Dragonar Academy | |
![]() Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Eco | |
星刻の竜騎士 (Seikoku no Doraguna) | |
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Genre | Fantasy, Romantic comedy, Harem |
Light novel | |
Written by | Shiki Mizuchi |
Illustrated by | Kohada Shimesaba |
Published by | Media Factory |
Imprint | MF Bunko J |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | June 25, 2010 – November 25, 2015 |
Volumes | 20 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shiki Mizuchi |
Illustrated by | Ran |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Alive Comics |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 22, 2011 – December 23, 2016 |
Volumes | 13 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shunsuke Tada Tomoyuki Kurokawa |
Produced by | Ryoji Maru |
Written by | Noboru Kimura |
Music by | Takasugu Wakabayashi |
Studio | C-Station |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11 |
Original run | April 5, 2014 – June 21, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Dragonar Academy ( Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士, Hepburn: Seikoku no Doragunā, lit. "Star-Marked Dragonar") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi, illustrated by Kohada Shimesaba, and published by Media Factory under the MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released on June 25, 2010, with a total of 20 volumes available in Japan so far. A manga adaptation by the illustrator, Ran, began serialization in Monthly Comic Alive during its June 2011 issue. It was one of five MF Bunko J light novel anime adaptations announced at Media Factory's Summer School Festival event on July 28, 2013. [1] It has been licensed for North America by Funimation.
On the continent of Arc Strada, civilians called Breeders raise and train their Pars (スティード, lit. "steed"), dragons bonded to Breeders via a magical link called the Astral Flow. Races of dragons are born from Breeders who are deemed worthy and marked with a Seikoku (西谷義, lit. "Star Brand") at a young age by the Mother Dragon at the Orphan Rite. Breeders may eventually achieve the rank of nobility by helping their Par become a Maestro, or Holy Dragon.
Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easily to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy—except for Ash Blake, a first-year student who is known by his classmates as the "problem child". Despite Ash having an unusually large seikoku that marks him as a future dragon master, his Par had never appeared, until now. While challenging a fellow student, Princess Silvia Lautreamont, to a dragon race, Ash's dragon appears, but in a form different than any dragon ever seen before—a beautiful girl. Ash names her "Eco" and soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, her servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.
Dragonar Academy began as a light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi with illustrations by Kohada Shimesaba, published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released in Japan on June 25, 2010, [3] and the last on November 25, 2015, with a total of 20 volumes published.
A CD drama was released by Media Factory on October 24, 2012. [4] The drama is split into two episodes: "Eco the Dragon Girl" (エーコは竜の娘, Ēco wa Ryū no Musume) and "The Streets of Ansarivan" (アンサリヴァンの市街区, Ansarivan no Shigai-ku). The opening theme is "Astral Flow" by Haruka Shimotsuki, and a short version of the song was featured as a bonus track. The full song was later featured in Uta J (うたJ, lit. Song J), Media Factory's album commemorating MF Bunko J's tenth anniversary, released on August 29, 2012. [5]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Ran began serialization in the June 2011 issue of Monthly Comic Alive (released on April 27, 2011). [6] The first bound volume was released by Media Factory on October 22, 2011, [7] with a total of thirteen volumes published under their Alive Comics imprint. [8] The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment under the title Dragonar Academy. [9] In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography. [10]
An anime television series aired from April 5 to June 21, 2014, on AT-X and at later dates on Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, and BS11. The anime series is animated by C-Station and directed by Shunsuke Tada. The opening theme is "Seiken Nante Iranai" (聖剣なんていらない, I Don't Need a Holy Sword) by Yui Sakakibara while the ending theme is MOST Ijō no 'MOSTEST' (MOST以上の"MOSTEST", A "Mostest" More Than Most) by Mariya Ise, Ayane Sakura, and Marina Inoue under their character names. [11] The series adapts the first four volumes of the light novels. The series is licensed by Funimation in North America and aired on their TV station. [12]
No. | Title | Original airdate | |
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1 | "A Boy & His Dragon" Transliteration: "Shōnen to Ryū" ( Japanese: 少年と竜) | April 5, 2014 | |
When the Princess Silvia insults him, Ash accepts her challenge to race her to prove her wrong. Partway in the race, Ash gets ambushed by Milgaus and Anya of the Zepharos Empire. When Anya nearly falls into a chasm, Ash saves her. Falling in himself, he is saved when his Pal awakens. | |||
2 | "Ties That Bind: The Astral Flow" Transliteration: "Futari no Kizuna Asutoraru Furō" ( Japanese: 二人の絆・星精路(アストラル・フロウ)) | April 12, 2014 | |
Ash's Pal is born and is named Eco by him...and she is not at all what he expects. Later, while out shopping with Eco, she is kidnapped by Angela Cornwell and rescued by Ash and Princess Silvia. | |||
3 | "Riot in the Streets" Transliteration: "Shigai Dōran" ( Japanese: 市街動乱) | April 19, 2014 | |
