Dragon Half
Dragon Half ( Japanese ド ラ ゴ ン ハ ー フ , Doragon Hāfu ) is a manga by Ryūsuke Mita , which was also adapted as OVA .
action
In a fantasy world , Mink ( ミ ン ク ), whose mother is a dragon and her father is a human, faces the problems of the normal everyday life of a teenager. Her best friend is the sadistic elf Rufa ( ル フ ァ ), who never manages to use her skills in a targeted manner and thus usually destroys everything except for the actual goal. Rufa also has a strong sexual instinct and digs at every handsome man near her. She doesn't shy away from women even.
One of Mink's hobbies is music, and so she warms up to popular singer Dick Saucer ( デ ィ ッ ク ・ ソ ー サ ー ). Meanwhile, she discovers that her father was once a dragon slayer who was supposed to kill her mother, but instead fell in love with her and ran away with her. His employer, the king, didn't like this at all and so he wanted to kill his father.
The king supports his own daughter and princess by all means. She is the president of the Dick Saucer fan club and is therefore in direct competition with Mink. As if these problems weren't enough, Dick Saucer of all people is also practicing as a dragon slayer. The "unlucky dragon" Mink taps from one faux pas to the next and thereby unintentionally makes many enemies, which she can usually defeat thanks to her existence as a half-dragon.
Origin and publications
Manga
The manga assigned to the Shōnen genre comes from the pen of Ryūsuke Mita and was published from March 1988 to June 1994 within the Japanese Monthly Dragon Magazine by Kadokawa Shoten . The individual chapters were later published as tankōbon in the form of seven volumes .
Anime
Original video animation | |
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title | Dragon Half |
Original title | ド ラ ゴ ン ハ ー フ |
transcription | Doragon Hafu |
Country of production |
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original language | Japanese |
year | 1993 |
length | 27 minutes |
Episodes | 2 |
genre | Action , Shons , Fantasy , Comedy |
Director | Shinya Sadamitsu |
idea | Ryūsuke Mita |
music | Kōhei Tanaka |
Based on the manga, the first DVD Dragon Half - Minku Tabidachi ( ド ラ ゴ ン ハ ー フ 〜 ミ ン ク ク 立 ち , Eng. "Dragon Half - Mink's Departure for a Journey"), a two-part OVA production in Japan, was offered since March 26, 1993 May 28 of the same year, the second episode Dragon Half - Kyōsatsu Butō Taikai ( ド ラ ゴ ン ハ ー フ 〜 凶殺 武 闘 大会 , German about: "Dragon Half - Deadly Combat Tournament") followed. Originally the series was designed for four episodes, but was shortened to two episodes due to poor sales figures at the beginning. Shinya Sadamitsu was the director, while Kōhei Tanaka produced the accompanying music and Masahiro Koyama took over the character design .
In the United States , the episodes of ADV Films were dubbed and released from September 24, 2002 on a DVD under the title Dragon Half .
German synchronization was carried out by ADV Films Germany (branch of ADV Films) in cooperation with Universum Film . The company ELG Media was commissioned for the synchronization itself .
Voice actor
role | Japanese voice ( seiyū ) | German voice |
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Mink | Kotono Mitsuishi | Susanne Dobrusskin |
Rufa | Mariko Kouda | Petra Glunz-Grosch |
Dick Saucer | Yasunori Matsumoto | Jan Walravens |
Princess Vina | Rei Sakuma | Sybille Kuhne |
music
The title My Omelette with text by Kyoko Matsumiya was used for the theme of the credits, the content of which deals with the baking of an omelette and whose relation to the series is a secret. The melody, however, was taken from the 7th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven and sung by Kotono Mitsuishi . Composer Kōhei Tanaka made sure that these elements were put together correctly.
Web links
- Dragon Half in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review of the German DVD of the film on AnimeeaufDVD
- Review of the English DVD in the Anime News Network encyclopedia