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Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
As I promised/threatened in my blog post about Naki no Ryuu '91 , here is the predecessor three volume OVA, Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu...
Dallos, Doukyuusei -Classmates-, Fullmetal Alchemist, Treasure Island, Secret of the Seal
The Rose of Versailles Anime Movie to Stream on Netflix
Netflix have just revealed some details of The Rose of Versailles anime movie. It's going to be released on Wednesday 30th April 2025. It's ...
Blazing Fists, Suicide Notes Laid on the Table, The Rose of Versailles (2025 movie), Kaiju Guy!, Make a Girl, Japanese Film Trailers
Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. There will be another one coming tomorrow. There were only nine Japanese films released this week compared to the…
The Rose of Versailles Anime Film Review
How do you adapt a seminal classic that took 14 volumes of manga and 40 episodes of TV to tell into a feature film? You make it a…
10 Oujo Romance Anime About Dating a Wealthy Refined Woman
The main character is more a shoujo protagonist in the body of an oujo. She comes from wealth and influence, but acts as nicely as any female main…
Rose of Versailles, Sankarea, Bibliophile Princess, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, High Score
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 September 2023: Anarcho-Feminist Ito Noe, Video Game Actor Strike, and the End of RightStuf
AniFem Round-Up Every Rose Has Its Thorns: Vilifying female ambition in The Rose of Versailles In honor of the shoujo classic becoming available for free on RetroCrush, here’s…
Weekly Round-Up, 30 August – 5 September 2023: Gundam Doujinshi, Police Body Cameras, and Gender Pay Gap
AniFem Round-Up Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and Transgender Cyborgs’ Experience of the Apocalypse The 90s manga’s tale of rebuilding and self-discovery after the end has only become more relatable…
“An Inner Revolution Of The Japanese Women”: The Rose of Versailles As Feminist Historical Fiction
The Rose of Versailles makes the argument that women’s lives and the romance genre can be radical and revolutionary—and, in fact, they were always central to revolutionary movements.
17 Historical Romance Anime About Love Through The Ages
Historical romance anime is often not steeped in much historical accuracy. In fact, for many of these historical romances, you will find flourishes of magic
Gosick, Juliet, Kids on the Slope, Maria the Virgin Witch, Raven of the Inner Palace
What I Watched This Week – 5/7-5/13
The Rose of Versailles – I initially planned to watch the first 20 episodes this week, then watch the second half next week, but the story got its…
Ep 87: The Rose of Versailles Vol. 1, by Riyoko Ikeda
One of the great classic shojo manga is finally available in English, Riyoko Ikeda's Rose of Versailles, and the Mangasplaining team dig in to see if it...
Doki Doki News: Bleach at NYCC, Kimi ni Todoke Drama, and Tearmoon Empire Anime
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of September 4th through September 10th! Check out…
Revolution And Versailles
Talking about the anime The Rose Of Versailles. Support me: https://www.patreon.com/spirit_chaser Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Contreras2992 My Anime List: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Spirit_Chaser Anilist: https://anilist.co/user/SpiritChaser/ #roseofversailles #animerecommendations #animereview #animeamv #politics #anime #theroseofversailles #animeedit #animeanalysis #ladyoscar
Shoujo Sundae Review – Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics
https://youtu.be/1mgCCtZ3iaA The Japan Foundation has an in-depth discussion regarding the representation of gender within girls’ comics and manga culture. Since the conception of manga for…
Anime Series Like Requiem of the Rose King
In the Middle Ages, the English Crown has been hotly contested in a civil war, dubbed the War of the Roses. The Duke of York seeks to unseat…
Juliet, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Moriarty the Patriot, Rose of Versailles, Blast of Tempest
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 449: The Rose of Versailles
In this first podcast episode of 2022, Xan reviews a classic shojo title that is a historical drama set during the French Revolution. Sit back and enjoy as…
Kageki Shojo!! Manga Creator Kumiko Saiki and Anime Director Kazuhiro Yoneda
Manga creator Kumiko Saiki and anime director Kazuhiro Yoneda share the inspirations behind Kageki Shojo!! from the Takarazuka Revue to the classic series The Rose of Versailles.
Manga of the Month: The Rose of Versailles
The Rose of Versailles (ベルサイユのばら) by Riyoko Ikeda July 2015 will probably be remembered as the summer when anime and manga dreams came true. Sort of. The month…
The Rose of Versailles, Volume 5
Today we look at what was, until 2015, the final volume of the grand historical epic The Rose of Versailles, by Riyoko Ikeda. After the death of Lord…
Pride Month Special! Episode # 111 – A Conversation with Yuri Scholar, Erica Friedman!
Happy Pride Month, everyone! For our 2021 Pride podcast, Tori and Sully have a chat with yuri researcher and Yuricon founder Erica Friedman! Erica goes into the development…
The Rose of Versailles, Volume 4
What better way is there to start off Pride Month than to begin with revolution, with a fight against the status quo and respectability? What better thing can…
The Rose of Versailles Volume 3 Review
The early stages of The French Revolution is here, which means Oscar has much to confront in Volume 3 of The Rose of Versailles.
The Rose of Versailles, Volume 3
As I sat down to write today’s review, it dawned on me that I had never covered Volume 3 of The Rose of Versailles. So today, we will…
Pick of the Week: It Must Have Been the Roses
SEAN: Come on. We all know what it is. This is the last time we can pick it, so it HAS to be the 5th and final volume…
2006 Transgender Yuri Anime ‘Kashimashi’ Licensed by Discotek Media; To be Upscaled to...
2006 Transgender Yuri Anime ‘Kashimashi’ Licensed by Discotek Media; To be Upscaled to HD and Rereleased on Blu-rayIn a livestream on Monday, Discotek Media announced that it has…
Yuri Expert Erica Friedman Dives Into LGBTQ Anime & Manga History in New Book ‘By Your...
