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Dragon Quest Anime DVD BOX Date: 8/22/2006 |
| he Dragon Quest animation is another one of those spread out / lengthy and interesting series that continues to remain unlicensed in America. It also has a relatively large name creator attached in Dragonball's Akira Toriyama. The story is an adaptation of the highly popular Enix RPG video game series (also known as Dragon Warrior in the USA). In the planning stages for about 5 years now, a new R2 DVD-BOX will soon go on sale in Japan collecting the 42 episode "Abel Densetsu" TV series broadcast from December, 1989 on Fuji Television Network. Toriyama served as the original character designer for the Katsuhisa Yamada and Takeyuki Kanda directed Studio Comet production. The plot combines that of Famicom games III and IV. Extras in the box include a brilliantly illustrated 132 page book and Omake Disc. The street release is October 10, 2006, 1050 minutes / 42 collected, Product Number is SVDB-114. Retail is 39,900 Yen. As a side note, Wikipedia has a listing for this series, they mention Saban brought 13 dubbed episodes to the USA and Canada in 1990, titled Dragon Warrior. The show never achieved a prime time Saturday morning time slot in many cities (if any), it received the dubious honor of being on Entertainment Tonight's list of most violent animated programs, and Toriyama reportedly sued Saban because his name was not included in the English version's credits. Unlike the Japanese version which featured an original, electronic musical score, the American version "Dragon Warrior" television show featured orchestral Dragon Quest music by Sugiyama. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
