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'''Dragon Quest: Your Story''' (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー ''Doragon Kuesuto Yua Sutōrī'') is a 2019 Japanese CGI anime film loosely based on the story of ''[[Dragon Quest V]]''. It was first announced on February 13th, 2019 and was featured on 313 screens in Japan on August 2nd, 2019 by [[wikipedia:Toho|Toho]].<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-06/weathering-with-you-stays-at-no.1-dragon-quest-debuts-at-no.5-in-japan/.149744</ref>
'''Dragon Quest: Your Story''' (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー ''Doragon Kuesuto Yua Sutōrī'') is a 2019 Japanese CGI anime film loosely based on the story of ''[[Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride]]''. It was first announced on February 13th, 2019 and was featured on 313 screens in Japan on August 2nd, 2019 by [[wikipedia:Toho|Toho]].<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-08-06/weathering-with-you-stays-at-no.1-dragon-quest-debuts-at-no.5-in-japan/.149744</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 19:44, 25 January 2020

Dragon Quest: Your Story (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー Doragon Kuesuto Yua Sutōrī) is a 2019 Japanese CGI anime film loosely based on the story of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. It was first announced on February 13th, 2019 and was featured on 313 screens in Japan on August 2nd, 2019 by Toho.[2]

Plot


Production

On February 13th, 2019 the news program News Zero hosted by the television program [[wikipedia:Nippon TV|Nippon TV] featured an interview with Takashi Yamazaki and Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, both of whom revealed that a 3DCG animated movie derived from Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride would be released nationwide on August 2nd, 2019 under the name of Dragon Quest: Your Story.[3][4]

Takashi Yamazaki was the screenplay writer and chief director, with Ryuichi Yagi and Makoto Hanafusa as additional directors.[3][4] The script was adapted from the original title by Yuji Horii, who served as supervisor for the film.[3][4] Koichi Sugiyama was lead composer with the soundtrack featuring iconic Dragon Quest music.[3]

The first trailer debuted on April 4 with 13 cast members and their roles being announced.[5] Many other cast members were revealed on May 4.[6] A second trailer was released on June 19 along with the theatrical poster that would appear in theaters.[7]

Cast

Lawsuit

Saori Kumi, the author of the Dragon Quest V novel filed a lawsuit against the film's production crew stating that the protagonist's name, Ryuka (Luka) was taken from the novel and being used without her permission.[9]

Reception

The film was ill-recieved by Japanese fans due to the Iseka-like nature of the ending, deviating from the original plot of Dragon Quest V.[10]Critism was also directed at the absence of Akira Toriyama's artsyle and his character designs.[11]

The film sold 215,000 tickets, earning ¥316 million JPY ($2.90 million USD) on its first week in Japanese box office sales and placing fifth overall for that week. Dragon Quest: Your Story has accumulated $11,114,288 USD in total from the Japanese box office as of January 2020.[1]

Trivia

  • Dragon Quest: Your Story is the first Dragon Quest anime to utilize 3D computer graphics technology.

Gallery


Videos

Teaser trailer


Second trailer

References

External links

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