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The Rose of Versailles (TV)

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© Riyoko Ikeda • TMS


[ adapted from (The) Rose of Versailles (manga) ]

Related anime:
    (The) Rose of Versailles: I'll Love You As Long As I Live (movie) (compilation)

Alternative title:
A Rosa de Versalhes (Portuguese)
La Rosa de Versalles (Spanish)
Lady Oscar (French)
Lady Oscar, la rosa di Versailles (Italian)
Una spada per Lady Oscar (Italian)
Versailles no Bara (Japanese)
ليدي أوسكار (Arabic)
ベルサイユのばら (Japanese)
凡爾賽玫瑰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
베르사이유의 장미 (Korean)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
User Ratings: 287 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 87 votes (sub:68, dub:5, Ger.dub:5, Ita.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, Ara.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Excellent: 81 votes (sub:70, Ger.dub:4, dub:2, Ita.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 52 votes (sub:34, Fre.dub:4, raw:3, Ger.dub:2, dub:2, ?:1, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Ara.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:21, Ger.dub:5, Fre.dub:4, Ita.dub:3, dub:2)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:7, Ita.dub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, ?:1, Fre.dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:7, Ita.dub:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 664 users, rank: #873
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.408 (Very good+.40), std. dev.: 1.6772, rank: #161
Weighted mean: 8.253 (Very good+.25), rank: #194 (seen all: 8.70 / seen some: 6.98 / won't finish: 5.72)
Bayesian estimate: 8.228 (Very good+.22), rank: #133
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 41
Episode titles: We have 41
Vintage:
1979-10-10 to 1980-09-03 
1986-09-08 (France)
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Bara wa Utsukushiku Chiru" by Hiroko Suzuki
Ending Theme:
"Ai no Hikari to Kage" by Hiroko Suzuki
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Osamu Dezaki
Tadao Nagahama (eps1-18)

Screenplay:
Keiko Sugie
Masahiro Yamada
Yoshi Shinozaki

Episode Director:
Akinori Nagaoka (5 episodes

eps 4, 7, 9, 13, 17
)
Minoru Okazaki (ep 3)
Mizuho Nishikubo (eps 25-40)
Satoshi Dezaki (eps 6, 8)
Shunji Ôga (eps 30-40)
Tetsuo Imazawa (ep 2)
Yasuo Yamayoshi (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10-12, 14, 16, 18
)

Yoshihisa Sekine (ep 15)
Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 19-40)

Music: Kouji Makaino

Original Manga: Riyoko Ikeda

Character Design:
Akio Sugino
Michi Himeno
Shingo Araki

Art director:
Ken Kawai
Tadao Kubota
Toshibaru Minako
Toshiharu Mizutani (collaboration)

Animation director:
Michi Himeno
Shingo Araki

Director of Photography:
Hirokata Takahashi
Masao Miyauchi

Producer:
Seiichi Ginya
Shunzo Kato

Continuity:
Hideo Takayashiki
Makura Saki
Tetsuo Imazawa
Yoshihisa Sekine

Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Masakazu Tsuruhuchi

Planning:
Shigeru Umetani
Yuuichirou Yamamoto

Theme Song Performance: Hiroko Suzuki

 

Reiko Tajima as Oscar François de Jarjayes

Taro Shigaki as Andre

Hisashi Katsuta as Louis XV

Katsunosuke Hori as Hans Axel von Fersen (eps 6-8)

Keaton Yamada as Alain

Keiji Mishima as Gerodere

Miyuki Ueda as Marie Antoinette

Nachi Nozawa as Hans Axel von Fersen

Rihoko Yoshida as Rosalie

Yoneko Matsukane as Jeanne Valois Countess de la Motte

Yoshiko Kimiya as Countess du Barry 

Yoshito Yasuhara as Louis XVI

Akio Nojima as Bernard

Hiroko Kikuchi as Madame de Jarjeyes

Hiroshi Masuoka as General Bouille

Hisako Kyouda as Baaya (André's grandmother)

Ichirô Murakoshi as Count Mercy

Katsuji Mori as Robespierre

Kazue Komiya as Charlotte

Kenji Utsumi as General de Jarjeyes

Mari Okamoto as Diane de Soissons

Michihiro Ikemizu as Nicolas de la Motte

Noriko Ohara as Narrator 

Osamu Ichikawa as Duke Orléans

Reiko Mutoh as Madame de Poglinac

Shinji Ogawa as Troubadour of Paris

Shozo Iizuka as Doctor Lasonne

Tarô Ishida as Duke de Guemenais

Tomoko Munakata as Madame Noailles

Toshio Furukawa as Saint Juste

Yoshiko Matsuo as Louis Joseph

Daisuke Gouri

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kenichi Ogata

Norio Wakamoto

Shigeru Chiba

Tomomichi Nishimura

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Araki Productions
Magic Bus
Mole Pro
Studio Cockpit
Studio Z

