Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険 Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibōken?, lit. "Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure", officially translated as "Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai"), is a Japanese manga based in the video game series Dragon Quest. It was originally created as a two-chapter short story titled "Derupa! Iruiru!". Its subsequent success led to the three-chapter sequel "Dai Bakuhatsu!!!" (Dai Explodes!!!), and later the serialization of Dai no Daibōken in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
The manga later spawned an anime series, the second one based on the Dragon Quest franchise after Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken is one of the Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with roughly 40 million copies sold.
The was produced by Toei Animation, the anime adaptation of Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken premiered in Japan on TBS on October 17, 1991 where it ran for 46 episodes until its conclusion on September 24, 1992. Despite no official Japanese DVD release, the show reran in 2007 on Toei's channel with a new master.
The series uses two pieces of theme music, both composed by Koichi Sugiyama and performed by Jirou Dan. "Hurry, Heroes!!" (勇者よ急げ!! Yūsha yo Isoge!!?) is used for the opening theme, while "This Road is My Journey" (この道わが旅 Kono Michi Waga Tabi?), which was the original ending theme for Dragon Quest II, is used for the episodes' ending theme.
The story begins with a young boy named Dai .Dai, the young protagonist of the series, is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by Brass and with his best friend, the monster Gome, Dai grows up dreaming of becoming a hero.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Jap | Mex | Bra | Fra | Ita | Spa | Kor |
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Dai | Toshiko Fujita | Marina Huerta | Graziella Porta | ||||
| MaríaFernandaMorales | ||||||||
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Pop | René García | Kim Il | |||||
| José Antonio Macías | ||||||||
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Maam | Miina Tominaga | María Fernanda Morales | Letícia Quinto | ||||
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Hyunckel | Hideyuki Hori | Israel Magaña | |||||
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Leona | Aya Hisakawa | Rebeca Patiño | |||||
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Avan | Hideyuki Tanaka | Ricardo Hill | |||||
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Gome | MarikoKouda | Adrián Fogarty | |||||
| Yumi Tôma | ||||||||
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Crocodine | Banjō Ginga | Carlos Magaña | Cássius Romero | JeanFrançois Kopf | |||
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Hadlar | Takeshi Aono | Gerardo Vásquez |