The Heroic Legend of Arslan (アルスラーン戦記 Arslan Senki) is a six-part original video animation based on the manga series by Yoshiki Tanaka, and directed by Mamoru Hamatsu and Mihiro Yamaguchi.
The first two OVA episodes were released as "movies", which is why each one is an hour long, rather than the traditional half-hour and were produced by Kadokawa Shoten and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. A second OVA series that followed up the first OVAs released in 1995.
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Dubbing History[]
The series was initially licensed and dubbed by Manga Entertainment as The Heroic Legend of Arislan and released on VHS in the United Kingdom. Manga only dubbed the first 4 episodes (those being the only episodes released at the time of dubbing).
When the series was later released in the United States by Central Park Media, Episodes 5 and 6 were dubbed using their own New York-based cast and released as Heroic Legend of Arslan: Age of Heros. This caused a lot inconsistencies with the original dub, including utilizing different translations and names.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Eps. | |
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| Main Characters | |||||
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Arslan | Kappei Yamaguchi | Ben Fairman | 
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1-4 |
| Greg Baglia | 
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5-6 | |||
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Daryun | Kazuhiko Inoue | Steven Pacey |
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1-4 |
| Edward Britton |
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5-6 | |||
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Narsus | Kaneto Shiozawa | Daniel Flynn |
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1-4 |
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Elam | Nozomu Sasaki | Deborah Makepeace | 1 | |
| Kristopher Milnes | 2-4 | ||||
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Gieve | Kazuki Yao | Tim Bentinck |
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1-4 |
| Harry Krause |
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5-6 | |||
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Farangis | Masako Katsuki | Pamela Merrick |
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1-4 |
| Simone Grant |
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5-6 | |||
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Alfreed | Kumiko Watanabe | Gwen Jenkins |
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1-4 |
| Elisa Wain |
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5-6 | |||
| Kingdom of Pars | |||||
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Andragoras III | Akio Ōtsuka | Douglas Blackwell |
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1 |
| Roger Rifkin |
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5-6 | |||
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Tahamenay | Kazuko Yanaga | Pamela Merrick |
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1-2 |
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Kishward | Daiki Nakamura | David Arnold | 2-4 | |
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Kubard | Kazuhiro Nakata | Ray Lonnen | 4 | |
| Ray Iannicelli |
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5-6 | |||
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Sam | Kazuhiko Kishino | Brian Note |
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3-4 |
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Xandes | Kiyoyuki Yanada | George Roubicek | 2-4 | |
| Walter Hershman |
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5-6 | |||
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Zaravant | Mitsuaki Hoshino | John Bull |
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3-4 |
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Irina | Akemi Okamura | Tamsin Hollo | 3-4 | |
| Lusitania | |||||
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Silvermask | Shūichi Ikeda | Sean Barrett |
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1-4 |
| Oliver Wyman |
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5-6 | |||
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Etoile | Kotono Mitsuishi | Serena Evans |
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3-4 |
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Innocentis VII | Tamio Ōki | Peter Woodward | 3 | |
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Guiscard | Jūrōta Kosugi | Garrick Hagon | 3-4 | |
| Shindra | |||||
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Jaswant | Hiro Yūki | Matthew Morgan |
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2-4 |
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Rajendra | Hideyuki Umezu | Jason Isaacs | 2 | |
| Michael Gerard |
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5-6 | |||
| Other | |||||
| Narrator | Tamio Ōki | David McAlister |
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1 | |
| Peter Marinker | 3-4 | ||||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep. |
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Vahriz | Masaru Ikeda | Eric Flynn | 1 |
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Kharlan | Rokurō Naya | Ray Lonnen | |
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Shapur | Shinya Ōtaki | Brian Note | |
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Imposter Tahamenay | Serena Evans | ||
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Bahman | Yōsuke Naka | Tony Hardy | 2 |
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Gadevi | Yukitoshi Hori | Robert Glenister | |
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High Priest | Fumio Matsuoka | Eric Flynn | |
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Bahadur | Masashi Sugawara | Sean Barrett | |
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Ilterish | Kazuhiko Kishino | Greg Wolfe | 6 |
Additional Voices[]
Manga UK
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CPM
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Manga Entertainment | 1994 | 
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Episodes 1-4 | PAL | United Kingdom |
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| Central Park Media | 1994 | Episodes 1-4 | NTSC | United States |
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 1998 | Episodes 5-6 | |||||
| 1 Volume | ||||||
| 1998 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | |||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
| 2003 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
| 2004 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
External Links[]
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan (OVA) at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan at the Internet Movie Database.