Master of Darkness Against His Pupil

Master of Darkness Against His Pupil
Episode no.	40 (Watch on Crunchyroll)
Airdate	17 July 2021
Japanese	闇の師弟対決
Transliterated	Yami no shitei taiketsu
Story arc	Holy Sword Arc
Opening Theme	Ikiru o Suru
Ending Theme	Akashi
Adapted from	Chapters 140 (partial), 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
Episode chronology
← Previous	"The Landing of Sovereign Rock Castle"
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"Master of Darkness Against His Pupil" 闇の師弟対決, "Yami no shitei taiketsu) is the fortieth episode of the 2020 2D and CG animated TV series, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. It aired on 17 July 2021.

Characters

• Sovereign Rock Castle
• Mystvearn
• Vearn (mention)
• Crocodine
• Akhim
• Popp
• Maam
• Merle
• Leona
• Gomechan
• Chiu
• King of Romos
• Bowson
• Bengarna King
• Volken
• Lon Beruk
• Dai
• Jank
• Baduck
• Matoriv (flashback)
• Avan (flashback)
• Roka (mention)
• Hyunckel
• Flazzard (mention)
• Bartos (mention)

Monsters

• Restless armour (unnamed)
• Infernal armour (unnamed)
• Knight errant (unnamed)
• Harmour (unnamed)
• Living armour (unnamed)
• Miasma
• Erazor blade
• Dead armour

Spells

• Levizoom (unnamed Popp)
• Boom (Popp)
• Fizzle (Miasma)
• Sizzle (Popp)
• Five Finger Flares (Popp)
• Woosh (unnamed Vortex Axe)

Abilities

• Refractor Fist (Maam mention)
• Earth Strike (Hyunckel)
• Earth Slash (mention)
• Wave Strike (Hyunckel)
• Wave Slash (mention)
• Bloody Scryde (Hyunckel)
• Grand Cross (Hyunckel interrupted)
• Lilirura (unnamed Mystvearn)
• Byut Deathstringer (Mystvearn)
• Dark Puppetry Aura Hand (Hyunckel fail, Mystvearn)
• Dark Puppetry Aura Destruction Field (Mystvearn)
• Air Strike (unnamed Popp)

Eyecatch

• Bloody Scryde
• Dark Puppetry Aura Hand

Manga differences

• Leona reacts to Chiu
• Popp desribes the Fizzle spell
• Popp does not mention Flazzard to Matoriv
• Baduck does not comment on CHiu breaking the sword
• Popp does not clutch his chest after using Forbidden Magic
• No flashback of Armord Flazzard
• Hyunckel does not comprare himself to Dai
• Popp describes the Dead Armours instead of Mystvearn
• Popp compares his spear techniques to sword techniques after using them, not before
• Maam's wounds from catching Hyunckel are not shown

Errors

• Crocodine's invocation is changed from "Howl Vortex Axe" to "Roar Vortex Axe"
• The subtitles use "Avan Stye" instead of "Avan Style" druing the battle with Mystvearn

Credits

In order

Cast

• Dai: Atsumi TANEZAKI
• Popp: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
• Maam: Mikako KOMATSU
• Leona: Saori HAYAMI
• Gomechan: Ai FURIHATA
• Hyunckel: Yuuki KAJI
• Crocodine: Tomoaki MAENO
• Chiu: Shun HORIE
• Baduck: Youhei TADANO
• Akhim: Kanehira YAMAMOTO
• Jank: Inada Keiji
• Lon Beruk: Hiroki TOUCHI
• Matoriv: Kazuhiro YAMAJI
• Mystvearn: Takehito KOYASU
• Monsters
  • Kosuke ECHIGOYA
  • Taro KIUCHI
  • Yoshihito SASAKI
  • 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
  • Ryūtarō 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
  • Mamoru HOSHINO
  • Futoshi HIGASHIDE
  • Keiichi HONDA
  • Shuuichirou MANABE
  • Takeshi MORITA
  • Miyuki Yokoyama
  • Nomi RUTOSAWA
  • Nobuaki TANAKA
  • Dennis CABRAO
  • Atsuya Shimizu
  • Keisuke TOYODA
  • Yumiko TOMIKI
  • Takumi Yamamoto
  • Takara Isamu
  • Naoko YAMAOKA
  • Katsumi TAMEGAI
  • Akira MATSUNAGA
  • Takeo TOMINAGA
  • Setsuya TANABE
  • Nagano Yuya
  • Kikuta Kaoru
  • Nara Shihomi
  • Mori Masataka
  • Ishikawa Sana
  • Hamada Eriko
  • Takami Ishikawa
  • Yuki Ueda
  • Wako Erika
  • Mutsumi Fujii
  • Yamashita Azusa
  • Nekoyanagi Muku
  • Rai COBOS
  • Chihiro SHIMADA
  • Yuka NAKAMURA
  • Midori UCHIYAMA
  • Yuki MURAOSA
  • Hanao Iida
  • Nagashima Yuki
  • Liu Shimitsu
  • Kashikuma Shin
  • Rie KANEKO
  • Akiho SATO
  • Tomaru Chika
  • Hirota Nobuyuki
  • Studio Cosmo
  • Studio Lings
  • World Anime Networks
  • R.I.C
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Hideki KUBO
  • Kuroda Arisa
• Opening Animation Director: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Opening Key frame
  • Naotoshi SHIDA
  • Shuntarou Mura
  • Hideki KUBO
• Opening Photography
  • Takayuki Ogino
  • Masaaki KAMADA
  • Ryoichi MATSUMOTO
  • Mio NAKAYAMA
  • Yoshitaka MATSUURA
  • Liu Hanying
  • Shiori Kaneko
• Ending Animation director: Emiko MIYAMOTO
• Ending Key frame: Mikio FUJIWARA
• In-between frames
  • Ikuto Hiyori
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
• In-between frames Check: Yuuko MORIMOTO
• Colour Assistant: Kazuya Nishimura
• Colour Check: Tomoko KOHIOKI
• Digital Paint
  • Toei Animation Philippines
  • Studio Kagura
• Backgrounds
  • Studio Pablo
  • Seina YAGUCHI
  • Kumi Dobashi
  • Yuki Kazami
  • Jinguji Momoko
  • Megumi SAITOU
  • Studio Pinewood
  • Junko MATSUI
  • Sekiya Tomoko
  • Takahiro TERAUCHI
  • Saori IWATANI
  • Katsumi AKIMOTO
• Art Setting: Akio SHIMADA
• CG Producer: Taichiro Miwa
• CG Asset
  • Katsuto Tomiyasu
  • Yutaka Yamaki
  • Noriko Murata
  • Seiichi Kuroda
  • Junya Nakatani
  • Yusuke Tonuma
• CG Effect
  • Atsushi Nishimura
  • Kohei Kida
  • Yasuyuki SUZUKI
  • Kananako Yamada
  • Mio NAKAYAMA
  • Atsushi Kawasaki
  • Naoe Wu
  • Akito Kato
  • Tomoaki Kumakura
  • Masanori Hirata
• CG Production Collaboration
  • Honeybee
  • Transistor Studio
• 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
• Editing Assistant: Hirano Masato
• Recording: Mitsuharu ITO
• Recording Assistant: Takashi SHIBATA
• Sound Effects: Yoko SAKURAI (Swara Pro)
• Music Selection: Yasuno SATO
• Production Advancement: Yaegashi Ichiro
• Art Manager: Akihiko YAMAGUCHI
• 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: Yuuichi HAMANO
• Storyboard: Satoshi NISHIMURA
• Episode Director: Yano Gaku
• 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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