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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Toshiko Fujita
Dai (voice)
46 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Princess Leona
46 eps
Banjo Ginga
Crocodine
46 eps
Hideyuki Hori
Hyunckel
46 eps
Isamu Tanonaka
Gramps Brass
46 eps
Kenji Utsumi
Vearn
46 eps
Mina Tominaga
Maam
46 eps
Takeshi Aono
Hudler
46 eps
Yumi Touma
Gome-chan
46 eps
Aruno Tahara
Badak
46 eps
Chieko Namba
Meruru
46 eps
Ken Yamaguchi
Flaizzard
46 eps
Naoki Tatsuta
Zaboela
46 eps
Unsho Ishizuka
Baran
46 eps
Hiroshi Masuoka
Temujin
46 eps
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Horukinsu
46 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E46
Dai yo Tachi Uegare! Yuusha no Michi wa Eien ni!
- Directed by Tetsuharu Nakamura
S01E45
Saikyuu no Himitsu wa Dragonicoora!? Oretachi no Dai wo Mamore!
S01E44
Oyako no Kizuna wa Kanashiki Sadame! Chichi to Ko no Tatakai!!
S01E43
Ryuuki Shou Baran wa Kataru... Dragon no Kishi no Shimei!
S01E42
Shinpi no Kuni Teran Oukoku... Densetsu ni Nemuru Dragon no Kishi!
S01E41
Chou Ryuu Gundan Jyouriku! Bengaana no Machi wo Mamore!!
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoshio TakamiProducer
- Hiroshi InoueProducer
- Atsushi KidoProducer
Direction
- Tetsuharu NakamuraDirector
- Nobutaka NishizawaDirector
Music
- Koichi SugiyamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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