Red River
天は赤い河のほとり
After a mysterious hand drags her beneath a puddle, modern Japanese teenager Yuri awakens in the Hittite Empire of the 14th century BCE. Thrust into a deadly struggle for the throne, she joins Prince Kail to battle assassins, outwit royal conspiracies, and survive a world at war. As her exploits earn her renown as the goddess Ishtar, Yuri must choose between her old life and an uncertain future. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Red River is a tv anime, from Summer 2026, produced by Tatsunoko Production, rated 6.5/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
After a mysterious hand drags her beneath a puddle, modern Japanese teenager Yuri awakens in the Hittite Empire of the 14th century BCE. Thrust into a deadly struggle for the throne, she joins Prince Kail to battle assassins, outwit royal conspiracies, and survive a world at war. As her exploits earn her renown as the goddess Ishtar, Yuri must choose between her old life and an uncertain future. (Source: Crunchyroll)
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- Time Manipulation — Prominently features time-traveling or other time-warping phenomena.
- Historical — Partly or completely set during a real period of world history.
- Politics — Centers around politics, politicians, or government activities.
- Swordplay — Prominently features the use of swords in combat.
- Kingdom Management — Characters in these series take on the responsibility of running a town or kingdom, whether they take control of an existing one, or build their own from the ground up.
- Survival — Centers around the struggle to live in spite of extreme obstacles.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Shoujo — Target demographic is teenage and young adult females.
- Indigenous Cultures — Prominently features real-life indigenous cultures.
- Foreign — Partly or completely set in a country outside the country of origin.
- Isekai — Features a character from a modern-day setting being transported into an alternate world and has to adapt to their new surroundings.