A new key visual has been revealed for the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved anime film, highlighting Kanna and Kobayashi as the former throws herself on the latter’s shoulders.
The film began screening in Japanese theaters on June 27, 2025, with Crunchyroll set to distribute it worldwide (excluding Asia) and in Japanese with English subtitles in North America.
A lonely dragon wants to be loved was announced last September with Tatsuya Ishihara (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, Amagi Brilliant Park) as the director. Other staff involved in the anime film include Yuka Yamada (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S series screenwriter) as scriptwriter, Miku Kadowaki (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S character designer) as character designer and chief animation director, Shingo Kasai (Free!-the Final Stroke-) as background art director, Naomi Takahashi (Free!-the Final Stroke- co-color designer) as color designer, and Hiroki Umeda (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S) as composting director. Kyoto Animation is in charge of the animation production.
The late Yasuhiro Takemoto (Season 1 director) is credited as the series director.
Meanwhile, the anime film’s voice cast stars:
- • Maria Naganawa as Kanna
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Miss Kobayashi
- • Yuki Kuwahara as Tohru
- • Yuki Takada as Elma
- • Minami Takahashi as Lucoa
- • Shiori Sugiura as Iruru (replacing the retired Tomomi Mineuchi)
- • Daisuke Ono as Fafnir
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Makoto Takiya
- • Emiri Kato as Riko Saikawa
- • Kaori Ishihara as Shota Magatsuchi
- • Fumihiko Tachiki as Kimun Kamui
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Azad
- • Sachiko Kobayashi as Felicitas
Kyoto Animation previously produced the 2017 TV series Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, its 2021 sequel Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, and the short form ONA MiniDora (Mini Dragon). Crunchyroll is currently streaming both seasons and the short series.
The original manga series by Coolkyousinnjya was first launched in Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine on May 25, 2013, before moving to MANGA Action magazine in 2024 due to the former ceasing publication. Seventeen tankobon volumes have been released as of June 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English, as well as its many spinoff titles.
Crunchyroll describes the main synopsis of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved as:
Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and Iruru’s peaceful lives are shattered when Kanna’s father, Kamun Kamui, leader of the Chaos Forces, arrives and forces her to return to the Dragon World to fix a past mistake. With a war brewing between Chaos and Harmony, Kanna must find a way to unite the two worlds, but is torn between her loyalty to her friends and her father’s demands. Miss Kobayashi, however, refuses to let her go and tries to mend Kanna and Kamui’s broken bond. As dragons clash, Iruru uncovers a hidden force manipulating the war. Can they stop the war before it consumes both worlds?
Sources: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News
