The anime adaptation of Chie Shinohara's classic adventure fantasy manga will continue with its second cour on 29 September, 2026.
The television anime adaptation of Chie Shinohara's Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori (Red River) has revealed two additional cast members ahead of the start of its second cour.
Souma Saitou and Shun Horie will join the cast as User Ramses and Juda Haspaslupi, respectively. The second cour is scheduled to begin airing on 29 September, 2026.
Who are the cast members of “Red River”?
The newly-announced cast members include:
- Souma Saitou as User Ramses
- Shun Horie as Juda Haspaslupi
Who are the staff members behind Red River?
Kosuke Kobayashi directs the Red River anime at Tatsunoko Production, with Yorika Tomita handling series composition. Kenji Fujisaki designs the characters, while Kimiyoshi Matsumura, and Daisuke Yoshida of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology handle historical supervision. Yoshihisa Hirano is composing the scores for the series, with Hirano Morishita serving as the sound director.
What is Red River about?
“Red River” adapts Chie Shinohara's drama-supernatural shoujo manga “Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori”, which was published by Shogakukan in their Sho-Comi magazine from January 1995 to June 2002. The manga was published in 28 tankobon volumes, and was later licensed by Viz Media for an English release in 2004.
The manga was also distributed in Vietnam, Germany, and Italy, and received a series of 8 drama CDs which released between 1997 and 2000. The series won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo category in 2001, and currently has over 20 million copies in circulation.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English in North America, and describes the story as:
Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water! Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen's palace for a human sacrifice.