The 8-minute-long Dragon Dentist short was first shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2014,[REF][REF] before being posted online with English subtitles on 7 November 2014 [REF].
The first episode of the two-part special premiered on NHK's BS Premium channel on 18 February 2017, and the second episode aired on 25 February 2017 [REF].