Backgrounds:
Atelier Rourke
Mukuo Studio

Broadcaster: NTV

Development: Imagica

Finish Animation:
Easy World Pro
Group Joy
Studio Junio

Music Production: Kitty Records

Photography: Takahashi Production

Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

French staff 
French cast 

Music: Richard de Bordeaux

Lirycs: Paul Persavon

Theme Song Performance: Marie Dauphin

 

Eric Legrand as André Grandier (2nd voice)

Gérard Lartigau as André Grandier (1st voice)

Gerard Lartingneau as André Grandier (1st voice) 

Nadine Delanoë as Oscar

Virginie Méry as Oscar (1 ep only)

Amélie Morin as Marie-Antoinette

Anne Kerleny as La contesse du Barry 

Anne Kerylen as Comtesse du Barry

Bernard Tiphaine as
Bernard Châtelet
Comte de Girodelles (2nd voice)
Duc d'Orléans
General de Jarjayes
Nicolas de la Motte

Bernard Tiphanie as
Le conte de Girondelle (2nd voice)
Le pere d'Oscar 
Nicholas

Catherine Lafond as Charlotte de Polignac 

Claude Chantal as Mère d'Oscar

Danielle Volle as Marie Therse

Edgar Givry as Le conte de Girondelle (1st voice)

Françoise Pavy as
Diane de Soissons
Rosalie

Henri Poirier as
Cardinal de Rohan
Duc de Germain
Louis XV

Jane Val as Grand mere d'Andre (1st voice)

Jean Topart as Narration

Jean Pierre Leroux as
Axel de Fersen
Saint Just

Joel Martineau as Père d'Oscar (1st voice)

Liliane Patrick as Mme de Polignac (2nd voice)

Lucie Dolene as Grand mere d'Andre (2nd voice)

Luq Hamet as Louis XVI (1st voice)

Maik Darrah as
Charlotte de Polignac 
Jeanne de la Motte

Marie Martine as Madame de Noailles (1st voice)

Marie-Christine Darah as
Charlotte de Polignac
Jeanne Vallois Contesse de la Motte

Michèle André as Mme de Polignac (1st voice; eps 13-15)

Michelle Andre as Mme. de Polignac 

Monique Thierry as Madame de Noailles (2nd voice)

Olivier Destrez as Louis XVI (2nd voice)

Patrick Laval as Comte de Mercy

Paul Bisciglia as Robespierre

Thierry Bourdon as Alain

Bernard Musson

Francine Laine

Jacques Torrens

Marie Daems

Pierre Trabaud

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Antenne 2 France (1986)
France 3 (1998)
France 5 (2005)
Mangas

Distributor:
AB distribution
Dybex (France - License Expired)
IDP Home Video Music (France)

Dubbing: SOFI

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Albert Trifol Segarra as André Grandier (Spain dub)

Amadeu Aguado as Hans-Axel von Fersen (Catalan dub)

Geni Rey as Oscar François de Jarjayes (Catalan dub)

Marc Zanni as André Grandier (Catalan dub)

Monica Manjarrez as Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes

Núria Trifol as Oscar François de Jarjayes (Spain dub)

Roser Aldabó as Reina Maria Antonieta (Catalan dub)

Albert Roig as Alain (Catalan dub)

Carme Abril as Rosalie de La Morielle (Catalan dub)

Eduardo Borja as Rey Luis XV

Elsa Covián as Jeanne Valois de la Motte

Laura Ayala as Reina María Antonieta

Miquel Bonet as Rei Louis XVI (Catalan dub)

Raúl Llorens as Bernard (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Nicholas de La-Motte (Catalan dub)

Ana María Camps as Jeanne Valois de La-Motte (Catalan dub)

Armando Coria as André Grandier

Aurora García as Àvia (Catalan dub)

Elsa Covián as Diana

Enric Cusí as Maximilien de Robespierre (Catalan dub)

Esteban Siller as Luis XVI (final eps)

Gal Soler as General de Jarjayes (Catalan dub)

Josep Maria Mas as Gerodelle (Catalan dub)

Martin Soto as Alain

Patricia Acevedo as
Charlotte de Polignac
Príncipe Luis José

Ramon Canals as Louis Saint-Just (Catalan dub)

Toni Sevilla as Rei Louis XV (Catalan dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
America TV (Peru)
Cable Kin (Mexico)
Chilevision (Chile)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Director Of Dubbing:
Franca Milleri
Isa Barzizza

Theme Song Composition:
Carmelo Carruci
Riccardo Zara

Theme Song Lyrics:
Alessandra Valeri Manera
Riccardo Zara

Theme Song Performance:
Clara Serina
Cristina D'Avena

 

