Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020) (2020) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set on a secluded island community, the story follows Dai, a young man yearning to emulate the legendary hero of old. Years prior, a devastating conflict ended the reign of a malevolent demon and ushered in an era of tranquility. This peace is shattered when the demon’s resurgence threatens the island's harmony once more.

Dai and his companions embark on a journey to confront this renewed evil, uncovering long-forgotten histories and grappling with the legacy of the original hero. As they face escalating challenges, Dai begins to manifest unexpected abilities, hinting at a deeper connection to the island’s past and a destiny far beyond his initial aspirations. The series explores themes of legacy, responsibility, and the burden of heroism in a world striving for quiet coexistence.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Dai, the Tiny Hero (Aired: 10/03/2020)
Episode 2: Dai and Princess Leona (Aired: 10/10/2020)
Episode 3: The Hero's Tutor (Aired: 10/17/2020)
Episode 4: The Dark Lord Hadlar's Return (Aired: 10/24/2020)
Episode 5: The Insignia of Avan (Aired: 10/31/2020)
... and 95 more episodes

Characters:

Dai (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanezaki, Atsumi, D'Hulstère, Audrey, Motta, Claudia, Pitre, Sabrina, Lechenmayr, Laurin
Hyunckel (Main) - Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki, Lognay, Pierre, Guillaume, Émilie, Allende, David, Tong, Vincent
Leona (Main) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Saori, Pyronnet, Sophie, Ángeles, Jessica, Sheridan, Kelly, von Daake, Katharina
Maam (Main) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Mikako, Braam, Marie, Valadez, Azucena, Kaarina, Diana, Markiefka, Angelina, Chora Miuller, Milah Bonnie
Popp (Main) - Voice Actors: Toyonaga, Toshiyuki, Van Santfoort, Maxime, Mena, Héctor, Howard, Cole, Auer, Felix
Akhim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Kanehira
Albinass (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tamura, Yukari, Madera, Cony, Douieb, Monia, Konchak, Jamie
Alibaba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Kenta
Amy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Yui, Tefnin, Claire, Sánchez, Analiz, Evans, Kazumi, Olbert, Melanie
Apollo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Le Bec, Pierre, Hernández, Carlos, Sakaguchi, Shuuhei, Hanlin, Ian, Rafferty, Philipp
Baduck (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Capotondi, Peppino, Tadano, Youhei, Conde, Jesse, O'Reilly, Declan, Acktun, Gerhard
Baran (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show, Rossion, Jean-François, Vásquez, Gerardo, Redman, Dean, Pfennig, Ole
Bartos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Ikkei, Meyer, Gerd
Blizzard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hasu, Takehiro
Block (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawashima, Tokuyoshi, Oertli, Stéphane, Reyes, Salvador, Dobson, Paul
Borahorn (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oertli, Stéphane, Sugimura, Kenji, Olson, Steve, Osorio, Dan, Wohnhaas, Alexander
Brass (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Kenichi, Hinderyckx, Michel, Villeli, Alejandro, Willows, Alec
Brokeena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Guilmard, Robert, Mizushima, Yuu, Jablonka, Christoph
Chiu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Shun, Prémel, Olivier, Garza, Eduardo, Howard, Cole
Courtemacca VII (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirota, Kousei
Crocodine (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maeno, Tomoaki, Bodson, Pierre, Brust, Ricardo, Simpson, Jason
Daigo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Kenta
De Zinuar III, Avan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro, Donnay, Maxime, Campuzano, Manuel, Tong, Vincent, Scheffel, Oliver
Deroline (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Crépet, Alexandre, Ugarte, Víctor, Shimono, Hiro, Ellis, Matt, Mayer, Felix
Donadona (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Echigoya, Kousuke
Drohlyasu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Tarou
Fenbren (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vernin, Laurent, Yusa, Kouji, Patiño, Marcos, Panton, Giles, Pietzuch, Daniel
Flame (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Echigoya, Kousuke
Flazzard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nara, Tooru, Matthys, Nicolas, Drummond, Brian, León Pecheco, Rubén, Paletschek, Jochen
Flora (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Rie, Muzzi, Valérie, Beemer, Tracy, Zech, Bettina
Fobster (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Kenta
Gardandy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Eloy, Alain, Kimura, Subaru, Tockar, Lee, Castillo, Beto
Gargoyle A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Souma, Kouichi, Waldemer, Sebastian
Gargoyle B (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Genta, Reichel, Robinson
Gargoyle C (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Yoshihito
Gargoyle D (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Tarou
General Bowson (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kinoshita, Hiroyuki
Gome (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Furihata, Ai, du Bled, Marie, Miuller, Scarlet, Molineux, Michelle, Kepke, Cindy
Gomez (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vovk, Jean-Michel, Kiuchi, Tarou, Solo, Raúl, Dobson, Brian, Jilka, Gerhard
Gopple (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizuuchi, Kiyomitsu
Goroa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takato, Yasuhiro
Hadlar (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seki, Tomokazu, Hébrant, Sébastien, Garcia, Andrés, Drummond, Brian, Kussin, Christopher
Herohero (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mannaert, Stany, Mamiya, Yasuhiro, López, Joaquín, Drummond, Brian
Heyedra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Echigoya, Kousuke, Reichel, Robinson
Hilt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Souma, Kouichi, Molina Zero, José Luis
Horkins (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kinjou, Yamato
Hym (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Manet, David, Miki, Shinichiro, Rivera, Benjamín, Cork, Griffin, Hohm, Leonard
Inn Owner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uo, Ken
Jamirus (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Yoshihito
Judge (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terashima, Takuma
Junk (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Francart, Olivier, Inada, Keiji, Dobson, Brian, Lehnen, Stefan
Kanar (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Souma, Kouichi
Killvearn (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshino, Hiroyuki, Locqueneux, Damien, Orozco, José Luis, Hanlin, Ian, Thiele, Andreas
King of Alkeed (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanaka, Hiroshi
King of Romos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Waleffe, Patrick, Juku, Ikkyuu, Alberto, Santos, Halder, Ron, Rosenberg, Marc
... and 40 more characters

