Dragon Collection
Dragon Collection (ドラゴンコレクション, Doragon Korekushon) is a Japanese social network game created by Konami that was released on the GREE social networking platform in 2010. A manga adaptation titled Dragon Collection: Ryū o Suberu Mono was serialized from 2011 to 2012 in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It was collected in six tankōbon volumes. A trading card arcade game was released in 2013. An anime television series adaptation aired on April 7, 2014, alongside Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle, another Konami video game adaptation. The series ended on March 23, 2015, but a bonus episode showing events after Hiro leaves Dragon Earth aired on March 30. This show, along with Oreca Battle, lacks an ending theme, a hallmark of anime that premiered on TV Asahi.
| Dragon Collection | |
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| ドラゴンコレクション (Doragon Korekushon) | |
|---|---|
| Video game | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Genre | Social network game |
| Platform | Android, iOS, i-mode, EZweb |
| Released | 2010 |
| Manga | |
| Dragon Collection: Ryū o Suberu Mono | |
| Written by | Muneyuki Kaneshiro |
| Illustrated by | Kyōta Shibano |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | August 13, 2011 – September 19, 2012[1] |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Video game | |
| DraColle & Poker | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Genre | Social network game |
| Platform | Android, iOS |
| Released | 2013 |
| Video game | |
| Dragon Collection RPG: Shōnen to Ryū-gari no Ryū | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Genre | Social network game |
| Platform | Android, iOS |
| Released | 2014 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
| Studio | OLM |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| Original run | April 7, 2014 – March 30, 2015 |
| Episodes | 51 |
Dragon Collection (ドラゴンコレクション, Doragon Korekushon) is a Japanese social network game created by Konami that was released on the GREE social networking platform in 2010. A manga adaptation titled Dragon Collection: Ryū o Suberu Mono was serialized from 2011 to 2012 in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[2] It was collected in six tankōbon volumes. A trading card arcade game was released in 2013. An anime television series adaptation aired on April 7, 2014, alongside Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle, another Konami video game adaptation.[3] The series ended on March 23, 2015, but a bonus episode showing events after Hiro leaves Dragon Earth aired on March 30. This show, along with Oreca Battle, lacks an ending theme, a hallmark of anime that premiered on TV Asahi.
Synopsis
[edit]A young boy named Hiro wishes to play the eponymous video game with his father. Arriving early to the arcade, he begins a game, finds himself whisked away to the Dragon Collection universe. Trapped within the game's plot, Hiro must become a Dragon Master to escape the game and return home. Hiro embarks on a quest to gather allies, conquer monsters, and prevent a terrible evil from being freed on Dragon Earth.
Opening theme
- "Dragon Collection ~Yūki no Tsubasa~" by Nagareda Project
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "What's Going On!? DraColle!" (Japanese: なにこれ!? ドラコレ!) | April 7, 2014 |
| 2 | "A Weirdo Has Arrived!" (Japanese: ヘンなのが来た!) | April 14, 2014 |
| 3 | "Yet Another Weirdo Has Arrived!" (Japanese: また1人ヘンなのが来た!) | April 21, 2014 |
| 4 | "Octopus Extermination at Myseen Castle!" (Japanese: マイセン城のタコ退治!) | April 28, 2014 |
| 5 | "Combination? What's That!?" (Japanese: 合成? なにそれ!?) | May 5, 2014 |
| 6 | "The Endlessly Pesky Green Pepper Gang!" (Japanese: あくまでしつこいシシトウ団!) | May 12, 2014 |
| 7 | "What's That? A Monster Dispenser!" (Japanese: ナニダス? モンスダス!) | May 19, 2014 |
| 8 | "Run! Hiro and Rei!" (Japanese: 走れ! ヒロ&レイ!) | May 26, 2014 |
