Le Portrait de Petite Cossette

The titular heroine.

Le Portrait de Petite Cossette 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.

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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