Customer Ratings & Reviews

If you like action and dragons with a little romance then this is the anime for you.

First: a brief synopsis. "Twenty years prior to the story's beginning, an asteroid headed for Earth destroys Pluto. Due to Pluto's destruction, the asteroid, which is dubbed Thanatos, becomes temporarily stagnant in Pluto's orbit. Now, in order to avoid Earth's impending destruction, the International Solarsystem Development Agency (ISDA) works on the "D-Project", and secretly creates weapons called "Dragons" after finding a dragon egg under the ocean. However, they soon find out that the asteroid is not their only threat, as powerful, destructive dragons from Thanatos appear on Earth. After witnessing what looks like a murder by a strange creature, Jin Kamishina, a lonely 18-year-old boy who lost his family in a shuttle accident two years ago, gets involved with the ISDA and their efforts to battle the dragons from Thanatos. Helping him is Toa, a mysterious girl who saves him from falling to his death after the creature attacks him. As they delve deeper into the mysteries of the dragons, they encounter new friends and enemies, and also develop a closer relationship. Basically, humanity is on the brink of destruction by an insterstaller entity that is going to devour the entire planet...sucks for humanity. Thanatos has sent dragons to Earth to conquer it and humanity has also captured and raised some of their own to combat it. The majority of the series focuses on conflict between humans and their dragons rather than against Thanatos which is good in terms of the character development. Don't get attached to too many of the side characters as some bite the dust. The only real complaint I have with Dragonaut is the constant up-and-down relationship between Jin and Toa. Seemed like their attitudes changed almost every episode. Voice acting was pretty good. Never swapped to the Japanese vocals once...which is surprising for me. Extras...meh: the usual textless openings and a few trailers. Good series for the length and price.