In addition to a new animated series, Dragon Quest will also feature a prequel manga, a game for smartphones, a game for consoles and a game for arcade machines.
The smartphone game will launch in 2021 under the title Tamashii no Kizuna. On the other hand, Square Enix is scheduled to launch the console game of the franchise also for 2021 under the title Infinity Strash Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken.
The new series is scheduled to premiere in October this year. The original manga began to be published in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine of the Shueisha publishing house in 1989 and ended in 1996, with a total of 37 compilation volumes. The play previously inspired a 46-episode anime adaptation aired between 1991 and 1992, as well as two animated films released in July 1991, March 1992, and July 1992.
The most recent animated installment of the Dragon Quest franchise was the CG animation movie Dragon Quest: Your Story, which was released in theaters in Japan in August 2019. Today, May 27, is celebrated the “Day of Dragon Quest ”, and marks the 34th anniversary since the release of the first game in the franchise.
Synopsis for Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken
In the story, having defeated the demon lord Hadlar, all the monsters were released from their evil control and moved to the island of Delmurin to live peacefully. Dai is the only human who lives there.
Having been raised by the monster Brass, Dai's dream is to become a hero. He sees an opportunity to become one when he learns that the demon lord Hadlar has been resurrected and that the previous hero, Avan, has come to train Dai.
But Hadlar announces that he is now serving a much more powerful demon lord than he is, and is hunting Avan. To save his student, the hero uses the self-sacrifice spell, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. Cornered and about to die, the hero's mark appears on Dai's forehead and gains the power to face him. Will he be able to save the world now that he has become a hero?
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