A massive dragon attacks the town and its up to the student council members to help out. While fighting it, Eco is captured by this dragon. Eco is sent to a workshop which is used to make Arcs. Then she meets a person named Navi. Navi explains the situation and how Eco can help it by creating an Arc. | |||
4 | "Iron Blood Valkyrie" Transliteration: "Airan Buraddo Varukirī" ( Japanese: 鉄血戦乙女(アイアンブラッドヴァルキリー)) | April 26, 2014 | |
After having defeated the dragon, a fan club is set up by some students looking for the identity of the Silver Knight that defeated the dragon. Ash must keep his identity as the Silver Knight secret. Meanwhile, Silvia's sister Veronica, the First Princess, decides to visit her little sister at the academy. | |||
5 | "Ice Blue Princess" Transliteration: "Aisu Burū Purinsesu" ( Japanese: 蒼氷姫君(アイスブループリンセス)) | May 3, 2014 | |
After Veronica humiliates Silvia in public, she tells her of plans to engage her to a knight. | |||
6 | "Blue Brionac" Transliteration: "Ao no Buryūnaku" ( Japanese: 青の聖騎銃(ブリューナク)) | May 10, 2014 | |
Veronica orders Silvia to pray for forgiveness for her weakness at the church. While there, the church is taken over by a group of bandits led by the guerrilla Avdocha Kiltzkaya, who threatens to bomb the church with everyone in it. Ash goes in to negotiate with her while Veronica initiates her plan to save everyone, even though initially she planned to let Avdocha Kiltzkaya blow up the church. This ultimately results in Silvia and the citizens being saved. | |||
7 | "Lucca Sarlinen" Transliteration: "Rukka Sārinen" ( Japanese: ルッカ・サーリネン) | May 17, 2014 | |
After Ash is chosen to go to a training camp, they find out about the last student council member named Lucca, who has a greater reputation than that of the student council president. She has a problem with her Dragon Gawain, and it's up to the student council members as friends to help her. | |||
8 | "Moonlit Roar" Transliteration: "Gekka no Hōkō" ( Japanese: 月下の咆哮) | May 24, 2014 | |
After arriving at the training camp, the student council continues their efforts to talk to Gawain. After managing to get on Gawain's back, Ash is knocked out and speaks with Gawain in the Highdragon Workshop. While there, Ash finds out that the reason Gawain will not let Lucca ride him is because the two had an accident recently, and he does not want to put her in danger like he did before. | |||
9 | "Dragon Dance" Transliteration: "Kiryū Enbu" ( Japanese: 騎竜演舞) | May 31, 2014 | |
After Gawain goes missing, it is up to Ash, Silvia and Eco to help Lucca find him. Meanwhile, the camp is attacked by a horde of Necromancia. Students and staff fight them off. The group finds Gawain, but Milgauss is there with a large Necromancia Dragon. The group defeats him and the dragon. They kill the Necromancia dragons at the school and rescue Gawain. | |||
10 | "Assembly in Fontaine" Transliteration: "Shūketsu no Miyako Fontīn" ( Japanese: 集結の都、フォンティーン) | June 7, 2014 | |
Silvia, Ash, and Eco are invited to the capital by Silvia's father so he can meet them. Upon reaching the capital, Silvia meets up with her father while Ash and Eco explore the city. Once Ash meets Silvia's father, he appoints him as a Dragonar. Meanwhile, an evil group plots behind the scenes and waits to start its plan to kidnap Eco and awaken her dragon form. | |||
11 | "Yggdrasil Rising" Transliteration: "Yugudorashiru Kidō" ( Japanese: ユグドラシル起動) | June 14, 2014 | |
After realizing that she will never be with Ash, Eco runs off. While outside and away from everyone, Eco is kidnapped by the evil group. While Silvia and Ash search for her, they find out she was abducted and go to rescue her. | |||
12 | "The Star-Branded Dragonar" Transliteration: "Seikoku no Doragunā" ( Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士(ドラグナー)) | June 21, 2014 | |
The evil group complete their plan and force Eco into her dragon form. Eco is then possessed by the spirit who formally resided in Silvia's brother's body. Eco loses control of her body and wreaks havoc on the city. This causes Ash to jump into action. Venturing into Eco's mind, Ash fights and defeats the spirit, returning Eco to her human form and saving the city. |
Dragonar Academy | |
![]() Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Eco | |
星刻の竜騎士 (Seikoku no Doraguna) | |
---|---|
Genre | Fantasy, Romantic comedy, Harem |
Light novel | |
Written by | Shiki Mizuchi |
Illustrated by | Kohada Shimesaba |
Published by | Media Factory |
Imprint | MF Bunko J |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | June 25, 2010 – November 25, 2015 |
Volumes | 20 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shiki Mizuchi |
Illustrated by | Ran |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Alive Comics |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 22, 2011 – December 23, 2016 |
Volumes | 13 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shunsuke Tada Tomoyuki Kurokawa |
Produced by | Ryoji Maru |
Written by | Noboru Kimura |
Music by | Takasugu Wakabayashi |
Studio | C-Station |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11 |
Original run | April 5, 2014 – June 21, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Dragonar Academy ( Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士, Hepburn: Seikoku no Doragunā, lit. "Star-Marked Dragonar") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi, illustrated by Kohada Shimesaba, and published by Media Factory under the MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released on June 25, 2010, with a total of 20 volumes available in Japan so far. A manga adaptation by the illustrator, Ran, began serialization in Monthly Comic Alive during its June 2011 issue. It was one of five MF Bunko J light novel anime adaptations announced at Media Factory's Summer School Festival event on July 28, 2013. [1] It has been licensed for North America by Funimation.
