Le Chevalier D'Eon

This article is about the anime series based on a historical figure. For the actual person, see Chevalier d'Éon.
Le Chevalier D'Eon
The cover of Volume 1 of the Le Chevalier D'Eon DVDs released by ADV Films
シュヴァリエ
(Shuvarie)
Genre
Created byTow Ubukata, Production I.G
Anime television series
Directed byKazuhiro Furuhashi
Produced byKatsuji Morishita
Written byTow Ubukata
Music byMichiru Ōshima
StudioProduction I.G
Licensed by
Original networkWOWOW
English network
Original run August 19, 2006 – February 2, 2007
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byTow Ubukata
Illustrated byKiriko Yumeji
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMagazine Z
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 26, 2005 – November 26, 2008
Volumes8

Le Chevalier D'Eon (Japanese: シュヴァリエ, Hepburn: Shuvarie, (French "Chevalier"), literally "Knight") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G based on an original story by Tow Ubukata. The anime originally aired in Japan on WOWOW from August 19, 2006, to February 2, 2007.[3] The story has also been adapted into a manga series written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Kiriko Yumeji, which was first published in 2005.[4] The title character is loosely based on the historical figure Chevalier d'Éon, who lived in the middle of 18th-century, pre-Revolutionary France under the reign of Louis XV.[3]

Le Chevalier D'Eon was originally licensed to the North American market by ADV Films,[5] but it became one of over thirty titles transferred from ADV Films to Funimation in 2008.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Spring 2007 Trade Paperbacks: Graphic Novels". Publishers Weekly. January 22, 2007. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020. [Le Chevalier D'eon] by Kiriko Yumeji and Tou Ubukata is a dark fantasy thriller with action, glamour and goth appeal.
  2. ^ Jones, Tim. "Le Chevalier D'Eon". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Le Chevalier D'Eon". Production I.G. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  4. ^ シュヴァリエ 講談社コミックプラス (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. ^ Bell, Ryan (November 3, 2006). "ADV Snags Le Chevalier D'Eon". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  6. ^ "FUNimation Entertainment Awarded Rights to Titles Previously Held by AD Vision". Anime News Network. July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-08.