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Baku Yumemakura, Yoshitaka Amano's Novels About Yang Guifei Get Manga
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The August issue of Shōkoku Kanō about Yang Guifei, who is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. The manga will launch in the magazine's next issue on August 4.
Nakazawa posted a preview image of the manga on Twitter on Thursday.
˚✧⁎⁺˳コミカライズ新連載お知らせ˚✧⁎⁺˳
— 中澤泉汰@漫画描き (@senta_naka) July 6, 2023
予告が出ました。
歴史ファンタジーロマンス
『楊貴妃、綺羅羅』
8月初旬発売の月刊プリンセス9月号に載ります。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/x1eS5D0RGY
The historical fantasy romance centers on Yōgyoku Kan (or Yang Yuhuan in Chinese), who lost her parents and now lives with her adoptive parents in cramped conditions. She was naturally born with a rare beauty, and although her beauty troubles her, she wants to know the meaning of love someday.
Yumemakura's franchise as a series of short stories starting in 1986. He then wrote three full-length novels for the franchise, in 2000-2008. The book series also includes several picture books.
The novels inspired the Onmyōji and Reiko Okano drew a 13-volume manga adaptation of the series starting in 1994. The books have also inspired several live-action series in Japan.
Amano is most well known for his contributions to Tatsunoko Production, and has contributed to many anime and video game projects.
Gibiate Project, a global IP development group that includes Amano (Final Fantasy games), developed the Exception Netflix anime, which debuted in October 2022.
Amano is currently debut in 2026 or later.
Source: Monthly Princess August issue
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