Drifting Dragons
Drifting Dragons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine good! Afternoon since June 2016 and has been collected in twenty-one volumes as of January 2026. The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint.
An original net animation adaptation by Polygon Pictures was released on Netflix Japan on January 9, 2020. The same day, the series' first episode premiered on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, and continued weekly until March 26, 2020, with the final episode's television airing. It was followed by an international Netflix release in April 2020.
Characters
;Mika;Takita
;Jiraud
;Vanabelle
;Gibbs
;Crocco
;Niko
;Berko
;Capella
;Gaga
;Faye
;Badakin
;Oken
;Soraya
;Mayne
;Hiro
;Yoshi
;Lee
;Katja
;Nanami
;Ascella
;Ura
Media
Manga
Drifting Dragons is written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It started its publication in Kodansha's good! Afternoon on June 7, 2016. Kodansha has published the series into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 7, 2016. As of January 7, 2026, twenty-one volumes have been released.In North America, Kodansha USA announced the digital release of the manga in November 2017. They also announced the print release of the manga in March 2019. The first volume was published on December 17, 2019.
Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format
- Flight 102: Round Dragons & Bait
- Flight 103: Blizzard and Lost Dice
- Flight 104: Blizzard Sailing and Ice Cream
- Flight 105: Deckmaster's Grumble
- Flight 106: The Missing Hero and the Aurora Sandwich