Toho Reveals Promo & Cast Additions for New ‘Rose of Versailles’ Movie

Staff working on the new animated feature film The Rose of Versailles, based on the classic manga by Riyoko Ikeda, have been sharing new info and promotional materials, including a new sneak-peek video and additional voice stars, ahead of the film’s January 31 release in Japan through Toho.

The theatrical debut will be preceded by free streaming of the anime series cross Japan, with five episodes dropping each week from January 17 to March 7.

Beginning in the court of Marie Antoinette on the cusp of the French Revolution, Ikeda’s “story of love and intrigue” (originally serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Margaret from 1972-73) centers on a young woman raised as a boy, serving as a palace guard.

Film Synopsis: Oscar François de Jarjayes is the heir of a general’s family — a beautiful woman who dresses as a man and was raised as their “son.”

Marie Antoinette is a noble and elegant queen who came from neighboring Austria.

Andre Grandier is a commoner, who is Oscar’s servant and childhood friend.

Hans Axel von Fersen is a handsome and intelligent Swedish count.

They meet in the glorious court of Versailles, France in the late 18th century — and, despite being at the mercy of the times, they each live out their own beautiful destinies.

The newly announced voice cast additions are Fumi Hirano as Madame Noailles, Hōchū Ōtsuka as Louis XV, Saori Hayami as Rosalie, Jin Yamanoi as Colonel d’Agout, Akio Ōtsuka as General Bouille, Sumi Shimamoto as Madame Jarjayes and Kenshō Ono as Robespierre.

They join previously announced voice stars Miyuki Sawashiro as Oscar, Aya Hirano as Marie Antoinette, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as André, Kazuki Katō as Hans, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Alain de Soissons, Takuya Eguchi as Florian de Gerodelle, Miyu Irino as Bernard Châtelet, Fukushi Ochiai as Louis XVI, Banjō Ginga as General Jarjayes and Mayumi Tanaka as Maron Glacé Montblanc.

The new film is produced by MAPPA and directed by Ai Yoshimura (Daily Lives of High School Boys, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) and written by Tomoko Konpanu (Ashita no Nadja, Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000%), with character design by Mariko Oka (First Love Monster, Hell Girl) and music by Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan) and Kohta Yamamoto (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea). The theme song, “Versailles,” is performed by Ayaka.

The Rose of Versailles manga is available in English from Udon Entertainment, and the 40-episode anime most recently received a U.S. release remaster from Discotek in 2021. The story has also inspired a prior animated movie in 1990 as well as musicals staged by the all-female Takarazuka Revue, a live-action French/Japanese film in 1978 and a 2019 video game.

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[Source: Anime News Network]