The manga Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) is being adapted into a musical and will be performed in Tokyo, Japan from July 2024. The film will be directed by Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi, with Aoto Tani in charge of the script, music by Kamata Masato and choreography by Shinji Rachi. It will include the Collecting of the Four Dragons arc, which is presented in the first episode. Photos starring Yona were also released.
Yona of the Dawn – Musical Adaptation Visual
Yona of the Dawn is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. It has been serialized in Hakusensha’s shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since August 2009, with 43 compiled volumes released as of February 2024. The series will celebrate its 15th anniversary this year and has a total circulation of more than 14 million copies.
An anime adaptation of Pierrot has been airing for two consecutive seasons since October 2014. Crunchyroll is streaming it and they describe the story:
Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else to succeed the throne other than the fifteen-year-old princess, Yona, who was previously in line to the throne. carefully nurtured. Finally, the night of her sixteenth birthday arrived. She hopes that it will be a wonderful day for her peace-loving father, Il, her servant and friend, Hak, and her cousin Soo-won, whom she has feelings for… However… That night, Yona visits her father to tell her. tell him how she really feels, because he is against her marrying Soo-won. However, when she returned to her room, she encountered a shocking truth.
Source: Comic Natalie
Mizuho Kusanagi, Hakusensha/Music Production Committee “Yona of the Dawn”