A Bunko Sneaker announced that a second season of the anime adaptation of the novel is in production A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized (Yowai 5000-nen no Sōshoku Dragon, Iware Naki Jaryū Nintei) by Kaisei Enomoto.
The first season premiered in July 2022 on bilibili na China and its Japanese version premiered on January 6, 2023.
In the cast we have:
- Houchuu Ootsuka as Herbivore Dragon.
- Aoi Yuuki like Reiko.
- Yoshino Nanjo like Ryatt.
- Mariko Miyase as Aliante.
- Shuka Saito as Water Saint.
The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon Unwarrantedly Recognized as the Embodiment of Evil was released in February 2018 and ended in September 2019 with 3 volumes.
A manga adaptation by Murokouichi was published between January 2018 and November 2019 in Square Enix’s Monthly Gangan Joker.
Synopsis of Yowai 5000-nen no Soushoku Dragon, Iwarenaki Jaryuu Nintei
Saying that it is a 5,000-year-old dragon sounds impressive, but the dragon is an extremely harmless herbivorous being. However, due to his uselessly gigantic figure and terrifying appearance, he was mistaken as an executive of the Demon King and the nearby village provided him with a maiden as a sacrifice. The dragon, fundamentally cowardly and timid, tried to push her away, but the extremely enthusiastic sacrificed woman did not want to give up.
Inevitably, he lied: “Okay, I only ate a small portion of your soul, so you can go back now,” but the maiden, with her outrageous assumptions, understood that she was now related to the dragon. Then, of all things, she began to manifest a strange power based on her mistaken assumptions – in turn, the helpless dragon, by some mistake, began a rebellion against the Demon King. Rebellion or not, he wasn’t even his subordinate in the first place.
