List of Blue Dragon characters

The characters of Blue Dragon were designed by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. The anime version expands the characters' backgrounds as well as provide personalities to the Shadows, making them more than just extensions of the Shadow Wielder.

Protagonists

Shu

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Shu (anime) Voiced by: Keiko Nemoto (Japanese); Yuri Lowenthal (English)
Blue Dragon Voiced by: Masaya Takatsuka (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)

The main protagonist of Blue Dragon. Like many others in Talta Village, Shu's parents died because of the Land Shark when he was a baby. Because of his parents' untimely deaths, he now lives with his grandfather Fushira in Talta Village. Shu's brash and impetuous nature has often gotten him into trouble. But his courage, strength and dogged determination has saved him from certain death many times. He also has a crush on Kluke.

In the anime, Shu is depicted as even more brash and impulsive than in the game. When around Bouquet, he shown to be something of a pervert, but still controls himself around her much better then Marumaro does. Two years later, he is in Legolas' resistance against the forces of Rosekstan using an exo-suit with an artificial shadow to lead a raid upon a Rosekstan airship. Upon encountering Noi during an attack by Rosekstan and Michael's Red Dragon form, Shu's shadow was reawakened.

Shu is the owner of the shadow Blue Dragon, which often uses magic sword attacks. In the anime, Blue Dragon at first doesn't cooperate with Shu until their fight with Ivanov and Gustav when Shu managed to gain enough power to control him. For most of the anime, he is quite insulting towards him and constantly criticizes everything Shu does. The Blue Dragon is in fact depicted as having very violent personality, and is extremely cold, not caring about anything or anyone but himself.

Kluke

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Kluke (anime) Voiced by: Erino Hazuki (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)
Phoenix Voiced by: Konomi Tsuboi (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)

Kluke's parents died because of the Land Shark one year before the events of Blue Dragon. Her parents were the doctors of Talta Village, and after their deaths Kluke lives with Shu in the village as the new doctor. Kluke is very mature and serious and has been hardened by the deaths of her parents.

In the anime, Kluke gains her shadow much later than everyone else does. She is changed to having an overall typical female character personality; short tempered, will often hit the hero (in this case Shu), but at the same time has a crush on him which she denies, but does a poor job of hiding. She is often shown wielding a gun that shoots pink fists. Near the end of the first series, Andropov starts to develop a crush on her. In the second series, she is shown to be living in another village being a teacher to some kids. She had her encounter with Noi who reawakened Kluke's shadow without her knowing. Her shadow re-emerged when the village she was living in was attacked by a Rosekstan airship. After it was repelled by Blue Dragon, Kluke and Andropov join up with Shu.

Kluke is the owner of the shadow Phoenix, who often uses black magic attacks.^[1] In the anime, Kluke does not receive Phoenix until late into the story and therefore stays out of combat. Phoenix has a kind motherly side to her that teaches Kluke how to protect her friends. Besides using various barriers in battle, Phoenix also has the ability to teleport.

Jiro

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Jiro (anime) Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese); Sam Riegel (English)
Minotaur Voiced by: Kouji Ochiai (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English)

Jiro is an intelligent young man focused on details who has a gift for planning. Jiro's parents and sister died, due to an attack by Nene. Jiro is the best friend of Shu but is his exact opposite. Jiro is in love with Kluke but has trouble expressing his feelings for her.

In the anime, Jiro came from Muffei which was attacked by General Szabo and his parents were killed. He eventually met Zola and traveled with her. He did serve as Shu's rival, with the two of them constantly arguing, in a contrast to getting alone well in the game, but they became friends as the series progressed. When he encountered General Szabo in Gran Kingdom's capital, he managed to destroy him. Jiro had other run-ins with General Szabo which always ended with the robot destroyed. Two years later, Jiro has trained himself to be a better warrior.

Jiro is the owner of the shadow Minotaur, who uses white magic in the game.^[2] In the anime, Minotaur is always chiding Jiro for overusing his energy in battle but generally takes a calm approach to opponents.

Marumaro

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Marumaro (anime) Voiced by: Sakiko Uran (Japanese); R. Martin Klein (English)
Saber Tiger Voiced by: Jin Horikawa (Japanese); Neil Kaplan (English)

A member of the Devee Tribe which are yellow humanoid creatures that wear pots for hats. Nene poisoned the entire Devee Tribe of Lago Village except for Marumaro and told him that if he retrieved a special elixir from the Ancient Hospital Ruins, that Nene would supply a cure for the Tribe. Marumaro first appears in a Drill Machine on the way to the ruins. When he first encounters Shu, Kluke and Jiro, he is intimidated and fights them. When the ship reaches it's destination, Marumaro runs away to find the cure. Shu later save Marumaro's life in the ruins and then helps him find the cure. As they return to Devee Tribe he gives the tribe the cure and the effects are catastrophic. He soon discovers that Nene tricked him to make himself more powerful and is forced to cure the tribe with a new antidote much more difficult to find and then joins the group afterwards to get revenge on Nene. He has tendency to end his sentences by saying "Maro". He also has an obvious crush on Zola when first encountered on the road to Jibral.

