Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling


Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling is a Japanese light novel series written by Nekoko and illustrated by Naji Yanagida. It originally began as a web novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in August 2015, before beginning publication by Earth Star Entertainment under their Earth Star Novel imprint in December 2015, and later moved to Square Enix's SQEX Novel imprint in January 2021. A manga adaptation illustrated by Rio began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star manga website in September 2017, and has been compiled into nine volumes as of January 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Felix Film and Ga-Crew premiered in January 2026.

Premise

A person from Earth is reincarnated as a dragon, and has to survive in a hostile world of monsters while leveling up with the assistance of the Divine Voice, a mysterious voice that acts as the dragon's guide to the world around him.

Characters

Main characters

;Illusia
;Myria

Illusia's companions

;Black lizard
;Ballrabbit
;Nina
;Adoff
;Partner
;Allo

Myria's village

;Marielle
;Gregory Grimm
;Bertz

Other characters

;Doz Doglemaad
;Grantz Grantzle
;Meltia

Antagonists

;Divine Voice
;Forte Slime
;Illusia

Media

Light novel

Written by Nekoko, Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling originally began serialization as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website on August 20, 2015. It later began publication as a light novel with illustrations by Naji Yanagida under Earth Star Entertainment's Earth Star Novel imprint on December 15, 2015. Twelve volumes were published up until May 15, 2020. On November 8, 2020, Square Enix announced that they acquired the series and would release it under their newly created SQEX Novel imprint from the thirteenth volume on January 7, 2021, to the seventeenth volume on January 7, 2026.
The light novels are licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Rio began serialization on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star manga website on September 28, 2017. The manga's chapters have been collected into nine volumes as of January 2026.
The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 14, 2025. It is produced by Felix Film and Ga-Crew and directed by Yuta Takamura, with Nobuyoshi Arai serving as assistant director, Tatsuhiko Urahata handling series composition, Masahito Onoda designing the characters and Kow Otani composing the music. The series premiered on January 10, 2026, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gliding Claw", performed by, and the ending theme song is "Sky Clipper", performed by Tao and Sak. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America for streaming on Hidive. Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.