Marco and The Galaxy Dragon

**Marco and The Galaxy Dragon** (*Marco & The Galaxy Dragon, Marco & Galaxy Dragon, Marco to Gingaryū, マルコと銀河竜*) is a Japanese multi-media project consisting of a visual novel and anime series. Production is done by game and animation company Tokyotoon.

## Synopsis

Marco, an orphan with missing memories, and Arco, a dragon who rules the galaxy, were hunting for treasure in space! On one of their adventures, Marco was given a clue to the whereabouts of her mother. Their next stop, her birthplace - Earth!

## Media

### Visual Novel

The visual novel is an adventure themed simulation that is planned to be released on February 28 for PC via *Steam* while an immediate demo may be downloaded. It only has Japanese audio, but available in Japanese, English, French, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese subtitles. Pre-orders for the game have started on October 25, 2019, and trial versions of the game have been released on *Steam* on December 27, 2019.

### Anime

An anime project was included within the visual novel game, and was also available via a Blu-ray Disc bonus in physical release versions of the game in Japan only. The Japanese release has a bonus "Galaxy Edition." This edition comes with a soundtrack CD, animation storyboards, script, animation sequences on Blu-ray disc, mini-games, an acrylic keychain, and more.

### Sequel

A sequel was teased by the official TOKYOTOON account that it was going to be released in the GALAXY EDITION pack on December 28, 2020 with the original game along with other items included. This is a prequel is about Marco exploring Planet Zeta to collect the Red Tears, including new and old characters along with the cartoonish artstyle drawn by the visual novel's script director, Hato. It also has multiple endings depending on the choices you make.

