Juuni Kokki(Japanese:十二国記 Jūni Kokuki), or the Twelve Kingdoms, is an 45-episode anime series adapted from a series of seven novels and a short story collection by Fuyumi Ono which are based loosely upon ancient Chinese mythology. She published the first of the novels in 1991.
The story in the anime centers around a girl named Yoko from Japan who is suddenly transported to another world where she begins a journey that leads to the throne of the kingdom of Kei. This is the same story that begins in the novel "Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi" (Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow).
Names of the arcs in the anime
Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi (Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow), episodes 1-14
Kaze no Umi, Meikyuu no Kishi (Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth), episodes 15-21
Shokan (Correspondence), episode 22
Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora (A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky of Dawn), episodes 23-39
Jougetsu (Ally of the Moon), episode 40
Higashi no Wadatsumi, Nishi no Soukai (Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West), episodes 41-45
Book titles
Mashō no Ko (魔性の子)
Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi (月の影 影の海)
Kaze no Umi, Meikyū no Kishi (風の海 迷宮の岸)
Higashi no Watatsumi, Nishi no Sōkai (東の海神 西の滄海)
Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora (風の万里 黎明の空)
Tonan no Tsubasa (図南の翼)
Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora (黄昏の岸 暁の天)
Kasho no Yume (華胥の幽夢)
Kasho (華胥)
Tōei (冬栄)
Shokan (書簡)
Kizan (帰山)
Jōgetsu (乗月)
External links
Series and production details (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=840)
Official Japanese site (http://www.12kokuki.com/)
Official Taiwan site (http://www.supertv.com.tw/AniMax/12gokuki/12-web.htm)
Since the Kingdom was previously ruled by something close to a madwoman, there's all sorts of problems with various ministers and provincial leaders who are wary of Youko's ascension to the throne.
But Hou is one of the most desperate kingdoms around at this time due to the way her father is enacting the laws of the land.
TwelveKingdoms continues to be one of the most richly detailed worlds that I've seen animated and with fascinating characters that are all leading vastly different lives with different experiences.
After being whisked away to the world of the twelvekingdoms, Youko is forced to pick up a sword and defend herself from those who want her dead.
She is a taika, originally born in the world of the twelvekingdoms, but was somehow swept away to Japan.
A very detailed government system exists within the kingdoms, and as Youko comes to accept her destiny as ruler, she is further plunged into the world of political intrigue, betrayal, and deception.
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