Written by: Nicole Castro
Published on: September 11, 2021 at 15:02 PHT (GMT+8)
The official Twitter account of BS12 (World Hi‑Vision Channel, Inc) has announced that a two-part television anime series for Ōtarō Maijō's The Dragon Dentist will broadcast on Sept. 12, 2021, on their Sunday Animation Theatre block.
The Dragon Dentist (龍の歯医者, Ryū no Haisha) is an eight-minute-long original net animation (ONA) written and directed by Ōtarō Maijō. It follows the story of Nonoko Kishii, whose task is to care for the teeth of the dragon who protects her nation. The short animation was first shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2014.
Cast
Fumika Shimizu (清水 富美加) as Nonoko Kishii
Nobuhiko Okamoto (岡本 信彦) as Bernard Octavius
Kouichi Yamadera (山寺 宏一) as Yotoshio Godou
Megumi Hayashibara (林原 めぐみ) as Shibana Natsume
Suzuki Matsuo (松尾 スズキ) as Blanco Salvador
Kenjirou Tsuda (津田 健次郎) as Guilleri
Theme song
"Why we go on a journey" 「ぼくらが旅に出る理由」
Lyrics and composition: Kenji Ozawa
Arrangement: Hiroshi Nakamura (i-dep)
Song: RINKU (Mistera Feo)
Chorus: MASUMI (Mistera Feo)
Staff
Original work and Screenplay: Ōtarō Maijō
Screenplay: Yoji Enokido
Character design and animation director: Shuichi Iseki
Storyboards: Kazuya Tsurumaki, Iwao Teraoka, Kazuyoshi Katayama, Akemi Hayashi, Toko Yatabe, Daisuke Onizuka, Hibiki Yoshizaki
Concept design: Mahiro Maeda, Yasuyuki Kosaka, okama, Shigeto Koyama, Hajime Ueda
Directed by: Tomoyuki Kurokawa, Toko Yatabe, Daisuke Onizuka, Yasuhiro Yoshiura, Hibiki Yoshizaki
Video inspection: Yasuto Murata
Color design: Akemi Nagao
Art Director: Ayaka Fujii
CG director: Atsushi Suzuki, Ken Miyagi
Cinematography: Toyonori Yamada
Edited by: Emi Tsujita
Sound Director: Hideaki Anno
Effects: Toru Noguchi
Sound director: Haru Yamada
Music Director: Rie Shimai
Title video: Koji Aramaki, Yosuke Chigo
Title design: Yuki Oka
Producers: Tomoyuki Ogata, Kenichiro Naeshiro
Animation producer: Takatoshi Okajima
Executive producers: Keisuke Tsuchihashi, Yuji Shibata, Nobuo Kawakami, Hideaki Anno
Animation production: Studio Khara
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Music: TOMISIRO, Hiroshi Nakamura (i-dep)
Produced and written by: NHK, NHK Enterprises, Studio Khara, Dwango
Translated synopsis from the BS12 official website:
In this country where dragons live...
According to mythology, dragons help people and people help dragons through a contract. The story takes place in the "Land of Dragons. The protagonist is Nonoko, a rookie dentist who protects the country's guardian god "Dragon" from tooth decay. As the war with the neighboring country intensifies, one day she finds a young soldier from the enemy country passed out on the dragon's tooth. The boy's name is Bell, and he has been brought back to life from inside the giant tooth by a mysterious phenomenon that dragons are said to cause before a major disaster. Bell is bewildered by the situation he finds himself in. Nonoko encourages him and accepts him as the dragon's dentist. The two are caught up in a fierce battle, and eventually come to terms with their own destinies...an adventure fantasy on an unprecedentedly grand scale!
Source: BS 12 anime official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
