Drifting Dragons
2020 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Drifting Dragons

空挺ドラゴンズ

Synopsis

空挺ドラゴンズ

Dragons, the rulers of the sky. To many people on the surface, they are a dire threat, but at the same time, a valuable source of medicine, oil, and food. There are those who hunt the dragons. They travel the skies in dragon-hunting airships. This is the story of one of those ships, the “Quin Zaza,” and its crew.

Also On Fuji TV

Other series that aired on Fuji TV.

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Animation + Action & Adventure in Japan

706 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action & Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Drifting Dragons itself).

The 2019–2021 Japan Window

Drifting Dragons holds position #188 of 500 Japan seriess in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #4

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    ★ 8.7 · 2019
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    #5

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    #6

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    ★ 8.6 · 2020
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    #7

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    #8

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The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Drifting Dragons premiered alongside 149 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 149 other Japan seriess in 2020.

The 4052nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

43
Reviews
61st
Review-volume percentile
56th
Popularity percentile

43 audience reviews — more than 61% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 56th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
January 9, 2020
Last Air Date
March 26, 2020
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.6
TMDB Rating
43
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,104 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (76th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #874 of 2,532 (top 35%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesPolygon Pictures
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateJanuary 9, 2020
Official Sitedrifting-dragons.jp

Questions Answered

When did Drifting Dragons end?

Drifting Dragons finished its run with its final episode airing on March 26, 2020.

Where did Drifting Dragons air?

Drifting Dragons aired on Fuji TV, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.