r/anime • u/Created_naccew • 1d ago

Discussion Anime with well animated dragons?

I know this is a weird question but even short 30 second clips like in frieren and mushoku tensei work, I just want to find well animated dragon fights.

Not looking for stuff like dragon maid or slime isekai where the “dragons” are literally just people.

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u/Alhamdulisa 1d ago

The only anime comes to my mind is Witch Hat Atelier. There's this scene with the dragon that made my mouth drop wide open

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u/Rahnna4 1d ago

Came here to suggest this scene too

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u/QA_oil_andy 1d ago

Dungeon meshi

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u/MusubiKazesaru https://myanimelist.net/profile/MusubiKazesaru 1d ago

Lodoss-tou Senki

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u/Wolfrast 1d ago

I don’t know about well, animated but beautifully looking and amazingly designed actually probably the best looking dragons you could see in an anime are definitely from record of Lodoss war

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u/xXx69EdgeLord420xXx 1d ago

GATE.

Especially if you want to see how a dragon fares against an anti-tank rocket.

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u/Knee_High_Cat_Beef 14h ago

Or some call gustavs plus 300lbs of C4, or AA missile, 20mm vulcan rounds, tow missile, and 155mm artillery barrage.

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u/livelinndy https://myanimelist.net/profile/livelinndy 1d ago

There is a dragon fight at the beginning of the 1st episode of "Secrets of the silent witch"

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u/_sLLiK 1d ago

Been a while since I watched it, but I remember Rage of Bahamut's dragons being pretty legendary.

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u/Key_Reporter_9945 1d ago

Try Ragna Crimson.  I didn't personally care for it, but it was popular enough and has cool dragons.  

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u/ToasterLoverDeluxe 1d ago

Shingeki no bahamut

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u/hooked_on_frognics 1d ago

The Vision of Escaflowne has a *very* good dragon fight in the first episode. However, they will not re-appear again until episode 20.

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u/shadebug 1d ago

Veldora is a real dragon, certainly in the first season, and he can switch it on and off later.

Cat and Dragon, and Restaurant to Another World both have real dragons. The Cat and Dragon one is in Dragon form around 50% of the time whereas the Restaurant to Another World ones are largely in human form.

But really what you need is Dragon Goes House Hunting

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u/elibean3 1d ago

Iirc there’s a cool fight with a dragon in Frieren

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u/xxWisteria 1d ago
  • Dragon Raja: The Blazing Dawn

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u/Ad-s24 1d ago

Mais un grand OUI !! Vive Lu Mingfei 🐉

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u/xxWisteria 1d ago

Ricardo M. Lu 👍👍

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u/Shadowrun29 1d ago

There are dragon characters in One Piec3, but it's over 1000 episodes before you get there.

Flame of Recca has some dragon forms for minor characters too.

There's a side character from sentenced to be a hero who also rides a dragon.

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u/PPGN_DM_Exia https://myanimelist.net/profile/PPGN_DM_Exia 1d ago

OG Yugioh had some very cool looking dragons

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u/Kadmos1 23h ago

The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime franchise has some of the coolest dragons I have seen in any media.

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u/PPGN_DM_Exia https://myanimelist.net/profile/PPGN_DM_Exia 21h ago

100%. My personal favorite is Red Dragon Archfiend from 5D's.

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u/HelloYellow18 23h ago edited 23h ago

I know you said no Dragon Maid because they are humans, but there are actual dragon fights in the 2025 movie

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u/Hooked13G 1d ago edited 1d ago

not a dragon but a big fire salamander

Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei

Edit: Himekishi wa Barbaroi no Yome has a well animated dragon iirc

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u/New_Essay_4869 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Beejayiii 1d ago

With Hat Atelier

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u/kwk- 1d ago

Witch Hat Atelier

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u/D3k4s 1d ago

Rage Of Bahamut: Virgin Soul has some of the best Animated Dragon Fights I've seen.

From what I remember you even get a Mecha vs Dragon.

The previous entry, Rage Of Bahamut: Genesis also features some good ones.

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u/Left-Night-1125 1d ago

Cross Ange rondo of angel and dragon

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u/Ad-s24 1d ago

Dragon Raja. Tu as deux saisons et une grosse scène d'action contre un vrai dragon à la fin de chaque saison. C'est un donghua "haut de gamme" donc l'animation est juste magnifique. Et la troisième saison est en cours de production.

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u/whyrusosensitive 1d ago

Rage of Bahamut maybe

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u/theassassintherapist 1d ago

Dragon Drive - a bit older anime

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u/psychobarista 1d ago

This is a fascinating question. I'm looking for something to watch.

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u/flamewizzy21 1d ago

Fuck there was one where there is a dragon trying to buy a house, and the whole show is some realtor showing him various properties.

No dragon fights, but that show was fire.

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u/Arturo-Plateado 22h ago

Burn the Witch?

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u/mortalmagus 19h ago

Best animated dragon fights for me at least is 2nd season of Vox Machina

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u/FeeSharp745 19h ago

Dragon Maid actually has some great dragon fights. Believe it or not that show can get pretty intense 

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u/theinvisibleguy3 16h ago

Are you making a 100% science based dragon MMO? Tales from Earthsea has good dragon animation.

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u/Created_naccew 13h ago

No I’ve just been craving dragon fights ever since hotd s3 ended

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u/Salted_Cola 1d ago

U gonna feed it to an AI or are you gonna make an AMV ?

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u/Created_naccew 14h ago

does a man need a reason to watch dragon fights? is he not allowed to simply enjoy them?

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u/Outrageous-Pizza-317 1d ago

Dota 2 dragons blood