Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.

Series details

• Title: Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 1991-10-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 55005
• IMDb ID: tt0184109
• TVDB ID: 157001

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-10-17; final listed air date 1992-09-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.