In the anime, Marumaro is obsessed with girls (he also acts like a pervert in the original version, and his actions often end up angering Kluke and Bouquet). He joins up with Shu and Co. after the village he was staying at was destroyed and its inhabitants were captured by twin Shadow users Ivanov and Gustuv. Two years later, Marumaro is back in his village until Noi reawakens his shadow. Upon joining up with Shu and Bouquet, Marumaro develops a rivalry with Noi.

He owns the shadow Saber Tiger who uses monk charged attacks.^[3] In the anime, Saber Tiger thinks himself of as a defender of justice and encourages Marumaro to feel the same way.

Zola

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Zola (anime) Voiced by: Romi Paku (Japanese); Cindy Robinson (English)
Killer Bat Voiced by: Houchu Ohtsuka

Zola was originally a mercenary until she was almost killed. In that experience, she was asked to swallow a light sphere. She received a Killer Bat shadow and was saved from certain death. She then joined the Jibral Blademasters becoming a powerful warrior and earning the respect of King Jibral and his kingdom. She first appears on the road to Jabral as she saves the traveling Talta Village from Steel-Eating Tigers. Her shadow uses assassin attacks. Marumaro has an obvious crush on Zola. At the end of the game, it is revealed tha Zola was actually working for Nene, and was the mysterious voice that told the main characters to "swallow the spheres". Her purpose was to bring them to Nene so that he could take the shadows from them. Nene, defeated, tells Zola to give her energy to him, but she decides not to and kills Nene instead.^[4]

In the anime, Zola had a unlucky childhood. After her dad was killed during an excavation with Nene, she went and joined the Gran Kingdom army only to destroy Nene's machines. She is considered a Knight Master and was looking for descendants of the Seven Soldiers. Her shadow, Killer Bat, is quite silent and is unusual from his game version in that he is the only Shadow of the party who is armed with a weapon (specifically a sword). She serves as the leader of the group, being the most mature and intelligent. Zola and the others tried to defeat Nene but it didn`t work out as well as planned. During the time the gang finds out that Zola`s dad used to work for Nene. It was only after Nene's death that Zola's true intentions for gathering the Shadow Wielders were revealed...the evil within Killer Bat corrupts Zola causing her to unleash the darkness that plagued the world. Shu learns that Zola used to work for Nene. Killer Bat then merges with Zola to form a demonic version of her. With the help of Jiro, Kluke, Marumaro, Bouquet, General Logi, Delphinium, and Deathroy, Shu was able to vanquish the Demon Zola. With this form defeated by a sacrifice of the shadows present, Zola's body crashes to the ground motionless.

Bouquet

Bouquet Voiced by: Saki Nakajima (Japanese); Melissa Fahn (English)
Hippopotamus Voiced by: Yūichi Nagashima (Japanese); Michael Sorich (English)

Bouquet is an exclusive character to the anime. Shu and Co. first encountered her in a restaurant as a waitress where she was being harrassed by two customers that Shu and Zola fended off. After losing her job, she pursues Shu until she joins their group, and quickly develops romantic feelings for Shu after asking Shu many questions that he says yes to. One of them has her asking him to marry her and he says yes not realizing the question until after he answers. She then teases him and Kluke by saying he is her fiance which gets Shu and Kluke angry but makes Jiro happy thinking it will bring him and Kluke closer together. She is eventually allowed to join the group, though she gets into conflicts with Kluke because they both have feelings for Shu, though Kluke refuses to admit hers (Bouquet is still aware of them regardless). She's for the most part depicted as an airhead. She is hated by Cynthia after some of the soldiers in Gran Kingdom's army called Bouquet the prettiest girl in the world when she showed off her looks to them (the plan was something Marumaro came up with to have some fun with an easy fight). Two years later, she and Shu are working in Legolas' resistance against the forces of Rosekstan. They meet Noi and her shadow was reawakened.

In the original version, Bouquet has an overall fan-service appearance, in that her breasts are very large. This is censored in the dub.

Being a member of the Ra Clan, Bouquet has the ability to become invisible, but must strip in order to be completely unseen^[5], which is edited out in the dub, where she is depicted as being able to turn invisible whenever she wants. On one occasion, she was somehow detected by Delphinium and later by Investiture beings.

Her shadow is Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus may be weak and somewhat cowardly, but he has the ability to shapeshift, sometimes using that ability by wrapping around Bouquet to provide her with a disguise. Hippopotamus later gains the ability to copy the attacks that he is hit by. In the second series, he and Bouquet have been given the ability to merge with Blue Dragon or Saber Tiger to provide armor and make them appear in near-full form. He also worries for Bouquet's well being whenever a battle begins.

Noi

Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame

Noi is introduced in the second series. He was first shown in dragon form being pursued by Michael's Red Dragon form. He first met Shu and Bouquet and used his powers to reawaken their shadows when they are attacked by Rosekstan soldiers and Michael's Red Dragon form. He does have a rivalry with Marumaro when he meets him and reawakens his shadow. He is later revealed to be an 'Investiture Being,' but Shu, Bouquet, and Marumaro are okay with that.

Noi has a baby black dragon form and can even bring it out in shadow form. Noi mostly turns into his dragon form to fight. In this form, Noi can merge with Blue Dragon to form a powerful version of him with a forcefield ability.

