Dragon Quest: Your Story premiered this August in Japan. It follows the characters introduced decades ago in Dragon Quest V on the Super Famicon, a game not seen in the West until many years later as Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.

By many accounts, Shirogumi Inc. and Robot Communications Inc. have made a great feature film for the Japanese public. Western gamers have intermittent success over the past 30 years with Square Enix going through phases of releasing Dragon Quest games in the West and then not doing so. Currently we're in one of the good periods, with the worldwide release (a first) of Dragon Quest XI S set to take place in September.

Dragon Quest fans respectfully would ask Shirogumi Inc. and Robot Communications Inc. to release Dragon Quest: Your Story in the West, perhaps in conjunction with Bang Zoom! Entertainment (DQ spell names - how perfect!) with whom they worked together on Stand by me Doraemon.

The Dragon Quest fandom is growing, with new games releasing and the inclusion of The Hero in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Let's keep the Western movement going strong!