The Dark Lord Hadlar's Return

The Dark Lord Hadlar's Return
Series	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020)
Episode no.	4 (Watch on Crunchyroll)
Airdate	24 October 2020
Japanese	魔王ハドラーの復活
Transliterated	Mao Hadlar no Fukkatsu
Translated	The Demon Lord Hadlar's Return
Story arc	Birth Arc
Opening Theme	Ikiru o Suru
Ending Theme	Mother
Adapted from	8 (partial), 9, 10, 11, 12 (partial)
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"The Dark Lord Hadlar's Return" (魔王ハドラーの復活, "Mao Hadlar no Fukkatsu") is the fourth episode of the 2020 2D and CG animated TV series, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. It aired on 24 October 2020.

Summary

abang, who was dragonized by the dragon change spell (dragoram), attacks the die mercilessly. the die responds with a knife, but the skin of the dragon, which is harder than iron, does not stand its teeth. in order to break the flame that abang exhales, it is necessary not to cut the skill of power, but to speed technique, kainami slashing. dai realized that, and mastered kainami-kiri in the actual production. when dai clears the task, they feel the sign that someone with mighty power is about to enter the island. it was the demon king hudler who broke the mahocator's knot and appeared in front of abang and their people...! hudler says that aban was once a hero who defeated him, that he was revived by the power of the great demon king byrne after losing to abang, and that he is now a demon commander who bundles all the demon king's army. responds to hudler's extreme explosive spell (ionazun) with an avanstrush. however, avan, who had exhausted his magical powers in the special training, was forced to inferior to hudler, who had gained more power than before. the die is involuntarily added, but it is treated lightly only by a small wound. hudler, who is against dai's attack, unleashes a flashing spell (begirama) toward die and pop. when it seemed to be a fatal life, abang throws out his body and protects the die!

Characters

• Hadlar
• Avan
• Brass
• Gomechan
• Dai
• Popp
• Vearn

Monsters

• Gargoyle (mention)

Spells

• Puff! (Avan)
• Crack (Dai incomplete)
• Boom (Hadlar)
• Sizzle (Avan, Hadlar)
• Kaboom (Hadlar)
• Toberura (Hadlar, unnamed)

Abilities

• Earth Slash (Dai)
• Wave Slash (Dai, Avan)
• Avan Strash (Avan)

Eyecatch

• Puff!; Fire dragon transformation spell
• Kaswoosh; Vortex-type spell

Manga differences

• Removed Hadlar killing fishermen in his introduction, which was moved to be the start of the episode instead of after Avan's transformation. His face is also revealed directly instead of being kept in shadows, possibly because it was shown in the first episode.
• The action does not take place in a cave.
• Dai now compares Avan to the green dragon from episode 1, while in the manga he did not met one
• Avan's does not retain an open wound on his nose from his dragon form. Consequently he does not start wearing a bandage but asks Dai to cast a Crack spell.
• Removed the shot of Dai using the Wave Slash against a Magus monster.
• Gomechan now reveals that Popp has been training in secret.
• Instead of the direct designs of an aged Dragonlord with his staff and the Hero with Erdrick's helmet from the first game, the flashback reuses the sequence from the first episode adapted from chapter 183. Also adds Vearn and his palace sequence from the same episode instead of a shot of Sovereign Rock Castle.
• Hadlar's belt now has hexagons instead of pentagrams.
• Hadlar does not comment anymore on Avan's Battle Aura when he gets up to use his Avan Strash
• The spell Hadlar sends at Dai and Popp is now stated to be a Sizzle while it was unnamed in the manga.
• Hadlar general attitude has been toned down and none of the characters have a gag reaction with snot.

Trivia

• The spell Mahokator which was an exclusive to the Dai series, (not in any other Dragon Quest games) got a localization name for the Crunchyroll/Hulu English subtitled called "Glimmer".
• Demon King Vearn got changed to Dark King Vearn in the Crunchyroll/Hulu English subtitled localization by Square Enix.

