The Heroic Legend of Arslan (TV)

[Buffalobiian]

Alternative title: Arslan Senki, アルスラーン戦記

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Plot Summary: Arslan is the heir apparent of Pars, a strong nation that sits at the heart of the trade route connecting the East and the West. When the pagan nation of Lusitania begins an invasion of Pars, the timid Arslan is confronted with battle for the first time. His worst anxieties are realized, the Parsian army falls for a Lusitanian stratagem and are routed. He barely escapes with his life, thanks to the loyal and indomitable warrior Daryun. Together they will stand against the invasion and the cruelties of fate that are about to blow down on Pars. -ANN

Links: ANN, MAL, Official.

Download: HorribleSubs - Episode 01

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This smells... epic. The novels are unfinished so we can't hope for a proper conclusion here, but please don't leave me hanging like Guin Saga did.

I'm rather surprised Arslan is a relatively normal child. His parents offer no affection at all. His mother in particular looks like a Bodhisattva but gives off the aura of a bitch. At least Arslan is well loved without those two around regardless. (The archers in this show have great physiques.. both of them)

edit: I just read that this is adapted from the unfinished novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. That name might not ring a bell, but Legend of the Galactic Heroes sure should. My excitement is through the roof right now.

[David75]

I remember watching some ovas like almost 10 years ago and felt at the time they were plain boring and without much of a spark or anything.
I guess the young boy setting changes that quite a bit. Well, I'll see for myself if I can watch it till the end, as it is quite far from what I think I like as a setting.

[Edort4]

I remember watching this (a movie perhaps) in the early 90s. It always felt like a knock off of Lodoss (even though I guess this came first). Lets see how it goes.

[Penner]

Hmm, i like the picture up there and i do love me some Action/Adventure/Fantasy stuff.

I'll give this a try.

[shinta|hikari]

Wasn't this anime based on the manga adaptation of the story?

[Buffalobiian]

Wasn't this anime based on the manga adaptation of the story?

The character designs are based on the 2nd manga, but I didn't know that there was major difference between the novel and the manga.

[shinta|hikari]

Is this yaoi?

[Buffalobiian]

Is this yaoi?

Haven't seen any. Never seen the tag either. At most I'm expecting No. 6 / KKM levels.

[shinta|hikari]

Those are pretty bad in terms of yaoi-ness.

[Buffalobiian]

Those are pretty bad in terms of yaoi-ness.

[shinta|hikari]

WTF man. I didn't expect that from someone who has your avatar.

[MFauli]

since record of lodoss war has already been mentioned: is this new anime any good? It´s because ever after watching Lodoss, most fantasy anime just came off as too standard fare, too boring. So if Im starting a new one, I need it to be absolutely stunning.

[Buffalobiian]

since record of lodoss war has already been mentioned: is this new anime any good?

I can't answer this. I've never seen Lodoss War.

HS - Episode 02


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Besides the very end bit, this wasn't anywhere near as exciting as the first episode - not when you smell a trap an episode away.

[shinta|hikari]

This kind of thing makes no sense. If the king was so great, why was he so stupid?

[Buffalobiian]

This kind of thing makes no sense. If the king was so great, why was he so stupid?

Either he was a great warrior who got lucky, or the experience/old-age got to him. He thinks he knows the lay of the land better than anyone else, and so far it hasn't been proven wrong. He's got a very "be a man" attitude.

I suppose it doesn't help that their scout was the mole.

I do agree though. The stupidity here was painful to watch.

[shinta|hikari]

You provided very good excuses.

I wish the show spent about 12 seconds to do the same.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 03

[얼티메이트] [150422] TVアニメ「アルスラーン戦記(Arslan Senki)」EDテーマ「ラピスラズリ」／藍井エイル [期間限定アニメ盤] (320K+BK)
[얼티메이트] [150422] TVアニメ「アルスラーン戦記(Arslan Senki)」EDテーマ「ラピスラズリ」／藍井エイル [期間限定アニメ盤] (FLAC+BK)

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So Arslan is not the biological child of Andragoras III. That's the reason the queen reacted negatively when Arslan said he aspired to like his "fater". The king must have snatched his queen from someone, possibly from another kingdom. Since then, the masked general has sought revenge against him. He's probably the brother of the queen or her ex-lover.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 04

[Kraco]

Episode 6 - HS



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It feels like they made Pars a wretched place on purpose so that nobody among the audience would be sorry to see it get crushed (not that the attacker would be any better). Although there were a few good commanders, or whatever you'd call them. The king was obviously the biggest wretch, but the queen was hardly any better. Silver Mask seems like a decent main villain. I hope the strategist dude Arslan seems so ready to depend on really is worth his salt. His historical feat was quite classic and no doubt copied from some fable, so only time will tell if the author can come up with novel ones. I'm not especially worried as there have been a bunch of plots of different sizes already.

I still think Arlan himself needs to decide to become something soon. Maybe he will.

[MFauli]

There´s a lot of setup going on. I hope the show will have actual meat at some point. Right now we´re getting mostly an overview of this going on here, that going on there. Need some actual presently going on plot.

and agreed, Arslan needs to do more than gathering capable fellows.