Blue Dragon (ブルードラゴン Burū Doragon) is an anime series, adapted from the video game of the same name. It was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita, animated by Studio Pierrot and co-produced by SKY Perfect Wellthink. The series has a first season consisting of 51 episodes and a second season called Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows, also consisting of 51 episodes. The series originally aired in Japan between April 7, 2007 and March 29, 2008.
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Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Shu | Keiko Nemoto | Yuri Lowenthal | |
| Kluke | Erino Hazuki | Michelle Ruff | |
| Zola | Romi Park | Cindy Robinson | |
| Jiro | Daisuke Namikawa | Sam Riegel | |
| Marumaro | Sakiko Uran | R. Martin Klein | |
| Bouquet | Saki Nakajima | Melissa Fahn | |
| Blue Dragon | Masaya Takatsuka | Lex Lang | |
| Phoenix | Konomi Tsuboi | Michelle Ruff | |
| Saber Tiger | Jin Horikawa | Neil Kaplan | |
| Hippopotamus | Yūichi Nagashima | Michael Sorich | |
| Minotaur | Kōji Ochiai | Kirk Thornton | |
| Killer Bat | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Richard Epcar | |
| Nene | Shirō Saitō | David Lodge | |
| Secondary Characters | |||
| Legolas | Kenyū Horiuchi | Kyle Hebert | |
| Gilliam | Hiroshi Tsuchida | ||
| Chimera | Susumu Akagi | ¿? | |
| Dolsk | Hirofumi Nojima | Wally Wingert | |
| Delphinium | Akiko Kimura | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | |
| Homeron | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Michael P. Greco | |
| General Logi | Kentarō Itō | David Vincent | |
| Valkyrie | Sayaka Kinoshita | Philece Sampler | |
| Conrad L. Lawrence | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Peter Doyle | |
| Schneider | Shinji Kawada | Steve Staley | |
| Tonto | Chika Sakamoto | Kamali Minter | |
| Lemaire | Shinichirō Miki | Keith Silverstein | |
| King of Jibral | Mitsuo Senda | Michael McConnohie | |
| Szabo | Akimitsu Takase | Kim Strauss (eps. 1-29) | |
| Peter Spellos (eps. 31-51) | |||
| Death Roy | Tetsu Shiratori | David Lodge | |
| Cynthia | Yukiko Takaguchi | Tara Platt | |
| Yarovit | Susumu Akagi | ¿? | |
| Andropov | Kappei Yamaguchi | Brian Beacock | |
| Ivanov | Tadashi Mutou | Steve Staley | |
| Gustav | Wataru Hatano | Roger Craig Smith | |
| Dragnov | Susumu Akagi | J.B. Blanc | |
| Todd | Doug Erholtz | ||
| Bishop | Johnny Yong Bosch | ||
| Odin | Kentarō Itō | Adam Bitterman | |
| Narrator | N/A | Steve Staley | |
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- Cindy Robinson is the only voice actor from the video game to reprise her character role as Zola.
- Although airing edited, the series was dubbed uncut. The uncut version has only been released on DVD in the United Kingdom. These uncut episodes, unlike the North American DVD releases, fully restores the original Japanese opening and closing, all edited scenes from the Cartoon Network version are restored including the original music, as well as having the option to view the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
- This series was the only one aired in the United States, though the second series was dubbed with the same voice actors for airing in International markets on Cartoon Network India and Pakistan. It was also released on the streaming service Tubi.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2008-2009 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
United States | 
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| 2008-2009 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2008-2009 | Cartoon Network | Australia | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Viz Media | 2008-2009 | 
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Episodes 1-13 | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| Manga Entertainment | 2009 | Episodes 1-24 | 2 PAL |
United Kingdom | 
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| 6 Volumes | ||||||
See Also[]
- Blue Dragon (video game)
- Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows
External Links[]
- Blue Dragon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Blue Dragon at the Internet Movie Database