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“15-year-old Isabelle escapes besieged Paris, disguises as a boy, and becomes a secret agent in London.”
Paris no Isabelle
巴里のイザベル
5.59
12,697 rank · 1,695 viewers · 5 favorites
Drama
Historical
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Synopsis
15-year-old Isabelle escapes besieged Paris, disguises as a boy, and becomes a secret agent in London.
The principal character is 15-year-old Isabelle Laustin, other characters being her parents Leon and Marie, Isabelle's friends Jean and his sister Marie, and Isabelle's suitor, Captain Victor. When Paris is besieged and Napoleon III's army is defeated, Isabelle escapes to London, disguised as a boy, and engages in secret agent stuff. (Source: AniDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 7
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
3.5 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.5
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.75
Running avg · Apr 2020 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Few people have heard of Isabelle of Paris, and not without reason. In fact, I am convinced that if it was not for the cultic Rose of Versailles manga getting its just as cultic anime adaptation...”
- 7 “When I was a child my uncle told me that when he was in college, he and his roommates, after a milk puking accident and a series of subsequent lab experiments, had discovered cheese. He told me...”
- 2 “No Spoilers. So I made it nine episodes deep before I dropped it. I'll admit, I did enjoy watching it to an extent, but mostly because I would have to pause the show to recover from gut-busting...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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- Format 13 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 25m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1979 – Jul 1979 Spring 1979
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-3339 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer