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FROGMAN's 2nd The Rose of Versailles Parody Short Streamed

posted on by Kyle Cardine
New Frogman short views the The Rose of Versailles cast as microbes

DLE Inc. began streaming the second animated short of FROGMAN's The Rose of Versailles remake for the parody project "Channel 5.5" on Monday.

The story of the second short starts with a professor and his assistant observing microbes that resemble the cast and setting of The Rose of Versailles. Because the episode is sponsored by Calorie Mate, as the microbes begin to grow frustrated over the lack of food, the professor recommends they give the microbes a piece of Calorie Mate. As the food is taken by bacteria, microbe-Oscar leads the other microbes to take over microbe-Bastille. Microbe-Marie Antoinette is then brought to the guillotines, but then is split in two microbes once it drops.

The first Frogman short parodying The Rose of Versailles premiered in November. Mayo Suzukaze, who played Oscar in the stage musicals of The Rose of Versailles at the Takarazuka Revue, is reprising her role in this and upcoming shorts. Sora Amamiya plays Marie Antoinette.

The "Channel 5.5" project is a parody anime series that releases videos of famous manga on an irregular schedule. The story premise behind the project is a fictional television station that people can only catch if they press the "5" and "6" buttons on their remotes simultaneously. A Ghost in the Shell "remake" series was streamed in April.

The rest of the fourth season of "Channel 5.5" will parody The Rose of Versailles series.

FROGMAN is the "director/writer/character designer/sound Recording Engineer/Flash animator/editor/voice actor" of the Eagle Talon web series. The production company DLE Inc. and FROGMAN launched the first Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume (Secret Society Eagle Talon) television series in 2006, and the series spawned five films, an original video anime, and more television anime series. The sixth move, Taka no Tsume 7 Joō Heika Joboob, is slated for April 4. He already worked on Flash-animated projects for manga such as Thermae Romae, Shima Kōsaku and Lupin III.


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