Main characters

Ash Blake (アッシュ・ブレイク, Asshu Bureiku)

Voiced by: Kōji Takahashi (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English)

A 16-year-old student at the academy whose dragon Pal hasn't awakened. He is known as a problem child due to his tendency to react violently to any perceived insult to his yet-to-be-born dragon. Despite his poor reputation, he has an unusual talent—a phenomenon called Chalice that makes him the only human (aside from his sister, Linda) able to ride other people's dragons. As a child he had no interest in becoming a Breeder, but he met Silvia Lautreamont—who was determined to be a Breeder—by chance during the Orphan Rite and assisted her in finding the Mother Dragon. After finding the Mother Dragon, he is chosen to become a Breeder; not Silvia. He was given the dragon Pal (later named Eco) by the Mother Dragon who was aware of his ability to ride any dragon.

After saving the town during the Necromancia incident, he is deified as the Arch-bearing "Silver Knight", which corresponds to a noble rank. He is later knighted by Paladin Oswald, granting him the title Dragona shortly after accepting the position of student council general affairs. He is also called the Knight of Avalon due to him being Eco's master. In his second year, he takes the student council president position where he becomes the founder of The Independent Order of the Avalon Knights.

Eco (エーコ, Ēko)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Lara Woodhull (English)

Eco is a special dragon Pal, who takes the form of a human girl. Although she develops a fondness for Ash, she treats him as though he was her servant, much to his annoyance. Eco is fully aware that Ash is her master and that she is the "pet" (as she describes herself), but she doesn't want to admit it because of her pride. She also believes that if she submits that she will be nothing but a "tamed pet" and will never be loved as anything more than just a pet, which is not the kind of love she wants from Ash. Eco accesses Dragweiss, a place where she can gathers the ability to give Ash a magical suit of armor known as an Ark and when she does, they also receive an Ark Weapon infused with elemental power.

She is later revealed to be the Imperial Princess of the Emperor's Family of Avalon's Holy Dragons, and her full name is Eco Aurora-Christa Pendragon Lena Anherusu-Ilya Roransu Liliane-Muriel-Octavia-Robertine de la Rosa Resuperansu van de Compostela Avalon. According to the Mother Dragon, Eco is both human and dragon. This was arranged in order for her to breed with Ash and save the dragon race from extinction.

Silvia Lautreamont (シルヴィア・ロートレアモン, Shiruvia Rōtoreamon)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Elizabeth Parker (English)

Fourth princess of the Lautreamont Knight Family and a Dragonar. Her Pal is a white Maestro Dragon named Lancelot. It is revealed that she wasn't supposed to become a Dragonar, but she did when Ash yielded Lancelot to her when the two of them met as children during the Orphan Rite. Neither of them remember meeting nor the subsequent events. Silvia soon joins the student council with Ash and is in charge of public morals. She is completely terrified of her older sister, Veronica, but overcomes her fears when Veronica recognizes her skills. Despite Silvia being the 4th child of the King, her older siblings are either not interested in politics, or have gone missing, which has left her as heir-presumptive to the throne.

During their second visit to Albion Forest to search for the Mother Dragon as part of an examination, Silvia and Ash regain their lost memories. Silvia finally realizes the magnitude of everything that Ash has done for her, such as giving up Lancelot and getting injured in the process, and so she declares her love for him and kisses him, causing her to forever quarrel with Eco, and will stop at nothing to have Ash be engaged to her. In later volumes, Silvia also becomes an Arch Dragonar and vice president of the academy.

Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy

Rebecca Randall (レベッカ・ランドール, Rebekka Randōru)

Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Alexis Tipton (English)

Third-year student and student council president. Her dragon Pal is a Maestro named Cú Chulainn. She is a powerful Arch Dragonar armor-user capable of summoning an unstoppable spear named Gae Bulg. She likes teasing Ash to make the other girls who like him jealous. However, she may have feelings for Ash as well. When she graduates from the academy, she leaves the position of student council president to Ash.

Raymond Kirkland (レイモン・カークランド, Reimon Kākurando)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)

Ash's friend and a self-proclaimed "ladies' man". His Pal is an Earth Dragon named Brigid. He, Ash, and Maximilian have known each other for a long time and were once roommates when they were younger. Raymond is one of the very few students outside the student council to know about Ash's identity as the famous Silver Knight who had saved the town from a Necromantia dragon. In his second year, he takes the position of general affairs while Ash is promoted to student council president and has a seat on the Order of the Avalon Knights.