On the continent of Arc Strada, civilians called Breeders raise and train their Pars (スティード, lit. "steed"), dragons bonded to Breeders via a magical link called the Astral Flow. Races of dragons are born from Breeders who are deemed worthy and marked with a Seikoku (西谷義, lit. "Star Brand") at a young age by the Mother Dragon at the Orphan Rite. Breeders may eventually achieve the rank of nobility by helping their Par become a Maestro, or Holy Dragon.
Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easily to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy—except for Ash Blake, a first-year student who is known by his classmates as the "problem child". Despite Ash having an unusually large seikoku that marks him as a future dragon master, his Par had never appeared, until now. While challenging a fellow student, Princess Silvia Lautreamont, to a dragon race, Ash's dragon appears, but in a form different than any dragon ever seen before—a beautiful girl. Ash names her "Eco" and soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, her servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.
Dragonar Academy began as a light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi with illustrations by Kohada Shimesaba, published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released in Japan on June 25, 2010, [3] and the last on November 25, 2015, with a total of 20 volumes published.
A CD drama was released by Media Factory on October 24, 2012. [4] The drama is split into two episodes: "Eco the Dragon Girl" (エーコは竜の娘, Ēco wa Ryū no Musume) and "The Streets of Ansarivan" (アンサリヴァンの市街区, Ansarivan no Shigai-ku). The opening theme is "Astral Flow" by Haruka Shimotsuki, and a short version of the song was featured as a bonus track. The full song was later featured in Uta J (うたJ, lit. Song J), Media Factory's album commemorating MF Bunko J's tenth anniversary, released on August 29, 2012. [5]
A manga adaptation illustrated by Ran began serialization in the June 2011 issue of Monthly Comic Alive (released on April 27, 2011). [6] The first bound volume was released by Media Factory on October 22, 2011, [7] with a total of thirteen volumes published under their Alive Comics imprint. [8] The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment under the title Dragonar Academy. [9] In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography. [10]
An anime television series aired from April 5 to June 21, 2014, on AT-X and at later dates on Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, and BS11. The anime series is animated by C-Station and directed by Shunsuke Tada. The opening theme is "Seiken Nante Iranai" (聖剣なんていらない, I Don't Need a Holy Sword) by Yui Sakakibara while the ending theme is MOST Ijō no 'MOSTEST' (MOST以上の"MOSTEST", A "Mostest" More Than Most) by Mariya Ise, Ayane Sakura, and Marina Inoue under their character names. [11] The series adapts the first four volumes of the light novels. The series is licensed by Funimation in North America and aired on their TV station. [12]
No. | Title | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Boy & His Dragon" Transliteration: "Shōnen to Ryū" ( Japanese: 少年と竜) | April 5, 2014 | |
When the Princess Silvia insults him, Ash accepts her challenge to race her to prove her wrong. Partway in the race, Ash gets ambushed by Milgaus and Anya of the Zepharos Empire. When Anya nearly falls into a chasm, Ash saves her. Falling in himself, he is saved when his Pal awakens. | |||
2 | "Ties That Bind: The Astral Flow" Transliteration: "Futari no Kizuna Asutoraru Furō" ( Japanese: 二人の絆・星精路(アストラル・フロウ)) | April 12, 2014 | |
Ash's Pal is born and is named Eco by him...and she is not at all what he expects. Later, while out shopping with Eco, she is kidnapped by Angela Cornwell and rescued by Ash and Princess Silvia. | |||
3 | "Riot in the Streets" Transliteration: "Shigai Dōran" ( Japanese: 市街動乱) | April 19, 2014 | |
