The anime "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon," which will be broadcast from January 2023, is based on a novel by Let's Become a Novelist. It seems like an unexpected anime adaptation, so today I'd like to introduce what kind of work "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon" is!
Overview of "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon"!
"The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon" was serialized on the novel submission site, Let's Become a Novelist, from 2017 and completed in 2020. The author is Kaisei Enomoto. A book version was later released by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, with three volumes in total. The comic version was serialized in the monthly Gangan Joker, with five volumes in total.
Who is the anime production and staff behind "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon"?
The staff of the anime "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon" are director Liu Simen, series composition Liu Simen and Li Jiajie. Character production Maruko. Production bilibili. Animation production LAN STUDIO, and the anime is produced by a Chinese production company. LAN STUDIO has previously worked on works such as TO BE HERO and Time Light Agent.
Introducing the rough plot of "The 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon"!
For 5,000 years, a harmless herbivorous dragon has lived by eating grass without fighting anyone. A girl who claims to be a sacrifice appears before him. Because he has lived for 5,000 years and is large, he is mistaken for an evil dragon, so the nearby villagers offer him as a sacrifice. However, the herbivorous dragon is a pacifist and kind person, and is just large, but has no magical powers, cannot fly, and cannot eat meat, which is a problem. Moreover, the girl who became the sacrifice, Reiko, was fully prepared to take her own life as a sacrifice. It would be a real hassle if she died in a place like this, so the dragon tries to take her back to the village.
However, the girl, Reiko, was a huge landmine with incredible talent and wickedness!
The herbivorous dragon took Reiko to the village, but she believed that she had become a servant of the evil dragon and worshipped him. What's worse, Reiko had a talent as powerful as the legendary evil dragon, and by believing that she had become a servant of the evil dragon, her talent blossomed. To make matters worse, perhaps because he is set as a member of the evil dragon's family, he has a vicious and fanatical personality, and shows no mercy to anyone who defies the evil dragon or has a bad attitude, even going so far as to try to break into the Demon King's castle to pick a fight. The harmless, shitty dragon ends up being forced to deal with a large landmine called the evil dragon's family, which is harmful to humans and animals and too powerful.
Poor harmless herbivorous dragon is just being manipulated...
The main character, the herbivorous dragon, is harmless to humans and animals and weak. Having lived for 5000 years, she can speak, has a fair amount of knowledge, and has the ability to recognize capable people at a glance, but she is no substitute for a shitty dragon. This harmless dragon is easily manipulated and put in danger. Reiko, who calls herself the evil dragon's kin, has a very dangerous personality and will pick a fight with anyone, whether they are the Demon King or whatever. Moreover, since she does all of this under the name of the evil dragon, everything Reiko does ends up being the dragon's doing. In this way, the herbivorous dragon is manipulated. This is a slapstick fantasy comedy about a dragon being manipulated.
Reiko, a self-proclaimed evil dragon kin with an evil nature, manipulates the dragon with all her might
The heroine of this work, a girl named Reiko, develops incredible talents in the story and becomes one of the strongest characters in the work. However, because she is a girl with strong beliefs, her potential explodes when she believes herself to be the kin of the evil dragon, and her personality becomes warlike and evil. She believes Dragon-san to be a legendary evil dragon, so she respects him and only listens to what he has to say, but she is also not afraid to use violence to teach people she doesn't like a lesson. She blatantly escalates her tales and manipulates Dragon-san, who doesn't want to cause any trouble. This is a slapstick fantasy comedy in which Reiko manipulates Dragon-san.
A herbivorous dragon is mistaken for an evil dragon wherever he goes and is unjustly labeled as such
Mr. Dragon is carrying a large mine called Reiko, and a groundless rumor is made that the evil dragon has declared war on the Demon King. He is given the name of the evil dragon Raventia, which he has never given, and even has a bounty on his head, so he unwillingly sets off on an adventure. However, he gets into trouble wherever he goes, and the large mine causes trouble, so he is unjustly labeled as an evil dragon and it becomes a fait accompli. There are also developments that accelerate such misunderstandings, which is interesting!
The chaos with the occasional understanding person who appears is also fun!
Although Dragon-san has a lot of stress, after many twists and turns, some characters appear who completely understand his situation. However, there are also characters who simply cause trouble for Dragon-san, and the chaos with these supporting characters is also fun!
What kind of image do you have of him in other works?
If there is a work that has a similar composition to this one, it would be "Mob Psycho 100." The relationship between the smooth-talking fake psychic Reigen Arataka and his disciple Mob, the protagonist with the strongest psychic powers, the development that accelerates the misunderstandings, and Reigen's manly side when the time comes are quite similar to the composition of this work. However, the big difference is that Reiko, who corresponds to Mob in this work, has an evil personality.
【5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon】Summary
This time, we've put together a summary of what the winter anime 5000-Year-Old Herbivorous Dragon, Unjustly Recognized as an Evil Dragon, which will be broadcast from January 2023, is about! The original story is also fast-paced and chaotic, so I think it's a work that's well suited to anime. It may be a dark horse anime!
