Requiem of the Rose King

Requiem of the Rose King
The cover of the first manga volume, depicting Richard III (right) and Henry VI (left)
薔薇王の葬列
(Bara-Ō no Sōretsu)
Genre
Manga
Written byAya Kanno
Published byAkita Shoten
English publisher
ImprintPrincess Comics
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original run4 October 20136 January 2022
Volumes17
Manga
King of Idol: Bara-Ō no Gakuen
Written byKineko Abekawa
Published byAkita Shoten
ImprintPrincess Comics
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original run6 January 20216 September 2023
Volumes2
Novel
Bara-Ō no Sōretsu Original Novel: Itsutsu no Makuai
Written byYō Makusu
Published byAkita Shoten
Published15 December 2021
Anime television series
Directed byKentarō Suzuki
Written byHiroki Uchida
Music byKow Otani
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, SUN, KBS Kyoto, BS11
English network
Original run 9 January 2022 26 June 2022
Episodes24
Manga
Bara-Ō no Sōretsu: Gaiden
Written byAya Kanno
Published byAkita Shoten
ImprintPrincess Comics
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original run4 March 20226 September 2023
Volumes3

Requiem of the Rose King (Japanese: 薔薇王の葬列, Hepburn: Bara-Ō no Sōretsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aya Kanno. Loosely based on the Shakespearean plays Henry VI, Part 3 and Richard III, the series follows an intersex version of Richard III during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) period in English history. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Monthly Princess magazine from October 2013 to January 2022, with its chapters collected into 17 bound volumes as of December 2021. It is licensed in English by Viz Media. It has inspired three drama CDs, two spin-off manga series, an original novel, a stage play, and an anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff, which aired from January to June 2022.