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Title (English) Story of Saiunkoku, the

Title (Japanese) Saiunkoku Monogatari

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Fantasy Novel

Notes TV series based on series of light novels. There is also a manga anthology, the manga being described as shoujo.
The anime has some typical shoujo features, i.e. romance, bishounen male characters, etc.

Classification shoujo

Synopsis Saiunkoku Monogatari is a story set in the imaginary country of Saiunkoku. In the first series of 39 episodes, Shuurei Kou, a girl from an educated family that has fallen on difficult times, aspires to join the administration, a job normally forbidden to women, but is offered instead a position with potentially great rewards, as consort to the young and irresponsible Emperor, charged with teaching him to be a responsible ruler.

Review Superficially, Saiunkoku looks startlingly like a 12 Kingdoms side-story, with similar buildings, similar costumes, and even similar-sounding province names. However it's rather lighter in tone, with romance and comedy as well as political intrigue. Saiunkoku is based on 12 light novels by Sai Yukino. I have only seen a couple of episodes of series 2, but it looks like an interesting anime. The first series is being released in the US on DVD.

Credits Series dir: Jin Shishido
Original creator: Sai Yukino (novel)
Original character design: Kairi Yura (novel illustrations)
TV character design: Miwa Oshima

Episodes 39

Release US:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2006-04-08 to 2007-02-24

Production NHK

Broadcaster NHK

Animation Madhouse

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Story of Saiunkoku, the
Title (Japanese)	Saiunkoku Monogatari
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	TV series based on series of light novels. There is also a manga anthology, the manga being described as shoujo. The anime has some typical shoujo features, i.e. romance, bishounen male characters, etc.
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	Saiunkoku Monogatari is a story set in the imaginary country of Saiunkoku. In the first series of 39 episodes, Shuurei Kou, a girl from an educated family that has fallen on difficult times, aspires to join the administration, a job normally forbidden to women, but is offered instead a position with potentially great rewards, as consort to the young and irresponsible Emperor, charged with teaching him to be a responsible ruler.
Review	Superficially, Saiunkoku looks startlingly like a 12 Kingdoms side-story, with similar buildings, similar costumes, and even similar-sounding province names. However it's rather lighter in tone, with romance and comedy as well as political intrigue. Saiunkoku is based on 12 light novels by Sai Yukino. I have only seen a couple of episodes of series 2, but it looks like an interesting anime. The first series is being released in the US on DVD.
Credits	Series dir: Jin Shishido Original creator: Sai Yukino (novel) Original character design: Kairi Yura (novel illustrations) TV character design: Miwa Oshima
Episodes	39
Release	US:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2006-04-08 to 2007-02-24
Production	NHK
Broadcaster	NHK
Animation	Madhouse
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.