is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, based on Eiji Yoshikawa's retelling of the 14th century Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was adapted into an anime television called .
As of May 2020, the manga series had sold over 80 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
Plot
Characters Shu Han
An original character in the manga and based on Lady Gan, she is a daughter of Hong family, who Zhang Fei served. When Liu Bei escapes from the Yellow Turban, he saves her and they fall in love with each other. and Kikuko Inoue An original character in the anime and based on Lady Mi, she is Liu Bei's apprentice who grew up to be his wife. She died of her injuries during the Battle of Changban.
Cao Wei
Although his name should be Xiahou Dun (夏侯惇), both the anime and the manga named him Xiahou Chun (夏侯淳).
and Michitaka Kobayashi and Jun Hazumi
Sun Wu
and Kazuo Hayashi
Others and Hikaru Midorikawa
Narrator
Media Manga The manga was first serialized in the Kibō no Tomo magazine, which changed its name to Comic World in 1978, and then to Comic Tom in 1980.
Although Eiji Yoshikawa only wrote the story up to Zhuge Liang's death in the Battle of Wuzhang Plains, the manga continued until the fall of Shu Han.
With this manga, Mitsuteru Yokoyama won the 1991 Japanese Cartoonist Association Award for Excellence.
Anime The anime was largely faithful to the manga, though it centered mainly on the camps of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, often minimizing the scenes of other camps. The anime stopped after the Battle of Red Cliffs, which is about the midway through the manga series.
Theme songs Opening by Fence of Defense "Don't Look Back" by Fence of Defense Ending by Mimori Yusa "Standing Alone" by Fence of Defense
Reception By May 2020, the manga series had sold over 80 million copies in circulation.
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