Jessica Valentine (ジェシカ・ヴァレンタイン, Jeshika Varentain)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Anime) (Japanese); Skyler McIntosh (English)

Rebecca's childhood friend who sees her as her rival. Although Jessica acts like she's from nobility, the truth is the Valentine family have been servants of the Randall family for generations, and Rebecca threatens to expose her whenever she causes trouble. She was the president of the Silver Knight Fan Club, and when she finds out that the Silver Knight is Ash, she wishes to bear his children in order to gain nobility. To cover it up, Rebecca has her resign as president of the fan club and join the student council. Her Pal is a Hydra named Rhiannon.

Lukka Saarinen (ルッカ・サーリネン, Rukka Sārinen)

Voiced by: Asuka Ōgame (Anime) (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)

The student council secretary. An Eckbald or elf of the forest, Lukka is the youngest person to ever become a Dragonar. Her Pal is a Maestro Dragon named Gawain. After an accident where she fell off Gawain, she developed a fear of riding her dragon. In addition, Gawain has since refused to let her ride due to his concern for his rider. However, Lukka is eventually able to overcome her fear with Ash's help. She then becomes attached to him and more open to others. As an Eckbaldian Dragonar, she practices the Dragon Dance, a battle style that wins the battle against the Necromantia at the Willingham Mausoleum.

Maximillian Russell (マクシミリアン・ラッセル, Makushimirian Rasseru)

Voiced by: Genki Muro (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); Derick Snow (English)

The student council treasurer. Maximillian's Pal is a Wyvern named Airanlot. He is known to be a clean freak and does not tolerate any kind of untidiness. He, Ash, and Raymond have known each other for a long time and were once roommates in their earlier school years.

Oscar Brailsford (オスカー・ブレイスフォード, Osukā Bureisufōdo)

The student council vice president who is a girl masquerading as a boy and is often absent from school lectures and activities. According to Rebecca, Oscar's skills as a Dragonar are exceptional. Likewise, Oscar wishes to make Rebecca her 'first wife'. Oscar is the daughter of the king of Chevron. After Oscar's mother's death, the king took Oscar on as a son and hid her true gender. She became the first Breeder of the land of Chevron with her Pal Tristan and became an exchange student at the academy. She has an eye-patch maid named Celestine. When they were introduced, Oscar and Ash were initially on bad terms because Oscar forcibly took Eco for strength to obtain her throne.

Linda Blake (リンダ・ブレイク, Rinda Bureiku)

Ash's younger sister. Like her older brother Ash, Linda is able to ride any dragon. Her Pal, Percival is the reincarnation of the Mother Dragon. Originally, Eco was intended to be Linda's Pal but instead was given to Ash because he had given Lancelot to Silvia. To compensate, Linda is given a holy dragon since both she and Ash share the Chalice phenomena and have greater potential to be Breeders.

Lautreamont Knight Country

Zepharos Empire

Klaus Viderhausen (クラウス・ヴィターハウゼン, Kurausu Vitāhauzen)

Voiced by: Eiji Miyashita (Anime) (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)

A nobleman sent to represent the Zepharos Empire in the continental congress. He took Julius in after he found him wandering after Julius lost his memories and became possessed by Mordred.

Milgaus (ミルガウス, Mirugausu)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Drama CD/Anime)^[2] (Japanese); David Trosko (English)

A masked man working for the Zepharos Empire. Milgaus is capable of summoning a Necromancer Dragon, a resurrected corpse of a dragon. He is later revealed to be Prince Julius, who was thought to have been executed many years ago but was in fact secretly spared by the Paladin and exiled. He was possessed by the spirit of the dark dragon king Mordred until Mordred tried to gain control of the Dragweiss.

Anya (アーニャ, Ānya) / Shamara Kiltzkaya (シャマラ・キルツカヤ, Shamara Kirutsukaya)

Voiced by: Asami Shimoda (Drama CD/Anime) (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft (English)

An assassin and head of the Tantalos tribe who works for Milgaus and is very dedicated to him. After being saved by Ash, Anya develops an interest in him. She is later revealed to be Avdocha's long lost sister.

