:Crystal Dragon
{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Yuuho Ashibe}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Crystal Dragon
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| ja_kanji = クリスタル☆ドラゴン
| ja_romaji = Kurisutaru Doragon
| genre = Historical fantasy
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{ill|Yuuho Ashibe|ja|あしべゆうほ}}
| publisher = Akita Shoten
| demographic = Shōjo manga
| imprint = Bonita Comics
| magazine = {{unbulleted list
| {{ill|Bonita (magazine)|lt=Bonita|ja|ボニータ (雑誌)}}
}}
| first = 1981
| last =
| volumes = 30 (as of 2020)
| volume_list =
}}
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{{Nihongo|Crystal Dragon|クリスタル☆ドラゴン|Kurisutaru Doragon|lead=yes}} is a Japanese historical fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Yuuho Ashibe. Set in Ireland and Roman Britain, the story follows a black-haired girl named Arianrhod and her fight against Balor Evil-Eye, the Gothic warlord who destroyed her home tribe. Joining her in the fight are Henruda, the daughter of a Celtic chieftain, and Legion, the Silver Knight. Crystal Dragon began serialization in Akita Shoten's monthly Shōjo manga magazine Bonita in 1981, later transferring to its sister magazine Mystery Bonita.{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Yuuho Ashibe's Crystal Dragon Manga Goes on Hiatus |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-07/yuuho-ashibe-crystal-dragon-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.161532 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=6 October 2020 |date=7 July 2020}} The series went on hiatus from 2007 to 2014,{{cite web |script-title=ja:「クリスタル☆ドラゴン」がボニータで7年ぶり連載再開 |trans-title=Crystal Dragon resumes serialization in Bonita for the first time in 7 years |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/118354 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=6 October 2020 |language=ja |date=6 June 2014}} during which Ashibe resumed her other long-running manga series, Bride of Deimos.{{cite web |script-title=ja:ミステリーボニータ 2007年6月号 |trans-title=Mystery Bonita June 2007 issue |url=https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/bonita/2007/6 |website=Akita Shoten |access-date=6 October 2020 |language=ja}} Text: {{lang|ja|「20数年前に人々を熱狂の渦に巻き込んだ伝説の名作がミステリーボニータについに復活! 美しきデイモスと美奈子の物語が再び幕を開ける!!」}} Translation: "The legendary masterpiece that sent people into a frenzy more than 20 years ago is finally back in Mystery Bonita! The story of the beautiful Deimos and Minako begins again!!" It went on hiatus again in summer 2020 due to unspecified circumstances. In April 2021, Ashibe announced that the series is nearing its climax.{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Yuuho Ashibe's Crystal Dragon Manga Nears Climax |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-09/yuuho-ashibe-crystal-dragon-manga-nears-climax/.171518 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=9 April 2021 |date=9 April 2021}} Akita Shoten has published 30 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} (compiled volumes) of Crystal Dragon under the Bonita Comics imprint as of November 2020;{{cite web |script-title=ja:クリスタル☆ドラゴン |trans-title=Crystal Dragon |url=https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/340 |website=Akita Shoten |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=ja}} the company also published 12 {{Transliteration|ja|bunkoban}} (paperback novel-sized volumes) under the Akita Bunko imprint from July 2003 to July 2007.{{cite web |script-title=ja:クリスタル☆ドラゴン【秋田文庫】 |trans-title=Crystal Dragon (Akita Bunko) |url=https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/5875 |website=Akita Shoten |access-date=6 October 2020 |language=ja}} Internationally, the series is licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.{{Citation needed |date=October 2020 |reason=I couldn't find the series on Elex Media's current website; not sure if they still retain publishing rights.}}