Crunchyroll Adds ‘Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai’ For Fall 2020 Anime Lineup
Set for the fall season with an October 2020 debut, the Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai anime TV series has had a lot of information dropped about it. The latest update to come in is from Crunchyroll as the streaming service has announced that they’ve picked up the series for the season. while they don’t have a date/time combo yet, the series will be available to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
The project has Kazuya Karasawa directing it with Katsuhiko Chiba supervising the scripts for it. Emiko Miyamoto is working on the character designs with Toei Animation handling the production of the animation.
The Japanese cast includes:
Atsumi Tanezaki as Dai
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Popp
Mikako Komatsu as Maam
Saori Hayami as Leona
Takahiro Sakurai as Avan
Yuuki Kaji as Hyunckel
Kenichi Ogata as Brass
Ai Furihata as Gome-chan
Tomokazu Seki as Hadlar
Tomoaki Maeno as Crocodine
Tooru Nara as Flazzard
Takehito Koyasu as Myst-Vearn
Mitsuo Iwata as Zaboera
Sho Hayami as Baran
Takaya Hashi as Vearn
The series is based on the manga by Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada that ran for 37 volumes between 1989 and 1996. It’s had several films and a prior series in 1991.
Plot Concept: After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar, all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai’s dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students, Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan’s other student Pop are doomed, a mark appears on Dai’s forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.
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