Blue Dragon (2007) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

The tranquility of Shu’s village is shattered by a sudden assault from an unseen force, prompting him and his companions, Jiro and Kluke, to rally in defense. Their desperate plea for protection draws the attention of Zola, a seasoned warrior who bestows upon them extraordinary abilities – the power to manifest shadow into formidable entities. Shu, in particular, is granted dominion over a powerful Shadow construct, a Blue Dragon, becoming central to their struggle. The series follows this unlikely trio as they journey to confront the source of the attack, navigating unfamiliar landscapes and grappling with the responsibility that comes with newfound strength. It explores themes of community, courage, and the burden of protecting those you hold dear, all set against a backdrop of mysterious conflict and burgeoning power.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: The Shadow Comes Forth
Episode 2: The Blue Power
Episode 3: Shu and Jiro
Episode 4: Underwear Is The Trump Card
Episode 5: General Logi
... and 46 more episodes

Characters:

Blue Dragon (Main) - Voice Actors: Lang, Lex, D'Errico, Alessandro, Takatsuka, Masaya, Béthune, Patrick, Paradies, Gerald, de Castro, Cléber
Bouquet (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakajima, Saki, Fahn, Melissa, Rivero, Yensi, Parmiani, Lara, Apollonio, Ana Paula
Jiro (Main) - Voice Actors: Namikawa, Daisuke, Riegel, Sam, D'Andrea, Simone, Shin, Yong Wu, Beaucaire, Nicolas, Torres, Jhonny, Escobal García, Alberto, Otto, Carsten, Carvalho, Paulo Roberto
Kluke (Main) - Voice Actors: Ruff, Michelle, Hazuki, Erino, Magnaghi, Debora, Volpé, Isabelle, Lizárraga, Estívaliz, Estévez, María José
Marumaro (Main) - Voice Actors: Klein, Robert Martin, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Guedes, Maythe, Uran, Sakiko, Bang, Seong Jun, Pellegrin, Patrick, Bauer, Michael, Cubero, Josu
Shu (Main) - Voice Actors: Lowenthal, Yuri, Nemoto, Keiko, Pichon, Yann, Kim, Min Seok, Patriarca, Gabriele, Blümel, Sandro, De Diego, Jaime, Bringas, Jorge
Zola (Main) - Voice Actors: Park, Romi, Robinson, Cindy, Iwamura, Kotomi, Chacón, Lileana, Han, Chae Eon, Haseney, Tina, Dumortier, Florence, Vadacca, Maddalena, Cardoso, Carla, Ferrero, Pilar
Andropov (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Beacock, Brian, Balam, Ángel, Byeon, Hyeon Wu, Palomar, Antón, Garbolino, Davide
Cynthia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Platt, Tara, Pacotto, Emanuela, Takaguchi, Yukiko, Dumortier, Florence, Rhaulin, Marta
Delphinium (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Dumortier, Florence, Karpoff, Alessandra, Prato, Mercedes
Hippopotamus (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sorich, Michael, Cho, Lee, Jong Gu, Indriago, Héctor
Homeron (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Graziano, Leonardo, Greco, Michael, Pérez, Salvador
Legolas (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horiuchi, Kenyuu, Hebert, Kyle, Tomé, Antoine, Moeseritz, Tim, Teixeira, Alex, Fuochi, Tony, Bastidas, Rolman
Lemaire (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miki, Shinichiro, Rigotti, Alessandro, Matias, Andre, Balam, Ángel
Logi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Kentarou, Tomé, Antoine, Vincent, David, Spieß, Felix, Onorato, Niseem, Herrero, Anselmo
Minotaur (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Ochiai, Kouji, Prieto, Víctor, Krohm, Uli, Balzarotti, Marco, Gutiérrez, Emerson
Nene (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lodge, David, Tomé, Antoine, Scarabelli, Mario, Saitou, Shirou, Ciazynski, Frank, Monsalve, Rafael
Phoenix (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ruff, Michelle, Tsuboi, Konomi, Bortolotti, Greta
Saber Tiger (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Jin, Kaplan, Neil, Kleiner, Roberto
Valkyrie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strassman, Karen, Kinoshita, Sayaka

Staff:

