Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, also known as The Great Adventure of Dai (ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken), is a Japanese animatedfilm based on the homonymous comic. It is the first animated adaptation of the comic, preceding the TV series by a few months.
The story is a loose adaptation of the Birth Arc and especially the second one-shot, "Dai Explodes!!!", but it is not directly related to the series and is instead a parallel work not connected to the main one. Additionally, the physical appearance of Hadlar in this film is different from the original comic and later TV adapatations, looking like red evil deity with six arms.
A notable difference from the previous animated adaptation of Dragon Quest is that this film uses a score composed by Koichi Sugiyama with the original melodies of the games, contrary to the former which merely uses some occasional samplings along with an entirely original soundtrack. The following 1991 TV series and the other two films of the series also used Sugiyama's recognizable compositions.
The people of a certain country were tormented in the past by the Dark Lord Hadlar. Only a warrior who could use magic could battle against him, so he was called "hero". After a desperate struggle, the hero was able to defeat the Dark Lord and the monsters who were under his control regained their hearts of justice and began to live peacefully on the southern Dermline Island. One day, a baby drifted from a wrecked ship and was picked up and adopted as his grandchild by Brass. The child grew up fine under the care of Brass.
Fifteen years later, Dai, the only human boy in the Dermline island, works hard every day to practice magic with monsters, including his grandpa Brass. Dai dreams of becoming a respectable hero and keep the peace of the island. But magic was his weak point so he constantly gets yelled at by grandpa Brass. One day, messengers from the kingdom of Papnica, including Leona, Papnica's tomboy princess, and her entourage, came to the island. The purpose was to confirm the priests' prophecy that the Demon King would be resurrected. It was something unbelievable, but Dai decided to look around the island with Leona.
Leona is frightened by various monsters, but the monsters are all Dai's friends. At first, Dai and Leona only quarrel, but Leona gradually warms up to Dai. Suddenly, the monsters in the island begin to act violently, which means the prediction becomes true and the demon king has revived. Monsters attack Dai as he tries to rescue Leona from being taken away by the Dark Lord's minions. Dai is stunned by the rampage caused of his friends, who now have evil hearts. As he faces them, Dai get angry and becomes determined to not allow them to do evil things which triggers the crest of the dragon, the mark of the hero, to appear one his forehead, releasing magical energy. Dai then battles the Dark Lord Hadlar and defeats him successfully, saving Leona and his friends.
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Toei Anime Fair Summer '91 pamphlet scanlation in Spanish of the film segment
Videos[]
Ova 1 inédita de Dragon Quest Piloto sub Latino
Film with LATAM Spanish subtitles
ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険 音楽集 I The Film I OST
Soundtrack
Trivia[]
The look of Hadlar's castle in the beginning seems to have inspired the 1991 TV series.
When showing a battle between the hero's party and Hadlar, the Dark Lord is with his resurrected manga design riding a dragon instead of the ArchfiendBaramos. The manga later have Hadlar do the same in Avan's special chapter.
