Requiem of the Rose King Reveals More Cast and Premiere Date

The official website for the television anime of Aya Kanno’s Requiem of the Rose King (Bara-Ō no Sōretsu) manga revealed four more cast members and the premiere date for the upcoming fantasy anime.

The anime has been confirmed to air for two consecutive cours and will release on January 9, 2022.

NEW CAST

The four new voice cast members are:

• Anne Neville: Sayumi Suzushiro (Illy in Monster Girl Doctor)
• Isabelle Neville: Ayumi Mano (Alice in The Duke of Death and His Maid)
• Elizabeth: Shizuka Ito (Minako Aino/Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal)
• Cecily Neville: Aya Hisakawa (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon)

ABOUT THE SERIES

The manga’s dark fantasy story is described by Viz Media as thus:

Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil. 

Are you waiting for the release of this anime?