Ryuukishi no Okiniiri (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 1985

• TV (25 eps)
• 2007 - 2008

Several years ago, Jin Kamishina's family was killed in what appeared to have been a space shuttle accident. A few years later he is suddenly attacked by a strange monster, but is saved by a strange girl named Toa who possesses superhuman strength and can transform into a dragon. Jin finds out that the accident was not due to an error by his father, the pilot, but rather as a result of a collision with an object from outer space – the asteroid Thanatos, the source of destructive dragons appearing on Earth. As they make new friends and enemies, Jin and Toa now find themselves becoming increasingly entangled in the mysteries of the ISDA – a shadowy organization working to protect humanity – and the dragons themselves...

• TV (12 eps)
• 2018

Straightforward and innocent Hisone Amakasu is a Self-Defense Force rookie stationed at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Base. She was struggling with the fact that she sometimes hurts people unintentionally by her innocent words and decided to join the Air Self-Defence Force, hoping to maintain a certain distance from people. This decision led her to a fateful encounter which profoundly changed her life. It was the "OTF" dragon hidden in the base and it chose Hisone as his pilot. When it soared into the sky with Hisone, her fate as a dragon pilot was decided. It is said that dragons have a key to the future of the world…

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1989

Akko spends a summer with her friends at her grandfather's home near the beach. There the kids learn about a legend that on a nearby island lives a white dolphin which is able to turn into a dragon. Some of Akko's friends are curious and are set on going to the forbidden island.

• Other (1 ep)
• 1981

• TV (26 eps)
• 1983

Kona is a boy with a friend: a pink dragon named Serendipity with a kind nature. Together, they work to stop an evil captain who tries steal gold from their peaceful island.

• TV (51 eps)
• 2008 - 2009

After their previous adventures, Shu and Bouquet joined a resistance group to fight General Rogi's invading army. They encountered a mysterious child, Noi, who has the power to revive Shu's Blue Dragon shadow, and he then saves Noi from the pursuit of a red dragon. Now Shu and his company must once more embark on a journey to discover the purpose of the dragons, undergo tests, and stop the chain of events that threatens the fate of humanity.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1996

One day, the brave hunter Kyle and his lady Alita are out hunting creatures when suddenly, a large black dragon appears, kidnapping Alita and killing their companion in the process. Hope lies only with a powerful blue dragon named Blau who is hell-bent on putting a stop to the black dragon's sinister plans. Now, in order to save Alita and prevent further destruction, Kyle must join forces with Blau and stop their opponent from reaching the black tower before it's too late!

• TV

After a grueling battle, the magic knight Kyle finally defeats the demon lord... or so he believes. He wakes up to find himself in the land that had been destroyed in his past life. He is reunited with the precious person he thought he had lost forever. To stop the human world from being destroyed again, along with his friends, Kyle uses his memory from his previous life to once again save the world! A fantasy saga about a brave knight!

• TV Special (2 eps)
• 2017

The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds on the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate.