Dai's Secret

Dai's Secret
Series	The Adventure of Dai
Episode no.	28 (Watch on Crunchyroll)
Airdate	17 April 2021
Japanese	ダイの秘密
Transliterated	Dai no Himitsu
Story arc	Destiny Arc
Opening Theme	Ikiru o Suru
Ending Theme	Akashi
Adapted from	Chapters 98 (partial), 99, 100, 101 (partial), 196 (page 10,12)
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"Dai's Secret" (ダイの秘密, "Dai no Himitsu") is the twenty eighth episode of the 2020 2D and CG animated TV series, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. It aired on 17 April 2021.

Summary

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Characters

• Merle
• Nabara
• Leona
• Dai
• Crocodine
• Gomechan
• Baran (flashback)
• Larhart
• Hyunckel
• Mother Dragon (flashback)
• Hadlar (flashback)
• Avan (flashback)
• Velzar (flashback)
• Soala (flashback)
• Alkeed King (flashback)
• Brass (flashback)
• Vearn (mention)
• Borahorn
• Popp

Monsters

• Golem (unnamed flashback)
• Healslime (unnamed flashback)
• Funghoul (unnamed flashback)
• Jackanape (unnamed flashback)
• Muddy hand (unnamed flashback)
• Goodybag (unnamed flashback)
• Slime (unnamed flashback)
• Vampire cat (unnamed flashback)
• Ham shamwitch (unnamed flashback)
• Killerpillar (unnamed flashback)
• Mischievous mole (unnamed flashback)
• Stark raven (unnamed flashback)
• Lips (unnamed flashback)
• Toady (unnamed flashback)
• Foo dog (unnamed flashback)
• Gigantes (unnamed flashback)
• Orc (unnamed flashback)

Spells

• Doru Aura (unnamed Baran flashback)

Abilities

• Avan Strash (unnamed Avan flashback)
• Flash Multithrust (unnamed Larhart)
• Sunken Claw (Larhart)
• Grand Cross (Hyunckel)

Eyecatch

• Beast King Redemption Blast
• Avan Strash

Manga differences

Alkeed's map

• Crocodine does not state that Baran must have used Zoom to arrive
• Merle has not inner thoughts about how strong Leona is
• Dai's flashback about receiving the knife is right after Leona departs
• The fight against Velzar is extended
• Soala is alone when saving Baran at the Fountain of Miracles
• The map of the world with Alkeed included is not shown
• Soala is wearing an undergarment instead of directly exposing her chest under her corset's laces
• Soala naming Dino and Baran trying to put him to sleep are put in Larhart's flashback instead of the scene right after Dino's birth
• Brass is seen finding Dai
• Baran's thoughts about the executioner's spells being weak are removed
• Soala's back has no visible injury
• Baran's tears turn to blood
• Hyunckel does not ask if Dai's mother was a Dragon Knight
• Hyunckel does not ask if all of that was true when Larhart finished his story
• The spear does not wound Hyunckel's shoulder when he first avoids it
• Larhart says outloud that he was aiming at Hyunckel's heart
• Hyunckel's Insignia of Avan shines purple before using the Grand Cross
• Hyunckel does not mention losing consciousness against Hadlar
• No puddle of blood under Borahorn
• After stating he will attack Borahorn's face, Hyunckel does not mention he still has the strength to do so after Borahorn question if he could. Borahorn reveals he is holding Popp hostage right away

Trivia

• The cold open of episode 1 is repurposed in Larhart's flashback
• The splash of blood when Larhart slash Hyunckel's chest is white, like the flash attacks of his spear

Credits

In order

Cast

• Dai: Atsumi TANEZAKI
• Popp: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
• Leona: Saori HAYAMI
• Gomechan: Ai FURIHATA
• Hyunckel: Yuuki KAJI
• Crocodine: Tomoaki MAENO
• Merle: Konomi KOHARA
• Nabara: Tomoko SHIOTA
• Soala: Ai KAYANO
• Alkeed King: Hiroshi YANAKA
• Baran: Sho HAYAMI
• Larhart: Akira ISHIDA
• Borahorn: Kenji SUGIMURA
• Chief Vassals
  • Masaaki IHARA
  • Koichi SOMA

