into my new italian website all dedicated to "The Rose of Versailles" (original title "Berusaiyu no Bara", from which "Berubara"). "The Rose of Versailles" is a mostly famous japanese manga, drawn by Riyoko Ikeda in 1972 and it can be considered as one the most beautiful manga ever released in all the history of japanese comics. The story of "The Rose of Versailles" was exported to Europe with the title "Lady Oscar", starting from '80s years...
 
This website is italian (but for this page) and it was born to offer informations and support to collectors of "The Rose of Versailles" and to all the admirers of Mrs. Riyoko Ikeda: in fact, even if this Author is famous all around the world, the informations about her and her works are quite always short and not precise, outside of Japan. 
Well, here you can find an updated biography of the Author, informations about the Berubara original comics and about all versions of Lady Oscar who came after them: the Berubara Grand Romance by the Takarazuka Revue, the Lady Oscar live movie, the Lady Oscar anime... 
Since i am a collector of Berubara goods, i also tried to offer a guide to Berubara editions and merchandising, offering a catalogue of all objects, books, videos, etc... all they are taken from private collection with respect of the original trademarks.
 
TO EUROPEAN PRINTHOUSES I SAY: THERE IS NOT ONLY BERUBARA !!! PLEASE TRANSLATE OTHER WORKS BY RIYOKO IKEDA !!!
 
This website is non-official: at present time there is not any official Lady Oscar website outside Japan; I need to be clear in telling that all goods are shown here without any sort of commercial purpose but only for my pleasure, in order to offer a tribute to my favourite title, Berusaiyu no Bara by Riyoko Ikeda, and at the same time, in order to offer a comprehensive guide to all collectors like me, above all to people who are not able to read japanese so that they cannot find these informations by themselves, on japanese websites.
 
Unfortunately i haven't got time to translate all pages in all different languages. I'm really glad if you'll like to visit my website anyway and i am sure you will enjoy this tribute even if you are not able to fully understand texts. Anyway if you like to discuss the work, i will be happy to answer your emails in English.
 
THIS WEBSITE IS PERMANENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION !
The main purpose of this website is to increase the interest in the Riyoko Ikedąs works so that more and more comics of this author could come translated in italian or in other european languages !!
WWW.LAROSADIVERSAILLES.COM will be permanently under construction in order to list all news from the Berubara World

 

I AM A COLLECTOR FROM ITALY

Berubara goods are almost rare to find in Europe: i have purchased them in Japan or by online auctions. Actually there aren't official stores outside of Japan for Berubara goods and some japanese stores are not able to ship abroad as well. So please, if you can collect some Berubara pieces (books or goods made in your Country) and you are not afraid in sending them to a friend in Italy, please contact me and i can change with italian merchandise or elseway! To English people i say: English editions of the Berubara manga are rarest to find: if you know about any edition and it is not yet listed here, please share your informations with me, thank you very much.

 
^_^ I formally apologize about my English ^_^