Drifting Dragons

Drifting Dragons (Japanese: 空挺ドラゴンズ, Hepburn: Kūtei Doragonzu, transl. "Airborne Dragons") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine good! Afternoon since June 2016 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of September 2020. The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint.

Drifting Dragons
Cover of Drifting Dragons volume 1 by Kodansha
空挺ドラゴンズ
(Kūtei Doragonzu)
GenreAdventure, cooking, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byTaku Kuwabara
Published byKodansha
English publisher
Magazinegood! Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 7, 2016 – present
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed byTadahiro Yoshihira
Written byMakoto Uezu
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioPolygon Pictures
Licensed byNetflix
Original networkFuji TV (+Ultra), KTV, THK, TNC, UHB, BS Fuji
Original run January 9, 2020 – March 26, 2020
Episodes12

An anime television series adaptation by Polygon Pictures aired from January to March 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. It was followed by an international Netflix release in April 2020.

Characters
Mika (ミカ)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno[2] (Japanese); Billy Kametz (English)
Takita (タキタ)
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya[2] (Japanese); Cassandra Lee Morris (English)
Jiraud (ジロー, Jirō)
Voiced by: Sōma Saitō[2] (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
Vanabelle (ヴァナベル, Vanaberu)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[2] (Japanese); Colleen O'Shaughnessey (English)
Gibbs (ギブス, Gibusu)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[2] (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English)
Crocco (クロッコ, Kurokko)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki[2] (Japanese); Jake Green (English)
Niko (ニコ)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[2] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English)
Berko (バーコ, Bāko)
Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi[2] (Japanese); Doug Erholtz (English)
Capella (カペラ, Kapera)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[2] (Japanese); Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
Gaga (ガガ)
Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai[2] (Japanese); Kaiji Tang (English)
Faye (フェイ, Fei)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[2] (Japanese); Tony Azzolino (English)
Badakin (バダキン)
Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama[2] (Japanese); Jonah Scott (English)
Oken (オーケン, Ōken)
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi[2] (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English)
Soraya (ソラヤ)
Voiced by: Yūto Uemura[2] (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)
Mayne (メイン, Mein)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki[2] (Japanese); Reba Buhr (English)
Hiro (ヒーロ, Hīro)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki[2] (Japanese); Daman Mills (English)
Yoshi (ヨシ)
Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue[2] (Japanese); Chris Smith (English)
Lee (リー, Rī)
Voiced by: Hiroo Sasaki[2] (Japanese); Kyle McCarley (English)
Katja (カーチャ, Kācha)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[3] (Japanese); Kayli Mills (English)
Nanami (ナナミ)
Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi[3] (Japanese); Kira Buckland (English)
Ascella (アスケラ, Asukera)
Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto[3] (Japanese); Cristina Vee (English)
Ura (ウラ爺, Ura-jii)
Voiced by: Kiyonobu Suzuki[3] (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English)

Media

Manga

Drifting Dragons is written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It started its publication in Kodansha's good! Afternoon on June 7, 2016.[4] Kodansha has published the series into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 7, 2016.[5] As of September 7, 2020, nine tankōbon volumes have been released.[6]

In North America, Kodansha USA announced the digital release of the manga in November 2017.[7] They also announced the print release of the manga in March 2019.[8] The first volume was published on December 17, 2019.[9]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 7, 2016[5]978-4-06-388204-9December 17, 2019[9]978-1-63236-890-4
2 May 1, 2017[10]978-4-06-388255-1December 17, 2019[11]978-1-63236-944-4
3 November 7, 2017[12]978-4-06-510319-7February 18, 2020[13]978-1-63236-945-1
4 May 7, 2018[14][15]978-4-06-510319-7
978-4-06-512047-7 (LE)		April 3, 2020[16]978-1-63236-951-2
5 November 7, 2018[17]978-4-06-513454-2August 25, 2020[18]978-1-63236-952-9
6 May 7, 2019[19][20]978-4-06-515527-1
978-4-06-515530-1 (LE)		October 20, 2020[21]978-1-64651-035-1
7 November 7, 2019[22]978-4-06-517587-3December 1, 2020[23]978-1-64651-036-8
8 March 6, 2020[24]978-4-06-518878-1March 16, 2021[25]978-1-64651-028-3
9 September 7, 2020[6]978-4-06-520746-8——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 15, 2019. The series was animated by Polygon Pictures and directed by Tadahiro Yoshihira, with Makoto Uezu handling series composition, Kyoko Kotani designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music.[26] It premiered from January 9 to March 26, 2020 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, as well as KTV, THK, TNC, UHB, and BS Fuji.[27] Yoh Kamiyama performed the series' opening theme song "Gunjō", while Akai Ko-en performed the series' ending theme song "Zettai Reido".[2][28] It ran for 12 episodes.[29] The series premiered on Netflix worldwide on April 30, 2020.,[30]

Episode list
No. Title Original air date
1"Quin Zaza"
January 9, 2020 (2020-01-09)
2"Bounty & Dragonet alla Diavola"
January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16)
3"Glittering Dragon"
January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
4"Reasons for Flying & Dragon Terinne"
January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)
5"Sky Pirates & Pastrami"
February 6, 2020 (2020-02-06)
6"Festival & Dragon Laghman"
February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13)
7"Disaster & Edible Dragons"
February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)
8"Operation: Take Down the Rampaging Dragon"
February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27)
9"Soup Kitchen Goulash & Dragon Cutlet"
March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)
10"Migrating Dragons & the Chasm Depths"
March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12)
11"Dragonet & Dragon Hunter Brain Stew"
March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)
12"Dragon Corridor"
March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)

References
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  6. 空挺ドラゴンズ（９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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