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Dragon’s Dogma anime series hits Netflix this September"Only the Arisen can face the Dragon and defeat the apocalypse"
“Only the Arisen can face the Dragon and defeat the apocalypse”
Netflix last night announced that theirDragon’s Dogmaanime series will arrive on September 17th. Based on Capcom’s open-world action-RPG of the same name, Dragon’s Dogma follows a dude who’s been brought back to life as an “Arisen”, tasked with taking out monsters that represent the seven deadly sins. Netflix announced the series last year, and now they’ve finally given a tiny look at it.
“Ethan sets out to vanquish the Dragon that took his heart, but with every demon he battles, the more he loses his humanity,“the Netflix listingsays. That’s about all that’s up on said listing right now, aside from the genre tags which say the series is “dark, exciting”. Yeah, sounds about right.
First released in 2012, Dragon’s Dogma has a bit of a cult following. Our very own Adam Smith (RPS in peace) thoughtit was like playing an MMORPG full of wonderful idiots. Having said that, in ourDragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen review, Richard Cobbett said “it’s the least interested I’ve seen an RPG been in its own tale since… well,Fallout 4, but this game did get in there first.” I can’t imagine a TV series would get too bogged down in sidequests, though - at least, I’d hope not.
Dragon’s Dogma game director Hideaki Itsuno revealed last year that he had the opportunity to make a sequel, butchose to do Devil May Cry 5 instead.
Netflix are really getting into video game anime. CD Projekt Red recently announced aCyberpunk 2077spin-off anime, namedCyberpunk: Edgerunners, is coming in 2022. Then you’ve got Castlevania, whichlaunched its third seasonjust a couple months ago.
