#Arslan Senki ova

[obscureanimeoftheday]

Obscure Anime of The Day:

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

Aired: 1991-1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Military, Shounen, Supernatural, Violence

#The Heroic Legend of Arslan #アルスラーン戦記 #Arslan Senki #anime #old anime #Arslan Senki 1991 #Arslan Senki 1991-1995 #Obscure anime of the day #90s anime #1991 anime #fantasy anime #anime nostalgia #retro anime #classic anime #anime 90s #obscure anime #Arslan Senki ova

[woulnutt]

#arslan senki #heroic legend of arslan #arslan senki ovas #my art #i luv drawing him #i actually had a modern au version of this first but it lacked arslan feels so i went with this instead #had to draw something fun in between all the tough work #my comfort prince #sobs

[innerchorus]

The artwork for the laserdisc releases is just 👌 in general. This is the back cover of OVA IV, featuring Arslan in blue tones. Can anyone identify what the little white flowers are?

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #arslan senki ovas #sachiko kamimura #arslan

[vancho1]

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #ova #90s

[blueiight]

top 5 anime you swear by? if you have the time

- revolutionary girl utena (the only anime ever.)

- michiko to hatchin (what if a girl broke out of prison took in her ex boyfriend’s daughter from her abusive family & they went on high jinks all over a pretty transparent fictional analogue of brazil. a classic)

- sailor moon (manga and 90’s anime. sorry crystal, im vain!)

- sarazanmai (same director as rgu, i read the manga first & watched it as it aired.. i died 10 deaths)

- natsume yuujinchou & gojinko monogatari (if u wanna believe in the goodness of the world for .2 seconds)

- acca 13

- the woman known as fujiko mine

- lotgh (if u watch it more as .. a sort of story on how myths r made especially w tanaka’s other works in mind then it becomes a classic..or is this me rationalizing mid? the eternal question..)

- 0079-cca, gundam 00, 0080&83, gundam wing, turn A (these are several diff animes. ik. but i digress.. these are baby’s fav gundams) (chris was the first female gundam protag stop snubbing her..!) (maybe mercury if i can make time to watch? idk)

- aura battler dunbine.. classic isekai b4 the genre was Compromised™️���

- theres a few more …idk i vain lazy

#yn. #yn answers #i like ovas & manga too so i aint wanna link them too #well lotgh is an ova. but ykwim #& YAMI NO MATSUEI<3 #legend of basara… arslan senki.. good ovas. and ank. but thats niche old skool yaoi #shiku watching ank and not instanlty killing me<3

[zheida]

Thinking of my favorite anime opening

#arslan senki #arslan senki 1994 #video #90s anime #90s ova #zhe.txt

[daryun]

Thinking about how visual mediums made Daryun a table banger.

#Arslan Senki #The Heroic Legend of Arslan #Hiromu Arakawa #Daryun #OVA #manga

[tc-doherty]

Rewatching Arslan Senki for the umpteenth time because I am consumed by Feels for my baby boy...!

#although usually I rewatch the old 90s OVAs #today I am rewatching the new anime lol #Arslan Senki #my favorite fictional prince

[ichiharas-familiar]

2023 Anime Ranking

As always, this is every anime I watched for the first time in 2023, ranked extremely subjectively. These are only series I completed.

Ooku

Oshi No Ko

Ping Pong the Animation

Undead Murder Farce

Akiba Maid War

Heavenly Delusion

To Your Eternity (S2)

Shadows House

JJBA: Stone Ocean

Scum's Wish

Pluto

Dororo

Black Lagoon

Bocchi the Rock

Tenchi Muyo (OVAs 1+2)

Kaiba

Dead Mount Death Play

Migi and Dali

Witch from Mercury

Birdie Wing

Skip and Loafer

Ayakashi

Kids on the Slope

Jujutsu Kaisen (S1)

Akuma no Riddle

Raven of the Inner Palace

Trigun: Stampede

Vatican Miracle Examiners

Toward the Terra

Dance with Devils

Paradox Live

Arslan Senki (OVA)

Inuyashiki

Kabaneri

Another

Trinity Blood

#I did this with my husband in january but I just remembered to record it. #Should Ooku be that high? objectively no. Obviously. but. I like it.

[lanonima]

Given that I am constantly finding the most obscure* things imaginable to be into I thought this idea would be kind of funny.

