Lance N Masques might be the best anime I've ever seen. The callbacks to Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Kafka's Metamorphosis, and KonKonFuFu's Touch Me Nii-chan are powerful and transformative, while the stage-setting and orchestration are something closer to Sophocles.
However, the main character sucks deep and long.
I do like like the horse and both maids.