Frederic P Miller

Dragon Drive Frederic P Miller

Publisher Marketing: Dragon Drive, a Japanese manga by Kenichi Sakura, was published by Shueisha and serialized in the manga magazine Monthly Shnen Jump. Publication ended on January 5, 2006, with a total of 14 volumes. Viz Media, leading publisher in Weekly Shnen Jump (Shueisha) and Shnen Sunday (Shogukukan), acquired the rights to distribute the Dragon Drive manga in North America. An anime adaptation directed by Toshifumi Kawase began airing on TV Tokyo on July 4, 2002, running a total of 38 episodes, the last episode aired March 27, 2003. In 2004, the anime series was released by Bandai Entertainment in North America. There are no VHS releases, only DVDs. The DVDs are uncut and bilingual. All the opening and ending credits seen in the openings and endings are left out unchanged and untranslated. At the end of each DVD, there is a credit scroll showing all the crew that made the anime. The anime is targeted at older children. Some violent scenes such as characters being slapped are left in.