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The Heroic Legend of Arslan (OAV)

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Parts 1-4 ©1992-1993 Yoshiki tanaka/Kadokawa-Shoten/MOVIC/Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Parts 5-6 ©1995 YOSHIKI TANAKA/KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD./MOVIC CO., LTD./Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.


Alternative title:
Arslan Senki (Japanese)
La heroica leyenda de Arislan (Spanish)
La leggenda di Arslan (Italian)
Les Chroniques d'Arslân (French)
The Heroic Legend of Arislan
アルスラーン戦記 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Betrayed from within and overwhelmed by dark sorcery, the valiant armies of Pars are overrun by the warrior-fanatics of Rucitania. Escaping the destruction of his homeland, the heroic Prince Arislan 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 Rucitanian 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....
Video:
User Ratings: 160 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:4, raw:1)
 Very good: 35 votes (sub:20, dub:13, Ita.edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 46 votes (sub:30, dub:12, raw:1, ?:1, Ita.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:18, dub:10, raw:1)
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 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 402 users, rank: #1146
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.7438 (Good-.25), std. dev.: 1.8582, rank: #2094
Weighted mean: 6.5852 (Good-.41), rank: #2132
Bayesian estimate: 6.63489 (Good-.36), rank: #1832
Running time: 60 minutes
Number of episodes: 6
Vintage: 1991-08-17 to 1993-12-22
Releases: We have 2
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kutsuato no hana" by Mimori Yusa (ep 1)
#2: "Tokimeki wo Believe" by Yumi Tanimura (ep 2)
#3: "Ryote Ippai" by Shoko Suzuki (eps 4-5)
Links: We have 2
Comment:
First 2 episodes are 60 minutes each. Subsequent 4 episodes are 30 minutes each.
Manga Entertainment changed the name to Arislan when they released the 1st two episodes. Central Park Media used an entireyl different cast for their releases of the subsequent episodes.
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Related releases:
    The Heroic Legend of Arslan - (2-Disc Set) (DVD) 2004-10-19
    The Heroic Legend of Arslan - Age of Heroes DVD (DVD) 1999-01-01
    The Heroic Legend of Arslan - Age of Heroes (DVD 1-6) 2003-11-11

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Mamoru Hamatsu
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (Part II)

Screenplay: Megumi Sugihara

Music: Norihiro Tsuru

Original creator:
Haruki Kadokawa
Shugo Matsuo
Yoshiki Tanaka
Yutaka Takahashi

Character Design: Sachiko Kamimura

Art director:
Katsuyoshi Kanamura
Riki Nishikura
Yuji Ikeda

Director of Photography:
Akihiko Takahashi
Hideo Suzuki

Producer:
Akira Maruta
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
Kei Sugiyama
Masatoshi Tojo
Noriaki Ikeda
Noriko Matsuura
Yutaka Takahashi

Arrangement:
Hiroki Nozaki
Hisanori Ooshiro
Takaaki Uchiyama

Assistant producer:
Masae Kawakami
Ryuji Mimoto

Chief animator:
Kazuto Nakazawa 
Kazuya Kise

Chief Animator For Animals: Kazuto Nakazawa

Music producer: Hikari Ishikawa

Planning:
Masaki Sawanobori
Mitsuhisa Hida
Takeshi Tamiya

Publicity: Morikasa Wakisaka

Sound Effect Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama

Special Effects: Yutaka Semba

 

Kappei Yamaguchi as Arslan

Akio Ohtsuka as Andragoras III

Kaneto Shiozawa as Narcasse

Kazuhiko Inoue as Darun

Kazuki Yao as Guibu

Masako Katsuki as Farangis

Nozomu Sasaki as Eram

Akemi Okamura as Iliina (ep 3)

Daiki Nakamura as Kishuard

Hideyuki Umezu as Lajendra (ep 3)

Hiro Yuuki as Jaswant

Juurouta Kosugi as Giskarl

Kazuhiko Kishino as
Kalikarla II (ep 2)
Saam (ep 3)

Kazuko Yanaga as Tahamirne

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Zande

Kôichi Kitamura as Jon Bodan

Kotono Mitsuishi as Etoile

Kumiko Watanabe as Arfurido

Masaru Ikeda as Vafleez

Mitsuaki Hoshino as Zaravant (ep 3)

Rin Mizuhara as Court Maid

Rokuro Naya as Karlarn

Shinya Ohtaki as Sharple

Shuuichi Ikeda as Hirumes/Silver Mask

Takehito Koyasu as Melrain (ep 3)

Tamio Ohki as Narrator

Toshiharu Sakurai as Soldier

Japanese companies 

Animation:
ANIMATE
Anime Roman
Dr. Movie
F A I
M I
Madhouse Studios
Office Tanazawa
Samtack
Studio Boomerang

