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| Crystal Dragon | |
| クリスタル☆ドラゴン (Kurisutaru Doragon) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuuho Ashibe |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Imprint | Bonita Comics |
| Magazine | |
| Original run | 1981 – present |
| Volumes | 30 |
Crystal Dragon (Japanese: クリスタル☆ドラゴン, Hepburn: Kurisutaru Doragon) is a Japanese historical fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Yuuho Ashibe. Set in Ireland and Roman Britain, the story follows a black-haired girl named Arianrhod and her fight against Balor Evil-Eye, the Gothic warlord who destroyed her home tribe. Joining her in the fight are Henruda, the daughter of a Celtic chieftain, and Legion, the Silver Knight.
Crystal Dragon began serialization in Akita Shoten's monthly shōjo (girls') manga magazine Bonita in 1981, later transferring to its sister magazine Mystery Bonita. The series went on hiatus from 2007 to 2014, during which Ashibe resumed her other long-running manga series, Bride of Deimos. It went on hiatus again in summer 2020 due to unspecified circumstances. In April 2021, Ashibe announced that the series is nearing its climax. Akita Shoten has published 30 tankōbon (compiled volumes) of Crystal Dragon under the Bonita Comics imprint as of November 2020; the company also published 12 bunkoban (paperback novel-sized volumes) under the Akita Bunko imprint from July 2003 to July 2007. Internationally, the series is licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.[citation needed]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 10, 1982 | 978-4-25-309015-5 |
| 2 | May 30, 1982 | 978-4-25-309016-2 |
| 3 | December 5, 1982 | 978-4-25-309017-9 |
| 4 | May 30, 1983 | 978-4-25-309018-6 |
| 5 | July 5, 1984 | 978-4-25-309019-3 |
| 6 | December 1, 1984 | 978-4-25-309020-9 |
| 7 | May 5, 1985 | 978-4-25-309021-6 |
| 8 | October 1, 1985 | 978-4-25-309022-3 |
| 9 | April 1, 1986 | 978-4-25-309023-0 |
| 10 | November 10, 1986 | 978-4-25-309024-7 |
| 11 | July 1, 1987 | 978-4-25-309071-1 |
| 12 | September 5, 1989 | 978-4-25-309072-8 |
| 13 | August 5, 1990 | 978-4-25-309073-5 |
| 14 | August 25, 1992 | 978-4-25-309074-2 |
| 15 | December 25, 1997 | 978-4-25-309075-9 |
| 16 | November 15, 1998 | 978-4-25-309076-6 |
| 17 | March 10, 2000 | 978-4-25-309077-3 |
| 18 | August 25, 2001 | 978-4-25-309129-9 |
| 19 | March 20, 2002 | 978-4-25-309130-5 |
| 20 | October 25, 2002 | 978-4-25-309131-2 |
| 21 | July 20, 2003 | 978-4-25-309547-1 |
| 22 | June 25, 2004 | 978-4-25-309548-8 |
| 23 | May 15, 2005 | 978-4-25-309549-5 |
| 24 | April 15, 2006 | 978-4-25-309550-1 |
| 25 | January 15, 2008 | 978-4-25-326000-8 |
| 26 | October 25, 2015 | 978-4-25-326001-5 |
| 27 | September 25, 2016 | 978-4-25-326002-2 |
| 28 | March 25, 2018 | 978-4-25-326003-9 |
| 29 | March 25, 2019 | 978-4-25-326004-6 |
| 30 | November 25, 2020 | 978-4-25-326005-3 |