{"id":143739,"date":"2025-12-28T02:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=143739"},"modified":"2025-12-28T02:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:14:36","slug":"kyoto-animation-is-producing-a-ruridragon-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/28\/kyoto-animation-is-producing-a-ruridragon-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Animation Is Producing a RuriDragon Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Kyoto Animation<\/strong> has announced that it will produce an anime adaptation of <strong>Masaoki Shindo<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0<em>RuriDragon<\/em> manga. No release date was given.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The manga follows a teenager who discovers that she has dragon ancestry. Originally a one-shot, it made its serialization debut in June 2022 in Shueisha\u2019s Weekly Shonen Jump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u30eb\u30ea\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u300fTV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u5316\u6c7a\u5b9a\uff01\uff5c\u4eac\u30a2\u30cb\u00d7\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30d7\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fw0gYw_rMHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>RuriDragon<\/em> marks the latest addition to Kyoto Animation&#8217;s slate of upcoming anime, which includes <em>Sound! Euphonium, The Final Movie Part 1\u00a0<\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/kyoto-animations-sparks-of-tomorrow-anime-to-premiere-in-2026\/\"><em>Sparks of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">After six chapters, the <em>RuriDragon<\/em> manga went on hiatus until March 2024. Following the end of hiatus, a few chapters were released in WSJ before the manga moved to the magazine&#8217;s digital version and Shonen Jump+ in April 2024. The post-hiatus schedule saw new chapters coming out every other issue.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/02\/ruridragon-meets-zutomayo-in-fun-anime-pv-for-mangas-3rd-volume\/\">animated promotional video<\/a> for the manga, animated by <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/chainsaw-man-ending-4-animator-coalowl-reveals-how-she-quit-her-job-to-become-a-full-time-artist\/\"><strong>coalowl<\/strong><\/a> and set to ZUTOMAYO&#8217;s &#8220;MIRROR TUNE,&#8221; was released in March.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Here&#8217;s the manga&#8217;s synopsis from Viz Media:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-6--lg pad-x-lg--lg mar-b-lg type-rg type-md--md line-caption text-spacing\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn\u2019t already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> KyoAni Channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto Animation has announced that it will produce an anime adaptation of Masaoki Shindo\u2018s\u00a0RuriDragon manga. No release date was given. The manga follows a teenager who discovers that she has dragon ancestry. 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