Editing Dragon Quest in Manga: Scan Battlers

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| title = Dragon Quest in Manga: Scan Battlers
| type = Animated Manga
| performers = 
| publisher = [[Square Enix]] (Japan)
| writer = [[Osamu Kaneko]] (かねこ統 (金子統))
| image = 
[[File:DQ in Manga Scan Battlers - Cover.png|300px|Cover image of the animated web manga.]]
| released = October 31, 2017 – March 26, 2019 (Japan)
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|series = [[Scan Battlers]]
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'''Dragon Quest in Manga: Scan Battlers''' (マンガでドラゴンクエスト スキャンバトラーズ, ''manga de doragon kuesuto sukyan batorāzu'') is an animated manga written by [[Osamu Kaneko]]. The series is an adaptation of the [[Dragon Quest: Scan Battlers]] arcade game.     

The series ended with 73 chapters, and has never been re-released in any digital or physical format. The companion app and website that hosted this manga were shut down following the game's discontinuation, making this manga series inaccessible. 

This series is now considered Lost Media. 

== Plot ==

TBD

== Title ==
The title of ''Dragon Quest in Manga: Scan Battlers'' can be broken down as:

* '''"Dragon Quest in Manga"''' (マンガでドラゴンクエスト スキャンバトラーズ, ''manga de doragon kuesuto):'' In this wording, the "In Manga" portion of the title is attached to "Dragon Quest", with the rest of the title separated into a subtitle. 
* '''"Scan Battlers"''' (スキャンバトラーズ, ''sukyan batorāzu''): The appended subtitle of the series title. 

==Characters==

TBD<br>

==Chapters==

''Dragon Quest in Manga: Scan Battlers'' was serialized in the now defunct smartphone companion app, the Book of Adventures (ぼうけんのしょ, ''bōken no sho''), every Tuesday from October 31, 2017 to March 26, 2019. 
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!No.
!Chapter Title
!Release Date
!Status
|-
|1
|Episode 1
|October 31, 2017
|Footage Found
|-
|2
|Episode 2
|November 7, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|3
|Episode 3
|November 14, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|4
|Episode 4
|November 21, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|5
|Episode 5
|November 28, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|6
|Episode 6
|December 5, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|7
|Episode 7
|December 12, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|8
|Episode 8
|December 19, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|9
|Episode 9
|December 26, 2017
|Fully Lost
|-
|10
|Episode 10
|January 2, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|11
|Episode 11
|January 9, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|12
|Episode 12
|January 16, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|13
|Episode 13
|January 23, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|14
|Episode 14
|January 30, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|15
|Episode 15
|February 6, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|16
|Episode 16
|February 20, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|17
|Episode 17
|February 27, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|18
|Episode 18
|March 6, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|19
|Episode 19
|March 13, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|20
|Episode 20
|March 20, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|21
|Episode 21
|March 27, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|22
|Episode 22
|April 3, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|23
|Episode 23
|April 10, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|24
|Episode 24
|April 17, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|25
|Episode 25
|April 24, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|26
|Episode 26
|May 1, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|27
|Episode 27
|May 8, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|28
|Episode 28
|May 15, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|29
|Episode 29
|May 22, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|30
|Episode 30
|May 29, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|31
|Episode 31
|June 5, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|32
|Episode 32
|June 12, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|33
|Episode 33
|June 19, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|34
|Episode 34
|June 26, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|35
|Episode 35
|July 3, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|36
|Episode 36
|July 10, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|37
|Episode 37
|July 17, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|38
|Episode 38
|July 24, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|39
|Episode 39
|July 31, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|40
|Episode 40
|August 7, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|41
|Episode 41
|August 14, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|42
|Episode 42
|August 21, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|43
|Episode 43
|August 28, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|44
|Episode 44
|September 4, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|45
|Episode 45
|September 11, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|46
|Episode 46
|September 18, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|47
|Episode 47
|September 25, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|48
|Episode 48
|October 2, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|49
|Episode 49
|October 9, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|50
|Episode 50
|October 16, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|51
|Episode 51
|October 23, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|52
|Episode 52
|October 30, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|53
|Episode 53
|November 6, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|54
|Episode 54
|November 13, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|55
|Episode 55
|November 20, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|56
|Episode 56
|November 27, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|57
|Episode 57
|December 4, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|58
|Episode 58
|December 11, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|59
|Episode 59
|December 18, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|60
|Episode 60
|December 25, 2018
|Fully Lost
|-
|61
|Episode 61
|January 1, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|62
|Episode 62
|January 8, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|63
|Episode 63
|January 15, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|64
|Episode 64
|January 22, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|65
|Episode 65
|January 22, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|66
|Episode 66
|February 5, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|67
|Episode 67
|February 12, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|68
|Episode 68
|February 19, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|69
|Episode 69
|February 26, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|70
|Episode 70
|March 5, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|71
|Episode 71
|March 12, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|72
|Episode 72
|March 19, 2019
|Fully Lost
|-
|73
|Episode 73
|March 26, 2019
|Fully Lost
|}

==Trivia==
Episode 1 of this series is no longer lost media. Footage of Episode 1 has been found and preserved.<ref>[https://youtube.com/shorts/e_7a4DtJMbk?feature=share Preserved Episode 1 footage]</ref> 

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
DQ in Manga Scan Battlers - Cover.png|A cover image used for episode announcements on social media.
DQ Scan Battlers Manga -  Episode 1 Page 1.jpg|Page 1 from Episode 1.
DQ Scan Battlers Manga - Episode 2 Unknown Page.jpg|A page from Episode 2, page number unknown. 
DQ Scan Battlers Manga - Episode 3 Unknown Page.jpg|A page from Episode 2, page number unknown. 
DQ Scan Battlers Manga - Episode 4 Unknown Page.jpg|A page from Episode 2, page number unknown. 
</gallery></center>

==References==
<references />

==External Links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040750/http://blog.jp.square-enix.com/dqsb/2017/10/post-175.html A new Scan Battle manga by Kaneko Osamu has begun serialization in the linked app "Book of Adventure"! (web.archive.org)]
* '''Recovered Lost Content:''' [https://archive.org/details/dragon-quest-scan-battlers-animated-manga%20archived Dragon Quest: Scan Battlers (Animated Manga) - Episode 1 + Misc. Pages]

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