On January 4th, 2015, the official website for Arslan Senki or The Heroic Legend of Arslan began streaming the second TV commercial for the anime. The anime will be an adaptation of Arakawa Hiromu’s manga of the same name, which was an adaptation of Tanaka Yoshiki’s original novel series.
The second TV commercial for Arslan Senki:
Translation:
- Narrator: A boy who had his kingdom destroyed follows a knight and embarks on a journey. Arslan Senki.
- Text: The assault begins on April 2015.
- Narrator: One boy. One knight. A journey to take everything back begins.
The first TV commercial for Arslan Senki:
Translation:
- Narrator: The country is burning. A prince born in a time of war, Arslan. The boy who had his kingdom destroyed in the invasion of another country follows a knight and embarks on a journey. Arslan Senki.
- Text: The assault on an anime adaptation has begun!
- Narrator: One boy. One knight. A journey to take everything back begins.
The production cast so far includes:
- Abe Noriyuki (Bleach, YuYu Hakusho) as director.
- Uezu Makoto (Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru, Akame ga Kill) on series composition.
- Ogiso Shingo (Anohana) on key animation.
Arslan Senki or The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Tanaka Yoshiki. Tanaka began writing the series in 1986, and the series is still going on as of 2008. There are currently 14 novels and one side story published. It was adapted into a manga by Nakamura Chisato in 1991, but the manga caught up to the novels in 1998 and received an original ending. In 2013, it received yet another manga adaptation, this time illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. The new manga is serialized in the Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. It was also developed into a short film and a 6 part unfinished OVA (only 4 parts were released).
Arslan Senki synopsis from Haruhichan:
Betrayed from within and overwhelmed by dark sorcery, the valiant armies of Pars are overrun by the warrior-fanatics of Lusitania. Escaping the destruction of his homeland, the heroic Prince Arslan begins to assemble a group of five, extraordinary allies—a priestess, an exiled warrior, a mischievous minstrel, an insightful artist and his attendant—to aid him in his fight against the Lusitanian invaders. Together, they must build an army and defeat 300,000 trained soldiers—including the mysterious Lord Silver Mask—who has also laid claim to the throne of Pars.
The anime will premiere in April in Japan on the MBS and TBS channels on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. JST., during the Spring 2015 anime season.
Sources: Official Website, ANN