In collaboration with Toei Movie Studios

Crew

• "Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai" (Shueisha "Weekly Shonen Jump")
  • Original Story: Riku Sanjo
  • Art: Koji Inada
  • Supervisor: Yuji Horii
• Planning
  • Yu Miyake
  • Atsushi SUZUKI
  • Marumo Rei (TV Tokyo)
  • Akio IYOKU
• Executive Producer
  • Ryutaro Ichimura
  • Hiroyuki Sakurada
• Producer
  • Keisuke NAITO
  • Hatsuo NARA (TV Tokyo)
  • Tetsuto MOTOYASU
• Planning Manager
  • Takafumi Ogura
  • Norio Yamakawa (TV Tokyo)
  • Katsura Naito
• Assistant Producer: Hideyoshi Nakamura (TV Tokyo)
• Series Composition: Katsuhiko CHIBA
• Music: Yuki HAYASHI
• Opening Theme: "Ikiru o Suru"
  • Song: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • Lyrics: Hattori
  • Composition: Hattori
  • Arrangement: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • (Toy's Factory)
• Production Manager
  • Mitsuru Sawa
  • Kiyofumi HORIKOSHI
• Art Design: Ayaka FUJII
• Colour Design: Aya MORI
• CG Director: Tomohiko TAKAHASHI
• Monster Design: Shuntarou Mura
• Prop Design: Hidemitsu MASUI
• Character Design & Animation Director: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Series Director: Kazuya KARASAWA
• Animation Production: Toei Animation
• Production: TV Tokyo, The Adventure of Dai Production Committee
• Script: Katsuyuki SUMISAWA
• Key frame
  • Hiroyuki KAWANO
  • Tatsuhiro NAGAKI
  • Yasutoshi IWASAKI
  • Takahiro FUJII
  • Mayu SAITO
  • Hideki NAGASHIMA
  • Mika HIRONAKA
  • Hisateru MANABE
  • Aleas
  • Seizo TOMA
  • Shino IKEDA
  • Mifuyu Ichinose
  • Shuuichirou MANABE
  • Neru TAKUYAMA
  • Hara Natsumi
  • Miyuki Yokoyama
  • Miho KOSAKA
  • Kee FUJIIKE
  • Chihiro SHIMADA
  • Arumi TAMICHI
  • Yuki NAKAMURA
  • Chihiro NIIM
  • Maki HAYASHIBARA
  • Kozue YAMASHITA
  • Kao Iida
  • Misa SUZUKI
  • Studio Cosmo
  • World Anime Networks
  • Jumonji
  • Studio Hungry
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Shuntarou Mura
  • Shin'ya KITAMURA
  • Kyoko CHIKA
  • Kamiya Shiro
• Opening Animation Director: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Opening Key frame: Naotoshi SHIDA
• Opening Photography
  • Takayuki Ogino
  • Mio NAKAYAMA
  • Liu Hanying
  • Shiori Kaneko
  • Yoshitaka MATSUURA
  • Masaaki KAMADA
• Ending Animation director: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Ending Key frame: Mikio FUJIWARA
• In-between frames
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
  • Studio Myu
  • Hisashi MAWATARI
• In-between frames Check: Yuuko MORIMOTO
• Colour Check: Tomoko KOHIOKI
• Digital Paint
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
  • Studio Myu
• Backgrounds
  • Studio Pablo
  • Seina YAGUCHI
  • Kumi Dobashi
  • Yuki Kazami
  • Megumi SAITOU
  • Naoko KOSAKABE
• Art Setting: Akio SHIMADA
• CG Producer: Taichiro Miwa
• CG Asset
  • Katsuto Tomiyasu
  • Yutaka Yamaki
  • Noriko Murata
  • Seiichi Kuroda
  • Junya Nakatani
  • Yusuke Tonuma
• CG Animation
  • Hiroki Nishi
  • Yoshihiro KOMATSU
  • Gan Goku Shen
  • On Ien
• CG Effect
  • Atsushi Nishimura
  • Kohei Kida
  • Yasuyuki SUZUKI
  • Kim Soru
  • Atsushi Kawasaki
  • Naoe Wu
• CG Production Collaboration: Honeybee
• Director of Photography: Shinichi IGARASHI
• Photography
  • Studio Twinkle
  • Masayuki IWATA
  • Shintaro Sakai
  • Hiroshiro Iwamoto
  • Shiga Jie
  • Ryota Okawara
  • Misato KATAYAMA
  • Megumi Hamada
  • Akane SHIMIZU
• Editing: Eiichi NISHIMURA
• Recording: Mitsuharu ITO
• Recording Assistant: Takashi SHIBATA
• Sound Effects: Yoko SAKURAI (Swara Pro)
• Music Selection: Yasuno SATO
• Director Assistant: Shigeya Hazuki
• Production Advancement: Hisaya Nanami
• Art Manager: Maoki SAWADA
• Finishing Manager: Kojiro KUROKI
• CG Manager: Shou UENO
• Recording: Moe Sebe
• Casting: Moriyoshi MATSUYAMA
• Assistant Producer: Momoko Takayanagi (TV Tokyo)
• Ending : "Akashi"
  • Song: XIIX
  • Lyrics: Saito Kosuke
  • Composition: Saito Kosuke / Suto Yu
  • Arrangement: Suto Yu
  • (Toy's Factory)
• Sound Production: Tavac
• Recording Studio: Studio T&T
• Online Editing
  • Toei Digital Lab
  • Masashi Koyama
• Music Collaboration
  • Toei Animation Music Publishing
  • TV Tokyo Music
• Promotion Programming: Mayuko Oe (TV Tokyo)
• Promotion
  • Minoru YOSHIDA
  • Shiho TSUYUKI
  • Yūsuke MOTOYOSHI
• Collaboration
  • V Jump Saikyo Jump Editorial Department
  • Yasuhiko Saito
  • Kim Sung-kyu
• Art: Ayaka FUJII
• Chief Animation Director: Kozue KOMATSU
• Animation Director
  • Midori UCHIYAMA
  • Atsuko KAWAMURA
• Episode Director: Yoshihiro UEDA
• Production: TV Tokyo, The Adventure of Dai Production Committee
• ©SANJO RIKU, INADA KOJI/ SHUEISHA, The Adventure of Dai Project
• ©SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

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