These are all anime that 1) I have seen all the way through, sometimes more than once, and 2) which I like (or liked a lot at one time). I also own or have owned 16 of them (and my roommates own 2 of them).

How many have you seen? How many have you even heard of? Can anybody get a bingo?

*I'm judging obscurity by how often I see or do not see them on YouTube anime quizzes because we do a lot of YouTube anime quizzes. That's why some things like Sabikui Bisco or Millionaire Detective aren't on here, because they're kind of too new to properly be obscure IMO and also they show up on quizzes not infrequently

Also there are no OVAs so RIP to the 90s Arslan Senki and the Fire Emblem anime u__u

#the lano life #lano being stupid #this is so silly #anime #I think Kira Kira is probably the least obscure? #but it's buried under other Precures #and was not very popular overall as I understand

[visarcana]

@coverteyes​ said:

His Royal Grumpiness, no?

Oh yeah, I remembered I also wanted to post this disclaimer here: I had no idea THIS even existed when I drew THIS. But I will freely admit I even had Van with arms crossed but then I redrew it, so it probably really more uncanny to me than anyone else.

Sooo, this Kaze no Uta, Hoshi no Michi (Song of Wind, Path of Stars) is apparently a lesser-known 1992 light novel by Shinobu Saeki (the illustrations are by artist named Kouji) that started a whole series and yeah:

I’ll even post the summary cause it’s kind of hilarious:

The story takes place on a continent divided into seven kingdoms. One of them is the Ridolphi Kingdom, ruled by the Finrek royal family who is said to hold mysterious powers! The thief Sword (I’m not kidding, that’s the most likely transcription of his name but let’s just call him) Sald sneaks into the royal palace to free his stepfather Harald who is held prisoner there. There, he meets a young girl, who is revealed to be Leticia, princess of the Finrek family. Eventually, he ends up being ordered by the king to accompany the princess on her “mission” and the adventure begins!

I can’t... I really want to get into fantasy shoujo manga/light novel scene, it feels like such fun (I’m too old to take it too seriously but I know I’d enjoy)! In any case, the aesthetic this has going on is *chefs kiss*. Literally the color scheme I want for VA Van, too, although I knew already that it wasn’t going to be anything original. The girl in turn reminds me of Melfina from Outlaw Star and what is going on with that vampiric shoujo mascot?? It looks like you can get the books dirt-cheap in Japan, too. Maybe next time I visit, I’ll try to look it up!

Kinda reminds me of Minato Tajima early Escaflowne doujins, too (I mean the Endless Destiny series)

Also yeah, CE,  

“The cute guy with dark, messy hair is kind of a fetish at this point.” 

Seems we share a type, then! I can give you 20 examples from anime alone right off the bat, haha. Also, just for info, the artwork you posted this under is from Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan). 

I bought an Arslan artbook simply because it looks so good to me. But I have yet to check the actual franchise it’s from (that again, started as light novels, got a 90s OVA and a recent anime series). I am surprised how much fantasy of my kind specifically has got written in Japan, and it rarely ever gets localized. But hey, the obscurer and harder to get, the more intrigued I am and want to do something about it!

#inspiration

[woulnutt]

Modern au Arslan

#comfy prince #my art #heroic legend of arslan #arslan senki ovas #saw a picture of a comfy cardigan and had a sudden urge to draw my favourite prince in one

[innerchorus]

A couple of illustrations by Sachiko Kamimura that I don’t think I’ve seen shared on here before. These were included with the laserdisc release of OVA III.

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #arslan senki ovas #sachiko kamimura #hilmes #irina #farangis #gieve

[wuekka]

I just keep hearing Marluxia when the masked man in the arslan senki ova speaks.. :D

#arslan senki ova #seiyuu #random ramble

[colleyuriko]

I came across your post about Alena Rickman. This film, "Robin Hood" in 1991, occupies a special place in my life, in my work. What if Arslan was indeed a movie about the middle ages of the 90s or 2000s? Maybe Alan Rickman would actually play Guiscard?

Hi Anon! It's been a while since you messaged me. I agree, I'd loved to have seen Alan Rickman as Guiscard.

I'm not versed in photo editing, so please accept this drawing.