Gran Kingdom

The antagonist group of the first series. Though some of the characters listed below have shadows, there are some that have artificial shadows due to an invention that Gran Kingdom has. Among the characters that come from Gran Kingdom are:

Nene

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Nene (anime) Voiced by: Shiro Saito (Japanese); David Lodge (voice actor) (English)
Chimera Voiced by: Susumu Akagi

The main villain of the Blue Dragon game and a major villain in the first anime. Nene is an alien-like old man who runs Gran Kingdom, flying across the globe causing destruction and despair in a mobile air fortress surrounded by purple clouds. His main goal is world domination. Nene can fight without his shadow and suspend himself into the air, avoid energy blasts, and absorb others' shadow powers to increase his strength tenfold.^[6] His mastery over his magic was so great that it caused an illness that led to him rapidly aging. To deal with this problem, he manipulated events that Shu, Jiro, Kluke, and Marumaro would each take a light sphere and learning to use magic so he could eventuall take their power and develop a stronger soul to cure his illness. He eventually succeeds in this plan, but they manage to retain their power. When eventually faced at the end of the game, he offers them a chance to join, specifically offering Shu a chance to be his successor. When Shu turns his offer down, Nene attempts to take their power again, but finds that their power had matured and become their own, so he couldn't take it. He is fought and defeated, and after which is killed by Zola.

In the anime, Nene has been capturing children to power his artificial shadow machine. He overwhelmed Shu and Co. at first until Kluke manifested her Phoenix shadow and got them out of there. It is later revealed that he is a descendant of one of the Soldiers of Light. By the next encounter, Nene merged with his shadow and Deathroy and was destroyed by Shu and Blue Dragon.

Nene is the owner of the Chimera shadow which resembles a red dragon-like creature with orange hair and bird-like wings. In the video game, Nene's shadow was originally a red version of Blue Dragon. But after absorbing the light spheres that Shu and his friends swallowed, the dragon becomes Chimera (adopting features from all of the other shadows). In the anime, it was Deathroy who owns Chimera and Nene manipulates it.

Deathroy

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Deathroy (anime) Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (Japanese); Michael P. Greco (English)

Deathroy appears to find great joy in his master's malevolence. He sits dutifully on Nene's shoulder, attached by a small cable. He is also known for repeating anything Nene says, though it's capable of speaking on its own. In the final level of the game, Deathroy steals Nene's light sphere after his death and consumes it. He transforms into the final boss of the game called Destroy, an ancient biomechanical creature which destroyed the civilization of the ancients. He used Nene to bring about his return.^[7] He then aims to devour the magic possessed by Shu and his friends, but is fought and killed after a long fight.

In the anime, Deathroy is actually the owner of the Chimera shadow after Nene is destroyed. Following Nene's death, Zola abducted Deathroy without anyone noticing and hid him in the Sealed Grounds. He was rescued by Delphinium. Two years later, Deathroy is still riding on Delphinium's shoulder and she captures Bouquet so that Noi can reawaken Chimera.

General Szabo

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General Szabo (anime) Voiced by: Akimitsu Takase (Japanese); Kim Strauss (English) (Ep. 1-30), Peter Spellos (Ep. 31+)

General Szabo is Nene's robotic servant. Szabo is the leader of Nene's robotic army. He rides on a floating platform where he is referred to as "Grand Szabo." In that form, he has a machine gun for a right arm. He eventually turns on Nene because of his abusive nature and helps Zola by throwing the Collar of Light on Nene.

In the anime, General Szabo was the one who attacked Muffei resulting in the death of Jiro's parents. Shu and Co. encountered him within Nene's castle. After Shu and Zola defeated the Black Shadow Type-Two robots, Jiro and Minotaur destroyed him. General Szabo is later rebuilt when it came to Nene's attack on Jibral. Sometime later, he attacks Jiro with his Mighty Quartet. General Szabo later merges with them to form "Ultimate Szabo." Jiro and Minotaur manage to destroy General Szabo and his robots. General Szabo was salvaged and rebuilt again, but missing part of his left face. He briefly engaged Shu and Co. at the Hippopotamus Ruins, but fell back when Nene's fortress dropped the Hippopotamus Ruins from the fortress. When Nene's fortress was stormed, General Szabo used Black Shadow Type-Three robots with nanobot technology on Shu and the others. Bouquet and Hippopotamus confronted him in the control room. In the form of one of those robots, Bouquet managed to copy their attack that sent General Szabo into the air where he exploded. Two years later, he resurfaces as a servant of Primella.

In Blue Dragon Plus, General Szabo is playable and wields a pumpkin-headed spectre shadow.

Demon King Robots

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Four robots controlled by Szabo. They consist of:

Silent Ku: A cowboy/gunman-like robot who wields laser guns. He is called Double Blaster Ku in the English dub.
Turbulent Mai: A spinning-top-like robot that throws swords. He is called Knifer Mai in the English dub.
Raging Kesu: A witch-like robot that wields two longswords. He can cast negativity spells. He is called Flashing Bladed Kesu in the English dub.
Heat-Wave Sai: A large, round, floating orange robot who attacks with mines. He is called Rapid Bomber Sai in the English dub.

General Szabo awakens them when the heroes attack the flying fortress, and the party fights and destroys them one-by-one throughout the dungeon. Later on, they are revived along with their master with enhanced features, and fight the party all at once before fighting Szabo again. In the final dungeon, their parts are used to create the body of "Ultimate Szabo".

