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Dragonaut: The Resonance
Key visual, featuring Jin Kamishina (left) and Toa (right)
ドラゴノーツ -ザ・レゾナンス-
(Doragonōtsu -Za Rezonansu)
Genre
Created by
Anime television series
Directed byManabu Ono
Produced by
  • Masanori Miyake
  • Masaru Nagai
  • Naoki Miura
Written by
Music byKousuke Yamashita
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original runOctober 4, 2007–March 27, 2008
Episodes25 + OVA(List of episodes)
Manga
Written bySatoshi Kinoshita
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics SQ.
MagazineJump Square
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2, 2007–April 4, 2008
Volumes1

Dragonaut: The Resonance(Japanese:ドラゴノーツ -ザ・レゾナンス-,Hepburn:Doragonōtsu -Za Rezonansu-)is a Japaneseanimetelevision series directed by Manabu Ono and co-produced byGonzoandNihon Ad Systems(NAS). It was broadcast for 25 episodes onTV Tokyofrom October 2007 to March 2008. An additionaloriginal video animation(OVA) episode was released in 2009. In North America, the series was licensed byFunimation.

Amangaadaptation by Satoshi Kinoshita was serialized inShueisha'sshōnenmangamagazineJump Squarefrom November 2007 to April 2008, with its six chapters collected in a singletankōbonvolume.

Plot

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See also:List ofDragonaut: The Resonancecharacters

Twenty years prior to the story's beginning, an asteroid headed forEarthdestroysPluto.Due to Pluto's destruction, theasteroid,which is dubbedThanatos,becomes temporarily stagnant in Pluto's orbit. Now, in order to avoid Earth's impending destruction, the International Solarsystem Development Agency (ISDA) works on the "D-Project", and secretly creates weapons called "Dragons"after finding a dragon egg under the ocean. However, they soon find out that the asteroid is not their only threat, as powerful, destructive dragons from Thanatos appear on Earth.

After witnessing what looks like a murder by a strange creature, Jin Kamishina, a lonely 18-year-old boy who lost his family in ashuttleaccident two years ago, gets involved with the ISDA and their efforts to battle the dragons from Thanatos. Helping him is Toa, a mysterious girl who saves him from falling to his death after the creature attacks him. As they delve deeper into the mysteries of the dragons, they encounter new friends and enemies, and also develop a closer relationship.

Production

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The original concept ofDragonaut: The Resonancewas developed byNihon Ad Systems (NAS).[3]NAS andGonzo studios,which produced anime series such asLast ExileandBrave Story,co-produced the series,[4]along with a subsidiary ofKonami,Konami Digital Entertainment.

On March 24, 2007, at theInternational Anime FairinTokyo,the first promotional image for the anime series was revealed.[5]In addition, series' director Manabu Ono, and two of the series'voice actors,Daisuke OnoandMinori Chihara,attended the fair in order to promote the series. At the time, the complete cast for the anime was not yet assembled[3][5]as the anime was still in the development stage. In fact, Manabu Ono expected that the series would continue being developed on, even after it begins broadcast in October 2007.[6]

While a majority of series designs are done in2Danimation,[7]the mechanics of the dragons and their corresponding battles are done in3D computer graphics.However, the dragon battles are the only confrontations done inCG,as character fights are in 2D since the director believes that highspeed character movements are best expressed in that form.[6]

Media

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Anime

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Main article:List ofDragonaut: The Resonanceepisodes

Directed by Manabu Ono and co-produced byGonzoandNihon Ad Systems(NAS),Dragonaut: The Resonancewas broadcast for 25 episodes onTV Tokyofrom October 4, 2007, to March 27, 2008.[8][9]The episodes were collected in nine DVDs, released from January 23 to September 24, 2008;[10][11]an additional 26th episode was bundled with the last DVD.[12][13]

In North America, the series was licensed byFunimation.[14]They produced an English dub, and released the 26 episodes on two DVDs on November 3 and December 29, 2009.[15][16]A complete DVD set was released on December 28, 2010.[17]

Music

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There are three pieces oftheme musicused in the anime series: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme, "perfect blue", is performed, composed, and written by theJ-popgroup Jazzin' Park. ATSUMI also performed the piece alongside Jazzin' Park, as a guest vocal. The two ending themes are "Rain Of Love", which is performed byYukari Fukuiand composed byHiroshi Takaki,with the lyrics written byShoko Fujibayashi,[18]and "Fight or Flight", which is performed byYū Kobayashi.

On November 21, 2007, Jazzin' Park and Yukari Fukui each released a fourtracksingle.[18]The titles of the theme songs are used as the titles for its corresponding single, which each contains aninstrumentalversion of its theme song, along with at least one different song sung by the artist.[19][20]Yū Kobayashi's second single, "Fight or Flight", also contained four tracks, and was released on January 23, 2008.[21]Yukari Fukui's "Rain Of Love" is also the second single she has released,[20]while Jazzin' Park's "perfect blue" is the first single they have ever released.

Manga

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Manga volume cover

Amangaadaptation by Satoshi Kinoshita was serialized for six chapters inShueisha'sshōnenmangamagazineJump Squarefrom November 2, 2007,[a]to April 4, 2008.[b]Its chapters were collected in a singletankōbonvolume, released on May 2, 2008.[26]

Internet radio

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An internet radio broadcast began airing on September 5, 2007. TheDragonaut Station ISDA Information Agency[ja]centered around three voice actors from the anime answering e-mail questions about the series. The three female voice actors areYukari Fukui,Yū Kobayashi,andChise Nakamura,who voices Saki Kurata, Ryōko Kakei, and Megumi Jinguuji, respectively.Junichi Suwabe,Takuma Takewaka,Daisuke Ono,Eiji Maruyama, who voices Gio, Raina Cromwell, Jin Kamishina, and Amadeus, respectively, were guests during separate sessions.[27]The broadcast was hosted byOnsen[ja],an internet radio station.[28]

Reception

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Both of the first two DVD collections released in North America by Funimation have been reviewed. The reviews have generally run from average to above average.

  • The first DVD collection (episodes 1–13) was reviewed by Chris Beveridge of Mania.com, who gave it an overall grade of "C+".[29]Theron Martin ofAnime News Networkawarded grades from "D+" (story) to "B+" (music).[30]
  • The second DVD collection (episodes 14–26) was reviewed by Chris Beveridge, who gave it an overall grade of "C".[31]Theron Martin awarded grades from "B−" (story) to "B+" (music).[32]

Notes

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  1. ^It started in the magazine's December 2007 issue (debut issue),[22]released on November 2 of that same year.[23]
  2. ^It finished in the magazine's May 2008 issue,[24]released on April 4 of that same year.[25]

References

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