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Raised as a son by her aristocratic military father to preserve the noble family lineage, Oscar François de Jarjayes becomes the commander of the Royal Guards in eighteenth-century France. Tasked with protecting the frivolous young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette upon her marriage to the French crown prince, Oscar witnesses the extravagant excesses of the royal court at Versailles. However, as extreme poverty, famine, and anger boil over among the Parisian populace, Oscar finds herself morally torn between devotion to the monarchy and sympathy for the suffering people, marching toward the historic fires of the French Revolution.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Renowned animation studio MAPPA produced this lavish theatrical feature film adaptation, released in Japanese cinemas in January 2025. Directed by Ai Yoshimura with scripts by Tomoko Konparu and character designs by Mariko Oka, the film provided a modern anime adaptation of Riyoko Ikeda's legendary 1972 shoujo manga masterpiece. Hiroyuki Sawano composed the soaring orchestral musical score, infusing the historical melodrama with operatic emotional intensity. Starring prominent voice talents Miyuki Sawashiro as Oscar and Aya Hirano as Marie Antoinette, the production captivated audiences by celebrating Ikeda's timeless feminist themes of gender, honor, and freedom.
Now streaming on Netflix! 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 musical.
