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Anime Spotlight: YEAR OF THE DRAGON

Posted February 13th 2024

2024 is the Year of the Dragon- the fifth animal of the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle. Dragons symbolize authority, wisdom, power, and wealth. This selection of anime featuring dragons represents our wish for prosperity for all our wonderful patrons. In anime, dragons can be found across a huge span of genres. Sometimes fearsome (Record of Lodoss War, Legend of the Millennium Dragon), sometimes adorable (Dragon Half, Capricorn), you'll see everything represented here, from classic high fantasy (Dragon Slayer) to battle monsters for youngsters (Dragon Drive) to shoujo slice-of-life comedy (Fruits Basket) to dragons in space (Dragonaut). Legend of the Dragon Kings is an old school show full of tough guys and organized crime. I had to add a volume of the fantasy/comedy series Slayers, a childhood obsession, because Lina Inverse truly was the blueprint.

We're also very excited to welcome hazel from Youtube back on a semi-regular basis to give you a special- or especially trash- pick of the month from her own menagerie of favorites. Here's the full list:

CAPRICORN (VHS)
DRAGON BALL Z: BROLY TRIPLE FEATURE (DVD and BLU-RAY)
DRAGON CENTURY (VHS)
DRAGON DRIVE: COMPLETE COLLECTION SET 1 (DVD)
DRAGON DRIVE: COMPLETE COLLECTION SET 2 (DVD)
DRAGON HALF (DVD)
DRAGON PINK: TAIL OF THREE KITTENS (DVD)
DRAGON SLAYER (VHS)
DRAGONAUT: THE RESONANCE-COMPLETE SERIES (DVD)
DRAGOON (VHS)
FRUITS BASKET V.1: A GREAT TRANSFORMATION? (DVD)
FRUITS BASKET V.2: WHAT BECOMES OF SNOW? (DVD)
FRUITS BASKET V.3: PUDDLES OF MEMORIES (DVD)
FRUITS BASKET V.4: THE CLEARING SKY (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.1: UNDER FIRE (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.2: BLACK DRAGON (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.3: RED DRAGON (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.4: IRON DRAGON (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.5: WHITE DRAGON (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE DRAGON KINGS V.6: BLUE DRAGON THE FINAL (DVD)
LEGEND OF THE MILLENNIUM DRAGON (DVD and BLU-RAY)
RECORD OF LODOSS WAR (DVD)
SLAYERS V.1 (DVD)
SPIRITED AWAY (DVD and BLU-RAY)
TALES FROM EARTHSEA (DVD and BLU-RAY)