrait de Petite Cossette include:
- Awesome but Impractical: Although Eiri's creating a portrait of the real Cossette in his own blood is awesome.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: See for yourself. Makes the scene in which Cosette hugs naked Eiri while not wearing anything except for a cape a little bit less squicky.
- The Beautiful Elite
- Blood Magic
- Creepy Child
- Crucified Hero Shot
- Dark Reprise: Listen closely to Silent Ceremony it's a darker and creepier version of The Main Theme.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita
- Enfant Terrible: Marchello Orlando's Cossette
- Fortune Teller
- Hey, It's That Voice!: (Michelle Ruff's Cosette sounds like a really creepy Aoi Sakuraba.)
- Donatello is one of Eiri's friends.
- Eiri himself is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch's Lelouch.
- Marina Inoue is the Seiyuu who plays little Cosette in original.
- In the Hood: Cosette shows up in this occasionally, carrying a candle with a blue flame.)
- Mad Artist
- May-December Romance
- Miko
- Mind Screw: filled with High Octane Nightmare Fuel.
- Ominous Chanting: In 'Kajiuran' language that is unique to Yuki Kajiura's music.
- Onmyodo
- Painting the Fourth Wall: A few times, actually.
- Phantom Zone Picture
- Reincarnation
- What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?
- What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
