Red River Shojo Anime Reveals Main Voice Cast in First Trailer, July 2026 Release

The TV anime adaptation of the Red River shojo manga revealed its first trailer, introducing the main voice cast and a July 2026 release date. The anime was announced last month with a teaser visual.

The voice cast includes:

• Mirai Tachibana as Yuri
• Wataru Kato as Kail Mursili 
• Hiroki Nanami as Narration / Himuro

Studio Tatsunoko Production is handling the animation production. The staff includes:

• Director: Kosuke Kobayashi
• Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
• Character Design: Kenji Fujisaki
• Historical Supervision: Kimiyoshi Matsumura and Daisuke Yoshida (Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology)
• Opening Theme Song: “Akatsuki no Sora” by Hiroki Nanami
• Original Story: Chie Shinohara (Shogakukan)

You can watch the trailer below.

Originally serialized from 1995 to 2002 in Shogakukan’s Shojo Comic, the manga, known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori, has surpassed 20 million copies in circulation including digital editions. It won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shojo category and was later adapted into a Takarazuka Revue stage production in 2018. The series is licensed in English by VIZ Media.

VIZ describes the story:
Yuri, a teen of the 21st century, has been transported to ancient Anatolia as part of a scheme by the evil Nakia, Queen of the Hittites. Only the intervention of Nakia’s stepson, Prince Kail, saved Yuri from the Queen’s bloodthirsty intentions. As an unintended consequence, the people of the kingdoms of Anatolia have embraced Yuri as the incarnation of the great war-goddess Ishtar.

Source: Dream Land Anime
© Chie Shinohara / Shogakukan / “Red River” Anime Production Committee

Source: Dream Land Anime