Yona of the Dawn

Yona of the Dawn
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yona
暁のヨナ
(Akatsuki no Yona)
Genre
Manga
Written byMizuho Kusanagi
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
ImprintHana to Yume Comics
MagazineHana to Yume
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 5, 2009 – present
Volumes44 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKazuhiro Yoneda
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byKunihiko Ryo
StudioPierrot
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11
Original run October 7, 2014 March 24, 2015
Episodes24 + 3 OVAs (List of episodes)
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Yona of the Dawn (Japanese: 暁のヨナ, Hepburn: Akatsuki no Yona)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. It has been serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since August 2009, with its chapters collected in 44 tankōbon volumes as of June 2024. It is set in an East Asian fantasy world, notably a fictional kingdom called Kouka, which made up of various regions and tribes, and also draws significant elements from both Korean and Chinese cultures. It follows Princess Yona, who flees her home after a coup d'état and embarks on a journey to save her kingdom.

A 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired between October 2014 and March 2015.

  1. ^ a b "The Official Website for Yona of the Dawn Manga". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Loo, Egan (July 1, 2014). "Akatsuki no Yona Shōjo Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2014. The manga is an "epic fantasy romance set in a country in ruins."


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