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Fuyumi Ono Aiming to Publish New Twelve Kingdoms Book in 2016
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Writer Shinchosha previously reported that the novel's manuscript was over 1,000 pages long.
The Twelve Kingdoms depict a fantasy world inspired by classical China literature, where a girl named Yoko Nakajima finds herself after being transported from Japan. She becomes embroiled in the politics of the kingdom of Kei, as well as the other kingdoms.
Ono began writing the light novel series in 1992, and has published 12 volumes in Japan. Ono originally concluded the series in 2001 with the Kasho no Yume book. Ono published a collection of short stories set in the same world titled Hisho no Tori in 2013. While released the first four volumes of the series in English between 2007 and 2010.
The novel series inspired a 45-episode anime series in 2002. released the series on Blu-ray in 2011.