In the anime, they are referred to as General Szabo's Mighty Quartet. General Szabo unleashes them to attack Jiro and Minotaur. During the second attack, they merge with General Szabo to form "Ultimate Szabo." They are eventually destroyed by Jiro and Minotaur.

General Logi

General Logi Voiced by: Kentarou Itou (Japanese); David Vincent (actor) (English)
Valkyrie Voiced by: Sayaka Kinoshita (Japanese); Karen Strassman (English)
Odin Voiced by: Kentarou Itou

Exclusive to the anime, General Logi is a general of Gran Kingdom who has known Zola for quite some time. He has been defeated by her before which resulted in him gaining a scar around his left eye. Some time later, General Logi encounters Zola again at a prison fortress. General Logi easily defeated her, Jiro, and Marumaro when he gained an artificial shadow named Valkyrie, and his power left the normally hotheaded Shu shaking in fear. General Logi is given some artificial shadow wielders from Nene to form his Independent Flying Squadron. During that time, he has squared off with Shu and Blue Dragon many times with both times resulting in Valkyrie getting injured. After Nene's destruction, General Logi announced his secession from Gran Kingdom by having Schneider take over Castle Des la Teste and by having Andropov attack Gran Kingdom fleets. General Logi then establishes Rosekstan (an offshoot of Gran Kingdom that serves as a Shadow Extremist nation). He fights Zola again which ends with Kluke being kidnapped. In the next encounter, his true shadow is revealed and Zola was rescued by Kluke. It is later revealed that General Logi is one of the descendants of one of the Warriors of Light. When Zola goes rogue, he, Delphinium, and Deathroy help to fight her. Two years later, General Logi is still in power and leading the forces of Rosekstan into establishing a new world order. He has his shadow reawakened by Natalus when she arrives in Rosekstan's capital. After a fierce fight, Natalus sets General Logi's castle on fire as General Logi is rescued by Matilda. General Logi hid out in the remains of Nene's fortress when he planned to stop the plots of the White Brigade. As his weapon fortress Sleipnir takes flight, he manages to fend off Furioso and the White Brigade soldiers with him.

General Logi's shadow Valkyrie serves as her master's sword and shield. She is fanatically loyal to him. Following Valkyrie's demise at the hands of Blue Dragon, an Egyptian-themed shadow called Odin is revealed to be his real shadow.

Gilliam

Voiced by: Hiroshi Tsuchida (Japanese); Kyle Hebert (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Gilliam is a member of General Logi's Independant Flying Squadron under the rank of Captain. He served as Marumaro's rival. In his fight with Zola and Marumaro, Gilliam was defeated when they managed to turn the tides against him, Todd, and Bishop. After recouperating, Gilliam went after Zola alongside some Black Shadow Type-Three robots in a plot to avenge Todd and Bishop. He is eventually killed by Zola.

Gilliam's shadow is the bird-like Euphoria whose speed rivals Saber Tiger's. Euphoria can also shoot an endless stream of feathers from it's wings.

Todd and Bishop

Todd Voiced by: Doug Erholtz
Bishop Voiced by: Johnny Yong Bosch

Exclusive to the anime, Todd and Bishop are two Gran Kingdom soldiers who are good friends with Gilliam. In their battle against Zola and Marumaro, Todd and Bishop fell in battle.

Todd and Bishop's shadows are birdman-like cyborgs that have the same attacks as Euphoria.

Lemaire

Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Lemaire is a member of General Logi's Independent Flying Squadron who was interested in fighting Zola. In their first battle, he fought her and lost. He later helped Cynthia fight Shu and Jiro at a Gran Kingdom prison, but were defeated. In the final confrontation against Zola, Lemaire fell in battle.

Lemaire's shadow is Deucalion, an armored warrior who uses a shield with a ball-in-chain in it. Deucalion is also shown to wield a variety of weapons ranging from a sword, a glaive, a bazooka, a flail, a hook-shaped weapon, and two boomerangs.

Cynthia

Cynthia Voiced by: Yukiko Takaguchi (Japanese); Tara Platt (English)
Yarovit Voiced by: Susumu Akagi

Exclusive to the anime, Cynthia is a member of General Logi's Independent Flying Squadron under the rank of Captain. Cynthia considers herself the most beautiful girl in the world and hates being called old (she tends to lose her temper fairly easily) thought not as easily as Kluke. She served as Jiro's rival in the first encounter. When Shu and Jiro encountered her at a Gran Kingdom prison that was holding Conrad and some of his fellow soldiers, Shu and Jiro fought her alongside Lemaire only to be defeated. In something of a reference/similarity to the Wicked Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cynthia is so vain that she "asks" her soldiers to tell who they feel is the most beautiful girl in the world, and they always say she is out of fear of her. Because of her vanity, Cynthia later developed a hatred for Bouquet after she heard of bunch of soldiers say SHE was the most beautiful girl in the world. In the final encounter with Shu, Jiro, Kluke, and Bouquet, Cynthia was ultimately defeated by Jiro.

Cynthia's shadow is Yarovit, a pink monster who can stretch its arms out and even turn it into tentacles. It can also sprout tentacles from it's back, and curl itself into a ball to ram at an enemy.

