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The Anime Staff and Creator of Requiem of the Rose King

The article quotes the show's writer as saying "Joan's actions and Richard's body both embody male and female characteristics", which historically is wrong for both people.

The article quotes the show's writer as saying "Joan's actions and Richard's body both embody male and female characteristics", which historically is wrong for both people. Joan of Arc always called herself "the maiden" ("la pucelle") which is definitely feminine, and her stated role was that of a religious visionary (not a fighter or direct commander) in an era when there were many women who were accepted as religious visionaries. Her so-called "male clothing" was just the armor and military riding outfit which they gave her to wear, and several eyewitnesses said she told them she continued wearing and lacing together the riding outfit in prison because lacing together the hip-boots, trousers and tunic allowed her to make it more difficult for her guards to pull her clothing off when they tried to molest her. None of this has anything to do with mixing male and female characteristics. Richard III was described as a hunchback (by Shakespeare) rather than intersex (as the show makes him), so gender has nothing to do with his actual situation except in this show. Modern analysis of his skeleton found that he had scoliosis (which is apparently why Shakespeare portrayed him as a hunchback).