There are hints that some characters, especially the outwardly cool beauty Vanabelle, have complex prior histories that they're trying to escape by signing up to become drakers on the Queen Zaza. This is a shame because there are so many suggestions of what might have been. Almost every one of those scenes, and there are a lot of them, play out identically: peopleįire guns at dragons, dragons get hit, one particularly reckless character (Mika) jumps on the dragon to kill it, and then we see Mika drool over whatever dragon meat dishes the cook prepares.
Airships straight out of Laputa, amazingly beautiful dragons, world travel and adventure.what could go wrong? Well, a few things.įirst off, the sole motivating force of the show is just "we hunt dragons for money and because they taste good." We never get much more than that, and it's just not enough to drive twelve episodes unless you really, really like watching dragon hunting (and eating). Kuutei Dragons had all the components necessary for a really interesting show but ultimately failed to put them together in a satisfying way. United by the same goal, these hunters face arduous aerial battles that involve daring feats of skill, strategy, and more than their fair share of danger.
Its courageous crew includes Takita, an eager newcomer trying to earn her place on the ship Mika, a reckless but highly skilled hunter and Jirou, an earnest young man chasing both the dragons and his past. One of the last remaining such airships is the Quin Zaza. Life in the air is not any easier either: maintaining an airship is dull and expensive-and dragons are even harder to catch, as each one is unique. Ostracized by society, the drakers have no place to call home. However, despite the thrill and excitement of hunting, the life of a draker is not easy. Although dragons present a great danger, every part of them is extremely valuable, and brave dragon hunters, called "drakers," risk their lives aboard special dragon-hunting airships to pursue them. It has been half a century since humans took to the sky to hunt dragons.