''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' ( zh, 三国演义 ''Sānguóyănyì''; ja, 最強武将伝三国演義 ''Saikyō bushō-den sangokuengi'') is a 2009 animated television series based on the classic 14th century novel of the same name by

Luo Guanzhong Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: ), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Ming dynasty. He was also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (). Luo was attri ...

joint produced by the Beijing Huihuang Animation Company of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and Future Planet of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It was broadcast in Japan starting April 2010.

Production

The series cost ¥650 million (

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7.8 million).

References

External links

* Chinese animated television series China Central Television original programming TV Tokyo original programming Works based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms {{animation-tv-prog-stub