Andropov

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Brian Beacock (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Andropov is a member of General Logi's Independent Flying Squadron. He is the overall the most intelligent of the group and the youngest member. He serves as the reconnaissance of the group. When General Logi announced his secession from Gran Kingdom, Andropov attacked some Gran Kingdom airships. Near the end of the first series, he starts to develop a crush on Kluke after he used his shadow's ability to capture her for General Logi to interrogate. When it came to fight against Zola, he and Schneider fight two giant shadow monsters. Andropov fell unconscious as Schneider sacrifices his life to destroy them. Two years later, Andropov was shown recouperating from some medical condition in Kluke's care. Following an attack by a Rosekstan airship, he and Kluke join up with Shu.

Andropov's shadow is Alubujem, a four-armed crystalline creature who helps Andropov with his reconnaissance by launching out the crystals required for it. Alubujem can also launch an endless stream of crystal shards for an attack. Alubujem can also reassemble if shattered and it's pieces can be manipulated by Andropov one time when he trapped Kluke.

Schneider

Voiced by: Shinji Kawada (Japanese); Steve Staley (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Schneider is a member of General Logi's Independent Flying Squadron under the rank of Sergeant Major. He first appeared to attack Bouquet where his attacks damaged Bouquet's outfit. Bouquet used her invisibility to escape from Schneider. Schneider is also the one responsible for killing Lt. Dragnov. When General Logi announced his secession from Gran Kingdom, Schneider took over Castle Des La Teste for him. When it came to the battle against Zola, he and Andropov take on two giant shadow monsters while the others get to Zola. With both he and Andropov weakened, Schneider sacrifices his life to destroy the giant shadow monsters.

Schneider's shadow is Isabel, an armored archer who uses a variety of arrows ranging from multiplying arrows, explosive arrows, and ice arrows. Isabel can also turn its bow into swords and emit laser balls from them. Isabel can also shoot a beam from the circle on it's forehead.

Lt. Dragnov

Voiced by: Susumu Akagi (Japanese); J. B. Blanc (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Dragnov is a lieutenant in Gran Kingdom's army and leader of the Black Shadow Mobile Troops. He was first seen leading a Gran Kingdom fleet for a sea attack upon Jibral. Though he befriended Shu later on, Dragnov shows no restraint on fighting him honorably. It was that idea that got him sniped by Schneider during his battle with Shu, after Lt. Dragnov blocked Schneider from ambushing Shu. As he lay dying, Lt. Dragnov told Shu not to be sad, because death was something all warriors knowingly face.

Lt. Dragnov's shadow is Berserker, a monstrous warrior who wields two axes.

Delphinium

Voiced by: Akiko Kimura (Japanese); Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Delphinium is a spy from Gran Kingdom who serves General Logi. She had the spy Salinas steal the Extra Seven from the Book of Beginning in Jibral's library and later kills him. She has had some run-ins with Homeron. In the final confrontation, Delphinium uses her shadow's ability to kill Homeron in front of Shu's eyes and even repelled Blue Dragon. While Shu and Kluke were busy fighting General Logi, Delphinium detected Bouquet's invisibility (as Delphinium is familiar with the Ra Clan's abilities) and used her shadow to prevent her from making off with the Extra Seven. Following Nene's destruction, she rescues Deathroy after turning against General Logi when he announces his secession from Gran Kingdom. She and Deathroy later help to fight the Demon Zola. Two years later, Delphinium runs afoul of Jiro and later captures Bouquet so that Noi can reawaken Deathroy's shadow. She has had some run-ins with Jiro and was seen in some partnership with Dr. Tarkovsky.

Delphinium's shadow is a three-headed hydra/beetle-like creature whose legs Delphinium can partially bring out to defend herself. It shoots out laser beams from it's mouth as a second attack. When she rescues Deathroy, she uses him to summon Chimera.

Unnamed General

Gran Kingdom General Voiced by: J. B. Blanc
Goblin Voiced by: Kyle Hebert

This unnamed general of Gran Kingdom's army attacked Talta Village to steal the children there. He ran afoul of Zola and engaged her in battle. When Shu unleashed Blue Dragon for the first time, the general targeted Shu. He was easily defeated by Blue Dragon.

The unnamed Gran Kingdom General owns a Goblin shadow who wields a mace.

Dolsk

Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese); Liam O'Brien (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Dolsk is a red-haired Shadow User from Gran Kingdom. Under the orders from Nene, a general he was working for dispatched him to attack Zola's group. He ended up engaging Jiro in battle with Zola providing back-up. After points of making himself wide open, Jiro managed to defeat him while Zola subdued Blue Dragon.

Dolsk owns a powerful Ogre shadow.

Ivanov and Gustav

Ivanov Voiced by: Tadashi Mutou (Japanese); Steve Staley (English)
Gustav Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

Exclusive to the anime, Ivanov and Gustav are twin Shadow Users from Gran Kingdom. They were the ones responsible for attacking the village Marumaro was at and capturing its inhabitants. They fought Marumaro, Zola, and Jiro outside the village, but retreated when they got their prisoners onboard. They were visited by General Logi at the prison they ran. After General Logi defeated Zola, Jiro, and Marumaro, he left the rest to Ivanov and Gustav. Around this time, Shu managed to gain control of Blue Dragon and effortlessly defeated them. Ivanov and Gustav made a cameo in a flashback where they attack Tonto's village for tribute to Nene.