Yuri Expert Erica Friedman Dives Into LGBTQ Anime & Manga History in New Book ‘By Your Side’ – June 2022In February, Yuri researcher and trend-setter Erica Friedman announced…
Pet Shop of Horrors (with Morgana Santilli)
Covers all 10 volumes of the original Pet Shop of Horrors series by Matsuri Akino.Welcome to Count D's pet shop, where you can find the rarest pets that…
Devilman Crybaby, Fruits Basket, Gravitation TV, Rose of Versailles, Sailor Moon
Holiday Review: THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
Yeah...anyone who has been reading this blog for a while or follows me on Twitter knows that this review has been a long time coming. After...
The Rose of Versailles, Volume 2
Unrest is starting to build among commoners as royal spending, bankrupts the country. while Oscar is struggling to balance unrest at home, in Paris and at Versailles. Rosalie…
All My Darling Daughters (with Asher Sofman)
Covers All My Darling Daughters by Fumi YoshinagaThis one-volume manga about three generations of women in a family is masterfully told and extremely relatable. Shojo & Tell host…
The Rose of Versailles Volume 2 Review
TheOASG reviews Volume 2 of Riyoko Ikeda's The Rose of Versailles, where Rosalie, Marie Antoinette and Oscar each deal with new challenges.
315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing…
313 – Retrospective Redux 3 – A Silent Voice
This week we dive into spoilers for volume 8 of BEASTARS, Morgana checks out Pop Life from Star Fruit Books, dakazu loves Requiem of the Rose King, and…
The Rose of Versailles – A New Favorite!
The Rose of Versailles is a fairly well-known series in anime circles hailing from the tail-end of the ’70s. It has retained a place in the minds of…
Pick of the Week: Everything’s Coming Up Roses
ASH: While there are quite a few manga being released this week, many of them great, my pick will likely be obvious. It’s a long time coming, but…
Rainbow Releases: Winter 2020
In 2018, we introduced an anime convention panel called Rainbow Releases to highlight LGBTQ-related anime and manga coming to the United States in English. As of this post’s publication,…
Rose of Versailles, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard, Tokyo Godfathers
The Rose of Versailles, Vol. 1
By Riyoko Ikeda. Released in Japan as “Versailles no Bara” by Shueisha, serialized in the magazine Margaret. Released in North America by Udon Entertainment. Translated by Mari Morimoto.…
Pick of the Week: Rose’s Turn
ASH: Back in 1983, Frederik L. Schodt introduced Riyoko Ikeda’s highly-influential manga The Rose of Versailles to English-reading audiences when he provided and except of it in his…
Manga the Week of 1/29/20
SEAN: The end of the month, and it’s time for lots and lots of stuff. What have we got? First of all, jumping to the front of the…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 21, 2019
Yuri Manga A bunch of new items on the Yuricon Store, just in time for your final holiday gift lists! February will bring us Kase-san and Yamada, the…
The Rose of Versailles Manga, Volume 1 (English)
We are experiencing technical difficulties right now on the site and are trying to figure out how to address them. We thank you you for your patience in…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 7, 2019
Yuri Manga It’s here! Volume 1 of The Rose of Versailles is getting a super-limited release in selected US Kinokuniya stores on December 17, and more general release…
Moto Hagio’s They Were Eleven, A,A', and A Drunken Dream (with Kate Dacey)
Covers They Were Eleven, A, A Prime, and A Drunken Dream, all short works by Moto HagioIn honor of the release of The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio,…
Announcement! The Rose of Versailles DVD Giveaway Winner and Third Impact Winter Break 2018
Congratulations to Colcam94 for winning our The Rose of Versailles DVD Part 1 giveaway! Please contact us via the Third Impact Anime facebook page to claim your prize…
Claudine (with translator Jocelyne Allen)
Covers Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda (it’s only one volume long!) Though Riyoko Ikeda’s classic manga featuring a transgender protagonist originally came out in 1978, it was officially released for…
OtakuGeneration (Show #513) Spring Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 513) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Impressions, recorded live April 5th, 2015. This week we started…
One Piece, Hayate the Combat Butler, Naruto: Shippuden, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Mobile Suit Gundam
OtakuGeneration (Show #504) Junk Head 1
Shownotes :: (show 504) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Junk Head 1, recorded live February 1st, 2015. This week we…
Flame of Recca, Golden Time, Holy Knight, Hozuki's Coolheadedness, Kill la Kill
OtakuGeneration (Show #422) Honey and Clover
Shownotes :: (show 422) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Honey and Clover, recorded live July 7th, 2013. This week we finally…
GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack, Hetalia Axis Powers, Special A, Case Closed, Naruto
OtakuGeneration (Show #421) Fuse: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl
Shownotes :: (show 421) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Fuse, recorded live June 30th, 2013. This week we watched a a…
Black Magic M-66, Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~, Lovely Complex, Matchless Raijin-Oh, Puella Magi Madoka Magica
OtakuGeneration (Show #413) Anime Mirai
Shownotes :: (show 412 :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Anime Mirai, recorded live May 5th, 2013. This week we watched two…
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster, K-ON!: The Movie, Mirai, Gurren Lagann, K-ON!