Red River (manga)
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First volume of the original Japanese release of Red River, released in Japan by Shogakukan on May 26, 1995
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天は赤い河のほとり (Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Historical, Drama, Romance |
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| Written by | Chie Shinohara |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Shōjo Comic |
| Original run | 1995 – 2002 |
| Volumes | 28 |
Red River (Japanese: 天は赤い河のほとり Hepburn: Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori?, lit. The Sky Is on the Banks of the Red River), also known as Anatolia Story, is a historical fantasy shōjo manga series by Chie Shinohara. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan in Sho-Comi and collected in 28 volumes. It is published in English in North America by Viz Media, with 25 volumes released as of April 2009 and the remaining 3 published thereafter. In 2000, the series won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo.
Red River is about a fifteen-year-old Japanese girl named Yuri Suzuki, who is magically transported to Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia. She was summoned by Queen Nakia who means to use Yuri as a human sacrifice. Yuri's blood is the key element needed in placing a curse upon the princes of the land so that they will perish, leaving Nakia's son as the sole heir to the throne. As the story progress, however, Yuri not only repeatedly manages to escape Nakia's scheming, she also becomes revered as an incarnation of the goddess Ishtar and falls in love with prince Kail.
The story takes place during the reign of King Suppiluliuma I, at a time when the Hittite Empire was near its peak of power, rivaled only by Egypt, which was then ruled by the young Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Many of the people and events in the story are drawn from actual history, from Princes Kail Mursili, Sari Arnuwanda, and Zannanza, to battles with the neighboring Mitanni kingdom around the town of Kizzuwatna.
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