Raven of the Inner Palace

Raven of the Inner Palace
Original Title	後宮の烏 (Kōkyū no Karasu)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Crunchyroll
Voice Director 1	Jerry Jewell
Voice Director 2	Jill Harris
Translation & Adaptation	Alex Mai Audrey Drake Rigg (eps. 8, 10, 13)
Recorded	2022
ADR Production
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	13
Year	2022

Raven of the Inner Palace (後宮の烏, Kōkyū no Karasu) is a 2022 anime series based on the light novel series written by Kōko Shirakawa and illustrated by Ayuko. It was published from April 20, 2018 to April 21, 2022, with a total of 7 volumes.

The anime series was announced on December 14, 2021. It was produced by Bandai Namco Pictures, directed by Chizuru Miyawaki, series composition by Satomi Ooshima, composed by Asami Tachibana, and it premiered in Japan from October 1, 2022 to December 24, 2022, consisting of 13 episodes.

Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on October 22, 2022.

Synopsis What is the true identity of the solitary Raven Consort? The Raven Consort is a special consort living deep in the inner palace who, despite her title, does not perform nighttime duties for the emperor. Some who have seen her say she has the appearance of an old woman, while others describe her as a young girl. The Raven Consort's name is Shouxue. She has the ability to use mysterious arts and will accept any favor asked of her, whether it is to find something lost or to curse someone to death. The current emperor, Gaojun, visits her one night to ask a favor. Their meeting exposes a secret that will turn history on its head...

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Shouxue Liu	Saku Mizuno	Alexis Tipton
	Gaojun Xia	Masaaki Mizunaka	Christopher Wehkamp
		Makoto Koichi (young)	Reshel Mae (young)
Secondary Characters
	Wen Ying	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Alejandro Saab
	Wei Qing	Taku Yashiro	Lee George
			Brittany Lauda (young)
	Xingxing	Riho Sugiyama	Monica Rial
	Jiujiu	Marika Kōno	Bryn Apprill
	Yi Siha	Mana Hirata	Hayden Daviau
Minor Characters
	Qiurong	Riho Sugiyama	Anastasia Muñoz
	Yun Yongde	Ryō Sugisaki	Michael Stimac
	Yingnu (Ghost)	Yuka Nukui	Hannah Alyea
	Court Lady	¿?	Erica Muse

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
	Axiu	Sachiko Kojima	Stephanie Young	1
	Xie Fei	Ayako Kawasumi	Molly Searcy
	Empress Dowager	Masako Katsuki	Linda Leonard	1-2, 7
	Shouxue's Mother	Mai Nakahara	Kelly Greenshield	2, 6
	Yang Shiniang	Haruka Shiraishi	Cassie Ewulu	4
	Princess Meiju	Yukiko Motoyoshi	Molly Zhang	6-7
	Shi Yan	Tasuku Hatanaka	Mark Allen Jr.	8
	Chang Huangying	Manaka Iwami	Celeste Perez

Additional Voices

Tristan Bonner Kimmie Britt Casey Casper Kara Edwards Kieran Flitton Jim Foronda Caitlin Glass Mike Haimoto Monét Tatianna Lerner Spencer Liles Emi Lo

Branden Loera Reshel Mae Alex Mai James Marler Meg McClain Jessica Peterson Jack Reeder Tyson Rinehart Michael Stimac Molly Zhang

Multimedia

Cast Reveal

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	October 1, 2022 - Janaury 21, 2023	Anime	Digital	TV-14	Season 1	13 Eps.	United States

External Links

• Raven of the Inner Palace on the Internet Movie Database.
• Raven of the Inner Palace (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.