Raven of the Inner Palace
Raven of the Inner Palace is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōko Shirakawa and illustrated by Ayuko. Shueisha have published seven volumes from April 2018 to April 2022 under their Shueisha Orange Bunko imprint. The series is set in fictional ancient China.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Bandai Namco Pictures aired from October to December 2022.
Characters
;Liu Shouxue
;Emperor Xia Gaojun
;Wei Qing
;Jiu-jiu
;Wen Ying
;Dan Hai
;Yisiha
;Yun Huaniang
Light novel
At Anime Expo 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Anime
On December 14, 2021, an anime adaptation was announced. It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Bandai Namco Pictures and directed by Chizuru Miyawaki, with Satomi Ooshima overseeing the scripts, Shinji Takeuchi adapting Ayuko's character designs for animation, and Asami Tachibana composing the music. It aired from October 1 to December 24, 2022, on Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11 and Kansai TV. Crunchyroll streamed the series, and have premiered an English dub starting on October 22, 2022. In Southeast Asia, Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series and aired on Aniplus Asia. The opening theme song is "Mysterious" by Queen Bee, while the ending theme song is "Natsu no Yuki" by Krage.
Reception
Raven of the Inner Palace was awarded the Grand Prize of the 22nd Sense of Gender Awards in 2022. The series had over 1.2 million copies in circulation by 2023.