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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken) is a TV animated series adaptation of the 1989 Japanese comic series of the same name.

From 6th to 30th of September 2020, a "dai-gest" (ダイ!ジェスト) with 9 minutes of each of the first 6 episodes was pre-released on GyaO!, a Japanese VOD service by Yahoo![1][2]

United Kingdom's BBC iPlayer began streaming the English dub of the series, by releasing the first quarter of episodes on September 26, 2022, featuring Sabrina Pitre as Dai.[3]

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020 TV series) episodes

Direct lives[]

V-Jump monthly magazine created "Dai Love TV" (ダイ好きTV), a series of lives hosted by chief editor assistant Saito about the anime on their YouTube channel.[4] From episode 8 onwards, they are weekly commentaries by Dai and Popp voice actors available for a month. In episode 19 writer Riku Sanjo answers fan questions, which became the recurring "Tell me! Sanjo-sensei!" (教えて!三条先生~!) part of lives starting in episode 26 onwards.

  1. 21 June 2020 with Dai's voice actor
  2. 21 July 2020 with series director Kazuya Karasawa
  3. 21 August 2020 with manga writer Riku Sanjo
  4. Complete interview from the third live, with the Avan prequel manga artist
  5. 2 October 2020 with Dai's voice actor
  6. 31 October 2020
  7. 26 November 2020 with composer Yuki Hayashi
  8. 24 December 2020 with series director Karasawa
  9. 6 February 2021 to 6 March 2021
  10. 13 February 2021 to 13 March 2021
  11. 20 February 2021 to 20 March 2021
  12. 27 February 2021 to 27 March 2021
  13. 6 March 2021 to 7 April 2021
  14. 13 March 2021 to 13 April 2021
  15. 20 March 2021 to 20 April 2021
  16. 27 March 2021 to 27 April 2021
  17. 3 April 2021 to 3 May 2021
  18. 10 April 2021 to 10 May 2021
  19. 17 April to 17 May 2021
  20. 24 April to 24 May 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  21. 1 May to 1 June 2021
  22. 8 May to 8 June 2021
  23. 15 May to 15 June 2021
  24. 22 May to 22 June 2021
  25. 29 May to 29 June 2021
  26. 5 June to 5 July 2021
  27. 12 June to 12 July 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  28. 19 June to 19 July 2021
  29. 26 June to 26 July 2021
  30. 3 July to 3 August 2021
  31. 10 July to 10 August 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  32. 17 July to 17 August 2021
  33. 24 July to 24 August 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  34. 31 July to 31 August 2021
  35. 7 August to 7 September 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  36. 14 August to 14 September 2021
  37. 21 August to 21 September 2021
  38. 31 August to 28 September 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  39. 4 September to 4 October 2021
  40. 11 September to 11 October 2021; writer Riku Sanjo corner
  41. 1st anniversary stream Part 6 is the Dai Suki TV section but Sanjo's Q&A is in Parts 2 and 4. (original)
  42. 18 September to 18 October 2021
  43. 25 September to 25 October 2021
  44. 2 October to 2 November 2021
  45. 9 October to 9 November 2021

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Differences from the original[]

Although the director stated that this new animated version would be more faithful to the manga, numerous differences can be seen. One of the, is that the pace of the story is often faster, removing small details from some episodes in order to compact it. See each individual episode's page for more details.

Another difference is due to the broadcast time of the show, any sexual content scenes were removed, altered or toned down. The use of blood is inconsistent from episode to episode. Notably, Maam wears tights instead of being bare legged and Soala royal outift has no cleavage. Zurbon has loose garments instead of them being skin tight.

Although the source material only had monsters from the first to third Dragon Quest games leaving on the surface, the anime updated it with monsters up to the Dragon Quest XI.

The anime also use updated game designs, replacing Christian crosses with a reverse 'Y' symbol. Also 5-point stars and 6-point stars are replaced with rosettes, manga re-editions having removed the stars symbols entirely.

English subtitles are inconsistent with the use of UK or US English, spells and such usually use the game localizations. Also, localizations seen in the manga are ignored.

