The Rose of Versailles" will be adapted into a completely new animated feature film! A special news release video and Riyoko Ikeda's congratulatory illustrations and comments are shown!

Fifty years after its birth, "The Rose of Versailles" will be made into a completely new animated feature film.

The Rose of Versailles" by Riyoko Ikeda began serialization in "Weekly Margaret" in 1972. Set during the French Revolution, the story beautifully depicts the love and life of Oscar François de Jarge, a beautiful man-dresser, and Marie Antoinette, a pure and innocent queen.

The "Versailles Rose" has become a social phenomenon with its stage adaptation by the Takarazuka Revue Company, TV animation, and film adaptation, and has set a milestone in the world of girls' manga. The Rose of Versailles" is scheduled to be held in Tokyo and other cities from September 2022.

After 50 years, "The Rose of Versailles" has been adapted into an animated feature film!

Fifty years after the serialization of "The Rose of Versailles" began in 1972, a completely new animated feature film has been decided to be produced. The teaser visual beautifully depicts Oscar Francois de Jarge and Marie Antoinette with the catch copy "Fierce, beautiful, alive.

The special feature film shows the original manga and the teaser visual, and is filled with nostalgia that evokes the thrill of the past, as well as the anticipation of the new anime.

Special Report Video
Intense, beautiful, and alive...

The original author, Riyoko Ikeda, has sent us a newly-drawn congratulatory illustration and comments. Please look forward to more news in the future.

Comment from Riyoko Ikeda
───How did you feel when you were told that the story would be adapted into an animated feature film, marking the 50th anniversary of the serialization of the manga?

I often receive requests from many fans for a new anime, so I was surprised and happy that it would come true.

─ What does "The Rose of Versailles" mean to you, Riyoko Ikeda?

It is difficult to say what it means to me, but I am very happy that the work has been read and passed down from generation to generation.

(Original text)

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Film information
Intense, beautiful, alive..."
The immortal masterpiece "The Rose of Versailles" will be made into an animated feature film after 50 years.
This is a "story of love and destiny" in the turbulent times of the French Revolution.

Based on the novel by Riyoko Ikeda (published by Shueisha's Margaret Comics)

＜Introduction
Belle rose" is back again as an animated feature film.
Riyoko Ikeda's manga "The Rose of Versailles" vividly depicts the love and lives of people living hard in France during the Revolution. The manga, which was enthusiastically supported by readers from the time it was serialized, became a social phenomenon in various fields, including a stage adaptation by the Takarazuka Revue Company and an animated TV series, setting a milestone in the world of girls' manga. Fifty years after its serialization in 1972, a completely new animated feature film is being produced.
The story revolves around Oscar François de Jarge, the heir to a shogun's family and a beautiful man dressed as a man who was raised as his "son," and Marie Antoinette, the innocent queen who married into the family from neighboring Austria. They meet in Versailles, France in the late 18th century, and live out their respective destinies beautifully, despite being tossed about by the times.

What is "The Rose of Versailles"?
The Rose of Versailles" is a manga by Riyoko Ikeda that beautifully depicts the lives and loves of Oscar François de Jarge, a beautiful man dressed in men's clothes, and Marie Antoinette, an innocent queen from neighboring Austria, who married into the French Revolution. The series was serialized in Weekly Margaret (Shueisha) from 1972 to 1973, and Margaret Comics (Shueisha) published a total of 10 volumes. In 2014, four volumes of new episodes were released for the first time in 40 years, and as of 2022, the total number of copies sold has exceeded 20 million.
In 1974, the Takarazuka Revue Company made a stage adaptation. It was adapted for the stage by Takarazuka Revue in 1974 , and later made into an animated TV series and a movie, creating a social phenomenon in various fields and setting a milestone in the shoujo manga world.
In September 2022, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Versailles' birth, "The 50th Anniversary Versailles Rose Exhibition - Versailles is Forever -" is scheduled to open in Tokyo and other locations . exhibition "The Rose of Versailles -Verbara is Forever-" will be held in Tokyo and other cities.

Ⓒ Riyoko Ikeda Production / The Rose of Versailles Production Committee