Bandai Visual is finally bringing another of its its classics from its library out in Blu-ray form this year as The Rose of Versailles is now slotted for a release. The box set will bring out all forty episodes in one collection on September 24th, 2014 and will be priced at a surprisingly good 32,400 yen for the collection. Not surprisingly, the release is pretty basic at the moment and we’re not expecting it to have English subtitles, even as it just got a gorgeous DVD release from Nozomi Entertainment in the past year. The release will come with a clean opening and a digital gallery that goes over some of the settings and episode one storyboards. First pressing editions will include a booklet. The release is getting done as a two storage box design to be revealed later with a new jacket illustrated by the character designer Himeno Michi.
Plot concept: General Jarjayes, desperate for a son to preserve the family name and noble standing, names his newborn daughter “Oscar” and chooses to raise her as a boy. Fourteen years later, Oscar is a masterful duelist, marksman, and the newly appointed Commander of the French Royal Guards. Her first task: to protect Marie Antoinette, who is engaged to the French prince and future king, Louis-Auguste.
Even though the planned marriage should provide both countries with some much needed peace and prosperity, the French court is a dangerous place. Marie’s youthful naivete makes her an easy target for those who wish to see the monarchy overthrown. Oscar soon finds herself both defending Marie’s reputation from those who seek to discredit her and protecting her life from those who wish to kill her.
[Source: The Rose of Versailles BD-Box]