Staff:

Takayanagi, Momoko (Assistant Producer)
Karasawa, Kazuya (Director)
Hirosue, Yuuna (Episode Director)
Kakudou, Hiroyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Komatsu, Yui (Episode Director)
Miki, Kotoe (Episode Director)
Miyamoto, Hiroaki (Episode Director)
Murakami, Takayuki (Episode Director)
Ooba, Hideaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Suganuma, Fumihiko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tanaka, Yuuta (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ueda, Yoshihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Wakano, Tetsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Watanabe, Masaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yamada, Kayona (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Chiba, Katsuhiko (Script, Series Composition)
Decouzon, Mélanie (Script)
Stocker, Kevin (Script)
Furuta, Jouji (Storyboard)
Kou, Yuu (Storyboard)
Nishimori, Akira (Storyboard)
Nishimura, Satoshi (Storyboard)
Yoshida, Daisuke (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Humbreaders (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement)
Itou, Tsubasa (Theme Song Arrangement)
Macaroni Empitsu (Theme Song Performance)
Mitei no Hanashi (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Mukai, Taichi (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Winslow, Marc (Theme Song Performance)
XIIX (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Rumi (Key Animation)
Abe, Naoto (Key Animation)
Adachi, Yuusuke (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Allende, David (ADR Director)
Amou, Mikoto (Key Animation)
Aoyagi, Shigemi (Key Animation)
Ayuzawa, Yuuta (Key Animation)
Choi, Jong-gi (Key Animation)
Choi, In-seop (Key Animation)
Di Pietro, Paolo Andrea (Inserted Song Performance)
Eguchi, Akane (Key Animation)
Flamant, Alexis (ADR Director)
Fujii, Ayaka (Background Art)
Fujita, Masayuki (Animation Director)
Fukuda, Kenji (Background Art)
Fukuhara, Keiji (Key Animation)
Gomes, Alexandre (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
Hakamada, Yuuji (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Hamano, Yuuichi (Animation Director)
Hanawa, Miyuki (Animation Director, Key Animation)
... and 120 more staff

News:

New 'Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken' Anime Reveals Additional Cast (02/26/2021)
Fall 2020 Simulcast List [Update 12/1] (09/28/2020)
Fall 2020 Preview (09/15/2020)
PV Collection for Aug 31 - Sep 6 (09/06/2020)
'Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken' Reveals Additional Cast (08/18/2020)
'Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken' Reveals Additional Cast, Key Visual (08/05/2020)
Staff and Cast Revealed for 'Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken' TV Anime (05/27/2020)
Manga 'Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken' Gets New Anime Adaptation (12/21/2019)

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Toei Animation
Producers: Shueisha, Square Enix, TV Tokyo
Rating: 7.72 / 10
Rank: #1281
Popularity: #2663
Users Listed: 78,666
Users Scored: 26,432
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 07/24/2022
Aired: October 3, 2020 – October 22, 2022 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 100
Broadcast: Saturday at 09:30 (JST)

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)