### Staff

* Tokyotoon (development/production company)
* Shiravune (publishing company)
	+ Tsukushiyama (anime director)
	+ Uro (assitant anime director)
	+ Hato (scripts for visual novel/anime)
	+ Itsuki Oozora (visual novel character designer)
	+ Yushi Tanaka (anime character designer)
	+ Nade Nizyou (supporting visual novel character designer)
	+ CHProduction (Art direction/logo and web design)
	+ cake (storyboard artist)
	+ Rin Kawachi (storyboard artist)
	+ hizumi (artist)
	+ Piroshiki Kanbe (artist)
	+ Morimori (artist)
	+ Taku Hoshino (artist)
	+ banka (artist)
	+ Matsuri Kobayashi (artist)
	+ Digital Shokunin Inc.
	+ abacam, Inc.
	+ CAT-HANDS.inc
	+ Creative House Pocket Co, Ltd
	+ Green Fields, Inc
	+ C-Garden, Inc.
	+ Roco Manatsu (additional artist)
	+ Shisumi Shizukawa (graphic chief)
	+ Chamame (graphic design lead)
	+ Marisa (graphic design lead)
	+ YUKI MAKOTO (graphic designer)
	+ KIRITO (graphic designer)
	+ uo (graphic designer)
	+ t\_onnura (graphic designer)
	+ oikawa (graphic designer)
	+ imamura (graphic designer)
	+ niyasuke (graphic designer)
	+ Usagi Inku (graphic designer)
	+ AFES Co., Ltd Mugetsutei
	+ LongshotLLC
	+ Kiyotaka Yachi (background supervisor)
	+ Masanori Yamaguchi (background supervisor/background)
	+ Studio White
	+ y.ish (background artist)
	+ GearRapt (background artist)
	+ Atelier Kukikan (background artist)
	+ psyche(background artist)
	+ BoCuden(background artist)
	+ Gabousuzumeddou (background artist)
	+ nakano (background artist)
	+ TEAM TILLDAWN
	+ BAKU PRODUCION;LTD
	+ yasudagabou (background artist)
	+ Makoto Ohta(background artist)
	+ Tenmaso (monster illustrator)
	+ SENYA KIROSHIMA (monster illustrator)
	+ Kouzi Akimoto (mechanical illustrator)
	+ Kosei Sato (Audio Director)
	+ G-angle, Inc. (sound production)
	+ Yuya Matsuzaki (storyboarder)
	+ Yato Shibesaka (storyboarder)
	+ Shinya Kaneko (key animator)
	+ Nobuhide Kariya (key animator)
	+ Kirara Aya (key animator)
	+ Yuuya Hiderita (key animator)
	+ Ryuji Yoshiki (key animator)
	+ Han (key animator)
	+ Rei Motoyama (key animator)
	+ Koran Higashiyama (key animator)
	+ Zettai (key animator)
	+ Kazooma (key animator)
	+ Mikinori (key animator)
	+ Trajuan G (key animator)
	+ Hazien Lyles-Saunders (key animator)
	+ Jake Mosher(key animator)
	+ Paul Kartachov (key animator)
	+ bao (key animator)
	+ Buutaro (key animator)
	+ Major Xiong (key animator)
	+ rice (key animator)
	+ Vercreek (key animator)
	+ Jaguilar (key animator)
	+ Saku (secondary animator)
	+ Ryo Minamino (secondary animator)
	+ TripleA (Trace Paint Cooperation)
	+ Revival (Trace Paint Cooperation)
	+ staro (Trace Paint Cooperation)
	+ Taikan Anime (Trace Paint Cooperation)
	+ Yumeta Company (Trace Paint Cooperation)
	+ asurafilm (line test)
	+ Hozuki Matsubara (color designer)
	+ Kimika Matsuo (background)
	+ Creative Freaks (background)
	+ Yuki Saito (musician)
	+ Koshi Haraguchi (production manager)
	+ Mizuki Kitada (production manager)
	+ Tsuchi (production manager)
	+ Kosuke Hada (assistant manager)
	+ Kaori Imazumi (vocal singer for The Blue Star, Universe, and The Galaxy Dragon)
	+ konore (vocal singer for Hunger and Orb)
	+ Pomi (song musician/background musician)
	+ Kirin (vocal singer for Denderaryuba)
	+ RE-D (background musician)
	+ Shinnosuke Rimo Mori (background musician)
	+ Natsuki Nishimoto (pianist)
	+ Daiya Nishimura (UI design)
	+ Yuki Sakuma (script writer)
	+ Karasu (script writer)
	+ Side Quest (translation)
	+ Future-Digi (translation)
	+ HYDE,Inc (subgame programming)
	+ UguisuKobo (animation)
	+ Nakagawa (publicity)
	+ Nobuo Kaburaya (publicity)
	+ Harunohito (publicity)
	+ Usui Koimo (publicity)
	+ Keisuke Suzuki
	+ Sonoka Okuda
	+ Kei Mutsuki
	+ Shakil Bin Karim

## Characters

* Marco
* Arco
* Jormungandr Haqua
* Gargouille Sheila
* Sakurako Onda
* Yuuko Onda
* Ruri
* Terra Isezaki
* Rakka Isezaki
* Takao Kurosaki
* Pandagraph
* Mayor
* Emergency Rations
* Hara
* Astaroth
* El Skeleton

## Videos

【ティザームービー】マルコと銀河竜 MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【本告知ムービー】マルコと銀河竜 MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【OPムービー】マルコと銀河竜 MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Opening Movie】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON~English ver~【Demo part1】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part2】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part3】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part4】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part5】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part6】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part7】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part8】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part9】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part10】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON【Demo part11】MARCO AND THE GALAXY DRAGON

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-28/tokyotoon-reveals-marco-and-galaxy-dragon-game-anime-project/.152697
2. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202540/Marco\_\_The\_Galaxy\_Dragon/
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-27/marco-and-galaxy-dragon-game-opening-movie-streamed/.154818
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/tokyotoon/status/1342399990652530688
5. ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/マルコと銀河竜\_〜MARCO\_&\_GALAXY\_DRAGON〜
6. ↑ https://happygamer.com/marco-the-galaxy-dragon-announces-north-american-pc-release-with-free-demo-49369/8