''Dragon Knight'' (ドラゴンナイト) is an
eroge
An ''eroge'' ( or , ''erogē''; ; a portmanteau of ''erotic game'' , ''erochikku gēmu'') is a Japanese genre of erotic video game. In 1982, Japan's Koei, founded by husband-and-wife team Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa (and later known for strategy ...
/
role-playing video game
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series by the game company
ELF
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. There are four ''Dragon Knight'' games released between 1989 and 1997. There is also a
hentai
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OVA
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series based on it, as well as some other media including audio CDs, novels and comic books. ''Dragon Knight'' is set in a
sword and sorcery
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setting and mostly tell the story of Yamato Takeru (no relation with the historical figure of
Yamato Takeru
, originally , was a Japanese semi-legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Emperor Keikō, who is traditionally counted as the 12th Emperor of Japan. His name written in kanji can vary, in the '' Nihon Shoki'' it is spelled 日本武尊 a ...
), a wayward young swordsman dedicated to saving
damsels and fighting evil.
Game series
*''
Dragon Knight'' (1989)
*''
Dragon Knight II
''Dragon Knight II'' (ドラゴンナイトII) is a fantasy-themed eroge role-playing video game in the ''Dragon Knight'' franchise that was originally developed and published by ELF Corporation in 1990-1991 only in Japan as the first sequel to ...
'' (1990)
*
''Dragon Knight III'' (''Knights of Xentar'') (1991)
*''
Dragon Knight 4
''Dragon Knight 4'' (ドラゴンナイト４) is an erotic role-playing video game developed by ELF Corporation and released only in Japan for several platforms between 1994 and 1997. In 1994, the game first became available for PC MS-DOS, NEC P ...
'' (1994)
*''Dragon Knight V'' (2017) - in 2016, DMM Games announced an online-only revival/sequel, which was developed without ELF Corporation's input. It was released in 2017 as a
browser-based
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History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
gacha
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**Gacha game, video games that are monetized via a concept that is similar to gashapon. Comparable to L ...
title. The service ended in 2018.
An unreleased remake of ''
Words Worth
is a Japanese adult role-playing video game originally released for NEC PC-98 computer systems, and remade for Microsoft Windows. The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different ending ...
'' was planned to be released for the
Sega Saturn
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in 1997 as a ''Dragon Knight'' game; it is also advertised within ''Nonomura Byouin no Hitobito''. The characters from both series finally met in ''Dragon Knight V''.
Anime series
''Dragon Knight''
The first
OVA
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was released by Polystar on
VHS and
LD in September 1991.
Soft Cel Pictures
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sold the English version in the VHS format. It was also re-released on DVD in 2003.
The anime is based on the first game and its cast includes
Yasunori Matsumoto
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as Takeru and
Yūko Mizutani
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as Luna.
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''Dragon Knight Gaiden''
''Dragon Knight Gaiden'' (ドラゴンナイト外伝) was released on VHS and LD in 1995, distributed by Taki Corporation. It was re-released in 1999 on VHS, then in 2000 in the VHS and DVD formats ("Sexual Grade Up Edition"), all distributed by FiveWays under the Honnybit brand (BOUKIDOU). Soft Cel sold the slightly censored English version as ''Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town''. The cast includes Mitsuaki Madono
is a Japanese voice actor who was born in Osaka, Japan. He's known for voicing characters who are jokers, but sometimes hide a more insidious nature such as Emishi Haruki in ''GetBackers'', Loki in ''Valkyrie Profile'', Joker in ''Flame of Recca' ...
as Yamato Takeru, Mikiko Kurihara as Jodis, Nina Kumagaya as Yurius, Yōko Sōmi as Shade, Hiroshi Naka
, better known by the stage name of , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Ken Production. He is originally from Ōita Prefecture.
Filmography Television animation
;1988
*''Mister Ajikko'' (1988)
;1989
*''Anpanman'' (1989 ...
as Runter and Kenichi Ogata as Renaldo. Character design is by Keiji Gotoh
is a Japanese anime director, character designer, manga artist, and member of three man production team gímik whose works include ''Kiddy Grade'' and ''Uta Kata''.
Works
Television
* '' Thundercats'' (1985), In-between animation
* '' Kiko Senk ...
.
''Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time''
''Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time'' is an adaptation of ''Dragon Knight 4'' featuring the same characters. It is a four-part OVA that was originally released in Japan in 1998 and was in the United States on DVD in 2003. The cast includes Kappei Yamaguchi as Kakeru, Toshiyuki Morikawa
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011. His name is also sometimes mistranslated as Tomoyuki Morikawa. In 2003, he and Fumihiko Tachiki formed the band "2Hearts", ...
as Eto and Kaneto Shiozawa
Toshikazu Shiozawa ( ja, 塩沢 敏一, Shiozawa Toshikazu, January 28, 1954 – May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa ( ja, 塩沢 兼人, Shiozawa Kaneto), was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the ...
as Lucifon.
See also
*''Words Worth
is a Japanese adult role-playing video game originally released for NEC PC-98 computer systems, and remade for Microsoft Windows. The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different ending ...
''
References
External links
Games
''Dragon Knight'' series
at MobyGames
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''Dragon Knight'' series
at Giant Bomb
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''Dragon Knight'' series
at Hardcore Gaming 101
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OVAs
SoftCel ''Dragon Knight'' page (archived)
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