Ryuu no Haisha (The Dragon Dentist)

War rages between two neighboring countries, but one side has an ace up their sleeve: an ancient dragon bound by a pact to protect the nation. Despite these overpowering creatures being capable of leveling entire battlefields, they are rendered useless by cavities. And so, a special unit—the dragon dentists—has the important duty of caring for the dragon's teeth.

Nonoko Kishii was the only one of many brave volunteers who survived a recent round of recruitment; in order to join the dragon dentists, one has to witness their future demise and accept it without a fight. Knowing the exact circumstances of their fated ends, the dragon dentists devote themselves to their work. One day, they gain a new member who did not undergo the test: Bernard "Bel" Octavius, a young enemy officer killed by his own men and revived by the dragon's teeth. Despite his appearance being an omen of a great disaster, he is placed under the care of Nonoko as a dentist-in-training. Will Bel come around to the dragon dentists' attitudes toward death and help them face the painful future that is to come?

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Ryuu no Haisha is based off the first episode of Nihon Animator Mihonichi, a collaborative weekly OVA series of standalone anime shorts.

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Kishii, Nonoko

Main

Shimizu, Fumika
Japanese

Octavius, Bernard

Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Godou, Yotoshio

Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Arisugawa, Kanne

Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori
Japanese

Natsume, Shibana

Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese

Satou, Shuuzou

Supporting

Tokumoto, Yukitoshi
Japanese

Salvador, Blanco

Supporting

Matsuo, Suzuki
Japanese

Oozawa

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Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Guilleri

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Iemura, Soutatsu

Supporting

Takagi, Wataru
Japanese

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Tsurumaki, Kazuya

Director

Anno, Hideaki

Sound Director, Executive Producer

Yoshizaki, Hibiki

Episode Director, Storyboard

Kurokawa, Tomoyuki

Episode Director

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Opening Theme

"Bokura ga Tabi ni Deru Riyuu (ぼくらが旅に出る理由)" by RINKU (eps 1-2)

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"Bokura ga Tabi ni Deru Riyuu (ぼくらが旅に出る理由)" by RINKU

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Feb 25, 2017

BBBBBBBBBBBBE

Recommended

Not much is to be analyzed.

Watching this was an absolute treat.

So rarely does one come across an anime that diligently sets itself apart in the aspect of plot-portrayal. No matter the unique depiction of characters, their seemingly-unrelatable demeanour at times, or even the realization that you know almost nothing about the world the characters in the story live in (Hence intermediate scores in the Story and Character rating), you can't help but feel bedazzled by a story with such a unique setting.

It's not that Ryuu no Haisha has many twists and turns.
It's not that Ryuu no Haisha has the innate ability to ...

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Feb 25, 2017

IzaEpsil

Recommended

All right, to sum up your appointment, make sure to use mouthwash. Also, remember to floss everyday. Flossing helps get these big ass monsters out of the gaps in your teeth, which we need to kill.

TL;DR at the bottom.

Story:

With this anime comes a unique path of reincarnation involving the mythical creatures, dragons. It occurs through the teeth of the dragon, hence the anime title. With that, the requirements of a reincarnation is to have died a meaningless death, while having nothing to return to. It is a sort of redemption I think brings this anime a great uniqueness to it. When reincarnated, they are born ...

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Feb 26, 2017

LaLeLuLiLo

Mixed Feelings

Synopsis- the story is set in a place called dragon country were there are dragons, and along with the dragons are the dragon dentist that take care of the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth cavity bacteria things. during this time there is a war going on between the dragon country and some other country. during the events the dragon chooses a dead officer from the enemy country and revives him to become a dragon dentist as well, a supernatural phenomena which is thought to bring omen to the rest of the dragon dentist.

story- well the story is actually a 2 part story ... that almost has the run length of a 90 min movie. the first half of the story was done very well as it had this light and fantasy like atmosphere considering that the dragon dentist are living on the dragon. the idea for the story is very simple that the dragon was helping its nation during a war, but because of all the dead and violence bacteria like spirits start forming in its mouth weakening the dragon.It's the dentist job to cleanse these spirits in order to strengthen the dragon. one of the dentists nanako finds a young man named bell an enemy officer revived by the dragon. although there was commotion about his appearance(as a sign of calamity) it was quickly resolved and he became a dentist as well and became friends with nanako. the story goes along fine as some things do occur and the topic of fate which seems to be an overarching theme is brought up with the resurrection of bell as well as the dentist knowing when they will die. it was all well and good until the final part when an antagonist shows up from left field and the story dips onto the second part.

The second part of the story is when the story starts to go down hill as bell and nanako are drooped out of the dragon . the old antagonist is replaced with new antagonists who are soldiers from bells country who have some vague reason to get a special dragon tooth (no not for their nation) and are somehow conspiring with the first antagonist. the topic of fate is brought up again as bell refuses to go back to the dragon and tries to convince nanako as well because of her pre-determined fate of when she will die, but she refuses and goes back which then enters a chase scene and bell coming back to help her get back to the dragon . at the climax they try to bring sympathy for the first antagonist as her actions are just, but fail at the execution making it feel nonsensical. the second antagonist achieves his goal causing the dragon into a calamity with this massacre that has no weight of emotion to it. bell than does what he was meant to do and the dragon calamity is quelled and the story ends in a lackluster manner.

the story tried to to several things during its run time that it turned into one big mess even though the first part of the special was the most enjoyable. I had no idea what was going on such as the war taking place, or the character motivations, which lead to some plot holes. the idea of fate was done okay-ish but that's it.
5/10
they also happen to be in some weird mesh timeline as the war seems to be world war-isk but there are modern technology like jet planes and laptops.

characters- there are a lot of characters in this story (mostly side characters), so i will only talk about the main characters. first is Nanako who was a dragon dentist from the dragon country. she was an decent character who was strong and outgoing and willing to do anything in order to help the dragon. bell is the resurrected and reluctant officer from the enemy country who becomes a dentist. both nanako and bell grow a decent non-romantic relationship, as well as being opposites when it comes to fate as bell is opposed to pre-determined fate while nanako is content of doing what she was meant to do. bell is the only one of the two to get some character development. the antagonist on the other hand feel one-note with vague motivations and bland personality. although the first antagonist has some motivation it feels ridiculous when presented. the second antagonist as crazy plot armor because of his name....... the rest of the side character are one note as well
5/10

art/animation- just like the story it was great in the first part and dipped during the second. the first part brought great atmosphere to the people living on the dragon as it looked like on hell of a place to live in. the character designs are decent as well although a bit generic save for the costumes. the animation is good when it comes to movement. however there is very noticeable CG for the bacteria. character (at times),dragon, and other things, but are done pretty well.
6.5/10

sound- the voice acting was good everyone sounded the part the soundtrack was decent as well but mostly forgetabke even the montage part.
6/10
enjoyment- I really wanted to enjoy this anime but because of the messy plot and bland-ish characters especially during the second part my enjoyment went down
5/10
overall- it had a good first half but went downhill during the second half because if the story, characters, and art/animation, but did redeem itself a little near at the end even if it was mediocre to make it above average
6/10

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