Via Comic Natalie: the TV anime adaptation of Aya Kanno’s “Requiem of the Rose King“, which will begin broadcast in two consecutive cours starting January 2022, has announced that the opening song will be by Makoto Furukawa, and the ending theme will be by ZAQ!

The show’s voice cast includes Mitsuki Saiga, Hikaru Midorikawa, Shou Hayami. Kosuke Toriumi, and many others. “Requiem of the Rose King” will be animated by JCSTAFF, with direction by Kentaro Suzuki, series composition and screenplay by Hiroki Uchida, and character design by Chikara Hashizume.

“Requiem of the Rose King” is a dark fantasy based on Shakespeare’s historical plays “Henry VI” and “Richard III”, and is a fictionalised retelling of the “War of the Roses” — a period in English history where the succession to the throne was contested by the House of York (represented by the white rose) and House of Lancaster (represented by the red rose).