Series synopsis
Dragon Drive, also known as ドラゴンドライブ is a Japanese animation action & adventure television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 4, 2002. It ended on March 20, 2003. It stars Romi Park, Chinami Nishimura, Rica Matsumoto and Akemi Okamura.
Oozora Reiji isn't a lazy boy, he's just terribly unmotivated; all the clubs and activities he's joined don't interest him for long. That is, of course, until his best friend Yukino takes him to a underground arcade where an unbelievable virtual reality game is played - Dragon Drive - in which players fight each other with virtual dragons. Reiji ends up throwing all he's got into training a dragon so rare that the Dragon Drive staff are baffled. But soon Reiji learns that Dragon Drive isn't all ...
Premise
Oozora Reiji isn't a lazy boy, he's just terribly unmotivated; all the clubs and activities he's joined don't interest him for long. That is, of course, until his best friend Yukino takes him to a underground arcade where an unbelievable virtual reality game is played - Dragon Drive - in which players fight each other with virtual dragons. Reiji ends up throwing all he's got into training a dragon so rare that the Dragon Drive staff are baffled. But soon Reiji learns that Dragon Drive isn't all it seems, and he might be the only one who can save an entire world from evil.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Romi Park as Oozora Reiji (voice)
- Chinami Nishimura as Chibisuke (voice)
- Rica Matsumoto as Mukai (voice)
- Akemi Okamura as Sally (voice)
- Emi Shinohara as Agent L (voice)
- Issei Miyazaki as Ichirou Sumishiba (voice)
- Jun Fukuyama as Agent G (voice)
- Kazuo Oka as Old Man (voice)
Supporting cast
- Kenichi Suzumura as Hikaru Himuro (voice)
- Kiri Yoshizawa as Ensui (voice)
- Kohei Kiyasu as Kouhei Toki (voice)
- Michael Shitanda as Daisuke Hagiwara (voice)
- Miyu Matsuki as Sue (voice)
- Ryuuzaburou Ootomo as Saizou Toki (voice)
- Sayaka Ohara as Meguru (voice)
- Takaya Kuroda as Agent S (voice)
- Takehiro Murozono as Teacher (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as Rokkaku (voice)
- Kenji Nomura as Giant (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 38 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 38 | July 4, 2002 | March 20, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sleeping Dragon | July 4, 2002 |
| 2 | Promised Dive | July 11, 2002 |
| 3 | Revenge | July 18, 2002 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 4, 2002 |
| Last aired | March 20, 2003 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday |