is a Japanese light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

 series by Kaya Kizaki, with illustrations by Itsuki Akata. As of April 2011, thirteen volumes have been published by Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

 under their Super Dash Bunko

Super Dash Bunko

is a Shueisha publishing imprint established in July 2000 for publishing light novels aimed at teenage boys. In April 2001, the label inherited a strong lineup from the discontinued Super Fantasy Bunko label, in addition to inheriting all of their school life and slapstick light novel series...

 imprint

Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...

. An anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaptation by Studio Deen

Studio DEEN

is a Japanese company that produces anime. Three years after Sunrise was founded in 1972, Studio Deen was established by Sunrise's members in 1975. As a result of this, anime shows such as Cowboy Bebop that were produced by Sunrise may have had assistance from Studio Deen.-Produced anime:* Urusei...

 aired in 2011.

Plot

A normal high school boy Ryūji Kisaragi's peaceful life is turned into an adventure by the return of his second cousin, Eriko. Ryūji and Eriko seize a relic box from a black market broker named FANG. In the box, they find a red dragon girl whom Ryūji names Rose because of her rose like pattern on her left hand. In order to protect Rose from the black organization, Ryūji decides to fight using his power as a relic handler.

Characters

The 15 year old protagonist. Ryūji's parents are "Lost Precious" hunters like the rest of his family, as such he lives mostly on his own. He does not know why Rose knows him. It is indicated that they have met each other years ago, when Rose saved Ryuji from an untimely death. Ryuji has a vague memory of when he was younger and saw Rose hatch from her egg in front of his eyes. Ryūji is a level 10 breaker, said to be the highest level of breakers who go to find/use lost precious. Besides Ryūji, there are seven other level 10 breakers in the world, all older than he is. Later, he is recognized by some of the other dragons as Rose's fiancée, but this is due to a misunderstanding. He truly has feelings for Rose and does care about her, but has yet to be confirmed. This is evident when he first "Engaged" with Rose, which allows him to borrow Rose's power and achieve unbelievable power. He desperately hates frogs to be scared at them from the mere sight of one (episode 8 near the end). He also begins to feel embarrassed around Rose once he performed the dragon's coming of age ceremony with Rose (which was simply kissing the dragon scale birthmark on her hand). According to Onyx, Ryūji is not human but the corporeal form of a Lost Precious called "Dragon Crisis" that can exert a great influence over dragons, thus he is able to wield the Lost Precious "Slash Breath" - a powerful weapon feared even by them, and the reason why having performed the coming of age ceremony with Rose weakened her body, forcing him to hand Rose over to Onyx and Kai in hopes of saving her life.

Little is known about Rose beyond that she is a young dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

, and thus still unable to change her form. When she is first released from the case the crime syndicate "Fang" were transporting her in she knows nothing but Ryūji's name, but soon picks up a few words. Since she could not communicate, or didn't know her name, Ryūji gives her the name Rose because the dragon scales on the back of her left hand look like a rose

Rose

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

. Rose is aggressive towards nearly everyone, except Ryūji to whom she clings so much to that she will sleep beside him in his bed. She does love Ryūji deeply, but still wonders if Ryūji does care about her feelings. When Ryūji was younger it was he who found Rose when she hatched it is said by Eriko that "love at first sight" with Ryūji. Later, some of the dragons acknowledged Ryūji as Rose's fiancée due to misunderstanding the context of "Engage". After Ryūji kisses her birthmark as part of the dragon's coming of age ritual, she becomes flustered and embarrassed around Ryūji, but still has uncertainty about her relationship with him. It is revealed next episode that due to Ryūji being the corporeal form of the Lost Precious "Dragon Crisis", she becomes severely weakened with her life in danger. She is handed over to Kai and Onyx in hopes that they will save her. In the final episode Maruga indicates that Rose was sick not because Ryūji was a corporeal form of "Dragon Crisis" but that Rose's intense feelings for Ryūji manifested themselves physically. Hearing this Ryūji heads off to rescue Rose, performing the "Love Engage" with Rose in order to defeat Onyx and save her.

Ryūji's busty 19 year old second cousin. She has been studying abroad for some time but returns to Japan to intercept a "Lost Precious" that "Fang" will be transporting through the city docks. Despite the danger of taking anything that "Fang" believes is theirs she does not back down because she believes the contents, which she suspects to be an S rank "Lost Precious", will prove her worth to the other "Lost Precious" hunters. Initially unable to identify what or whom Rose is, she is shocked when she discovers that Rose is a Red Dragon.

Ryūji's classmate. She has feelings for Ryūji, but is shy whenever she is around Ryūji, making it hard for her to approach him casually and express her feelings. She is in shock after misunderstanding Ryūji and Rose being engaged. She seems a bit strange after taking a photo of Ryūji's x-ray during the interview on her cellphone, she may be the stalker type.

Another dragon Ryuji' met during his trip to the beach. She is the princess of the ice dragons. Initially she has a haughty attitude towards Ryuji, but she warms up towards him eventually. It is implied she likes Ryuji, as she blushes when Ryuji is around. She asks Ryuji for a favor, taking back a cursed precious, from another level 10 Breaker, George Evans. After the incident, she shows up in the last 2 episodes of the anime, where she convinced Ryuji to go save Rose. The black dragon, Onyx, used to live in her land, they have known each other since childhood.

Anime

Dragon Crisis! was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series by Studio DEEN

Studio DEEN

is a Japanese company that produces anime. Three years after Sunrise was founded in 1972, Studio Deen was established by Sunrise's members in 1975. As a result of this, anime shows such as Cowboy Bebop that were produced by Sunrise may have had assistance from Studio Deen.-Produced anime:* Urusei...

 under the direction of Hideki Tachibana

Hideki Tachibana

is a male Japanese writer, and director of anime.-Anime involved in:*Azumanga Daioh : Storyboard , Animation director *Best Student Council : Key Animation *Bleach: Memories of Nobody : Storyboard, Chief Unit Director...

. The series began its broadcast run on Chiba TV on January 11, 2011 and scheduled to end on March 29, 2011. However, the last three episodes were temporarily put on hold after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

 struck Japan on March 11. The series was rebroadcast by Chukyo TV, KIDS STATION

Kids Station

Kids Station is a Japanese children's television channel showing animation and other cartoon material. Kids Station also airs some anime aimed at adults during the night, such as Narutaru, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalance and "Rosario + Vampire". It is broadcast on...

, Tochigi TV, Tokyo MX

Tokyo Metropolitan Television

thumb|Tokyo Metropolitan Television old headquarters : Telecom Center Building is the only commercial television station in Tokyo, Japan that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon Television, TV Asahi, Tokyo Broadcasting System, TV Tokyo, and Fuji Television, all of which are...

, TV Kanagawa

Television Kanagawa

is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972...

, TV Saitama

Television Saitama

abbreviated TVS, doing business as is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some spill-overs in surrounding prefectures...

 and Yomiuri TV

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

is a TV station joining Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System in Osaka Business Park, Osaka, Japan founded as "" on February 13, 1958...

 days later and simulcast by Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is an American website and international online community focused on streaming East Asian media including anime, manga, drama, music, electronic entertainment, and auto racing content...

 to audiences in Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Episode list

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Music

The opening theme of the anime is by Yui Horie

Yui Horie

is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL...

, and the ending theme is by Momoiro Clover

Momoiro Clover

is a Japanese female idol group of 5 selected members from Stardust Promotion Agency's section 3 . They are also referred to as Momoclo , Shūmatsu Heroine . In early 2010, Momoiro Clover was signed to the major label Universal Records...

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