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There was a long anticipation for this project in Japan... finally here it is!!!

 

HAVE ARRIVED
"THE KIDS OF
VERSAILLES" !!

 

BeruKids (The Kids of Versailles), it's a series of short stories, drawn by Riyoko Ikeda herself after long wait by fans, praying for something new about VERSAILLES NO BARA... [Into the pictures above, you see the promos of the announce, circulated in Japan since 2004...] .

Berukids project has been announced and promoted in Japan since 2004 and even before, voices were circulating about this new production. Finally, in the middle of 2005, we had precise news about the publishing: stories would have appeared on a weekly newspaper by Asahi (Asahi Shinbun group), "Be-on Saturday", coming out every saturday together with the main paper.

The first story finally came out on Be-On-Saturday, it was Saturday 1st October 2005.

The first cycle of stories has been serialized during 24 numbers plus one final edition with the resume of the whole work: from 1st October 2005 until 24 December 2005 (right one day before falling the 250th anniversary of Oscar's Birthday, 1755-2005). Number on 31st December was missing due to feasts for the end of the year, seralization started again on 7th Jenuary and ended on 18th March 2006. On 25th March 2006, we had the summary of the work.

 

This is the first page of Be-On Saturday, 1st October 2005, where the first story of Berkids appeared...

Riyoko Ikedąs decision to publish "Berukids" on the pages of a newspaper, intead of a simple magazine for girls, is quite strange: for sure, this kind of papers are getting much more public... it was a great promotion for the 250th Anniversary of the Oscar's Birthday (falling on 25th December 2005).

Into these brand-new stories, our most well known characters appear as children, while playing funny roles: we see them recalling the most famous scenes of the main comics but here Riyoko Ikeda jokes with them ... and all scenes are ment to make we laugh off the events of the story. This way of presenting Oscar, Andrč and the royal family is really unusual for such a serious author like Riyoko Ikeda... it was really hard to figure out something like this, when waiting for this new brand of stories.

Riyoko Ikedąs art is brightly clear here! in facts, even if all characters are funny, the author points perfectly to the center of their roles into the main story: Andrč is tender but dogged, daddy Jarjayes is always grave and solemn while his family keeps from laughin in front of him... and Rosalie always cries while Marie Antoinette dances and sings among the locks of the king!   And what about Oscar??? She is baddest then ever and still she laughs all the day! Ahah, as never done before!!

When the first cycle of the new Berukids stories ended, they were already speaking about new cycles... at present day we have already got 2 books and the Asahi group have dedicated many online pages and services to these characters... new stories also can be downloaded by net, signing up to the official website...

 

BeruKIDS THE BOOK 5 & 6 - Asahi Club & Riyoko Ikeda Production

Berukids The Book 5BeruKids The Book 6

Title:

-

 

BeruBara Kids 5 - BeruBara Kids 6

   

Edition:

Asahi Shinbunsha

Date:

01/08/2010 - 05/08/2011

Format:

21,8 x 15,6 - 80 pagg.

Code ISBN:

4023304786 - 4023309621

 

BeruKIDS THE BOOK 4 !!!! - Asahi Club & Riyoko Ikeda Production {NEW}
More infos about these books are available into the general page of the Riyoko Ikeda artbooks

Berukids The Book 4

Title:

 

BeruBara Kids 4

   

Edition:

Asahi Shinbunsha

Date:

01/09/2008

Format:

21,8 x 15,6 - 80 pagg.

Code ISBN:

4023304107

 

BeruKIDS THE BOOK 3 !!!! - Asahi Club & Riyoko Ikeda Production

Title:

 

BeruBara Kids 3

   

Edition:

Asahi Shinbunsha

Date:

04/07/2008

Format:

21,8 x 15,6 - 80 pagg.

Code ISBN:

4023303941

 

BeruKIDS THE BOOK 2 !!!! - Asahi Club & Riyoko Ikeda Production

Title:

 

BeruBara Kids 2

   

Edition:

Asahi Shinbunsha

Date:

07/08/2007

Format:

21,8 x 15,6 - 80 pagg.

Code ISBN:

4023303828

 

BeruKIDS THE BOOK - Asahi Club & Riyoko Ikeda Production

Title:

 

BeruBara Kids

   

Edition:

Asahi Shinbunsha

Date:

10/2006

Format:

21,2 x 15,6 x 1,4 cm - 79 pagg.

Code ISBN:

4023303763

 

While Riyoko Ikeda Production was still announcing the first serialization of the stories, Bandai mark was already thinking to a brand new line of toys... they started and spoke about BERUKIDS GASHAPON one year before the release!!
This first collection of little toys was finally released on 25th January 2006 (into the pictures, you can view the original subjects taken by Bandai...).
 

It was only the beginning... a couple of years has passed and here a new page about the BERUKIDS COLLECTION!