A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized

A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized (齢5000年の草食ドラゴン、いわれなき邪竜認定) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kaisei Enomoto and illustrated by Shugao. It was serialized online between June 2017 and June 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published three volumes from February 2018 to October 2019 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōichi Muro was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from January 2018 to November 2019. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes. An original net (ONA) anime adaptation by Studio LAN aired in Chinese on Bilibili from July to October 2022, with the Japanese dub airing on television from January to March 2023. A second season is set to premiere in Japan in October 2024.

Characters

 * Evil Dragon Ravendia (邪竜レーヴェンディア)
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 * Reiko (レーコ)
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 * Aliante (アリアンテ)
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 * Water Saint (水の聖女)
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 * Ryatt (ライアット)
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 * Vanessa (ヴァネッサ)
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 * Rosetta (ロゼッタ)
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Light novel
The series written by Kaisei Enomoto was serialized online between June 2017 and June 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who have published three light novel volumes with illustrations by Shugao from February 1, 2018 to October 1, 2019 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint.

Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Kōichi Muro was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from January 22, 2018, to November 22, 2019. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes.

Anime
On November 21, 2021, a Japanese-Chinese original net (ONA) anime adaptation produced by Bilibili and animated by Studio LAN was announced. It is directed by Liu Siwen and written by Siwen and Li Jiajie. The Chinese dub aired on Bilibili from July 30 to October 8, 2022, while the Japanese dub aired on television from January 6 to March 24, 2023 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS Fuji. For the Chinese dub, the opening theme song is "Wèi guāng" (为光) by Liu Junlang, while the ending theme song is "Tǎng zài qíngkōng xià" (躺在晴空下) by Xiǎo yuán. For the Japanese dub, the opening theme song is "Bokura wa Genius" (僕らはジーニアス) by Shuka Saitō, while the ending theme song is "buddy" by Amber's. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.

A second season was announced on October 18, 2023. It is set to premiere in Japan in October 2024.