The anime adaptation of The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter (Hone Dragon no Manamusume) received its first main promotional video, key visual and lead cast on Thursday, October 8, 2026. Kadokawa confirmed a 2027 premiere, without naming the month.
Kana Hanazawa plays Eve, the girl abandoned in the Forest of Scraps. Kazuhiko Inoue voices Nemu, the skull dragon who raises her. The series is produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Kuniyasu Nishina, who has directed episodes of Oshi no Ko, Blue Period and 86. Yuka Yamada handles series composition, and Tomoya Atsumi designs the characters.
What the story follows
Ichi Yukishiro's manga began in 2020 on Mag Garden's Mag Comi site and later moved to Monthly Comic Garden. The premise of The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter is an old dragon near the end of his life who finds Eve and decides to raise her. Years later, his body gives out. The story then turns on their reunion and on trying to control the girl's magic before the dragon's resurrected body fails again.
The campaign line on the visual, as reported by Crunchyroll, sets the tone: to live among humans you need connections, money and a backbone. The published material is not only fantasy adventure. It mixes everyday life, comedy and a parenthood that is running out of time.
What is already out outside Japan
J-Novel Club releases the manga digitally in English. Seven Seas publishes the print edition. The sixth Japanese volume came out in August 2025, and the English edition of that volume is set for December 1, 2026. According to Anime News Network, the manga went on hiatus in July and is expected to return in spring 2027.
The adaptation itself is not new today: production was revealed in March 2026. What changes now for The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter is the first moving footage, the lead cast and the 2027 window. There is still no confirmed broadcaster, streaming service or exact date.
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