The new anime film adaptation of The Rose of Versailles debuts in Japan in just two weeks. Today, a new trailer has dropped, showcasing the beautiful and love-lorn Marie Antoinette.Check out the new character trailer, featuring the performance of voice actress Aya Hirano:
The Rose of Versailles Marie Antoinette Trailer
Also revealed today was a special “mini” video, which will play before screenings. The shorts depict chibi versions of the film cast attending a modern-day movie theater. Wacky hijinks, as one might expect, ensue. The shorts will change out weekly, centering on a different character every week.
Finally today, we get a sneak peek at the gorgeous covers for the film’s soundtrack release:
Ai Yoshimura (Case File nº221: Kabukicho) directs The Rose of Versailles 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 Sawashiro (Kitaro in GeGeGe no Kitaro)
Marie Antoinette voiced by Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya in the Haruhi Suzumiya series)
André Grandier voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Junichiro Tanizaki in Bungo 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 Riyoko Ikeda. The original manga series ran in Shueisha’s shojo manga magazine 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: Comic Natalie
