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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

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Overview

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.

Created by Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
Written by Yukiyoshi Ôhashi, Yoshikata Nitta, Kazuhiko Godo
Produced by Yoshio Takami, Hiroshi Inoue, Atsushi Kido
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Dai (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Princess Leona

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

Crocodine

Hideyuki Hori

Hideyuki Hori

Hyunckel

Isamu Tanonaka

Isamu Tanonaka

Gramps Brass

Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi

Vearn

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Maam

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Hudler

Yumi Touma

Yumi Touma

Gome-chan

Aruno Tahara

Aruno Tahara

Badak

Themes & Keywords

martial artsmagicbased on mangafightingdemonadventurerwarriorshounenanime

About Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, comedy series that first aired in 1991 exploring themes of martial arts, magic, based on manga, fighting, demon, adventurer. Created by Yukiyoshi Ôhashi, it stars Toshiko Fujita, Aya Hisakawa, Banjo Ginga. 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.

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