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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Story Arcs
Birth Arc
Chapters 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15
1991 Episodes 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
2020 Episodes 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Films The Adventure of Dai The Adventure of Dai - Avan's Disciples (partial)
Gathering Arc
Chapters 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47
1991 Episodes 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27
2020 Episodes 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Films The Adventure of Dai - Avan's Disciples (partial)
Clash Arc
Chapters 48 · 49 · 50 · 51 · 52 · 53 · 54 · 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 61 · 62 · 63 · 64 · 65 · 66 · 67 · 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 · 75
1991 Episodes 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39
2020 Episodes 14 · 15 · 1617 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21
Films The Adventure of Dai - Six Great Generals (partial)
Destiny Arc
Chapters 76 · 77 · 78 · 79 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 88 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 · 94 · 95 · 96 · 97 · 98 · 99 · 100 · 101 · 102 · 103 · 104 · 105 · 106 · 107 · 108 · 109 · 110 · 111 · 112 · 113 · 114 · 115 · 116 · 117
1991 Episodes 40 · 41 · 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46
2020 Episodes 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33
Holy Sword Arc
Chapters 118 · 119 · 120 · 121 · 122 · 123 · 124 · 125 · 126 · 127 · 128 · 129 · 130 · 131 · 132 · 133 · 134 · 135 · 136 · 137 · 138 · 139 · 140 · 141 · 142 · 143 · 144 · 145 · 146 · 147 · 148 · 149 · 150
2020 Episodes 34 · 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41 · 42
Epic Challenge Arc
Chapters 151 · 152 · 153 · 154 · 155 · 156 · 157 · 158 · 159 · 160 · 161 · 162 · 163 · 164 · 165 · 166 · 167 · 168 · 169 · 170 · 171 · 172 · 173 · 174 · 175 · 176 · 177 · 178 · 179 · 180 · 181 · 182 · 183 · 184 · 185 · 186 · 187 · 188 · 189 · 190 · 191 · 192 · 193 · 194 · 195 · 196 · 197 · 198 · 199
2020 Episodes 42 · 43 · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 · 49 · 50 · 51 · 52 · 53 · 54 · 55
Holy Ordeal Arc
Chapters 200 · 201 · 202 · 203 · 204 · 205 · 206 · 207 · 208 · 209 · 210 · 211 · 212 · 213 · 214 · 215 · 216 · 217 · 218 · 219 · 220 · 221 · 222 · 223 · 224 · 225 · 226 · 227 · 228 · 229 · 230 · 231
2020 Episodes 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 61 · 62 · 63 · 64 · 65
Halo Arc
Chapters 232 · 233 · 234 · 235 · 236 · 237 · 238 · 239 · 240 · 241 · 242 · 243 · 244 · 245 · 246 · 247 · 248 · 249 · 250 · 251 · 252 · 253 · 254 · 255 · 256 · 257 · 258 · 259 · 260 · 261 · 262 · 263 · 264 · 265 · 266 · 267 · 268 · 269 · 270 · 271 · 272 · 273 · 274 · 275 · 276 · 277 · 278 · 279 · 280 · 281
Blood Fight Arc
Chapters 282 · 283 · 284 · 285 · 286 · 287 · 288 · 289 · 290 · 291 · 292 · 293 · 294 · 295 · 296 · 297 · 298 · 299 · 300 · 301 · 302 · 303 · 304 · 305 · 306 · 307 · 308 · 309 · 310 · 311 · 312 · 313 · 314 · 315 · 316 · 317 · 318 · 319 · 320 · 321 · 322 · 323 · 324 · 325 · 326 · 327 · 328 · 329 · 330 · 331 · 332
Flash of Light Arc
Chapters 333 · 334 · 335 · 336 · 337 · 338 · 339 · 340 · 341 · 342 · 343 · 344 · 345 · 346 · 347 · 348
Misc.
Chapters Avan, The Hero — Side Story
Episodes 37.5
Films The Adventure of Dai - Avan's Disciples The Adventure of Dai - Six Great Generals
Games Dragon Quest: Monster ParadeDragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 ProfessionalDragon Quest Monsters: Super LightDragon Quest of the StarsJump ForceThe Adventure of Dai - Portable AdventureThe Adventure of Dai - Xross BladeMonster StrikePuzzle and DragonsThe Adventure of Dai - A Hero's BondsInfinity Strash: Dragon Quest - The Adventure of Dai
Spinoffs Dai no Daibōken Yuusha Avan to Gokuen no MaouThe Adventure of Dai - Xross Blade
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