A country is conquered by another nation, and the naïve, untested crown prince must reclaim the throne. The Heroic Legend of Arslan tells a familiar story. Last year, Hiromu Arakawa, mangaka of the much-beloved Fullmetal Alchemist, began adapting Tanaka’s novels into manga form. fantasy author we all know, and no, this won’t be the last time I reference A Song of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones. He began writing them in the 1980s, and, as far as I know, has yet to conclude the series. It turns out The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a series of Japanese fantasy novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was sometimes confusing and random, but we didn’t know any better back then!įast forward 20 years later. Time has blunted the details, but I remember thinking it was an interesting story even though we weren’t getting the full picture. Among them was a 6-part anime OAV called The Heroic Legend of Arslan released by the now-defunct Central Park Media. A lot of the manga was adult in nature (in all manner of ways) and many anime series were traditional fantasy tales reminiscent of a D&D dungeon crawl. Back in the early 1990s, we didn’t have the biggest selection of manga and anime in the U.S. The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Volumes 1-3 Yoshiki Tanaka (original story) & Hiromu Arakawa (manga adaptation)Īllow me to date myself for a minute.
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