Dragon Quest (1989 TV series)

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Dragon Quest


caption =
ja_name = ドラゴンクエスト～勇者アベル伝説～
ja_name_trans = Dragon Quest: Yuusha Abel Densetsu
genre = Fantasy, Action, AdventureInfobox animanga/Anime
title = Season one
director = Rintaro, Katsuhisa Yamada
writer = Takashi Yamada
studio = Studio Comet
network = Fuji TV
first = December 2, 1989
last = September 22, 1990
episodes = 32Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Season two
director = Rintaro, Katsuhisa Yamada
writer = Takashi Yamada
studio = Studio Comet
network = Fuji TV
first = 11 January 1991
last = 5 April 1991
episodes = 11

nihongo|"Dragon Quest"|ドラゴンクエスト|Doragon Kuesuto is a 1989 Japanese animated television series based on the video game series of the same name.

The complete series boxset was released On 10 September 2006, under the title nihongo|"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~.

Plot

The story is about a teenage boy named Abel and his best friend Tiala. On Tiala's 16th birthday she receives a red jewel. Unbeknownst to her, the red jewel has the power to awaken the great dragon, which legend has it can grant eternal life to one who drinks its blood. Baramos, a daemon from the ancient and evil kingdom of Estark, desires to find the stone and gain immortality. After tracking the stone to Tiala's village, Baramos kidnaps her and sets off to find the location of the dragon. Abel, who was injured in a vain attempt to fight off Baramos is revived by his friend Moco and the village elder who gives him the blue stone, which he is told has the power to seal the dragon if it is woken. Baramos then returns again to the village in order to gain more information on the dragon's whereabouts. After doing so he leaves, but not before unleashing a giant anteater on the village. The elder uses a special crest to stun the beast and then Able and Moco finish it off. The elder imparts some advice to Abel before passing away and thus begins the adventure to save Tiala and defeat Baramos.

Characters

* Tiala. anime voices|Masako Katsuki|Monica Rial
* Abel. anime voices|Tōru Furuya|Michael Donovan
* Baramos. anime voices|Takeshi Watabe|Scott Mcneil
* Wizard Moore. anime voices|Hidekatsu Shibata|Richard Newman
* Jikido. anime voices|Katsuji Mori
* Daisy. anime voices|Yūko Mita|Emilie Barlow
* Prince Frank. anime voices|Nobutoshi Hayashi
* Baharata. anime voices|Hirotaka Suzuoki
* Sophia. anime voices|Reiko Mutō

Production

"Dragon Quest" is directed by Rintaro and Katsuhisa Yamada. The scripts are supervised by Takashi Yamada.

Broadcast

Season one of "Dragon Quest" aired on Fuji TV from 2 December 1989 to 22 September 1990, totaling 32 episodes. Eleven more episodes aired from 11 January 1991 to 5 April 1991.

Saban Entertainment licensed the series, under the title of "Dragon Warrior", for syndication in North America. The series lasted 13 episodes.

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References

External links

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title = Dragon Quest
ann = 2118
imdb = 0105987
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