It’s finally happening. One of the hottest coming-of-age stories in recent years is finally receiving an anime adaptation, and that is Masaoki Shindo’s RuriDragon.
The announcement was made official by the animation studio, Kyoto Animation, which is known for producing anime titles such as Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Violet Evergarden, and most recently CITY: The Animation will be handling the animation production in a new collaboration with Shueisha, It joins another popular recent coming-of-age story that will be getting an animated adaptation, Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue’s Akane-banashi. The announcement also coincides with the titular character Ruri’s birthday on December 28. The video’s description caption states: “Sounds like they’re making an anime. The broadcast is still a long way off.”
Masaoki Shindo shared a special illustration to celebrate the TV Anime Announcement.
RuriDragon made its debut in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine in June 2022. Shortly after, the series would take two one-week breaks in July 2022, due to the author’s sudden illness, before a sudden announcement of an extended break in the same month. It would then get its first compiled tankobon volume in October 2022. RuriDragon’s first volume became the most recommended manga in Japanese bookstores, thanks to Nippon Shuppan Hanbai’s Annual Survey for 2023. In December 2023, the 2024 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) The guidebook ranked it at No. 9 in the top twenty manga list for male readers. In April 2024, it made its brief return to print before moving over to Shueisha’s Digital Manga Platform, Shonen Jump Plus. Its chapters have been collected into four tankobon volumes as of November 2025.
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This year, the manga went on a short break in May and returned on July 28. Viz Media publishes the manga and its chapters for English audiences on the Shonen Jump app, while Shueisha publishes the chapters for English audiences on their Manga Plus app. For English audiences, the first two volumes are available now in book stores and e-retailers, with the third volume ready for Pre-Order. It will be released on March 3rd, 2026.
Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn’t already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!
Source: Oricon
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