The official website for the Red River (Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori) television anime — based on Chie Shinohara‘s shōjo manga — announced on Wednesday that Minami Takayama and Kazuhiko Inoue have joined the cast as the mother and father of protagonist Yuri, respectively. The casting carries a nostalgic touch: Takayama previously voiced Yuri herself, and Inoue voiced co-lead Kail, in a drama CD produced for the original manga.
Story
Yuri is a cheerful Japanese girl riding high after acing her college entrance exam and sharing her first kiss with her childhood-friend-turned-boyfriend. Her fortunes quickly turn strange, however — water seems to churn and ripple whenever she gets close to it. One night, hands reach up from a puddle in the street and drag her under. She wakes in an ancient Middle Eastern village, is seized by armed soldiers, and is brought to a queen’s palace to serve as a human sacrifice.
Cast
- Mirai Tachibana — Yuri
- Wataru Katō — Kail Muršili (later King Muršili II)
- Aya Uchida — Queen Nakia of the Hittite Empire
- Shōya Chiba — Zannanza Hattušili, the fourth-born prince of the Hittite Empire
- Tomoaki Maeno — Ilbani, Prince Kail’s aide and advisor
- Kōji Yusa — Urhi, Nakia’s servant
- Kōsuke Toriumi — Prince Mattiwaza, the Prince of Darkness of the chariot-riding Mitanni kingdom
- Tomohiro Ōno — Kikkuri, Prince Kail’s servant
- Shiki Aoki — Hadi, a daughter of the Hatti clan, servant of Kail, and elder sister to Ryui and Shala
- Natsumi Kawaida — Ryui and Misato Matsuoka — Shala, Hadi’s younger twin sisters
- Haruki Ishiya — Kash, leader of the Hittite chariot corps
- Junya Enoki — Rusafa, leader of the Hittite archer corps
- Shinichirō Kamio — Mittannamuwa, leader of the Hittite infantry corps
- Minami Takayama — Yuri’s mother
- Kazuhiko Inoue — Yuri’s father
Staff
- Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi (Waccha PriMagi!, Alice or Alice) at Tatsunoko Production
- Series Scripts: Yoriko Tomita (The Elusive Samurai, My Dress-Up Darling)
- Character Design: Kenji Fujisaki (YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world., Blood Lad)
- Music: Yoshihisa Hirano
- Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
- Sound Production: Team Kawadon
- Opening Theme: “Akatsuki no Sora” performed by Hiroki Nanami
Historical supervision is provided by Kimiyoshi Matsumura and Daisuke Yoshida, both members of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan.
Broadcast & Streaming
The anime premiered on NTV’s “AnichU” block on July 7 at 25:35 (i.e., July 8 at 1:35 a.m.) and on BS NTV on July 8. Crunchyroll is streaming the series simultaneously with Japan.
About the Manga
Chie Shinohara serialized the original manga in Shogakukan’s Shōjo Comic (Sho-Comi) from 1995 to 2002, spanning 28 volumes. Viz Media published the English edition between 2004 and 2010, and began re-releasing it in 3-in-1 omnibus editions in October 2024; the seventh omnibus volume arrived on April 21. The manga also inspired a stage production by the celebrated all-female Takarazuka Revue troupe in 2018.
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