The Dragon Dentist
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The title card for the original short anime.
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龍の歯医者 (Ryū no Haisha) |
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| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Ōtarō Maijō |
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| Written by | Ōtarō Maijō |
| Music by | Yoshitaka Koyama |
| Studio | Khara |
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| Runtime | 8 minutes, 52 seconds |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Produced by | Hideaki Anno |
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| Studio | Khara |
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| Original network | NHK BS Premium |
| Original run | 18 February 2017 – 25 February 2017 |
| Episodes | 2 |
The Dragon Dentist (Japanese: 龍の歯医者? Hepburn: Ryū no Haisha) is a 8-minute-long original net animation written and directed by Ōtarō Maijō that was released as the first part of Hideaki Anno's Animator Expo. The story follows a girl who is tasked with becoming a dentist for a dragon. A two-part anime television special adaptation was aired in February 2017.
The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds in the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate.
Hideaki Anno announced the Animator Expo weekly anime shorts at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2014, with The Dragon Dentist as its first short. The short was written and directed by Ōtarō Maijō and produced by Tomoyuki Ogata, with Anno and Nobuo Kawakami of Dwango serving as executive producers. Animation was produced by Khara and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki. Yasuyuki Kosaka served as character designer in collaboration with Yoshimichi Kameda, who served as animation character designer. Yuka Kawai served as art director under the supervision of Kentaro Akiyama. Hiroyasu Kobayashi provided CGI direction, and Toyotoku Yamada handled cinematography. Shin Inoie produced the anime's special effects. Yoshitaka Koyama composed the series music, while Toru Noguchi produced sound effects under the direction of Toshiharu Yamada. The short was edited by Hidemi Li, and Dan Kanemitsu translated it for the English subtitles.
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