With the new film adaptation of The Rose of Versailles finally out in theaters, audiences can relive Riyoko Ikeda’s beloved story of love and loss during the French Revolution. Is it still as emotional all these years later? According to audiences—and the manga artist herself—the answer is a resounding “yes.”A new video has been released showing audience members reacting to the film’s most tearjerking moments, both during and after the film. Cast members and Ikeda herself also speak about the film in the new video, with the series creator commenting on how faithfully her work was brought to life.
The Rose of Versailles “Tearjerker” Video
Two more special screenings for the film have been announced. The first, “The Men Who Loved Oscar,” will take place February 18 at Toho Cinemas Hibiya. In attendance will be:
Miyuki Sawashiro (voice of Oscar)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga (voice of André)
Shunsuke Takeuchi (voice of Alain)
Takuya Eguchi (voice of Gerodelle)
The second will take place March 1 at Toho Cinemas Roppongi. Aya Hirano (Marie Antoinette) and Kazuki Kato (Fersen) will appear live and perform the pair’s insert song live for the first time.A new digital album was also released today, featuring the “movie edit” cuts of 15 tracks from the film:
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 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
