The Heroic Legend of Arslan | |
![]() Original Kadokawa Bunko edition of the first novel | |
アルスラーン戦記 (Arusurān Senki) | |
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Novel series | |
Written by | Yoshiki Tanaka |
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Original run | August 1986 – December 14, 2017 |
Volumes | 16 |
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Directed by | Mamoru Hamatsu |
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Music by | Norihiro Tsuru |
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Released | August 17, 1991 – July 18, 1992 |
Runtime | 60 minutes |
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan (III–VI) | |
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Written by | Megumi Sugihara |
Music by | Norihiro Tsuru |
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Released | October 21, 1993 – September 21, 1995 |
Runtime | 35 minutes |
Episodes | 4 |
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Written by | Yoshiki Tanaka |
Illustrated by | Chisato Nakamura |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Asuka Fantasy DX |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | November 1991 – September 1996 |
Volumes | 13 |
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit. 'Arslan War Records') is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon. The story and setting is inspired by the history and mythology of ancient Persia.
It was adapted into a film duology and a four-episode original video animation released from 1991 to 1995. It was also adapted into a manga series by Chisato Nakamura, which ran in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX from November 1991 to September 1996. In 2013, a second manga adaptation illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa began in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which was later adapted into an anime television series.