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MisaoFan · 2014-07-01, 06:12

Original creator (manga): Mizuho Kusanagi
Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda
Series Composition: Shinichi Inotsume
Character Design: Maho Yoshikawa
Music: Kunihiko Ryo
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
Synopsis: The "epic fantasy romance set in a country in ruins" story follows Yona, the only princess of a grand kingdom. She has been raised with great care by her doting father and protected by her childhood friend/guard Hak and others. However, her fate changes on her 16th birthday, when her beloved cousin Soo-won murders her father to claim the throne. She flees the castle to Hak's hometown and begins her new life.

The anime will reunite the cast from the earlier drama CD adaptation, with new cast members:

Chiwa Saito as Yona
Tomoaki Maeno as Soon Hak
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Soo-won
Masakazu Morita as Kija
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Shin-a
Junichi Suwabe as Jeha
Hiro Shimono as Zeno
Junko Minagawa as Yun

The story had some potential. When I looked at the announcement, it reminds me of The World is Still Beautiful. It's not surprising that both comes from the same publisher and studio with a similar genre so I'll still give it a shot nonetheless.

mistress_kisara · 2014-07-01, 07:02

Hana to yume is my favorite shoujo manga magazine, I'm really happy this got an adaptation!

Baron-Zara · 2014-07-01, 07:36

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Originally Posted by mistress_kisara

Akatsuki no Yona gets anime
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/....php?t=2860615

FINALLY!! About time

wandering-dreamer · 2014-07-01, 08:07

Yeeessssss, this is one of my favorite manga series right now and I had always assumed it was too long to get an anime. Curious how long it'll be though, judging from the characters on the poster it's going until at least the 7th volume, which would wrap up the first "big" arc but that transitions into the second arc so smoothly I'm not sure how good of an ending it would have (hence why I never thought it would get an anime, although not having a good place to stop has never stopped producers before!).

Lota · 2014-07-01, 08:12

Oh, I love this manga! >///< Looking forward to the adaptation!

Tenzen12 · 2014-07-01, 09:11

I usualy avoid shoujo genre, but Soredemo Sekai is still fresh in my mind, so I will give a shot.

c933103 · 2014-07-01, 09:15

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Originally Posted by Baron-Zara

FINALLY!! About time

actually i have some doubt about why it would be animated as the manga only have a volume-average sale of around 80,000.....

mistress_kisara · 2014-07-01, 10:00

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Originally Posted by c933103

actually i have some doubt about why it would be animated as the manga only have a volume-average sale of around 80,000.....

Lots of series with low to average sales gets adaptation you don't always need to be a huge seller

kuromitsu · 2014-07-01, 13:52

I'm not particularly excited about this, but the art looks nice and there's Morita Masakazu and Suwabe Junichi, so I might as well give it a try.

I'm really not looking forward to sitting through all the predictable "romantic" bickering and sexual tension between the girl and that dark haired guy who will end up together anyway. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong but this is the vibe I'm getting.)

Frontier · 2014-07-01, 14:51

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I'm not particularly excited about this, but the art looks nice and there's Morita Masakazu and Suwabe Junichi, so I might as well give it a try.

I'm really not looking forward to sitting through all the predictable "romantic" bickering and sexual tension between the girl and that dark haired guy who will end up together anyway. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong but this is the vibe I'm getting.)

I wouldn't necessarily expect this, if only because they're presented as being childhood friends, though I guess that doesn't really mean there won't be bickering or sexual tension

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After Soredemo Sekai, I'd definitely welcome another Studio Pierrot Shoujo series and this looks like it could be a very nice series

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Chiwa Saito and Tomaki Maeno as the leads of a romance series also elevates my interest

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Lota · 2014-07-01, 15:41

Hmmm... Well, there certainly is some romance, or rather elements of it in the manga, and it is important, but it definitely does not define the series. And it is certainly not as, I don't know, fluffy (?), as the synopsis implies.

wandering-dreamer · 2014-07-01, 20:46

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Originally Posted by c933103

actually i have some doubt about why it would be animated as the manga only have a volume-average sale of around 80,000.....

Because you make anime of manga/light novels to boost the sales, heck Chihayafuru's DVDs didn't set the world on fire but they did boost the manga enough to justify a second season (and is 80,000 really that low? I can hear the American comic creators grinding their teeth in jealousy!)

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I'm not particularly excited about this, but the art looks nice and there's Morita Masakazu and Suwabe Junichi, so I might as well give it a try.

I'm really not looking forward to sitting through all the predictable "romantic" bickering and sexual tension between the girl and that dark haired guy who will end up together anyway. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong but this is the vibe I'm getting.)

Some bickering yes but not really any sexual tension, Yona is a bit clueless about that (especially considering what happened with her last crush...)

