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The Rose of Versailles Trailer Spotlights Oscar, More Cast Shared

A trailer has dropped for the upcoming The Rose of Versailles movie, focusing on character Oscar. At the same time, more members of the cast were announced.

The Rose of Versailles Trailer

Here are the just-revealed cast members:

  • Fumi Hirano (Hana in DAN DA DAN) plays Madame Noailles
  • Hōchū Ōtsuka (Talhand in Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) plays Louis XV
  • Saori Hayami (Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer) plays Rosalie
  • Jin Yamanoi (Claudio in Ristorante Paradiso) plays Colonel d’Agout
  • Akio Ōtsuka (Black Jack in Black Jack) plays General Bouille
  • Sumi Shimamoto (Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) plays Madame Jarjayes
  • Kensho Ono (Floch in Attack on Titan) plays Robespierre

The movie, which will hit Japanese theaters on January 31, had previously announced these cast members: Miyuki Sawashiro plays Oscar François de Jarjayes, Aya Hirano plays Marie Antoinette, Toshiyuki Toyonaga plays André Grandier, Kazuki Kato plays Hans Axel von Fersen, Shunsuke Takeuchi plays Alain de Soissons, Takuya Eguchi plays Florian de Gerodelle, Miyu Irino plays Bernard Châtelet, Fukushi Ochiai plays Louis XVI, Banjo Ginga plays General Jarjayes, and Mayumi Tanaka plays Maron Glacé Mont Blan.

The Rose of Versailles is one of the most successful shojo manga of all time. You can see Otaku USA’s review on it here. UDON Entertainment publishes the original manga in omnibus volumes.

The people behind the new movie gave this description for it:

The Rose of Versailles Plot

Oscar François de Jarjayes, raised as the “son” and heir of a general’s family, masquerades as a beautiful woman in men’s clothing. Marie Antoinette arriving from neighboring Austria as a bride to become a noble and graceful queen.. Oscar’s servant and childhood friend, the commoner André Grandier. Hans Axel von Fersen, a handsome and intelligent count from Sweden. They meet in Versailles, France in the prosperous late 18th Century and live their respective destinies beautifully while being tossed about by the tides of times.

Source: ANN

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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.

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