▁Tok y op op ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁volumes ▁were ▁released ▁between ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁and ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁Pop ▁F iction ▁line . ▁Sub sequently , ▁the ▁English ▁license ▁revert ed ▁to ▁K od ans ha . ▁The ▁entire ▁an ime ▁series ▁has ▁been ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁and ▁Bl u - ray ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁Media ▁Bl aster s , ▁which ▁are ▁now ▁out ▁of ▁print . ▁Now , ▁the ▁license ▁is ▁transferred ▁to ▁Disc ote k ▁Media ▁for ▁a ▁complete ▁series ▁Bl u - ray ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁The ▁Tw elve ▁Kingdom s ▁is ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁nov els ▁that ▁focus ▁on ▁a ▁world ▁inspired ▁by ▁Chinese ▁myth ology , ▁where ▁twelve ▁different ▁kingdom s ▁exist ▁under ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁an ▁individual ▁chosen ▁by ▁the ▁T ians . ▁The ▁series ▁does ▁not ▁exclus ively ▁focus ▁on ▁one ▁character , ▁though ▁the ▁stories ▁of ▁You ko ▁Nak aj ima , ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁novel , ▁and ▁Ta iki , ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁book , ▁are ▁most ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁Char acters ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁stories ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁cent ers ▁around ▁a ▁red - ha ired ▁girl ▁named ▁You ko ▁Nak aj ima ▁from ▁Japan ▁who ▁is ▁suddenly ▁transport ed ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elve ▁Kingdom s ▁and ▁searches ▁for ▁her ▁dest iny . ▁However ,