Ivanov's shadow is a red armored, sword-wielding warrior that is good at offense. Gustav's shadow is a blue armored, shield-wielding warrior that's good at defense. The two shadows can combine their attacks to form the Soul Matter attack.

Salinas

Voiced by: Keiji Okuda (Japanese); Terrence Stone (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Salinas is a spy who works for Gran Kingdom. Delphinium had him infiltrate Jibral in a plot to obtain the Extra Seven from the Book of the Beginning. He used his shadow to cause ghost-like havoc. Shu, Marumaro, and the guards confronted him at the armory. Shu and Marumaro unleash Blue Dragon and Saber Tiger to fight him. With help from Zola, Shu and Marumaro defeat Salinas who is then remanded to the dungeon. He is later interrogated as Lt. Dragnov's Black Shadow army attacks Jibral which is when he manages to make his escape. After he made off with the Extra Seven, he gave them to Delphinium who then killed Salinas. His body is later found outside Jibral by the guards.

Salinas' shadow is Jikonda, an armored noblewoman-resembling monster who posed as the ghost of a noblewoman. She attacks with an umbrella-like weapon that emits laser beams. It also can emit blades and smokescreen from it's dress. It's true form under that noblewoman-like armor is a zombie-like creature.

General Lorehill

General Lorehill commanded Gran Kingdom's 3rd Squadron army. Following Nene's defeat, he tried to bring order to a ruined Gran Kingdom town only for General Logi to arrive. When General Logi established the Shadow Extremist nation of Rosekstan, General Lorehill was among those present who swore their allegiance to General Logi.

Black Shadows

The robotic foot soldiers for Gran Kingdom. They each come in different types:

Black Shadow Type-One - Reddish-colored robots. They can summon their armored winged warrior shadows.
Black Shadow Type-Two - Green-colored robots. They can summon their armored winged warrior shadows which are stronger than the ones summoned by the Black Shadow Type-One robots.
Black Shadow Type-Three - Shadows in robotic armor. They can pull laser-shooting swords from their shadowy bodies which can also constrict their opponents. They also have shadowy wings.

Mecha Robo

Robots built by the ancients, they form the majority of Nene's forces and are the most prominent enemy class in the game. In fact, "Mecha Robo" is one of the four divisions of enemies in the beastiry. Normal Mecha Robos have spherical bodies with colors that vary depending on variety, but all mechanical enemies are classified as "Mecha Robo" in the beastiry. The types of "normal" Mecha Robos include:

Mecha Robo -
Flying Mecha Robo -
Battle Mecha Robo -
Heavy Mecha Robo -
War Mecha Robo -
Versitile Mecha Robo -
Gold Mecha Robo - The most powerful enemy in the game next to King Poo Snake

Some of them appeared in the anime as alternative foot soldiers.

Rosekstan

Following the destruction of Nene, General Logi established the Shadow Extremist nation of Rosekstan (called Rosenkreuz in the original) to be an offshoot of Gran Kingdom. Among the characters from Rosekstan are:

Matilda

Matilda is an orange-haired woman who served as second-in-command to General Logi. When it came to Natalus' attack on Rosekstan's capital, she used her shadow to get General Logi out of there. When Delphinium and Deathroy infiltrated General Logi's hideout, she used her shadow to teleport Delphinium out of the base and briefly engaged her before teleporting away.

Matilda's shadow is Zephyrus, a monstrous swordsman with the ability to teleport.

White Brigade

The primary antagonist group of the second series. They use special laser weapons in their quest to banish all shadows.

Dr. Tarkovsky

The leader of the White Brigade. He is the grandfather of Primella.

Vermillion

The yellow-haired swordsman of the White Brigade who is one of Dr. Tarkovsky's henchmen. He prevented Jiro from making a final blow on Delphinium after Chimera was defeated. In the war against the White Brigade and Rosekstan, he engaged Shu and the Noi/Blue Dragon in a sword fight before the fight was crashed by Michael in his Red Dragon form.

Furioso

The silver-haired swordsman of the White Brigade who is one of Dr. Tarkovsky's henchmen.

Investiture Beings

A race of elf-like beings that have the ability to reawaken Shadows. Each of them has a dragon form that can also be brought out in shadow form. The Investiture Beings have also developed the ability to use a force field-like barrier in both forms. Among the Investiture Beings are:

Rudolph

Rudolph is the leader of the Investiture Beings.

Rudolph's true form is a four-winged gold dragon and can even bring it out in Shadow form.

Michael

Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi

Michael is the first opponent that Shu faces when Blue Dragon is reawakened. Shu encounters him in his dragon form when he decimated some Rosekstan soldiers and when he tried to get to Noi. Blue Dragon repelled him that time. Then he attacked Shu with his dragon form in it's shadow form, but was repelled by the Blue Dragon/Bouquet fusion. He later tries to get to Noi again and his dragon form is revealed alongside what Noi is. Noi assumes his dragon form and merges with Blue Dragon to form a Blue Dragon form with Noi's dragon abilities. After being wounded by this new form, Michael retreats when the White Brigade comes into view. Shu and the others encounter him in the Investiture ruins under the city. Conrad, Griz, and Daner tried to attack him that time. Michael is repelled by Blue Dragon again.

