Dragonar Academy

Dragonar Academy (Japanese: 星刻の竜騎士, Hepburn: Seikoku no Doragunā, lit. "Star-Marked Dragonar") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiki Mizuchi and illustrated by Kohada Shimesaba. The series is published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. The first volume was released on June 25, 2010, and there are a total of 20 volumes available in Japan to date. A manga adaptation by the illustrator, Ran, began serialization in Monthly Comic Alive in June 2011. It was one of five MF Bunko J light novel anime adaptations announced at Media Factory's Summer School Festival event on July 28, 2013. It has been licensed for North America by Funimation. The story is set on the continent of Arc Strada, where civilians called 'Breeders' raise and train their 'Pars' (dragons) who are bonded to them via a magical link called the 'Astral Flow'. Races of dragons are born from Breeders who are deemed worthy and marked with a 'Seikoku' ('Star Brand') at a young age by the Mother Dragon. Breeders may eventually achieve the rank of nobility by helping their Par become a 'Maestro', or Holy Dragon. Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easily to most students at Ansullivan Dragonar Academy, except for first-year student Ash Blake, who is known by his classmates as the 'problem child.' Despite Ash having an unusually large star-shaped brand that marks him as a future dragon master, his Par had never appeared, until now. While challenging a fellow student, Princess Silvia Lautreamont, to a dragon race, Ash's dragon appears, but in a form different than any dragon ever seen before—a beautiful girl. Ash names her 'Eco' and soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, the servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.