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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved anime film revealed its opening video following yesterday’s premiere in Japan. We already had a chance to watch the movie, and you can read our spoiler-free review to learn more about why it’s a must-watch!
The opening theme song is “Parade of Tears” by fhána, and you can watch the creditless version of the video below.
- Original Work: Coolkyousinnjya
- Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
- Series Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
- Screenplay: Yuka Yamada
- Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Miku Kadowaki
- Art Director: Shingo Kasai
- Color Design: Naomi Takahashi
- Prop Design: Hiroshi Karata
- Director of Photography: Hiroki Ueda
- 3D Director: Rin Yamamoto
- Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
- Music: Masumi it
- Music Production: Lantis / Heart Company
- Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
- Production: Dragon Maid Committee
- Distribution: Shochiku
The voice cast includes:
- Marica of Kanna Kamui
- Mutsumi Tamura as Miss Kobayashi
- Yuki Kuwahara as Tohru
- Yuki Takada as Elma
- Minami Takahashi as Lucoa (Quetzalcoatl)
- Shiori Sugiura aslulu
- Daisuke Ono as fafnir
- Yuichi Nakamura as makoto takiya
- Emiri Kato As Riko Saikawa
- Kaori Ishihara as Shota Magatsuchi
- Sachiko Kobayashi as happiness
- Motto sigura as Ilcoming Tom Mineuchi Mineuchi)
- Fumihiko Tachiki ascales
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Azad
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is a popular manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyousinnjya. The series began serialization in 2013 and originally ran in Monthly Actiona manga magazine published by Futabasha. After the magazine’s discontinuation in 2024, the series transitioned to Manga Action.
A video game titled Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath was released in Japan in March 2022, with Aksys Games releasing it in North America in August 2022.
Kyoto Animation first adapted Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid into an anime in 2017, with Yasuhiro Takemoto serving as director. The second season, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Saired in 2021 with Tatsuya Ishihara directing. Takemoto was credited posthumously, having passed away in the 2019 arson attack.
The second season was voted as the Best Anime of the Season for Summer 2021.
Source: Kyoto Animation YouTube Channel
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