Avex Pictures opened an official website for a new anime movie adaptation for Riyoko Ikeda's Versailles no Bara (The Rose of Versailles) manga on Wednesday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and an announcement promo. The anime movie is commemorating the manga serialization's 50th anniversary.

The historical drama manga was serialized in Weekly Margaret from 1972–1973 and compiled into ten volumes from 1972 to 1974. Shueisha later reprinted it in 10 bunkoban volumes from 1977 to 1978. Ikeda serialized a four-volume side story between April 2013 and February 2018. Versailles no Bara sold a cumulative 20 million copies of its volumes.

Tokyo Movie Shinsha produced a 40-episode television anime that aired from Fall 1979 to Summer 1980. The Seimei Aru Kagiri Aishite (I'll Love You As Long As I Live) compilation movie premiered in May 1990.

Udon Entertainment licensed the manga in English in July 2015 and published it in five omnibus volumes from February 2020 and April 2021. Right Stuf licensed the television anime under its Nozomi Entertainment label in September 2012 and released it on two DVD volumes in May and July the following year. Discotek Media reacquired the anime and released it on two Blu-ray volumes in April and June last year.

Synopsis
Hoping to unite their countries with an alliance, The Empress of Austria arranges her daughter, the delightful yet spoiled Marie Antoinette, to marry the crown prince of France, Louis XVI. Upon arriving in Versailles, the Austrian princess meets Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, Captain of the Royal Guards—a seemingly dashing young man—but to Antoinette's astonishment, he is in fact a woman!

The youngest daughter of a noble family with a prominent lack of a male heir, Oscar was raised as a boy to continue the family's military legacy. Suffocated by the rigid rules associated with her new position and longing for companionship, Antoinette immediately takes a liking to this intriguing young woman, and wastes no time befriending her. However, as the childish new queen foolishly abuses her power, Oscar is conflicted between maintaining her loyalty to the royal family and addressing the growing concern of poverty among the common people.

Recalling the events of the French Revolution, Versailles no Bara depicts the struggles of two women unjustly burdened by family expectations. Yet, despite being forced to deny their identities at the expense of personal happiness, they march on to become key players in the annals of history. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement


Official site: https://verbara-movie.jp/
Official Twitter: @verbara_movie

Source: Comic Natalie

Versailles no Bara (Movie) on MAL