Dragons

Navi (ナヴィー, Navī)

Voiced by: Yui Sakakibara (Drama CD/Anime) (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

Navi is the overseer of the Dragon Workshop and has access to all of the knowledge of past dragons. She appears as an older version of Eco. She is later revealed to be the incarnation of the Dragweiss, the repository of all dragon knowledge. Once Eco matures, she will absorb Navi, thus gaining access to the full knowledge, wisdom, and power of the Dragweiss. By doing so, she will direct the future of the dragon race. According to Navi, Navi's current appearance is what Eco will look like when the latter grows up. Navi thinks it would be fine if Ash ended up marrying both Silvia and Eco.

Mordred (モルドレッド, Morudoreddo)

Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda (Anime) (Japanese); Chris Rager (English)

Mordred was the dragon Pal of Prince Julius Lautreamont. As his dragon grew older, Julius discovered that Mordred had a malevolent aspect to his personality that was born from his ancestral memory as a descendant of the dark kingdom of Nehalennia and that it was slowly taking him over. To that end, Mordred conspired with the prince to kill himself, hoping that it would also kill his evil side.

Unfortunately, Mordred's evil side was able to escape the death of its body and possess Julius. When the Paladin spared Julius's life, he unwittingly allowed Mordred to survive as well. Mordred later tries to possess Eco in order to fully revive himself, but Navi resists his attack, which allows Ash and Eco to defeat and forcefully expel him. His spirit flees and is last seen flying to the east. In the manga series, Mordred is actually a female who looks like a Lolli girl.

Nuada (ヌァザ, Nwaza)

A legendary dragon, Nuada was resurrected by Milgaus to fight Ash and his friends. According to his legend, he was the Pal of a sick girl. Believing his master was about to die, Nuada cut off his Astral Flow with her. Astral Flow is the link that allows a dragon to absorb Astral—the magical energy required by all things to survive but no longer produced by extremely magical races like dragons and elves—from its rider. Nuada left for the Willingham Mausoleum, where he died alone, not realizing his master had recovered.

Mother Dragon (マザー・ドラゴン, Mazā Doragon)

Voiced by: Fumi Hirano (Anime) (Japanese); Linda Leonard (English)

The Mother Dragon is an unseen presence in the world. Despite being called the Mother Dragon, she claims that she is not actually the mother of dragons, but merely a system that distributes dragons to deserving Breeders. The Mother Dragon is a large and powerful dragon, and unlike other dragons, she is able to survive without a partner. Only people with the ability to become Breeders are able to see her, and she chooses who and who will not become Breeders during the Orphan Rite. She was created by a wise dragon in order to save their kind after an accident took away the ability of magical races such as dragons and elves to produce Astral, which brought the dragon race to the brink of extinction. Only recently has the Mother Dragon realized that she is dying. She christens a dragon with a human form (Eco) so that Eco can bear children with a human and save the dragon race.

Light novels

Dragonar Academy began as a light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi with illustrations by Kohada Shimesaba, published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released in Japan on June 25, 2010,^[3] and the last on November 25, 2015, with a total of 20 volumes published.

Drama CD

A CD drama was released by Media Factory on October 24, 2012.^[4] The drama is split into two episodes: "Eco the Dragon Girl" (エーコは竜の娘, Ēco wa Ryū no Musume) and "The Streets of Ansarivan" (アンサリヴァンの市街区, Ansarivan no Shigai-ku). The opening theme is "Astral Flow" by Haruka Shimotsuki, and a short version of the song was featured as a bonus track. The full song was later featured in Uta J (うたJ, lit. Song J), Media Factory's album commemorating MF Bunko J's tenth anniversary, released on August 29, 2012.^[5]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Ran began serialization in the June 2011 issue of Monthly Comic Alive (released on April 27, 2011).^[6] The first bound volume was released by Media Factory on October 22, 2011,^[7] with a total of thirteen volumes published under their Alive Comics imprint.^[8] The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment under the title Dragonar Academy.^[9] In July 2020, the manga became one of seven titles to be removed from Books Kinokuniya in Australia for claims of promoting child pornography.^[10]

Anime

An anime television series aired from April 5 to June 21, 2014, on AT-X and at later dates on Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, and BS11. The anime series is animated by C-Station and directed by Shunsuke Tada. The opening theme is "Seiken Nante Iranai" (聖剣なんていらない, I Don't Need a Holy Sword) by Yui Sakakibara while the ending theme is MOST Ijō no 'MOSTEST' (MOST以上の"MOSTEST", A "Mostest" More Than Most) by Mariya Ise, Ayane Sakura, and Marina Inoue under their character names.^[11] The series adapts the first four volumes of the light novels. The series is licensed by Funimation in North America and aired on their TV station.^[12]