Michael's true form is a red dragon and can even bring it out in Shadow form. As far as it was shown, he died at the end of the first half of the second season.

Natalus

Natalus is an Investiture Being who was encountered by General Logi. She reawakened General Logi's shadow Odin and both of them ended up in a fight which resulted in General Logi's castle being set on fire. She later encounters Bouquet and has a conversation with her until Shu intervenes. Natalus later makes another attempt at Bouquet by enchanting a butterfly to eat her dreams. This was unexpectedly thwarted by Marumaro who unknowingly kills the butterfly during his girl-chasing activity. Natalus even had an encounter with Delphinium, Deathroy, and the White Brigade. During her fight with them, Natalus unleashes winged creatures to decimate half of the White Brigade's troops as Natalus escapes. She encounters Noi in the underground ruins and even sent a flying rock-like structure to smash the city above it. This was thwarted by Shu, Bouquet, and Marumaro who had their shadows attack it.

Natalus' true form is a white dragon with pink wings and can even bring it out in Shadow form.

Hildegard

Hildegard is an Investiture Being with a split personality having a male voice and a female voice. Hildegard and Fagino were sent to a city to destroy the Investiture Beings ruins.

Hildegard's true form is a green dragon and can even bring it out in Shadow form. In both forms, Hildegard has elasticity ability enabling her and her Shadow to stretch out her limbs.

Fagino

Fagino is a short heavyset Investiture Being with a gluttonous appetite. He and Hildegard were sent to a city to destroy the Investiture Beings ruins. Fagino later used his Dragon Scales to enchant some scarecrows into becoming obese versions of Shu, Bouquet, Marumaro, and Noi.

Fagino's true form is a short pink dragon and can even bring it out in Shadow form. In dragon form, Fagino can charge up his attacks.

Monsters

This section lists the monsters that appear in the game:

Acarnivore

Amethyst Dragon

A dragon found on the coastal road south of Talta Village.

Ancient Cricket

Ancient Katydid

Ancient Moth

Azure Dragon

A blue serpentine dragon who is the boss of the Sea Cube.

Azure Sentinel

A four-armed robot who is the boss of Noluta Village.

Blazing Kirin

A fiery Kirin who is the boss of Baroy Town.

Blizzard Dragon

A dragon found in the west of Kelaso Village.

Broadsword Fish

Centipede

Crystal Giant

Cutlass Fish

Double-Lance

Dullahan

A headless robotic centaur who is the boss on the Road to Jibral.

Eat Yeet

A flesh-eating tree monster who is the boss of Devour Village.

Evil Mural

Fat Rat

Fire Wolf

A fiery wolf.

Flamboyant Dinoram

A ram-horned sauropod who is the boss of the Lot Wilderness.

Flame Raptor

A large fire-elemental hawk who is the boss of Mural Valley.

Ghost Yeet

A flesh-eating tree monster who is the boss of the Eastern Deserted Island. It is said to be an enhanced version of Eat Yeet.

Gold Giant

Gotsu-Gotsu

Grand Scything Steel Spider

A skull-headed robot with mechanical spider-like legs that wields a scythe. It is the boss of the Mecha Base.

Green Grunt

A lizard monster.

Green Soldier

A lizard monster that is much tougher than Green Grunt.

Hermit Crab Poo

Horned Lazy Bear

Hydrattler

A four-headed rattlesnake who is the boss of the Undersea Caverns. A red Hydrattler is a boss of the Primitive Cube.

Ice Wolf

A wolf made of ice.

Icefire Wolf

A two-headed wolf that's part Ice Wolf, part Fire Wolf. It is the boss of the Ancient Hospital Ruins.

Immortal Wings

Snake-like monsters.

Katydid

Kelolon

Kelolons are very weak creatures who are encountered en mass. They have green bodies, black faces lacking any features other than eyes, and a mushroom-like structure on top of their heads. A stronger version exists, called Kelolon Defenders (who strangely bear little resemblance to norma Kelolons), but they are still comparatively weak compared to most other monsters at the point in the game at which they are encountered. However, "hyper" varieties of both Kelolon species exist, and they are stronger, faster and have more HP. One of the status effects in the game turns the afflicted character into a Kelolon, which decreases their stats greatly. However, critical hits do more damage while in this state. The Shuffle Dungeon DLC features a large boss Kelolon called Kaiser Kelolon.

King Ghost

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A ghost king who is the boss of the Island of the Dead. It has the ability to summon ghosts. Shu and Co. fought him in order to get to the Gabo plant which was needed to help Lago Village.

Land Shark

A modified Mechat with artificial intelligence. The first one encountered was responsible for killing Shu, Kluke, and Jiro's parents. Other Land Sharks are encountered in Nene's fortress and the Ancient Ruins north of Talta Village.

In the anime, some Land Sharks were seen in the attack upon Talta Village.

Lazy Bear

Mad Eye

A one-eyed monster that can summon skeletons. He is the boss of Talta Village.

Mechosaur

A cyborg Tyrannosaurus who is the boss of the Primitive Cube.

Moody Dragon

A dragon located in the Moody River.

Phantom Dragon

A dragon located in the southern outskirts of the Great Desert.

