Dragon Collection

Dragon Collection
ドラゴンコレクション; (Doragon Korekushon)
Video game
Developer	Konami
Genre	Social network game
Platform	Android, iOS, i-mode, EZweb
Released	2010
Manga
Dragon Collection: Ryū o Suberu Mono
Written by	Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated by	Kyōta Shibano
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 13, 2011 – September 19, 2012
Volumes	6
Video game
DraColle & Poker
Developer	Konami
Genre	Social network game
Platform	Android, iOS
Released	2013
Video game
Dragon Collection RPG: Shōnen to Ryū-gari no Ryū
Developer	Konami
Genre	Social network game
Platform	Android, iOS
Released	2014
Anime television series
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Studio	OLM
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	April 7, 2014 – March 30, 2015
Episodes	51
	Anime and manga portal

Dragon Collection (ドラゴンコレクション, Doragon Korekushon) is a Japanese social network game created by Konami that was released on the GREE social networking platform in 2010. A manga adaptation titled Dragon Collection: Ryū o Suberu Mono was serialized from 2011 to 2012 in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine.^[2] It was collected in six tankōbon volumes. A trading card arcade game was released in 2013. An anime television series adaptation aired on April 7, 2014, alongside Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle, another Konami video game adaptation.^[3] The series ended on March 23, 2015, but a bonus episode showing events after Hiro leaves Dragon Earth aired on March 30. This show, along with Oreca Battle, lacks an ending theme, a hallmark of anime that premiered on TV Asahi.

Synopsis

A young boy named Hiro wishes to play the eponymous video game with his father. Arriving early to the arcade, he begins a game, finds himself whisked away to the Dragon Collection universe. Trapped within the game's plot, Hiro must become a Dragon Master to escape the game and return home. Hiro embarks on a quest to gather allies, conquer monsters, and prevent a terrible evil from being freed on Dragon Earth.

