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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Franchise Gets Concert in Taiwan on November 9
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryū) anime film announced on August 18 that the franchise will have a musical concert at the Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center in Taipei, Taiwan on November 9.
The concert will feature music from the anime's first two seasons, as well as the anime film. Masumi Itō, kotringo, and Kenji Kondou worked on music from various installments of the franchise. The Japanese pop trio fhána, who sang three different theme songs for the franchise, will also perform in the concert.
The film opened in Japan on June 27 in 199 theaters in Japan. The film ranked at #9, earning 154,841,820 yen (about US$1.07 million) in its first three days.
The new cast members include Fumihiko Tachiki as Kimun Kamui and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Azad. Shiori Sugiura voices Ilulu in the film, replacing Tomomi Mineuchi who quit voice acting in 2022.
Tatsuya Ishihara (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S; Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!) directs the anime. The film features returning cast members Mutsumi Tamura as Kobayashi, Yūki Kuwahara as Tohru, and Maria Naganawa as Kanna.
The returning cast members also include:
- Yūki Takada as Elma
- Minami Takahashi as Lucoa
- Daisuke Ono as Fafnir
- Yūichi Nakamura as Makoto Takiya
- Emiri Katō as Riko Saikawa
- Kaori Ishihara as Shōta Magatsuchi
fhána performed the opening theme song "Namida no Parade" (Parade of Tears). Sachiko Kobayashi performed the ending theme song "Bokutachi no Hibi" ("Days of Us"), and kotringo performed the insert song "Negaigoto" (Wish).
Coolkyoushinja began the ongoing Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga in the inaugural issue of Monthly Action magazine in May 2013. The manga moved to Manga Action in February 2024 when Monthly Action ended publication.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English.
The series inspired an anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation that premiered in Japan in January 2017. Aniplus Asia aired a simulcast of the anime in Southeast Asia.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, the anime's second season, premiered in July 2021. The anime received a special "Volume S" on Blu-ray Disc and DVD that includes an unaired episode titled "Nippon no Omotenashi (Attend wa Dragon Desu)" (Japanese Hospitality (My Attendant Is a Dragon)). Volume S shipped in January 2022.
The manga has also inspired numerous spinoff manga (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Elma's Office Lady Diary, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life), which Seven Seas is also releasing in English.
Sources: Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved anime film's website, Comic Natalie
