Dragon Quest: Your Story

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Dragon Quest: Your Story
Theatrical release poster
Film
Released	2019-08-02 (jp)
Direction	Takashi Yamazaki (chief), Ryuichi Yagi, Makoto Hanafusa
Scenario	Takashi Yamazaki
Music	Koichi Sugiyama
Studio	Robot Communications, Shirogumi
Distribution	Toho

Dragon Quest: Your Story (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー) is a Japanese anime film based on Dragon Quest V. It's the first Dragon Quest anime that has been produced with 3D computer graphics and computer animation.

The film was first released in theaters in Japan on 2 August 2019 by Toho. It was animated by studios Robot Communications and Shirogumi. The chief director of the film was Takashi Yamazaki with Ryuichi Yagi and Makoto Hanafusa as co-directors. The script was written by Takashi based on the original work by Yuji Horii. Famed Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama was in charge of the music.

Netflix released the film internationally on 13 February 2020 through its service.

Plot

The film follows the same basic plot of Dragon Quest V with some variations for narrative sake. It starts with the 16-bit graphics of the original game depicting the birth of the protagonist.

Changes from the game

Most of the Zenithian themes mentioned in the film are not in the game. These are some of the major alterations.

• In the game, Nimzo was sealed by God's wrath, not Zenithians.
• Mada is from an elf bloodline, not Zenithian.
• There is no significance to the eye color in the game.
• There is no spell to open the gates that keep Nimzo imprisoned, neither does the Zenithian sword have the capability to close them.
• Rodrigo Briscoletti has the Zenithian shield in the game, not the Zenithian sword.
• The quest to find the Circle of Water and Circle of Water is ommited in the movie.
• Debora Briscoletti does not appear in the film
• In the game, the protagonist also has a daughter.
• The film does not mention the story arc that takes place in Gotha.
• The Gold Orb in the game is changed to the Dragon orb in the film.
• Zenithia does not appear in the movie.
• In the game, only the protagonist and his family battle against the forces of Ladja and Nimzo in the final part of the story.

Development

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Main cast

• Takeru Satoh as Luca
• Kasumi Arimura as Bianca
• Haru as Nera
• Kentaro Sakaguchi as Prince Harry
• Takayuki Yamada as Pankraz
• Kendo Kobayashi as Sancho
• Ken Yasuda as Dr. Agon
• Arata Furuta as Bjørn
• Suzuki Matsuo as Rodrigo Briscoletti
• Koichi Yamadera as Gootrude
• Arata Iura as Nimzo
• Chikako Kaku as Mada
• Kotaro Yoshida as Bishop Ladja
• Reo Uchikawa as Alus
• Chiaki Nagatomi as the fairy

English dub

• Yuri Lowenthal as Luca
• Julian Lerner as Luca (child)
• Stephanie Sheh as Bianca
• Xanthe Huynh as Nera
• Zeno Robinson as Prince Harry
• Elijah Rayman as Prince Harry (child)
• Parker Simmons as Pankraz
• Shaun Conde as Sancho
• Neil Kaplan as Dr. Agon
• Jacob Craner as Bjørn
• Frank Todaro as Rodrigo Briscoletti
• Steve Blum as Gootrude
• Paul Guyet as Nimzo
• Cissy Jones as Mada
• Jason Marnocha as Bishop Ladja
• Hudson Loverro as Alus
• Kari Wahlgren as the fairy

Main staff

• Chief director: Takashi Yamazaki
• Director: Makoto Hanafusa, Ryuichi Yagi
• Script: Takashi Yamazaki
• Original work: Yuji Horii
• Music: Koichi Sugiyama
• Storyboard: Ryuichi Yagi
• Art director: Makoto Hanafusa
• Sound director: Keiichi Momose
• Editing: Ryuichi Yagi
• General supervision: Ryutaro Ichimura
• Supervision: Yuji Horii

Reception

Japanese fans of the original game did not appear to like film due to the turn of the events that takes place within the plot that deviate from the original to make it an Isekai story, contrary to expectations that it would be an adaptation of the original game story. The film was also criticized for not using the original Akira Toriyama character designs as well as the decision to use regular popular actors instead of professional voice actors.

Author Saori Kumi noticed that the name of the protagonist, Luca, appears to have been taken from the 1993 Dragon Quest V novelization that she wrote, as the protagonist does not have that name in the video game (the default name is Abel), as well as other elements, such as Bianca becoming the protagonist's wife (the game doesn't favor the player to choose her and can instead as easily select Nera instead), that were first introduced in her novel, which prompted her to sue the film's production.

In box office sales, the film sold 215,000 tickets, earning ¥309 million JPY ($2.91 million USD) on its first week, placing fifth in the Japanese box office of that week. As of January 2020, Your Story has reportedly earned $11,114,288 USD in total from the Japanese box office.

As of April 2020, the film has an audience score of 77% in Rotten Tomates, while two of the available three critic reviews of the film were negative. The script is the weakest element, according to those critics, both pointing out that the film is mostly for fans of the series.

At IMDb, as of April 2020, the movie has rating of 6.6 out of 10 with a total of 1,430 ratings.

Martin Robinson of Eurogamer, offered a positive review of the film, pointing out that it might be a good starting point for new fans of the series due to it having the warmth, humour and innate humanity that characterize the Dragon Quest series.

Gallery

Promotional art

Netflix promotional image with Bianca

Character gallery

Luca

Bianca

Nera

Prince Harry

Pankraz

Sancho

Dr. Agon

Bjørn

Rodrigo Briscoletti

Gootrude

Mada

Bishop Ladja

Videos

「ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー」予告①

Trailer 1

「ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー」予告②

Trailer 2

Dragon Quest Your Story English Dub Trailer

English dub trailer

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Offical account at Instagram
• Offical account at Twitter
• Film at Netflix
• Article at Wikipedia
• Film info at IMDb
• Film info at Anime News Network
• Film info at MyAnimeList
• Film review at RPGamer