Credits

In order

Cast

• Dai: Atsumi TANEZAKI
• Gomechan: Ai FURIHATA
• Brass: Kenichi OGATA
• Popp: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
• Avan: Takahiro SAKURAI
• Hadlar: Tomokazu SEKI

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
  • Masahisa Nishiyama
  • Hideyoshi Nakamura (TV Tokyo)
• Series Composition: Katsuhiko CHIBA
• Music: Yuki HAYASHI
• Opening Theme: "Ikiru wo suru"
  • Song: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • Lyrics: Hattori
  • Composition: Hattori
  • Arrangement: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • Toy's Factory
• Production Manager
  • Yuki OHTA
  • Kiyofumi HORIKOSHI
• Art Design: Ayaka FUJII
• Colour Design: Aya MORI
• CG Director: Tomohiko TAKAHASHI
• Monster Design: Shuntarou Mura
• Prop Design: Hidemitsu MASUI
• Character Design: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Series Director: Kazuya KARASAWA
• Animation Production: Toei Animation
• Production: TV Tokyo, The Adventure of Dai Production Committee
• Script: Katsuhiko CHIBA
• Key frame
  • Futoshi HIGASHIDE
  • Miyuki Yokoyama
  • Koichi MORISHIMA
  • Kosuke YOSHIDA
  • Ami Wataru
  • Tatsuhiro NAGAKI
  • Hisateru MANABE
  • Takahito KATAYAMA
  • Kozue YAMASHITA
  • Kazuyuki IKAI
  • Taku Hoshino
  • Yumi SHIMOJO
  • Noboru KOIZUMI
  • Kyoko IZUMI
  • Kotani Hitomi
  • Hara Natsumi
  • Kazumi NAKATSU
  • Yuya Kumagai
  • Setsuko UNNO
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Kozue KOMATSU
  • Hideki KUBO
  • Shuntarou Mura
  • Mamoru YOKOTA
• 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: Tomoya NISHIGUCHI
• In-between frames
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
  • Asahi Production
• In-between frames Check: Yuuko MORIMOTO
• Colour Check: Kazuya Nishimura
• Digital Paint
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
  • Asahi Production
• Backgrounds: Studio Pablo
  • Osamu IMAI
  • Mizuki Saito
  • Kumi Dobashi
  • Megumi SAITOU
• Art Setting: Ayaka FUJII
• CG Producer
  • Yuji YOKOO
  • Taichiro Miwa
• CG Asset
  • Katsuto Tomiyasu
  • Yutaka Yamaki
  • Noriko Murata
  • Seiichi Kuroda
  • Junya Nakatani
  • Takashi Ino
  • Daisei EBISAWA
  • Jetoro Saison
  • Kim Pante
  • Narciso Tagros
• CG Animation
  • Masayuki KOIZUMI
  • Keisuke Kunisada
  • Takashi Adachi
  • Guo Chogi
• CG Effect
  • Atsushi Nishimura
  • Yasuyuki SUZUKI
  • Kohei Kida
  • Tatsuya Takeuchi
  • Ryoichi MATSUMOTO
• 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: Yui Komatsu
• Production Advancement: Hisaya Nanami
• Art Manager: Maoki SAWADA
• Finishing Manager: Ido Hiroyoshi
• CG Manager: Shou UENO
• Recording: Moe Sebe
• Casting: Moriyoshi MATSUYAMA
• Assistant Producer
  • Seira Miyamori
  • Momoko Takayanagi (TV Tokyo)
• Ending: "mother"
  • Song: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • Lyrics: Hattori
  • Composition: Hattori
  • Arrangement: Macaroni Enpitsu
  • Toy's Factory
• Sound Production: Tavac
• Recording Studio: Studio Jumo
• 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
  • Yusuke MOTOYOSHI
• Collaboration
  • V Jump Saikyo Jump Editorial Department
  • Yasuhiko Saito
  • Kim Sung-kyu
• Art: Ayaka FUJII
• Chief Animation Director
  • Emiko MIYAMOTO
  • Shuuichirou MANABE
• Animation Director: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
• Episode Director: Tetsuya WAKANO
• 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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