Sentai Filmworks today announced that it has acquired the two-episode TV special, The Dragon Dentist, for release in North America.
The Dragon Dentist two-part special, is produced by Studio khara, led by Hideaki Anno, the director of Evangelion. It is based on a seven-minute ONA (original net animation), that premiered at the 2014 Animator Expo showcase. The two-part special premiered in February of 2017.
The anime follows Nonoko, a young woman who has been assigned to care for the teeth of the guardian dragon of her country. One day, she discovers an enemy soldier resurrected from the inside of a dragon’s tooth, something that legends say foretell disaster.
Sentai Filmworks will release The Dragon Dentist through select digital outlets soon, and a home video release is expected to follow.
This week proved to be packed full of announcements from Sentai Filmworks. Earlier this week, the publisher also revealed the acquisitions of Kabukibu!, Grimoire of Zero, Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!: Rikka Version, Tamako -love story-, and the Beyond the Boundary movies (Beyond the Boundary -I’LL BE HERE-: Past and Beyond the Boundary -I’LL BE HERE-: Future), with home video releases planned for Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!: Rikka Version, Tamako -love story-, and the Beyond the Boundary movies, this year. Kabukibu! and Grimoire of Zero are part of the spring 2017 anime series, debuting this month, and new episodes will be shown exclusively in the US on Anime Strike, the curated on-demand anime subscription service from Amazon Channels.
