The Story of Saiunkoku

The Story of Saiunkoku (2006)


  • Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 2006-04-08
  • Last Air Date: 2008-03-08
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 78
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 25 min.
  • Production Company: Madhouse
  • Network: NHK BS2
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Summary

Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained for a reputation for being uninterested in courtly matters and for flaunting his love for men. Shuurei, although born of the important Kou family, has difficulty making ends meet. She easily accepts an invitation to be the Emperor's concubine in order to turn him into a good ruler. The mysterious Seiran, a young man who was adopted by her father, goes with her as Ryuuki's bodyguard. Entering the imperial palace revives Shuurei's dream of being a court official, and, together with the many companions she meets along the way, continues moving bravely forward while trying to fend off the Emperor's advances.

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The Story of Saiunkoku Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date: 2007-03-03
9 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 2006-04-08
39 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2007-04-07
39 Episodes

The Story of Saiunkoku Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Every Good Story Has a Hidden Side25 min
Season 1Episode 2A Frog in a Well Does Not Know the Great Ocean25 min
Season 1Episode 3The Talented Hawk Hides Its Talons25 min
Season 1Episode 4Casting Pearls Before Swine25 min
Season 1Episode 5There is No Genius Without Hard Work25 min
Season 1Episode 6Lacking the Finishing Touch25 min
Season 1Episode 7Even the Strongest Swimmer May Drown25 min
Season 1Episode 8Wanting to Borrow a Cat's Paws25 min
Season 1Episode 9The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step25 min
Season 1Episode 10Good Things Come to Those Who Wait25 min
Season 1Episode 11There is No Cure for Lovesickness25 min
Season 1Episode 12Discretion is the Better Part of Valour25 min
Season 1Episode 13From a Gourd Comes a Horse25 min
Season 1Episode 14On a Rock for Three Years25 min
Season 1Episode 15Children Do Not Know Their Parents' Hearts25 min
Season 1Episode 16There Are No Devils in the World25 min
Season 1Episode 17Let Sleeping Dogs Lie or Poking a Bush Draws Out Snakes25 min
Season 1Episode 18You Can't Hide by Burying Your Head in the Sand25 min
Season 1Episode 19If You Love Your Child, Send Her on a Journey25 min
Season 1Episode 20Flowers Blooming from Dead Wood25 min
Season 1Episode 21The Wise Know When to Approach Danger25 min
Season 1Episode 22Where There is Life, There is Hope25 min
Season 1Episode 23It's the Company That Makes Travel Unpleasant25 min
Season 1Episode 24Water on a Sleeping Ear25 min
Season 1Episode 25An Accidental Resemblance25 min
Season 1Episode 26Ravens in the Moonless Night25 min
Season 1Episode 27The Prettier the Flower, the Higher the Branch25 min
Season 1Episode 28Worry Gives Small Things Large Shadows25 min
Season 1Episode 29Many Years' Worth of Thoughts in a Single Day25 min
Season 1Episode 30Women Are Brave25 min
Season 1Episode 31A Diamond in the Rough25 min
Season 1Episode 32A Woman's Word is Her Bond25 min
Season 1Episode 33No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk25 min
Season 1Episode 34Poison Gets the Better of Poison25 min
Season 1Episode 35Meeting is the Beginning of Parting25 min
Season 1Episode 36All is Right in the World25 min
Season 1Episode 37Tears Fall Like Rain from Heaven25 min
Season 1Episode 38There is No Today After Today25 min
Season 1Episode 39Fate is an Inscrutable and Interesting Thing25 min
Season 2Episode 1There's No Place Like Home25 min
Season 2Episode 2Doesn't Matter Whether You're Laughing or Crying25 min
Season 2Episode 3Birds of a Feather Flock Together25 min
Season 2Episode 4If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?25 min
Season 2Episode 5Love is Not Stingy in Giving25 min
Season 2Episode 6A Peal of Thunder in the Blue Sky25 min
Season 2Episode 7Wholeheartedness Penetrates Stone25 min
Season 2Episode 8Exhausting Human Abilities, One Waits for Heaven's Will25 min
Season 2Episode 9Meeting the Buddha in Hell25 min
Season 2Episode 10The Awaited Person Finally Comes25 min
Season 2Episode 11The Husband is Always the Last to Know25 min
Season 2Episode 12If Justice is Not Allowed to Be Seen, There Will Be No Heroism25 min
Season 2Episode 13Hastiness Will Lead to Failure25 min
Season 2Episode 14Enter the Lion's Den25 min
Season 2Episode 15A Short Amount of Time25 min
Season 2Episode 16Flames Before the Wind25 min
Season 2Episode 17Up and Down Seven Times25 min
Season 2Episode 18The Road is Distant After Dark25 min
Season 2Episode 19Counting Your Chickens Before They Hatch25 min
Season 2Episode 20All is Lost That is Given to a Fool25 min
Season 2Episode 21A Frog's Child is a Frog25 min
Season 2Episode 22An Insect in a Lion's Body25 min
Season 2Episode 23Misery Loves Company25 min
Season 2Episode 24One Good Turn Deserves Another25 min
Season 2Episode 25Even with Trouble, Youth is Sufficient Enough to Pay25 min
Season 2Episode 26Even the Wisest Will Flee When They Are Fools25 min
Season 2Episode 27Better to Be the One Who Waits Than the One Waited For25 min
Season 2Episode 28The Story of Saiunkoku25 min
Season 2Episode 29The Further You Are, the More I Think About You25 min
Season 2Episode 30The Silent Firefly's Body Consumed by Love25 min
Season 2Episode 31One Reaps What One Sows25 min
Season 2Episode 32A Painful Reluctance25 min
Season 2Episode 33As the Seasons Change, So Does the Mind25 min
Season 2Episode 34Bluer Than Indigo25 min
Season 2Episode 35Crossing a Dangerous Bridge25 min
Season 2Episode 36Fortune is Where One Finds It25 min
Season 2Episode 37The Eyes Are the Mirror of the Soul25 min
Season 2Episode 38Close Friendship25 min
Season 2Episode 39Destined Partners Cannot Be Separated25 min

  • Akemi Okamura

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  • Eri Sendai

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  • Houko Kuwashima

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  • Tomokazu Seki

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  • Hikaru Midorikawa

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Visual Effects Miwa Oshima Character Designer

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