| 9 | "Looks Like a Traveler in Trouble" (Japanese: 遭難者がいるそうなんです!) | June 2, 2014 |
| 10 | "Smash the Green Pepper Gang!" (Japanese: シシトウ団をぶっつぶせ!) | June 9, 2014 |
| 11 | "The Young Master and the Slick Trickster!?" (Japanese: 若様とイカサマ!?) | June 16, 2014 |
| 12 | "The Captain Stinks!?" (Japanese: 船長は臭かった!?) | June 23, 2014 |
| 13 | "The Evil Bizarreda Triangle!" (Japanese: 魔のビミョーダ・トライアングル!) | June 30, 2014 |
| 14 | "Pirate King Doc Rowe!" (Japanese: 海賊王ドック・ロー!) | July 7, 2014 |
| 15 | "Captain Yut's Ambition!" (Japanese: キャプテンユートの野望!) | July 14, 2014 |
| 16 | "Me Versus Me!?" (Japanese: 俺vsオレ!?) | July 21, 2014 |
| 17 | "Shiver Me Timbers! Pirates?!" (Japanese: ぞくぞく海賊!?) | July 28, 2014 |
| 18 | "Fusion? I Don't Believe It!" (Japanese: 合体ありえないんですけどぉ~!) | August 4, 2014 |
| 19 | "Co Uta Mara Strikes Back Big-Time!" (Japanese: コ・ウタ・マーラの大逆襲!) | August 11, 2014 |
| 20 | "Farewell Launche!" (Japanese: さらば, ランシェ号!) | August 18, 2014 |
| 21 | "Uh-Oh, We`re in Ohto!" (Japanese: おおっと, 王都に着いちゃった!) | August 25, 2014 |
| 22 | "The Darkness Grimoire!" (Japanese: 闇のグリモア!) | September 1, 2014 |
| 23 | "Dragonia Battle Tournament!" (Japanese: ドラゴニアバトルトーナメント!) | September 8, 2014 |
| 24 | "Farewell, Rei!" (Japanese: さらば, レイ!) | September 15, 2014 |
| 25 | "Papi? Papi Papi!" (Japanese: パピー? パピパピ!) | September 22, 2014 |
| 26 | "No Way!? Shin Evolves!?" (Japanese: ウソ!? シンが進化!?) | September 29, 2014 |
| 27 | "Burn Up! Meatmania!" (Japanese: 燃えろ! ミートマニア!) | October 6, 2014 |
| 28 | "No Way! Hiro Evolves, Too!?" (Japanese: ウソ!? ヒロも進化!?) | October 13, 2014 |
| 29 | "Fierce Fight! The Flame-Filled Final Round!" (Japanese: 激闘! 炎の決勝バトル!) | October 20, 2014 |
| 30 | "This Is Bad! Rebirth of the Evil God!?" (Japanese: ヤバコレ!邪神復活!?) | October 27, 2014 |
| 31 | "Three Altars? A Puzzling Message!" (Japanese: 3つの祭壇? 謎のメッセージ!) | November 3, 2014 |
| 32 | "Peeved! Peeved! Papi!" (Japanese: ぷんすか!プンスカ!パピ!) | November 10, 2014 |
| 33 | "So Ripped! Side Chest!?" (Japanese: キレてます!サイドチェスト!?) | November 17, 2014 |
| 34 | "Shock! This Is the Key!?" (Japanese: ビックリ! これが鍵!?) | November 24, 2014 |
| 35 | "It's My Ma!" (Japanese: おいらの母ちゃん!) | December 1, 2014 |
| 36 | "Tee-Hee! I`m Forever Seventeen!" (Japanese: ウフ♥永遠の17歳!) | December 8, 2014 |
| 37 | "Why Don`t I Get a Hunch!?" (Japanese: なぜ吾輩だけピンと来ないのだ!?) | December 15, 2014 |
| 38 | "Big Battle at the Undersea Temple!" (Japanese: 海底神殿で大バトル!) | December 22, 2014 |
| 39 | "Forced Confession! It's Yuna's Secret!" (Japanese: 激白! ユナのヒ・ミ・ツ!) | January 5, 2015 |
| 40 | "Where's That? The Tartarus Gate!" (Japanese: ドコソレ? タルタロスの門!) | January 12, 2015 |
| 41 | "Tell Us, Nastasya!" (Japanese: 教えて! ナスターシャ!) | January 19, 2015 |
| 42 | "The Dragon Wing is Burning!?" (Japanese: 竜の翼は燃えているか!?) | January 26, 2015 |
| 43 | "Set Sail! Darkskull!" (Japanese: 発進! ダークスカル号!) | February 2, 2015 |
| 44 | "Really!? Rei Evolves, Too!?" (Japanese: マジ!? レイも進化!?) | February 9, 2015 |
| 45 | "Danger! Nine Dragons!" (Japanese: 脅威! 9体のドラゴン!!) | February 16, 2015 |
| 46 | "The Evil God Descends!!" (Japanese: 邪神! 降臨!!) | February 23, 2015 |
| 47 | "Shudder! The Epic Battle!" (Japanese: ガクブル! 壮絶バトル!) | March 2, 2015 |
| 48 | "Evil! The Wickedest Dragon!" (Japanese: 邪悪! 最凶ドラゴン!) | March 9, 2015 |
| 49 | "Advent of the Chaos God Drake!" (Japanese: 光臨! カオスゴッド・ドレイク!) | March 16, 2015 |
| 50 | "Dragon Master!" (Japanese: ドラゴンマスター!) | March 23, 2015 |
| 51 | "Time For Guts! Meatmania!" (Japanese: ガッツだぜ! ミートマニア!) | March 30, 2015 |
References
[edit]- ^ 週刊少年マガジン 2012年42号. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ "Konami's Dragon Collection Social Game Promotion to Run in 5 Mags". August 18, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "Konami's Social Game Dragon Collection Gets TV Anime". February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website Archived February 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Dragon Collection (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