Poo Snake

A Poo Snake is a pile of lizard poop that is brought to life when a parasite starts living in it. It has a mouth on its stomach. They come in different varieties:

Normal - A purple Poo Snake.
Stone - A gray Poo Snake.
Iron - A dark gray Poo Snake.
Copper - A copper Poo Snake.
Platinum - A platinum Poo Snake. Very rare, only found on one island.
Golden - A golden Poo Snake. Rare like Platinum Poo Snake, gives an achievement for defeating it.
Compost - A green Poo Snake with leaves stuck to it.
Pungent - A dark turquoise Poo Snake with feathers stuck to it.
Zebra - A light gray Poo Snake with black stripes.
Dark - A dark purple Poo Snake with leaves stuck to it.

Some Poo Snakes come in giant size, including the Jumbo Poo, Corrosive Poo, and King Poo. King Poo is the hardest boss fight in the game, he is the 3rd fight after encountering Jumbo Poo, and Corrosive Poo.

In the anime, Bouquet used Hippopotamus' shapeshifting ability to become a Poo Snake two times.

In Blue Dragon Plus, a Poo Snake is a playable character with a King Poo Snake shadow.

Pyre Rat

Pyro Dragon

A fire dragon who is the boss of the Primitive Cube.

Scything Skull Spiker

A skull-headed robot with mechanical spider-like legs. It is the boss of the underground level of Pachess Town.

Spark Dragon

A dragon located behind a red barrier in the Gul Mountains

Steel Giant

A four-armed robotic giant who is the boss of the Upper Mecha Base.

Steel-Eating Tiger

A four-eyed tiger monster that eats steel. Four of them serve as a boss on the Road to Jibral.

Stonesaurus

A skeletal sauropod who is the boss of the Aurora Ruins.

Wandering Wraith

Wolf Ghost

A two-headed wolf that resembles Icefire Wolf. It is the boss of the Grand Desert.

Other Characters

Conrad L. Lawrence

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese); Peter Doyle (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Conrad is a Knight Master who comes from Jibral. He heads up a resistance against Gran Kingdom.

His design is based on King Jibral from the video games.

Fushira

Fushira is Shu's grandfather who is one of the survivors of the Land Shark that was unleashed by Nene.

In Blue Dragon Plus, Fushira is a playable character and has a Rafflesia-resembling flower monster shadow.

Gorgo Tribe

Griz

Exclusive to the second series, Griz is a fellow Knight Master who is friends with Conrad. He and Conrad join up with Legolas' resistance.

Daner

Exclusive to the second series, Daner is a Knight Master Apprentice to Griz that wields a type of gun.

Guru-Guru

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A warrior who serves as a boss in the Exile Forest. He is being controlled by mist monsters.

The Homerons

Homeron the Great Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); Brad MacDonald (English)
Homeron the Original Voiced by: Doug Stone (voice actor)
Homeron II Voiced by: Patrick Seitz
Homeron the Legitimate Voiced by: Unavailable
Homeron Jr. Voiced by: Michelle Ruff

Exclusive to the anime, the Homerons are a group of informants that reside in the informant town of Coreed. The one that Shu and Co. were seeking to help look for the person who stole the Extra Seven was Homeron the Great. There had been other Homerons:

Homeron the Original:
Homeron II:
Homeron the Legitimate:
Homeron Jr.:

Shu and Co. managed to find him in the disguise of the girl that helped Shu on info on the Gigarus location. During his search for the one who stole the Extra Seven, Homeron had some run-ins with the culprit who is later identified to be Delphinium. Homeron the Great later infiltrated Castle Des La Teste to look for any info on the Extra Seven. Informing Shu about this, they take a Mechat into the sky to look for the Norg. Homeron managed to get on the Norg during an air fight between Sabalu Country and Gran Kingdom. He and the Norg's crew ended up in the Great Brandish Forest where they were attacked by Obacks. When Homeron the Great was about to reunite Shu, Delphinium arrived and used her shadow to kill him right in Shu's eyes.

His fellow Homerons continue to help Shu and Co. in any way after it turns out that General Logi has the Extra Seven.

Sui

Exclusive to the anime, Sui is the younger sister of Homeron the Great. Homeron posed as her when helping Shu on info on where to find a Gigarus. Two years later, the real Sui shows up and helps Shu, Bouquet, Marumaro, and Noi with whatever info she can give them.

Jeelala

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A demonic swordsman who serves as the boss of Alumaru Village.

King of Jibral

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King of Jibral (anime) Voiced by: Mitsuo Senda (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)

As his name says, he is the King of Jibral though he is known in the video game as King Jibral the XVI. He, Zola, and the Jibral Soldiers first appear to save Shu and his friends from Steel-Eating Tigers.

In the Blue Dragon anime, Shu and Co. managed to gain audience with the King of Jibral after Shu and Marumaro defeated Salinas. This version is much different from the one seen in the video game.

In Blue Dragon Plus, King Jibral is playable and has a Qilin shadow.

Legolas

Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese); Kyle Hebert (English)

Exclusive to the anime, Legolas is a Regional Inspector for Jibral's Royal Army. He first appeared after Shu and Blue Dragon defeated Ivanov and Gustav. Bouquet has a habit of accidentally injuring him. He has also helped Shu and Co. in any way he can. When it came to final fight with Nene's forces, he arrived with reinforcements to help the soldiers with Conrad. Two years later, Legolas has started a resistance against Rosekstan.