Manga Receives TV Anime
By Epic Dope Staff | September 17, 2020
Akita Publishing’s official Youtube channel announced through a promo video that the Requiem of the Rose King manga will receive an anime adaptation.
The PV features images of the manga’s main characters such as Richard Plantagenet, King Henry IV, Edward of Westminster, Anne Neville, and others.
The manga’s plot is set during the bloody Wars of the Roses when every noble was competing to become the next King of England.
The series is loosely based on the Shakespearean plays Richard III and Henry VI, Part 3. The Duke of York is one of the nobles aspiring for the throne.
The story revolves around the Duke of York's child Richard Plantagenet III who is born an intersexual individual and whose mother is repulsed by him.
Just as the Duke was about to succeed, the opportunity slips through his fingers. Enraged by his father's fate, Richard sets out to get the throne.
Requiem of the Rose King is a historical action Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aya Kanno which began publishing in 2013.