Opening theme

"Dragon Collection ~Yūki no Tsubasa~" by Nagareda Project

Episodes

No.	Title	Original airdate
01	"What's Going On!? DraColle!" (Japanese: なにこれ!? ドラコレ!)	April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
02	"A Weirdo Has Arrived!" (Japanese: ヘンなのが来きた!)	April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
03	"Yet Another Weirdo Has Arrived!" (Japanese: また1人ひとりヘンなのが来きた!)	April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
04	"Octopus Extermination at Myseen Castle!" (Japanese: マイセン城じょうのタコ退治たいじ!)	April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)
05	"Combination? What's That!?" (Japanese: 合成ごうせい? なにそれ!?)	May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)
06	"The Endlessly Pesky Green Pepper Gang!" (Japanese: あくまでしつこいシシトウ団だん!)	May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)
07	"What's That? A Monster Dispenser!" (Japanese: ナニダス? モンスダス!)	May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
08	"Run! Hiro and Rei!" (Japanese: 走はしれ! ヒロ&レイ!)	May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)
09	"Looks Like a Traveler in Trouble" (Japanese: 遭難そうなん者しゃがいるそうなんです!)	June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
10	"Smash the Green Pepper Gang!" (Japanese: シシトウ団だんをぶっつぶせ!)	June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)
11	"The Young Master and the Slick Trickster!?" (Japanese: 若様わかさまとイカサマ!?)	June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16)
12	"The Captain Stinks!?" (Japanese: 船長せんちょうは臭くさかった!?)	June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)
13	"The Evil Bizarreda Triangle!" (Japanese: 魔まのビミョーダ・トライアングル!)	June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30)
14	"Pirate King Doc Rowe!" (Japanese: 海賊かいぞく王おうドック・ロー!)	July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)
15	"Captain Yut's Ambition!" (Japanese: キャプテンユートの野望やぼう!)	July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
16	"Me Versus Me!?" (Japanese: 俺おれvsオレ!?)	July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)
17	"Shiver Me Timbers! Pirates?!" (Japanese: ぞくぞく海賊かいぞく!?)	July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)
18	"Fusion? I Don't Believe It!" (Japanese: 合体がったいありえないんですけどぉ~!)	August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)
19	"Co Uta Mara Strikes Back Big-Time!" (Japanese: コ・ウタ・マーラの大だい逆襲ぎゃくしゅう!)	August 11, 2014 (2014-08-11)
20	"Farewell Launche!" (Japanese: さらば, ランシェ号ごう!)	August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18)
21	"Uh-Oh, We`re in Ohto!" (Japanese: おおっと, 王おう都みやこに着ついちゃった!)	August 25, 2014 (2014-08-25)
22	"The Darkness Grimoire!" (Japanese: 闇やみのグリモア!)	September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)
23	"Dragonia Battle Tournament!" (Japanese: ドラゴニアバトルトーナメント!)	September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)
24	"Farewell, Rei!" (Japanese: さらば, レイ!)	September 15, 2014 (2014-09-15)
25	"Papi? Papi Papi!" (Japanese: パピー? パピパピ!)	September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22)
26	"No Way!? Shin Evolves!?" (Japanese: ウソ!? シンが進化しんか!?)	September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29)
27	"Burn Up! Meatmania!" (Japanese: 燃もえろ! ミートマニア!)	October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06)
28	"No Way! Hiro Evolves, Too!?" (Japanese: ウソ!? ヒロも進化しんか!?)	October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13)
29	"Fierce Fight! The Flame-Filled Final Round!" (Japanese: 激闘げきとう! 炎ほのおの決勝けっしょうバトル!)	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)
30	"This Is Bad! Rebirth of the Evil God!?" (Japanese: ヤバコレ!邪神じゃしん復活ふっかつ!?)	October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
31	"Three Altars? A Puzzling Message!" (Japanese: 3つの祭壇さいだん? 謎なぞのメッセージ!)	November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)
32	"Peeved! Peeved! Papi!" (Japanese: ぷんすか!プンスカ!パピ!)	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
33	"So Ripped! Side Chest!?" (Japanese: キレてます!サイドチェスト!?)	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)
34	"Shock! This Is the Key!?" (Japanese: ビックリ! これが鍵かぎ!?)	November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)
35	"It's My Ma!" (Japanese: おいらの母かあちゃん!)	December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
36	"Tee-Hee! I`m Forever Seventeen!" (Japanese: ウフ♥永遠えいえんの17歳さい!)	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)
37	"Why Don`t I Get a Hunch!?" (Japanese: なぜ吾輩わがはいだけピンと来こないのだ!?)	December 15, 2014 (2014-12-15)
38	"Big Battle at the Undersea Temple!" (Japanese: 海底かいてい神殿しんでんで大だいバトル!)	December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)
39	"Forced Confession! It's Yuna's Secret!" (Japanese: 激げき白しろ! ユナのヒ・ミ・ツ!)	January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)
40	"Where's That? The Tartarus Gate!" (Japanese: ドコソレ? タルタロスの門もん!)	January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)
41	"Tell Us, Nastasya!" (Japanese: 教おしえて! ナスターシャ!)	January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)
42	"The Dragon Wing is Burning!?" (Japanese: 竜りゅうの翼つばさは燃もえているか!?)	January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)
43	"Set Sail! Darkskull!" (Japanese: 発進はっしん! ダークスカル号ごう!)	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)
44	"Really!? Rei Evolves, Too!?" (Japanese: マジ!? レイも進化しんか!?)	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)
45	"Danger! Nine Dragons!" (Japanese: 脅威きょうい! 9体たいのドラゴン!!)	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)
46	"The Evil God Descends!!" (Japanese: 邪神じゃしん! 降臨こうりん!!)	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)
47	"Shudder! The Epic Battle!" (Japanese: ガクブル! 壮絶そうぜつバトル!)	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)
48	"Evil! The Wickedest Dragon!" (Japanese: 邪悪じゃあく! 最さい凶きょうドラゴン!)	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)
49	"Advent of the Chaos God Drake!" (Japanese: 光臨こうりん! カオスゴッド・ドレイク!)	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)
50	"Dragon Master!" (Japanese: ドラゴンマスター!)	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)
51	"Time For Guts! Meatmania!" (Japanese: ガッツだぜ! ミートマニア!)	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)

References

^ 週刊しゅうかん少年しょうねんマガジン 2012年ねん42号ごう. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
^ "Konami's Dragon Collection Social Game Promotion to Run in 5 Mags". August 18, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
^ "Konami's Social Game Dragon Collection Gets TV Anime". February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Official anime website Archived February 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
Dragon Collection (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] 週刊しゅうかん少年しょうねんマガジン 2012年ねん42号ごう. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

[2] "Konami's Dragon Collection Social Game Promotion to Run in 5 Mags". August 18, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

[3] "Konami's Social Game Dragon Collection Gets TV Anime". February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

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