by A new animated film, The Rose of Versailles, will be released in the New Year 2025. Four stills of Hans Axel von Fersen, born on September 4th, have been unveiled to celebrate his birthday.
The new stills of Fersen from The Rose of Versailles! The Rose of Versailles, also known as the Rose of Versailles, is a masterpiece by Ikeda Riyoko that vividly depicts the love and lives of people who lived hard in revolutionary France. It has been serialized in Weekly Margaret since 1972 and has sold over 20 million copies.
The original manga, which has garnered enthusiastic support from readers since its serialization, has become a social phenomenon in many areas, including being adapted for the stage by the Takarazuka Revue and being made into a TV anime, and has become a milestone in the world of girls’ manga. The utterly new anime film, which will be released in the new year of 2025, will be directed by Yoshimura Ai, who also worked on Ao Haru Ride and Cheer Boys!!, and will be animated by MAPPA, who also worked on Jujutsu Kaisen and In This Corner of the World.
The cast includes Sawashiro Miyuki as Oscar François de Jarjayes, Hirano Aya as Marie Antoinette, Toyonaga Toshiyuki as Andre Grandier, and Kato Kazuki as Hans Axel von Fersen. Hans Axel von Fersen, whose stills were released on his birthday on September 4th, is a handsome, thoughtful, and intelligent Swedish count. At a masked ball at the Paris Opera, he has a fateful encounter with Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, who came to France at the age of 14 to become the wife of King Louis XVI. Despite being tossed about by his forbidden love, he sticks to his love for her and chooses his own life.
The Takarazuka Revue is currently performing “The Rose of Versailles – Fersen Edition” to great acclaim, and Fersen was chosen as the lead character in the memorable 50th anniversary of the premiere of the Takarazuka Revue “The Rose of Versailles.” Stills of Fersen, who is so popular, include the scene where he meets Oscar François de Jarjayes, who would later become his best friend and serve as Marie Antoinette’s guard as the commander of the French Guard at a young age. In addition, essential scenes that will influence the lives of Oscar and Marie Antoinette, such as the scene where he gazes with his beautiful eyes at Marie Antoinette, to whom he will dedicate his love and destiny, are included.
The voice actor for Fersen in the entirely new animated film will be Kazuki Kato, who is active not only as an actor and voice actor in roles such as Kazami Shiro in “Kamen Rider THE NEXT” and Malleus Draconia in ” Disney Twisted Wonderland, “but also in music and musicals both in Japan and overseas. Kato said, “It’s been 50 years since the original work was released… I’m honored to be able to play the role of Fersen in The Rose of Versailles, which has been loved for 50 years.
As someone with experience being involved in the French Revolution in a musical, I was deeply moved when this story was decided.” It seems he was led to this work by fate, just like the roles of Fersen and Antoinette he plays. Furthermore, regarding the theatrical animation, he commented, “In addition to the famous scenes from the original work, a new singing direction has been added. I think that it will be a work that will bring about a new revolution in the Reiwa era with modern video technology. Please look forward to it!” As the imagination expands as The Rose of Versailles begins again with a completely new work, the birth of a new Fersen also makes the heart beat faster.
The new theatrical animation The Rose of Versailles will be screened in the New Year 2025. Keep an eye out for further updates on the film as information continues to be released to coincide with special days, including Andre’s birthday on August 26th, Rose of Versailles Day on the 29th, and Fersen’s birthday today, September 4th.
The animated film “The Rose of Versailles” will be released in the New Year 2025. Original story: Riyoko Ikeda. Staff: Director: Ai Yoshimura. Screenplay: Tomoko Kaneharu. Character design: Mariko Oka. Music producer: Hiroyuki Sawano. Music: Hiroyuki Sawano, KOHTA YAMAMOTO. Animation production: MAPPA. Production: The Rose of Versailles Animation Film Production Committee. Distribution: TOHO NEXT, Avex Pictures. Supported by: Embassy of France in Japan/Institut Français. Cast: Oscar François de Jarjayes: Miyuki Sawashiro. Marie Antoinette: Aya Hirano. Andre Grandier: Toshiyuki Toyonaga. Hans Axel von Fersen: Kazuki Kato. (C) Riyoko Ikeda Production/The Rose of Versailles Production Committee.