Flower · 2014-07-01, 20:56

I have read through the first 4 chs. of the manga and actually kinda like what I read so far.... Nothing spectacularly mind blowing, but it seems pretty solid when all is said and done. We will see. Will definitely give it a try. ^^

Guardian Enzo · 2014-07-02, 00:41

80K is quite good in fact. That would place you around #5-10 in any given week. It's not One Piece or Shingeki numbers but plenty of very successful anime sprung from manga that sold less.

Flower · 2014-07-02, 00:52

Okay... am up to ch 28, and this is definitely my kind of thing.

Hmm... makes me wonder about the adaptation, though - for some reason I could really see this thing being mangled in a poor adaptation potentially. Well, here's hoping for the best!

Stark700 · 2014-07-18, 15:21

Some character designs:

Spoiler:

Grifis · 2014-07-18, 21:55

The fantasy part got me all excited since I've been waiting for something like 12 Kingdoms but from the comments, I guess it's not that great. Heck, good anime is hard to find especially nowadays.

Von Himmel · 2014-07-19, 00:26

>Suwabe as Jeha
w-wot? But why?

Seeing as we're seeing Zeno on the list, I wonder how many arcs we will get for this. I'm hoping we're going to see Lily but she's in chapter 80++ so it's probably impossible

wandering-dreamer · 2014-07-19, 22:14

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Originally Posted by Von Himmel

Seeing as we're seeing Zeno on the list, I wonder how many arcs we will get for this. I'm hoping we're going to see Lily but she's in chapter 80++ so it's probably impossible

Yeah, while I can see them maybe getting through the mock-battle or fire tribe arc I can't see them getting far enough for Lily :\

Looking at the character design sheets, I dunno guys, not sure they quite nailed Yona's "I will murder you and everything you love" scary look from the manga.

Stark700 · 2014-08-04, 22:21

More character designs:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...igns-previewed

2014-07-01, 08:07	Link #4
wandering-dreamer reads too much Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: you know that's a great question.....	Yeeessssss, this is one of my favorite manga series right now and I had always assumed it was too long to get an anime. Curious how long it'll be though, judging from the characters on the poster it's going until at least the 7th volume, which would wrap up the first "big" arc but that transitions into the second arc so smoothly I'm not sure how good of an ending it would have (hence why I never thought it would get an anime, although not having a good place to stop has never stopped producers before!). __________________ If it has a plot I have something to say about it! Twitter time!

2014-07-01, 08:12	Link #5
Lota Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Age: 30	Oh, I love this manga! >///< Looking forward to the adaptation! __________________

2014-07-01, 15:41	Link #11
Lota Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Age: 30	Hmmm... Well, there certainly is some romance, or rather elements of it in the manga, and it is important, but it definitely does not define the series. And it is certainly not as, I don't know, fluffy (?), as the synopsis implies. __________________

2014-07-01, 20:56	Link #13
Flower Blooming on the mountain Join Date: May 2010 Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....	I have read through the first 4 chs. of the manga and actually kinda like what I read so far.... Nothing spectacularly mind blowing, but it seems pretty solid when all is said and done. We will see. Will definitely give it a try. ^^ __________________

2014-07-02, 00:52	Link #15
Flower Blooming on the mountain Join Date: May 2010 Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....	Okay... am up to ch 28, and this is definitely my kind of thing. Hmm... makes me wonder about the adaptation, though - for some reason I could really see this thing being mangled in a poor adaptation potentially. Well, here's hoping for the best! __________________

2014-07-01, 07:02	Link #2
mistress_kisara Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Hana to yume is my favorite shoujo manga magazine, I'm really happy this got an adaptation!

2014-07-01, 09:11	Link #6
Tenzen12 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012	I usualy avoid shoujo genre, but Soredemo Sekai is still fresh in my mind, so I will give a shot.

2014-07-01, 13:52	Link #9
kuromitsu Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004	I'm not particularly excited about this, but the art looks nice and there's Morita Masakazu and Suwabe Junichi, so I might as well give it a try. I'm really not looking forward to sitting through all the predictable "romantic" bickering and sexual tension between the girl and that dark haired guy who will end up together anyway. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong but this is the vibe I'm getting.)

2014-07-18, 15:21	Link #16
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	Some character designs: Spoiler: __________________

2014-07-18, 21:55	Link #17
Grifis Eternal Dreamer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Caladan	The fantasy part got me all excited since I've been waiting for something like 12 Kingdoms but from the comments, I guess it's not that great. Heck, good anime is hard to find especially nowadays.

2014-07-19, 00:26	Link #18
Von Himmel エーレンフェストの聖女 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dollars	>Suwabe as Jeha w-wot? But why? Seeing as we're seeing Zeno on the list, I wonder how many arcs we will get for this. I'm hoping we're going to see Lily but she's in chapter 80++ so it's probably impossible __________________ 「何かが起こっても、わたくしが守ります」

2014-08-04, 22:21	Link #20
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	More character designs: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...igns-previewed __________________