Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Dai (front), Hadlar (back), Gome (bottom) and Brass (bottom right)
DRAGON QUEST –ダイの大冒険– (Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibōken)
Genre	Adventure[1] Fantasy[1]
Created by	Yuji Horii
Manga
Written by	Riku Sanjo
Illustrated by	Koji Inada
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 23, 1989 – December 9, 1996
Volumes	37 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime film series Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa (1, 3) Hiroki Shibata (2) Produced by Rikizou Kayano Tomonori Imada Written by Junki Takegami Music by Koichi Sugiyama Studio Toei Animation Released July 20, 1991 – July 11, 1992 Runtime 35–45 minutes (each) Films 3 Anime television series Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa Produced by Hiroshi Inoue Yoshio Takami Atsushi Kido Written by Junki Takegami Music by Koichi Sugiyama Studio Toei Animation Original network JNN (TBS) Original run October 17, 1991 – September 24, 1992 Episodes 46 (List of episodes) Manga Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō Written by Yūsaku Shibata Published by Shueisha Imprint Jump Comics Magazine V Jump Demographic Shōnen Original run September 19, 2020 – present Volumes 10 (List of volumes) Manga Xross Blade Written by Yoshikazu Amami Published by Shueisha Imprint Jump Comics Magazine Saikyō Jump Demographic Shōnen Original run October 1, 2020 – January 4, 2024 Volumes 7 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Kazuya Karasawa Produced by Hatsuo Nara Keisuke Naitō Tetsuto Motoyasu Written by Katsuhiko Chiba Music by Yuki Hayashi Studio Toei Animation Licensed by NA: Toei Animation Inc. Crunchyroll SEA: Muse Communication Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) Original run October 3, 2020 – October 22, 2022 Episodes 100 (List of episodes)
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Japanese: DRAGON QUEST –ダイの大冒険–, Hepburn: Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibōken, lit. "Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai") is a Japanese manga series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Koji Inada, based on the popular video game franchise Dragon Quest. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1989 to December 1996, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes.

A prequel manga series began in V Jump in September 2020 and a spin-off manga began in Saikyō Jump in October 2020. The manga was adapted into an anime series, produced by Toei Animation and broadcast on TBS from July 1991 to July 1992. It is the second anime adaptation based on the Dragon Quest franchise after Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel. The manga received a second 100-episode anime adaptation by Toei Animation, which was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2020 to October 2022.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is one of the Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with more than 50 million copies in circulation by 2022.