The official website for the new anime film adaptation of The Rose of Versailles, based on Riyoko Ikeda’s classic historical shojo manga, today announced that the movie is set to release in Japan on January 31, 2025. The film’s official X (formerly Twitter) has also posted a new trailer announcing the release date in the end.
The site has also revealed new visuals of the four main characters.
Oscar François de Jarjayes
André Grandier
Marie Antoinette
Hans Axel von Fersen
Ai Yoshimura (Case File nº221: Kabukicho) is attached to direct with a screenplay by Tomoko Konparu (Tonari no Yokai-san). Mariko Oka (Hell Girl) serves as character designer, and Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan), who also serves as music producer, composes soundtrack music along with KOHTA YAMAMOTO. MAPPA works on the anime production.The main voice cast members include:
Oscar François de Jarjayes voiced by Miyuki Sawashito (Kitaro in GeGeGe no Kitaro)
Marie Antoinette voiced by Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya in the Haruhi Suzumiya series)
André Grandier voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Junichirpo Tanizaki in Bugo Stray Dogs)
Hans Axel von Fersen voiced by Kazuki Kato (Kento Aizome in B-PROJECT)
The anime film project was first revealed in September 2022 as part of the 50th anniversary project to celebrate the publication of the original The Rose of Versailles manga by Ikeda. The original manga series ran in Shueisha’s shojo manga Margaret from 1972 to 1973, and inspired a TV anime series from 1979-1980, a live-action film directed by Jacques Demy in 1979, and a series of musical stage plays produced by Takarazuka Revue from 1974 to the current day. Udon Entertainment, the publisher of the manga’s English edition, describes the story:
Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette’s palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France’s last great royal regime.
Source: “The Rose of Versailles” anime film official website / X (formerly Twitter)© Riyoko Ikeda Production / The Rose of Versailles Production Committee
