- Country: China, Japan
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation
- Release: 2009-04-08
- Director: N/A
- Writers: N/A
- Language: Chinese | Japanese | Spanish
- Stars: Mamoru Miyano , Tomokazu Seki , Rikiya Koyama , Hiroyuki Yoshino , Nozomu Sasaki , Nozomu Sasaki , Tetsu Inada , Takeshi Kusao , Isshin Chiba , Masaki Terasoma , Hisao Egawa
- Runtime: 23 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Souten Kouro (Los Tres Reinos) (China)
- Plot: Souten Kouro's story is based loosely on the events taking place in Three Kingdoms period of China during the life of the last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (155 - March 15, 220), who also serves as the main character. The Three Kingdoms period has been a popular theme in Japanese manga for decades, but Souten Kouro differs greatly from most of the others on several points. One significant difference is its highly positive portrayal of its main character, Cao Cao, who is traditionally the antagonist in not only Japanese manga, but also most novel versions of the Three Kingdoms period, including the original 14th century version, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Another significant difference from others is that the storyline primarily uses the original historical account of the era, Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, as a reference rather than the aforementioned Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. By this, the traditional hero of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, takes on relatively less importance within the story and is portrayed in a less positive light. Yet, several aspects of the story are in fact based on the novel version, including the employment of its original characters such as Diao Chan, as well as anachronistic weapons such as Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade and Zhang Fei's Viper Blade. A consistent theme throughout the story is Cao Cao's perpetual desire to break China and its people away from its old systems and ways of thinking and initiate a focus on pragmatism over empty ideals. This often puts him at odds with the prevalent customs and notions of Confucianism and those that support them.
- IMDB:tt4009874
Souten Kouro (Los Tres Reinos) Cast · · · ALL
Mamoru Miyano
Cao Cao
Isshin Chiba
Cao Ren
Nachi Nozawa
Cao Teng
Kikuko Inoue
Cao Cao
Takeshi Kusao
Xiahou Dun
Ryusei Nakao
Masaki Terasoma
Yuan Shao
Hisao Egawa
Cao Hong
Tetsu Inada
Xiahou Yuan
Hiroshi Yanaka
Cao Song
Tomokazu Seki
Liu Bei
Hochu Otsuka
Dong Zhuo
Kinryuu Arimoto
Zhang Rang
Nozomu Sasaki
Emperor Ling of Han
Asako Dodo
Bai Lian (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka
Bian Linglong
Aya Endo
Ding Meihu