Azuma, Fukashi (Producer)
Hagino, Ken (Producer)
Hieda, Susumu (Producer)
Simone, Jamie (Producer)
Matsushita, Yukihiro (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takakuwa, Hajime (Sound Director)
Asami, Matsuo (Episode Director)
Horiuchi, Naoki (Episode Director)
Kon, Chiaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsumoto, Masayuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nishimura, Hiroaki (Episode Director)
Satou, Mitsutoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Shimizu, Akira (Episode Director)
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki (Episode Director)
Chiba, Katsuhiko (Script)
Shimoyama, Kento (Script)
Sumisawa, Katsuyuki (Script)
Yamatoya, Akatsuki (Script)
Abe, Masashi (Storyboard)
Akitsu, Minami (Storyboard)
Harada, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
Iwanaga, Akira (Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Tsuneo (Storyboard)
Kobayashi, Takashi (Storyboard)
Naitou, Mea (Storyboard)
D'Avena, Cristina (Theme Song Performance)
Mitsuoka, Masami (Theme Song Performance)
Nakamura, Taichi (Theme Song Arrangement)
SS501 (Theme Song Performance)
Shimizu, Nobuyuki (Theme Song Arrangement)
Vanni, Giorgio (Theme Song Performance)
Yamada, Yu (Theme Song Performance)
Andou, Mikihiko (Animation Director)
Fujisawa, Kenichi (Key Animation)
Furukawa, Tomohiro (Key Animation)
Iwami, Mika (Color Design)
Kouda, Masayuki (Key Animation)
Koyanagi, Tatsuya (Key Animation)
Kramer, Steve (ADR Director)
Kubo, Tsuguyuki (Animation Director)
Matsumoto, Atsuho (Director of Photography)
Matsumura, Masahiro (Editing)
Minami, Shinichirou (Animation Director)
Nagura, Satoshi (Key Animation)
Nakajima, Yoshiko (Animation Director)
Ninomiya, Tsuneo (Character Design, Animation Director)
Oda, Mayumi (Animation Director)
Ogawa, Tamotsu (Key Animation)
Onoda, Takayuki (Animation Director)
Oohashi, Megumi (Music)
... and 10 more staff

Reviews:

User rondoblend (Score: 7/10):
I also include a briew review of Blue Dragon: Tenkai no Shichi Ryuu at the end end of this review. Story The story is good it's Dragon Ball meet Digimons. Because our heroes are kids that control monsters., our heroes go from town to town to get closer to the enemies's headquarter. and gather allies. pretty standart. 6 Th story has a very good twist that you will enjoy( can't tell because it's a spoiler. I suggest you keep watching it till the end. 7 Art It's Akira Toriyama's work so you won't be dissapointed, the characters and backgrounds arevery rich and detailed. 8nThe females who are older than 18 have curves and don't look like a 14 yearl old. because of this i regard the art as better than dragon ball. 8nthe males areall deformed , and they like 14 year old. don't expect to see a cool character like piccolo or cell 5nncharactersnone way to enjoy this, is to ignore squables between jiro and shu.5nI really enjoy the humor, Marumaro really does his job as a comic relief 8nThere is no harem , it's a plus point 6nnenjoymentn I lke the humor, the twist and the art work despite of some negative aspects 6 nnIf you like this anime, don't bother watching Blue Dragon: Tenkai no Shichi Ryuu because it's a dissapointment. it's full of filler episodes, it even has a furmula. one episode it continues with the main story, the next one is a filler episode.nThere is also less actions and deals primarily with the philoshopy of the characters.
User Shura-shurato (Score: 9/10):
´I DON´T WANT TO LET YOU GO´ the end song of this serie´s and after watching this i REALLY DIN´T wanted to let this anime go!!!!!!! personally i had soo much fun watching it and a big laugh. Seemed that the works inspired by dbz and final fantasy influences was not in vain, at least for fans of the genre´s. The ONLY minor thing about it was the fast build-up of the charachters at 1till episode 8 or so, and some behavior the charachters have, but as the serie progresses it leaves it more to the background. I had no idea that a entertaining serie´slike this ended with such a dark storyline wich came as a pleasant suprise( i mean really...kids were involved man!!!!!)At first come´s the fantasy dialogue of the creation of darkness,light and the creation of men , then the myth of the 7 Knights of magic, and their heroic deeds, that in the blue dragons world is written down in a book called the EXTRA SEVEN.From there on the story starts with our protagonists that under go journey. Artwise its all VERY CLEAR: nuff said. in the middle there is like good comedy moments a la DBZ wich threw me on the floor, i mean the fun was definetly embedded to do its job. For all the charachters there is a story from their side to tell, from the heroes to the villains till the villagers, but not too complicated.nAlso a very good job done on the cgi tecniques and millitairy shipmodeling.n i hope that the sequel keeps the same things up as this one cuz it was worth the watch
User apex_malik (Score: 7/10):
This anime is one of my childhood animes. I can't believe I'm writing a review on it today. What can I say. I'm a big fan of Blue Dragon. Pretended I had a shadow of my own. I mean who wouldn't after wacthing this epic storyline and shit?! For me it was story. Awesome effects. Awesome characterization. but then again it had its faults here and there. Too much fan-service. and then it was a bit too predictable and didn't really have that pinch of suspense. Well i suppose It was quite the entertainment. I was around 12 when I watched this on Cartoon Network and I didn't miss a single episodeof it. To my embarrassment I kind purchased all teh PS2 /PS3 / Nintendo/ and X-box games for Blue Dragon. I don't even own a X-box.nlol.
... and 3 more reviews

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Blue Dragon: Tenkai no Shichi Ryuu (anime - Sequel)

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Studios: Pierrot
Producers: Pony Canyon
Licensors: VIZ Media
Rating: 6.4 / 10
Rank: #7869
Popularity: #3163
Users Listed: 57,771
Users Scored: 29,508
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
Aired: April 7, 2007 – March 29, 2008 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: game
Age Rating: PG
Episodes: 51
Broadcast: Saturday at 09:00 (JST)

Blue Dragon