Cooperation:
Madhouse Studios
Production I.G
Studio Mark
Studio Takuranke
Usagiya
WAAB

Photography: Studio Caban

Production:
Kadokawa Shoten
KSS
MOVIC
Shochiku Film
Sony Music Entertainment
Tokyu Agency

Sound Effects: Audio Planning U

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Michael Alben

Translation:
Jay Parks
Pamela Parks
William Flanagan

Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness (Manga Video Version)

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Assistant Editor: Karl George

Casting:
Jill Wilmot (Manga Video Version)
Sondra James

Dubbing Mixer: Richard King (Manga Video Version)

Dubbing supervisor: Anthony Salerno

Online Editor: Anthony Gianni

Post Production Supervisor: Michael Alben

Production Coordination: Karel Havle

Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison (Manga Video Version)

Recording Assistant: Andy Diekroger

Recording engineer: Frank Verderosa

Script Adaptation:
George Rubicek (Manga Video Version)
Michael Alben

Voice Direction: Michael Bakewell (Manga Video Version)

 

Ben Fairman as Arislan (Manga Video Version)

Greg Baglia as Arslan (CPM Version)

Daniel Flynn as Narsus (Manga Video Version)

Edward Britton as Darun (CPM Version)

Harry Krause as Guibu (CPM Version)

Kristopher Milnes as Elam (Manga Video Version)

Simone Grant as Farangis (CPM Version)

Steven Pacey as Daryoon (Manga Video Version)

Timothy Bentinick as Gieve (Manga Video Version)

Brian Note as Shapool (Manga Video Version)

David Arnold as Quishward (Manga Video Version)

David McAlister as Narrator (Manga Video Version, Ep. 1)

Deborah Makepeace as Elam

Douglas Blackwell as Andragoras (Manga Video Version)

Elisa Wain as Arfurido (CPM Version)

Eric Flynn as Vaphreze

Greg Wolfe as Ilterish (CPM Version)

Gwen Jenkins as Arfurido (Manga Video Version)

Jake Lacan as Kubard (CPM Version)

Jason Isaacs as Lajendra (Manga Video Version)

Matthew Morgan as Jaswant (Manga Video Version)

Michael Gerard as Lajendra (CPM Version)

Oliver Wyman as Silver Mask (CPM Version)

Pamela Merrick as Pharangese (Manga Video Version)

Peter Marinker as Narrator (Manga Video Version)

Ray Lonnen as Kharlan (Manga Video Version)

Robert Glenister as Gardeep (Manga Video Version)

Robert Glennister as Gardeep (Manga Video Version)

Robert Phillips as Zante (Manga Video Version)

Roger Rifkin as Andagoras (CPM Version)

Sean Barrett as Silver Mask (Manga Video Version)

Serena Evans as Imposter (Manga Video Version)

Tony Hardy as Bachman (Manga Video Version)

Andy Diekroger (CPM Version)

Damon Bishop (CPM Version)

Elisa M. Wain (CPM Version)

Frankie V. (CPM Version)

Greg Wolfe (CPM Version)

Michael Alben (CPM Version)

Terri Muuss (CPM Version)

Walter Hershman (CPM Version)

English companies 

Broadcaster: iaTV

Casting: Speakeasy

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps

Editing: National Video Center

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Post Production: Michael Alben, Inc.

Recording:
Kampo Studios
Planet V

Translation: KSS (Manga Video Version)

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Olivier Podesta as Arslan

Adrien Solis as Ghib

Bruno Meyere as Dariun

Catherine Desplaces as Elam

Patrick Borg as Andragoras

Stéphane Ronchewski as Narsus

Virginia Anderson as Faranghis

Alexandre Coadour as Rajendra

Jessica Barrier as Alfrid

Philippe Roullier as Hilmes

Yann Guillemot as Kishward

French companies 

Distributor: Black Bones

Dubbing: WanTake

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

 

Diego Sabre as Arslan (adult)

Marcella Silvestri as Arslan (child)

Alberto Sette as Zante

Andrea De Nisco as Layendra

Antonio Paiola as Bondan

Caterina Rochira as Pharangese

Cinzia Massironi as Falsa Regina

Claudia Penoni as Regina

Claudio Moneta as Narsus

Enrico Bertorelli as Andragoras

Enrico Maggi as Kharlan

Giorgio Ginex as Iaswant

Ivo De Palma as Daryoon

Luigi Rosa as Gieve

Marco Balzarotti as Silver Mask

Mario Zucca as Narratore

Maurizio Scattorin as Vamphreze

Pietro Ubaldi as Quish Ward

Tony Fuochi as Bachma

Veronica Pivetti as Elam

Italian companies 

Distributor: Granata Press

Dubbing: Studio PV

 
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