A massive dragon attacks the town and its up to the student council members to help out. While fighting it, Eco is captured by this dragon. Eco is sent to a workshop which is used to make Arcs. Then she meets a person named Navi. Navi explains the situation and how Eco can help it by creating an Arc. | |||
4 | "Iron Blood Valkyrie" Transliteration: "Airan Buraddo Varukirī" ( Japanese: 鉄血戦乙女(アイアンブラッドヴァルキリー)) | April 26, 2014 | |
After having defeated the dragon, a fan club is set up by some students looking for the identity of the Silver Knight that defeated the dragon. Ash must keep his identity as the Silver Knight secret. Meanwhile, Silvia's sister Veronica, the First Princess, decides to visit her little sister at the academy. | |||
5 | "Ice Blue Princess" Transliteration: "Aisu Burū Purinsesu" ( Japanese: 蒼氷姫君(アイスブループリンセス)) | May 3, 2014 | |
After Veronica humiliates Silvia in public, she tells her of plans to engage her to a knight. | |||
6 | "Blue Brionac" Transliteration: "Ao no Buryūnaku" ( Japanese: 青の聖騎銃(ブリューナク)) | May 10, 2014 | |
Veronica orders Silvia to pray for forgiveness for her weakness at the church. While there, the church is taken over by a group of bandits led by the guerrilla Avdocha Kiltzkaya, who threatens to bomb the church with everyone in it. Ash goes in to negotiate with her while Veronica initiates her plan to save everyone, even though initially she planned to let Avdocha Kiltzkaya blow up the church. This ultimately results in Silvia and the citizens being saved. | |||
7 | "Lucca Sarlinen" Transliteration: "Rukka Sārinen" ( Japanese: ルッカ・サーリネン) | May 17, 2014 | |
After Ash is chosen to go to a training camp, they find out about the last student council member named Lucca, who has a greater reputation than that of the student council president. She has a problem with her Dragon Gawain, and it's up to the student council members as friends to help her. | |||
8 | "Moonlit Roar" Transliteration: "Gekka no Hōkō" ( Japanese: 月下の咆哮) | May 24, 2014 | |
After arriving at the training camp, the student council continues their efforts to talk to Gawain. After managing to get on Gawain's back, Ash is knocked out and speaks with Gawain in the Highdragon Workshop. While there, Ash finds out that the reason Gawain will not let Lucca ride him is because the two had an accident recently, and he does not want to put her in danger like he did before. | |||
9 | "Dragon Dance" Transliteration: "Kiryū Enbu" ( Japanese: 騎竜演舞) | May 31, 2014 | |
After Gawain goes missing, it is up to Ash, Silvia and Eco to help Lucca find him. Meanwhile, the camp is attacked by a horde of Necromancia. Students and staff fight them off. The group finds Gawain, but Milgauss is there with a large Necromancia Dragon. The group defeats him and the dragon. They kill the Necromancia dragons at the school and rescue Gawain. | |||
10 | "Assembly in Fontaine" Transliteration: "Shūketsu no Miyako Fontīn" ( Japanese: 集結の都、フォンティーン) | June 7, 2014 | |
Silvia, Ash, and Eco are invited to the capital by Silvia's father so he can meet them. Upon reaching the capital, Silvia meets up with her father while Ash and Eco explore the city. Once Ash meets Silvia's father, he appoints him as a Dragonar. Meanwhile, an evil group plots behind the scenes and waits to start its plan to kidnap Eco and awaken her dragon form. | |||
11 | "Yggdrasil Rising" Transliteration: "Yugudorashiru Kidō" ( Japanese: ユグドラシル起動) | June 14, 2014 | |
After realizing that she will never be with Ash, Eco runs off. While outside and away from everyone, Eco is kidnapped by the evil group. While Silvia and Ash search for her, they find out she was abducted and go to rescue her. | |||
12 | "The Star-Branded Dragonar" Transliteration: "Seikoku no Doragunā" ( Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士(ドラグナー)) | June 21, 2014 | |
The evil group complete their plan and force Eco into her dragon form. Eco is then possessed by the spirit who formally resided in Silvia's brother's body. Eco loses control of her body and wreaks havoc on the city. This causes Ash to jump into action. Venturing into Eco's mind, Ash fights and defeats the spirit, returning Eco to her human form and saving the city. |