Manga Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) is being adapted into a musical and will be performed in Tokyo, Japan from July 2024. The film will be directed by Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi, with Aoto Tani in charge of script and music. by Kamata Masato and choreography by Shinji Rachi. It will include the Collecting of the Four Dragons arc, which is presented in the first episode. An image featuring Yona was also released.
Yona of the Dawn is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. It has been serialized in Hakusensha’s shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since August 2009, with 43 compiled volumes released as of February 2024. The series will celebrate its 15th anniversary this year and has a total circulation of more than 14 million copies.
An anime adaptation of Pierrot has been airing for two consecutive seasons since October 2014. Crunchyroll is streaming it and they describe the story:
Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else to succeed the throne other than the fifteen-year-old princess Yona, who has been carefully raised. Finally, the night of her sixteenth birthday arrived. She hopes that it will be a wonderful day for her peace-loving father, Il, her servant and friend, Hak, and her cousin Soo-won, whom she has feelings for… However… That night, Yona visits her father to tell her. tell him how she really feels, because he is against her marrying Soo-won. However, when she returned to her room, she discovered a horrifying truth.
Source: Comic NatalieMizuho Kusanagi, Hakusensha / “Yona of the Dawn” music production committee