"Romeo and Juliet" - "Saikano"... Similar?

[Mythicallava]

Well, we're studying "Romeo and Juliet" in my literature class and it seems to me that an old anime seems like it was based on it...

Opinions?

"Romeo and Juliet" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo)
"Saikano" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saikano)