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{{Short description|Japanese video game series}}
{{Other uses|Dragon Knight (disambiguation)}}

'''''Dragon Knight''''' (ドラゴンナイト) is an [[eroge]]/[[role-playing video game]] series by the game company [[ELF Corporation|ELF]]. There are four ''Dragon Knight'' games released between 1989 and 1997. There is also a [[hentai]] [[Original video animation|OVA]] series based on it, as well as some other media including audio CDs, novels and comic books. ''Dragon Knight'' is set in a [[sword and sorcery]] setting and mostly tell the story of Yamato Takeru (no relation with the historical figure of [[Yamato Takeru]]), a wayward young swordsman dedicated to saving [[Damsel in distress|damsels]] and fighting evil. 

==Game series==
* ''[[Dragon Knight (video game)|Dragon Knight]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Dragon Knight II]]'' (1990)
* [[Knights of Xentar|''Dragon Knight III'' (''Knights of Xentar'')]] (1991)
* ''[[Dragon Knight 4]]'' (1994)
* ''Dragon Knight V'' (2017) - an online-only revival/sequel, which was developed by DMM Games without ELF Corporation's input. It was released as a [[Browser game|browser-based]] [[Gacha game|gacha]] title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/357/G035702/20170713084/|title=ブラウザゲーム「ドラゴンナイト5」のサービスがDMM GAMESで本日スタート。今なら毎日ログインで聖竜石がもらえる|access-date=2018-10-21|language=ja}}</ref> The service ended in 2018.

An unreleased remake of ''[[Words Worth]]'' was planned to be released for the [[Sega Saturn]] in 1997 as a ''Dragon Knight'' game; it is also advertised within ''Nonomura Byouin no Hitobito''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flameheart.at.webry.info/201601/article_19.html|title=野々村病院の人々|website=懐ゲー 思い出語り|date=20 January 2016 |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> The characters from both series finally met in ''Dragon Knight V''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/357/G035702/20170929131/|title=「ドラゴンナイト5」，「ワーズ・ワース」とのコラボイベントを本日開催|website=www.4gamer.net|language=ja|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>

==Anime series==
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Dragon Knight
| image           = Vhsdk-002.jpg
| caption         = Cover of ''Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town'' 
| ja_kanji        = ドラゴンナイト
| ja_romaji       = Doragon Naito
| genre           = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = Jun Fukuta
| producer        = Yukio Kakei
| writer          = Kinuyo Nozaki
| music           = Hiroshi Taguchi
| studio          = Just
| released        = September 1991
| runtime         = 31 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video|
| type            = ova
| title           = Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town
| director        = Kaoru Toyooka
| producer        = Yuudai Amachi<br/>Kenji Toyota
| writer          = Rou Hatta
| music           = Torsten Rasch
| studio          = [[Arms (company)|Triple X]] 
| released        = February 25, 1995
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time
| director        = Hiromichi Matano
| producer        = Kouichi Amagi<br/>Yuutarou Mochizuki
| writer          = [[Akira Takano]]
| music           = Harukichi Yamamoto
| studio          = Dangun Pictures
| first           = November 27, 1998
| last            = August 27, 1999
| runtime         =
| episodes        = 4
| episode_list    =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

===''Dragon Knight''===
The first [[OVA]] was released by Polystar on [[VHS]] and [[laserdisc|LD]] in September 1991.<ref name="msx">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/MSX_Magazine_1991-08_ASCII_JP|title=MSX Magazine|date=August 1991|publisher=ASCII|language=ja}}</ref> [[Soft Cel Pictures]] sold the English version in the VHS format. It was also re-released on DVD in 2003.<ref name=mania>{{cite web |url=http://www.mania.com/dragon-knight_article_74930.html |title=Dragon Knight |author=Chris Beveridge |date=November 23, 2002 |publisher=Mania.com |access-date=August 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018184256/http://www.mania.com/dragon-knight_article_74930.html |archive-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref> The anime is based on the first game and its cast includes [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] as Takeru and [[Yūko Mizutani]] as Luna.<ref name=msx/><ref name=mania/>

===''Dragon Knight Gaiden''===
''Dragon Knight Gaiden'' (ドラゴンナイト外伝) was released on VHS and LD in 1995, distributed by [[Odessa Entertainment|Taki Corporation]]. It was re-released in 1999 on VHS, then in 2000 in the VHS and DVD formats ("Sexual Grade Up Edition"), all distributed by FiveWays under the Honnybit brand (BOUKIDOU). Soft Cel sold the slightly censored English version as ''Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town''. The cast includes [[Mitsuaki Madono]] as Yamato Takeru, Mikiko Kurihara as Jodis, Nina Kumagaya as Yurius, [[Yōko Sōmi]] as Shade, [[Hiroshi Naka]] as Runter and [[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]] as Renaldo. Character design is by [[Keiji Gotoh]].

===''Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time''===
''Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time'' is an adaptation of ''Dragon Knight 4'' featuring the same characters. It is a four-part OVA that was originally released in Japan in 1998 and was in the United States on DVD in 2003. The cast includes [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as Kakeru, [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] as Eto and [[Kaneto Shiozawa]] as Lucifon.

==See also==
* ''[[Words Worth]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
===Games===
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dragon-knight-series ''Dragon Knight'' series] at [[MobyGames]]
* [http://www.giantbomb.com/dragon-knight/62-1065/ ''Dragon Knight'' series] at [[Giant Bomb]]
* [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragonknight/dragonknight2.htm ''Dragon Knight'' series] at Hardcore Gaming 101
* {{vndb|2385||''Dragon Knight''}}
* {{vndb|2376||''Dragon Knight 2''}}
* {{vndb|723||''Dragon Knight 3''}}
* {{vndb|498||''Dragon Knight 4''}}

===OVAs===
* SoftCel pages: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104022856/http://www.softcelpics.com/product1.shtml?ddk001 SoftCel ''Dragon Knight''], [https://web.archive.org/web/20070104022956/http://www.softcelpics.com/product1.shtml?ddk003 Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time] (archived)
# 1991's {{ann|anime|586|Dragon Knight}}
# 1995's {{ann|OAV|13351|Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town}}
# 1998's {{ann|OAV|2854|Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time}}

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{{Arms Corporation}}

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