# Episode 4 - Roses, Wine, and the Conspiracy **^^^Episode ^^^aired ^^^October ^^^31st, ^^^1979** [◄ Previous...
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Episode 4 - Roses, Wine, and the Conspiracy

Episode aired October 31st, 1979

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Daily Trivia:

In 2000, visual kei rock band LAREINE covered the anime’s theme song, Bara Ha Utsukushiku Chiru. Riyoko Ikeda participated in the chorus.

Staff Highlight:

Masahiro Umehara (Masahiro Yamada) - screenwriter

A Japanese poet and scriptwriter, Umehara was a key writer in the early Ultraman series, a member of the Japan Broadcasting Writers Association and of the Society of Contemporary Poetry. After graduating from Bunka Gakuin University’s Faculty of Literature, he participated in the founding of poetry magazine Han in 1954 and became known as a socially conscious poet in monthly poetry magazines such as Gendai Shi and Shigaku. In 1958 he joined the Young Japan Association to protest attempted reforms of the Police Duties Execution Law. A year later he made his screenwriting debut in the anthology mystery series Shintaro Mystery: Voice in the Darkness, planned and supervised by Shintaro Ishihara, which was followed by his involvement in other TV dramas such as Junior High School Student’s Diary, Kagami’s House, Ultra Q, and Ultraman. The tokusatsu series, Kaiju Booska, was adapted from his novel Kanegon’s Cocoon. His anime contributions were limited to screen writing duties on Chingo Muchabei, Manga Kodomo Bunko, Seishun Anime Zenshu, and The Rose of Versailles. Umehara died on August 10th, 2005 of lung cancer, aged 74.

Screenshot of the day

Questions of the Day:

  1. Has Oscar’s threat effectively halted Du Barry’s campaign, or do you expect we have not seen the last of this calamitous spat?

  2. The agreement between France and Austria is threatened by these courtly politics. What added collateral do you think would make the situation worse?

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I won’t let you entrap Lady Antoinette or my Mother ever again!