Drifting Dragons (空挺ドラゴンズ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine good! Afternoon since June 2016 and has been collected in twenty-one volumes as of January 2026. The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint.
An original net animation adaptation by Polygon Pictures was released on Netflix Japan on January 9, 2020. The same day, the series' first episode premiered on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, and continued weekly until March 26, 2020, with the final episode's television airing. It was followed by an international Netflix release in April 2020.
Plot
Set in a world where humans hunt dragons, they dwell in the skies and provide valuable food and materials for the world that hunts them. The story follows the crew of the Quin Zaza, one of the last remaining dragon-hunting airships, as they pursue dragons through the clouds to survive. Among the crew are Mika, a skilled but reckless draker with a deep passion for gourmet cooking; Takita, an inexperienced newcomer striving to prove herself; and other hunters bound together by the dangers and demands of their profession. Dragon hunting promises great rewards but carries constant risk, as each dragon is unique and deadly, and failure can mean starvation.