Episode 1
A Goodbye Kiss, a Hello Kiss
23m6.0 / 10
Yuri is an ordinary teenage girl, until she's dragged to the ancient Hittite Empire—and marked for sacrifice!
Episode credits
Guest stars Minami Takayama, Kazuhiko Inoue
TV series
Red River
20261 season7.5 / 10
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.
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Red River premiered July 8, 2026. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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.
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Episode 2
The Black Water
23m7.0 / 10
Yuri discovers that the only way to return home is to risk her life and retrieve her old clothes from Nakia.
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Episode 3
I Can't Go Back, I Won't Go Back
23m
Yuri finally has everything she needs to go home. But Tito's fate changes everything she's fighting for.
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Episode information updated Jul 26, 2026
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Cast
Mirai TachibanaYuri (voice)
Wataru KatohKail Muršili (voice)
Hiroki NanamiSatoshi Himuro / Narrator (voice)
Aya UchidaQueen Nakia (voice)
Shoya ChibaZannanza Hattušili (voice)
Tomoaki MaenoIlbani (voice)
Koji YusaUrhi (voice)
Kohsuke ToriumiPrince Mattiwaza (voice)Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 12
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 天は赤い河のほとり
Networks & production
Nippon TVJapan
Tatsunoko ProductionJapan
Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan
VAPJapan
BS Nippon CorporationJapan
Nippon Television Music CorporationJapan
Themes
anatolia, turkeyanimeantiquitybased on mangamiddle eastromanceshoujotime travel