Cinzia De Carolis as Oscar François De Jarjayes

Massimo Rossi as André Grandier

Alba Cardilli as Contessa De Bramburie (2nd voice)

Anna Teresa Eugeni as
Cortigiana pettegola fuori campo
Madre di Alain

Carlo Allegrini as
Duca di Germain
Generale Bouiller

Daniela Caroli as
Dama contessa d'Aubervilliers
Rosalie

Daniela Gatti as
Cortigiana pettegola fuori campo
Principessa sorella di Luigi XV

Franca De Stradis as Contessa Du Barry

Franca Dominici as Nonna Marie

Franca Lumachi as
Marchesa Adelaide
Nicole
Principessa sorella di Luigi XV

Gabriele Carrara as Bohemier

Giorgio Locuratolo as Maximilien Robespierre

Giuliano Santi as Girodel

Isa Barzizza as Madre di Oscar

Julian Olivieri Orioles as Principino Charles

Laura Boccanera as Maria Antonietta

Laura Rizzoli as Maria Teresa d'Austria

Luciano Marchitiello as Saint Juste (1st voice)

Luciano Roffi as Conte Hans Axel von Fersen

Marco Guadagno as Luigi Augusto/Luigi XVI

Mariella Furgiuele as Cameriera di Madame Du Barry

Massimiliano Manfredi as Principino Josef

Mauro Bosco as
Comandante Delonè
Conte D'Orleans

Oliviero Dinelli as
Bernard Chatelet (2nd voice)
Nicolas De La Motte

Pierluigi Zollo as Cardinale di Rohan

Riccardo Garrone as
Colonnello Labonne
Ministro Necker

Romano Malaspina as Generale De Jarjayes

Rosalinda Galli as
Cortigiana pettegola fuori campo
Dama di Maria Antonietta
Duchessa di Neuilly

Sandro Pellegrini as
Armand
Luigi XV

Sandro Sardone as Principe De Lambè

Serena Spaziani as Contessa De Polignac

Sergio Luzi as
Alain
Bernard Chatelet (1st voice)
Giuseppe D'Austria

Sergio Matteucci as Narratore

Silvana Sodo as Contessa De Bramburie (1st voice)

Silvio Anselmo as Conte De Mercier

Stefano Carraro as Duca di Guise

Susanna Fassetta as Jeanne

Valeria Perilli as
Contessina Charlotte De Polignac
Diane

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Canale 5
Italia 1 (from 1 March 1982)
Italia Teen Television (from 1 October 2003)
Rete 4

Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)

Dubbing: CITIEMME

German staff 
German cast 

Music: Carmelo Carucci

Lirycs: Michael Kunze

 

Diana Borgwardt as Oscar de Jarjayes

Oliver Rohrbeck as André

Daniela Reidies as Rosalie

Dascha Lehmann as Jeanne Valois de la Motte (1st voice)

David Nathan as Girodel

Eberhard Prüter as Herzog de Gumenée

Eva-Maria Werth as Madame Noailles

Frank Schröder as Ludwig XVI

Gerald Schaale as Hans Axel von Fersen

Marie Bierstedt as Marie Antoinette

Matthias Klages as Bernard

Melanie Hinze as Nicole (Marie-Double)

Stefan Staudinger as General de Jarjayes

German companies 

Broadcaster: RTL2

Distributor: KSM

Arabic staff 
Arabic cast 

Director:
Falah Hashim
Fayeq Alhakeem

Translation:
Diana Tagrian
Latifa Aldowseri
Sana Alkakmaji

Dub: Kuwait T.V

Helping Director: Adil Alnajar

Singer: Lana Talib

Song Writer: Falah Hashim

 

Falah Hashim as Francois de Jarjeyes

Mosafer Abdulkareem as Andre

Ali Mohammed Ibrahim as
Louis16
Rohan
Saint Juste

Asmahan Tawfeeq as Madame Du Barry

Eman Husain as Poglinac

Esmut Mahmood as Marie Antoinette

Hosain Albader as Bernard

Jasim Alnabhan as
Alain
Girodel

Maha Almusri as
Narrator
Queen Maria Teresa
Rosalie

Sana Altakmaji as Jeanne Valois Countess de la Motte

Suad Jawad as Oscar

Tariq Abdullateef as
Hans Axel von Fersen
Louis15

Arabic companies 

Production: GCC Joint Program Production Institution (Kuwait-based group)

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 

Fátima Noya as Oscar Francois de Jarjayes

Sílvio Giraldi as Andre Grandie

Eleonora Prado as Maria Antonieta (Marie Antoniette)

Hermes Baroli as Hans Axel von Fersen

Portuguese companies 
(none)
 
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