#the heroic legend of arslan #Arslan Senki #Guiscard #Alan Rickman #Perhaps it would have been more accurate to give him the 90's OVA character design

[daryun]

Has anyone ever read the script of OVAs? I have just found something interesting on the internet: 'spoiler In the Japanese version, they actually reveal that Farangis is supposed to marry Arislan and that Arislan isn't really royalty end spoilerOh! And then there's the screw up at the end of the first movie. In the English version, Andragoras dies and magically comes back to life (kind of like Stephano from Days of Our Lives. Is he still alive or did they finally just kill him?)'

Arslan Senki Spoilers regarding character backgrounds under the cut.

Hello!

(I found your blog post, too)

I have never read the 90's OVA as scripts, but I do watch the OVA every now again because I'm rather fond of it - both the sub and dub.

Is the English OVA dub cheesy? Most certainly.

Will I defend the stage actor delivery of every line? You bet on Daryun's shiny cloak clasp I will.

As far as I know, Farangis was sent to protect Arslan, which is expressed in the OVA, part I, around the 42 minute mark:

The English dub mentions a holy warrior and how Farangis was chosen to be that warrior. So I wouldn't know where the whole marriage thing would come from just watching the OVA alone.

(Farangis' backstory is covered in this post)

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That Arslan is adopted and is not royalty by blood is worth looking at. Let's have a look what the OVA reveals to us without the context of any other Arslan Senki media.

(I already knew Arslan was adopted, but I'm not sure where I picked that up anymore. It was probably from the family tree in the Sachiko Kamimura artbook I bought, NOT from the OVA itself)

Admittedly, I first thought of part II when Bahman is killed, but the resulting conflict here is not that Arslan isn't of royal descent, but that Hilmes has a claim to the throne. The viewer is led to believe this is the narrative twist for a long time.

The English dub also just says "You musn't kill him, he is of royal blood."

So I thought about part III, 11 minutes in. But even here, the conflict is still Hilmes being Arslan's older cousin, having a claim to the throne.

The reason Gieve is sent to Mt. Damavand by Narsus is to find Rukhnabad not for Arslan's lineage, but just to strengthen his claim. Hilmes seeks out the sword for the same reason.

So where would a viewer in the 90's with not as much access to the world wide web as today get the info that Arslan is adopted?

There are hints that Arslan grew up outside of the palace with a nanny in his nightmare (part II, ca. 7 mins in), though I wouldn't call it conclusive.

But up until the end of part VI, when Arslan gets banished to Gilan everyone is still acting within the parameters that Arslan is of royal blood.

I could not find evidence of Tahamineh asking for her child in the OVA, which is another clue given to readers of the manga or novel.

EDIT: FOUND IT, part I, minute 47.

Sub:

Dub: “Wait, Daryun, Daryun don’t do this, let me speak. If you know what’s good for you you’ll join us. Pulsa will soon have a new ruler, stong and clever, he’s already in Ectabahana. Once he has killed Andragoras he’ll marry the queen and be crowned king!“

~(Pulsa forevaaaaaaa)~

In conclusion: if the dub OVA is all you have, you will not automatically work out that Arslan is adopted.

EDIT: Similar to how Andragoras’ death was declared at the end of part I (see below), I think this change was made because they didn’t want to introduce this plot line in the dub and then never be able to deliver on it.

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"Andragoras III died of an illness, much to the disappointment of Hermes who could not carry out his vengeful threats" (end of part I, English dub)

Regarding Andragoras being declared dead in the English OVA dub, I do not think this was a mistake. We have to look back at the time:

The first four parts were dubbed by a UK studio. Parts 5 and 6 were dubbed in the US.

I think it is reasonable to assume that only the frst four episodes were sold dubbing rights first and as a person in the 90's there was a high chance that if you caught this on a VHS tape, per chance on TV(?), or at anime conventions as a cinema experience, these four episodes were all you were ever going to see of the anime.

So I can only assume they wanted to wrap up the story as much as they could to give the overseas viewer with no other context of Arslan Senki's whole novel story a bit of closure.

That parts 5 and 6 were later dubbed must have been unknown at the time.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Stephano, I cannot help you with that one.

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Completely unrelated to everything: Guts, is that you? (from part VI)

#Arslan Senki #the heroic legend of arslan #Farangis #Arslan #Andragoras #meta #OVA #fandom #kharlan #Tahamineh