Tatsunoko Production has announced that the studio will produce a new TV anime adaptation of Chie Shinohara’s Red River (Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori) shoujo manga. The Red River anime will premiere this summer, and the anime’s first key visual and staff members were revealed alongside an illustration by Shinohara.
Kōsuke Kobayashi directs the anime at Tatsunoko Production. Yoriko Tomita oversees the series scripts, and Kenji Fujisaki is the character designer. Historical researchers for the anime include Kimiyoshi Matsumura and Daisuke Yoshida, who are members of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology for the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan.
Shinohara first serialized the manga from 1995 to 2002 in Shogakukan’s Shōjo Comic (Sho-Comi) magazine. VIZ Media released the manga in English in 2024, and 28 volumes were published. Six omnibus volumes were released this far, with the seventh omnibus volume set to release on April 21 in English.
Here’s an overview of the manga’s first volume, via VIZ Media:
Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water! Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen’s palace for a human sacrifice.
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