[Recommendation] Three Kingdoms: Sky Route

●Cangtian Passage

More than 1,800 years ago, it was the late Eastern Han Dynasty in China, a period of separatist rule. In order to bring peace to the world, three historical heroes who were given destiny were born: Cao Cao, a descendant of an eunuch, Liu Bei, a straw sandal weaver, and Sun Quan, the son of a general. The three of them established their own countries, Wei, Shu and Wu respectively.
This is the Three Kingdoms period that future generations talk about. The story of this game takes Cao Cao, a famous hero in the history of the Three Kingdoms, as the protagonist. He has unparalleled personality charm and strategic and martial arts skills that are beyond the world.
The classic comic "Cangtian Passage" takes "Three Kingdoms" as its theme and Cao Cao's life as the main line, narrating his magnificent life from the age of five to sixty-six. Cao Cao's right and wrong are well explained in this animation. After the series was aired in Japan, it was rebroadcast in Mandarin dubbing on Taiwan's Dongsen TV Station in 2011.

Chinese name: Cangtian Route
Foreign name: Soten-Koro
Other translations: Three Kingdoms: Cangtian Route (Taiwan Dongsen Edition)
Author: Li Xueren (plot) and Wang Xintai (comic)
Production time: October 1994 to November 2005
Publisher: "MORNING"
Single volume Number: 36 volumes
Region: Japan
Number of animation episodes: 26 episodes
Animation time: April 2009

Animation introduction

"Sky Route"
is a rare masterpiece and a historical-themed animation with great artistic appeal. Its appearance marks a deeper interpretation of the essence of Chinese culture in Japanese animation.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which plays many romantic characters, not only fascinates the Chinese people, but its charm extends even further to neighboring countries, including Japan, the animation powerhouse.
Many works with the theme of "Three Kingdoms" have been released in Japan, but some too parody themes have always attracted a lot of negative comments while attracting attention. However, this one was jointly created by Li Xueren (author, died in 1998) and Wang Xintai (painter) who lived in Japan, and was released from October 1994 to February 1994. "Celestial Route", which has been serialized in Kodansha's "MORNING" since November 2005, has been followed by many Three Kingdoms fans at home and abroad because it follows the route of a drama, has its own unique perspective, and incorporates various traditional Chinese cultural thoughts such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. This super masterpiece with Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao as the protagonist has decided to start broadcasting the TV animation on Japanese TV on April 7, 2009.

It has been hailed as

"the most wonderfully drawn comic of the Three Kingdoms"

"The Sky Route" is a joint work by Korean Lee Xueren (plot) and Japanese Wang Xintai (comic). It was serialized in "Weekly Morning" from October 1994 to November 2005. A total of 36 single volumes were published and a total of 12 million copies were sold. Unfortunately, after Mr. Li Xueren passed away from liver cancer in 1998, the plot is not as exciting as before, but overall it is still an excellent work.

"Sky Route" Season 1 DVD
This work will be adapted into a TV animation by MadHouse, a well-known animation production company, and will be broadcast in April. The general supervisor is Toyo Ashida, who has worked on "Fist of the North Star" and other works. The traitor Cao Cao from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of China's four great masterpieces, which is also very popular in Japan, will become the protagonist of this game. The work focuses on the portrayal of characters and their inner descriptions, allowing readers to understand the stories of blood and tears behind each character who is named a traitor.

The two powerful and popular voice actors Miyano Mamoru and Inoue Kikuko will co-star as the protagonist of this game, Cao Cao. Considering the setting and content of the game, it is not expected that it will be able to break through the overwhelming new series craze in April, but it still has several major viewing highlights - more than 200 characters appear on the scene, and 3DCG dynamic technology is used to represent the army battle scenes. Some of the more bloody scenes in the original work will be restrained in the animation.