Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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I've heard about this Romance of the Three Kingdoms now in different animes/manga. And I would like to know.......what exactly is it? o.o
Can someone explain it to me? :oops:
Can someone explain it to me? :oops:
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Basically, its a novel, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, based on the events in the years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era. I've started reading it, I actually started a while ago, but I've been too preoccupied to continue. Its pretty fucking long, 120 chapters I think, but its well worth it.
The anime spawned from it take a lot of liberties. The only anime/manga that I've come across that keeps close to the actual story is Ikki Tousen, even though its take its fair share of liberties. If anything comes close to following the events, its Dynasty Warriors or the RoTK games. The Dynasty Warriors series is the shit
The anime spawned from it take a lot of liberties. The only anime/manga that I've come across that keeps close to the actual story is Ikki Tousen, even though its take its fair share of liberties. If anything comes close to following the events, its Dynasty Warriors or the RoTK games. The Dynasty Warriors series is the shit
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Except Ikkitousen has more FAN SERVICE and also some more of kung fu action rather than seeing heads being chopped of everywhere by the way seeing the characters of history as almost all female in school uniforms is really HOT!
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Skyler998 wrote...
Except Ikkitousen has more FAN SERVICE and also some more of kung fu action rather than seeing heads being chopped of everywhere by the way seeing the characters of history as almost all female in school uniforms is really HOT!Yes, that is a major difference. When I play Dynasty Warriors or see things like statues or whatever of Guan Yu and then I think about Kanu, I say to myself, "Wow, that series put quite a nice spin on history." As different as it is, its the closest I've seen. I do know for a fact that there's at least one anime, Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi, interpretation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms that follows the actual story up until after Chi Bi and there were a number of live action shows about it. Sangokushi is the original manga of the anime I mention which goes much further. I'm going to try to find it, partly because it was Yokoyama Mitsuteru's lifework and spans 60 volumes, which says a lot by itself.
I've also heard that there is an SD Gundam series coming out called BB Senshi Sangokuden Fuuun Gouketsu Hen. It sounds kind of amusing, so I'll probably check that out when I get a chance too.
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Since I have read parts of Romance of the Three Kingdoms long before Ikkitousen was released, I would say it is partly fictional in nature, with the other half based on actual historical events. Unlike the manga and anime remakes, it tends to focus quite a bit on the personalities of the various characters, as well as strategies used in war and politics.
@The Jesus: Seeing that you are a big fan of Ikkitousen, you may have learned that a new anime title based off Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the eroge " Koihime Musou" is currently in production.
@The Jesus: Seeing that you are a big fan of Ikkitousen, you may have learned that a new anime title based off Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the eroge " Koihime Musou" is currently in production.
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Skyler998 wrote...
Koihime Musou is in Malaysia already .... and i have it :twisted:You are talking about the eroge right? I thought the anime is coming out only in July later this year? *confused*
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Gambler wrote...
Since I have read parts of Romance of the Three Kingdoms long before Ikkitousen was released, I would say it is partly fictional in nature, with the other half based on actual historical events. Unlike the manga and anime remakes, it tends to focus quite a bit on the personalities of the various characters, as well as strategies used in war and politics.@The Jesus: Seeing that you are a big fan of Ikkitousen, you may have learned that a new anime title based off Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the eroge " Koihime Musou" is currently in production.
See the following website for details.
Yeah, I've heard about it.
From Wikipedia
Based on a well-known period in Chinese history, the novel, however, show a certain extent of deviation from the academic historical records. It is said that the novel consists of 70% history and 30% non-history. The "non-history" parts have different sources, besides unofficial historical records, folk stories and Sanguozhi Pinghua, some were created by the author on his own.
One important point to note is that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms features Liu Bei and his kingdom as the protagonist, hence the depiction of the people in Shu-Han was gloriifed. The antagonists, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and their kingdoms, on the other hand, were often smeared throughout the context. The alternation were due to the royal (and civil) recognition of Shu-Han in the Ming Dynasty, unlike in the Jin Dynasty, when Cao Wei was considered the only legitimate one.
Some non-historical scenes in the novel have become well-known and entered traditional Chinese culture.
One important point to note is that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms features Liu Bei and his kingdom as the protagonist, hence the depiction of the people in Shu-Han was gloriifed. The antagonists, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and their kingdoms, on the other hand, were often smeared throughout the context. The alternation were due to the royal (and civil) recognition of Shu-Han in the Ming Dynasty, unlike in the Jin Dynasty, when Cao Wei was considered the only legitimate one.
Some non-historical scenes in the novel have become well-known and entered traditional Chinese culture.
The historically accurate account of the Three Kingdoms period is called Sanguozhi, which was written by Chen Shou during the Jin Dynasty. I've been looking all over, but I haven't been able to find it.
I think people prefer Romance of the Three Kingdoms over Sanguozhi because of its fictional elements.
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Ahh I see. Thank you for answering my question. I think i'm going to look up some of the titles you mentioned and check them out. Although i'd already started reading Ikki Tousen here in America but i've been unable to find anything past volume 8 sadly. :cry: But I guess i'll check out the anime since it seems to be finished and since i'll probably enjoy the anime as much as I did the manga it should even out. 8)
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Ikkitousen is crap as far as story goes. It's all fanservice and grossly misrepresents a number of the characters, even if it does in some bare bones way follow the outcomes of major battles and assign forces correctly.
Dynasty Warriors is also a pretty loose interpretation of the events, but it's a lot of fun to play.
If you find RTK stuff interesting, I recommend checking out the following site:
Kongming's Archives
They have a great novel/history section. You can read bios of many of the major officers, as well people you have probably never heard of.
Just take a look at Sun Ce(Hakufu in Ikkitousen) and Zhou Yu(her pussy cousin) to see where Ikkitousen goes horribly wrong. You can learn a lot of cool stuff about your favorite officers, as well as Wei, Wu and Shu.
Dynasty Warriors is also a pretty loose interpretation of the events, but it's a lot of fun to play.
If you find RTK stuff interesting, I recommend checking out the following site:
Kongming's Archives
They have a great novel/history section. You can read bios of many of the major officers, as well people you have probably never heard of.
Just take a look at Sun Ce(Hakufu in Ikkitousen) and Zhou Yu(her pussy cousin) to see where Ikkitousen goes horribly wrong. You can learn a lot of cool stuff about your favorite officers, as well as Wei, Wu and Shu.