The staff of the new anime sequel for Mizuho Kusanagi’s Yona of the Dawn manga confirmed that studio Pierrot’s Pierrot Films division will animate the series. More details about the cast and staff of the Yona of the Dawn anime sequel will be revealed at a later date.
The original Yona of the Dawn anime premiered in 2014 and aired for 24 episodes. There were three original anime DVDs released in 2015 and 2016, and Funimation released the anime on home video outside Japan.
Kusanagi launched the Yona of the Dawn manga in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine in 2009, and 48 volumes have been released to date. VIZ Media publishes the manga in English.
VIZ Media describes the series as follows:
A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom… Now she must rise and fight for her throne!
Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when tragedy strikes her family!
Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one’s murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?
