Osamu Dezaki and his brother Satoshi Dezaki, both reknowned names in anime, worked on this show. Osamu was the series director, while Satoshi worked on the sixth and eighth episodes.
Oscar makes a crossover appearance in the Lupin III Part II anime series episode "Versailles Burned with Love"
The Rose of Versailles is currently 14th on the list of all-time best-selling Shojo manga, having sold a grand total of 15 million volumes worldwide and 12 million in Japan only
The Rose of Versailles is famous for having the first "bed scene" in manga that was depicted by a woman, which has had a "profound impact" on female readers, including fan criticism of the adaptation of this scene to the anime.
The Digimon Leopardmon's original design was based on Oscar.