Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and Iruru's peaceful lives are shattered when Kanna's father, Kimun 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?
Direction
Ishihara balances intimate family scenes with apocalyptic scale.
Acting
Naganawa's Kanna finally gets to scream, not just moe noises.
Production
Kyoto Animation flexes their dragon CG integration hard.
Director
Tatsuya Ishihara
Maria Naganawa
Kanna (voice)
Mutsumi Tamura
Kobayashi (voice)
Yuuki Kuwahara
Tohru (voice)
Yuuki Takada
Elma (voice)
Minami Takahashi
Lucoa (voice)
Shiori Sugiura
Ilulu (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Fafnir (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Makoto Takiya (voice)
Emiri Kato
Riko Saikawa (voice)
Kaori Ishihara
Shouta Magatsuchi (voice)
Sachiko Kobayashi
Felicitas (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Azad (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kimun Kamui (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
Male Fairy (voice)
Azusa Tadokoro
Female Fairy (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'dragon as maid' premise finally confronts its own power imbalance: Kamui's demand that Kanna 'return to her proper place' mirrors real queer found family narratives where bio families weaponize obligation.
Ishihara supposedly storyboarded Kobayashi's confrontation with Kamui first, then built the entire film backwards from that scene. The 2017 TV director returning for this 2025 film was considered unlikely until KyoAni's tragic 2019 arson—this became a statement about rebuilding family.
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Kobayashi actually being a caring and serious character will always be my favorite moment
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