7.6 /10 1 Votes
7/10 TV Music by Koichi Sugiyama Final episode date 5 April 1991 Network Fuji Network System | 8.3/10 IMDb Written by Takashi Yamada First episode date 2 December 1989 Number of episodes 43 Program creator Akira Toriyama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Fantasy, Action, Adventure Directed by Rintaro (1-32)
Takeyuki Kanda (1-32)
Katsuhisa Yamada (33-43) Produced by Hiromichi Mogaki
Masao Kodaira Studio Studio Comet & Studio Pierrot Cast Tōru Furuya, Yūko Mita, Masako Katsuki, Keaton Yamada, Miyoko Aoba Similar Dragon Ball Z: Bardock, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, High School Mystery, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト, Doragon Kuesuto), also known as Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel (ドラゴンクエスト ～勇者アベル伝説～, Doragon Kuesuto Yūsha Aberu Densetsu), is a 1989 Japanese anime television series based on the video game series with the same name.
Contents
A boxset with the complete series was released on March 28, 2008 in Japan. Thirteen episodes were dubbed in English by Saban Entertainment, under the title of Dragon Warrior, and aired in the United States.
Plot
The story is about a teenage boy, Abel, and his best friend, Tiala. On her 15th birthday, Tiala receives a red jewel that has the power to awaken the Great Dragon. The Dragon can grant eternal life to the one who drinks its blood. Baramos, a demon from the kingdom of Estark, desires to find the stone and gain immortality. Baramos kidnaps Tiala and sets off to find the dragon's location. A village elder gives Abel a blue stone, which has the power to "seal" the dragon if it is woken. The elder imparts some advice to Abel before passing away, and Abel begins his adventure to save Tiala and defeat Baramos.
Abel and Moco travel to Ariahan Castle to get help from the King. During an ensuing monster invasion, the King helps them escape via a teleportation pool. Daisy is hunting monsters in Ariahan for the gems that they leave behind after being destroyed. When Abel and Moco arrive at the other end of the teleporter, they meet Yanack, who joins their party. Tiala flies onboard Gaim, a living, flying airship used by Baramos, and befriends Dodonga.
The party travels all over the world fulfilling quests and seeking out Tiala. Daisy also joins the party, and the four continue the quest to find a way to resurrect the Dragon of Legend so that it can defeat Baramos.
Characters
The narration is done by Long John Baldry.
Production
Dragon Quest was directed by Rintaro and Katsuhisa Yamada. The animation was faithful to Akira Toriyama's artwork and the scripts were supervised by Takashi Yamada.
Music
Shuki Levy is the composer for the Saban English-dubbed edition. In addition to making English versions of the music from Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest III, Shuki Levy also reused several music soundtracks from the 80's DIC Entertainment Cartoon Starcom: The U.S. Space Force.
- "Aiming the Future" (未来をめざして, Mirai wo Mezashite)
- January 11, 1991 - April 5, 1991
- Lyricist: Shigeru Amano / Composer: Toshiaki Matsumoto / Arranger: Akira Mitake / Singers: Tōru Furuya
- Episodes: 33-43
- "Believe in Dreams" (夢を信じて, Yume wo Shinjite)
- December 2, 1989 - August 4, 1990
- Lyricist: Hitoshi Shinohara / Composer: Hideaki Tokunaga / Arranger: Ichizo Seo / Singers: Hideaki Tokunaga
- Episodes: 1-26
- "Rainbow Capital" (虹の都, Niji no Miyako)
- August 11, 1990 - September 22, 1990
- Lyricist: Ichiban Arimura / Composer: Hidemaro Aoki / Arranger: Kabuki Rocks & Nobuhiko Sato / Singers: Kabuki Rocks
- Episodes: 27-32
- "Rainbow BRAND NEW DAY" (虹のＢＲＡＮＤ ＮＥＷ ＤＡＹ, Niji no BRAND NEW DAY)
- January 11, 1991 - April 5, 1991
- Lyricist: Shigeru Amano / Composer: Toshiaki Matsumoto / Arranger: Akira Mitake / Singers: Tōru Furuya
- Episodes: 33-43
Episodes
The first thirty-two episodes were aired on Fuji TV from December 2, 1989, to September 22, 1990. Eleven more episodes aired from January 11, 1991, to April 5, 1991.
Saban Entertainment licensed the series, under the title of Dragon Warrior, for syndication in North America. The English dub lasted 13 episodes and was never released on home video.