It’s an impressive, beautiful book, one of those rare releases that can truly be called an event.
Translated by Mari Morimoto, the first volume of Ikeda’s beloved manga is now available as a deluxe hardcover, presented with select color pages on semi-gloss paper. Despite its legacy, however, it’s taken nearly 50 years for a complete English translation to be published to call the release from Udon Entertainment (originally announced in 2015) “long-awaited” is an understatement.
A sensation in Japan, it was adapted into an anime series, performed on the stage by the Takarazuka Revue, and inspired a 1979 French film by Jacques Demy, to say nothing of its influence on later shojo classics like Revolutionary Girl Utena. Originally serialized in Weekly Margaret in 1972, Ikeda’s The Rose of Versailles is one of the true landmarks of shojo manga.
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