Square Enix and Toei Animation have announced that a remake of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai will be premiering later this year in October.
According to the official site for Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, the new anime series is a remake of the 1991 anime of the same name, also from Toei Animation. Originally it was a manga series published by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump by writer and artist duo Riku Sanjo (Beet The Vandel Buster, Kamen Rider W: Fuuto Detectives) and Koji Inada (Beet The Vandel Buster).
The news of the premiere comes just as two games related to the upcoming series have also been announced. Dragon Quest: The Adventure Of Dai -Soul Bond- is coming to mobile devices in 2021; and Infinite Strash Dragon Quest: The Adventure Of Dai is also coming in 2021 but for consoles.
You can watch the new teaser trailer below via YouTube.
In addition to a new teaser trailer, the voice cast for the series has been announced on the official news blog and can be found below.
Dai: Atsumi Tanezaki
Popp: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Maam: Mikako Komatsu
Leona: Saori Hayami
Avan: Takahiro Sakurai
Hyunckel: Yuuki Kaji
You can read the official synopsis from the official site below.
“かつて、魔王ハドラーにより苦しめられていた世界は、
「勇者」と呼ばれた一人の剣士とその仲間たちの手により平和を取り戻した――時は流れ…。魔王から解放されたモンスターたちが暮らす南海の孤島・デルムリン島。
島唯一の人間であり、勇者に憧れる少年「ダイ」は、モンスターたちと平和に暮らしていた。
だが、その暮らしも、魔王ハドラーの復活により一変する。
師との約束、仲間との出会い、逃れられぬ宿命…
再び危機が訪れた世界を救うため、勇者を目指す少年・ダイの冒険が始まるー！”“[A] world that was once afflicted by [Hadlar],
Peace was restored by the hand of a swordsman who was called a “hero” and his friends–Time goes by … Dermulin Island, an isolated island in the South Sea where the monsters released from the devil live.
The only human being on the island, the boy ‘Dai,’ who longs for a hero, lived in peace with the monsters.
However, his life will change completely with the resurrection of [Hadlar].
Promises with teachers, encounters with friends, fate that cannot be escaped …
The adventure of a boy, Dai, who aims to be a hero, begins to save the world where the crisis has come again!”
Translation: Google Translate (Adjusted)
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai will premiere October 2020.
