Kyoto Animation announced a television anime adaptation of Masaoki Shindou's Ruri Dragon (RuriDragon) manga on Sunday.
Shindou originally launched the supernatural comedy manga as a one-shot in Jump GIGA in December 2020 before beginning regular serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump in June 2022. The manga entered an indefinite hiatus due to Shindou's health in August that year and resumed with a bimonthly schedule in April 2024. Shueisha published the fourth volume on November 4. Ruri Dragon has a cumulative 1.1 million copies of its volumes in circulation.VIZ Media and Manga Plus began simulpublishing the manga in English in June 2022, with the latter also releasing the manga in Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, and French. The former published the second volume on August 5, with the third volume planned for a March 3, 2026 release.
Shueisha released a promotional video commemorating the release of the third manga volume on March 3, featuring the song Mirror Tune by J-rock group ZUTOMAYO with animation by coalowl.
Ruri Dragon placed ninth in the Male Readers' division in the 2024 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings and second in the Web Manga category at the 10th Tsugi ni Kuru Manga awards in 2024.
Synopsis
Ruri Aoki is just another average high school student—until she wakes one morning to discover horns growing out of her head. Confused and unimpressed by the change, she shows them to her mother. However, her mother remains unfazed and reveals a shocking truth: Ruri is half-dragon!
Although Ruri has no idea what to make of this sudden development, she decides to go to school like normal, hoping that another ordinary day awaits her. But it does not take long before her best friend, classmates, and homeroom teacher all notice something amiss. Swarmed by people requesting to look at, feel, and take selfies with her horns, Ruri realizes being a half-dragon is going to be much more chaotic than she expected. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Announcement
Manga official site: https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/ruri.html
Official X: @RuriDra_anime
Source: Oricon News, Press Release
Ruri Dragon on MAL
