( November 2016) Whilst the protagonist's name appears to may have been taken from the popular Persian epic of, other than this anachronism, Arslan and his Parsian enemies and allies primarily share many parallels with and other historical figures of 6th century BCE (albeit with several liberties taken), whereas the conflicts with the Lusitanian forces (which bear the ) – despite mostly French names and a certain religious zealotry implying a connection to the (again, with liberties taken)– appear to be based on the, specifically those of the 6th century CE. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. It also received two anime film adaptations, and a four-part, unfinished. It was adapted into a, which caught up with the novel and then received an original ending, and ran from November 1991 to September 1996. It was first published in 1986 and ended in 2017 with sixteen novels and one side story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon. Arslan War Record(s)) is a Japanese series written. Original network JNN (MBS) Original run J– AugEpisodes 8 + OVA The Heroic Legend of Arslan (: アルスラーン戦記,: Arusurān Senki, lit. アルスラーン戦記 ( Arslan Senki) Genre, Novel series Written by Illustrated by (Kadokawa) (Kobunsha) Published by (older edition) (current edition) Original run 1986 – 2017 Volumes 16 Directed by Mamoru Hamatsu (1–2, 5–6) Mihiro Yamaguchi (3–4) Produced by Kei Sugiyama Masatoshi Tojo Noriko Matsuura Yutaka Takahashi (ep 1) Yasuhisa Kazama (ep 1) Keishi Yamazaki (ep 2) Kazuhiko Ikeguchi (eps 3–4) Akira Maruta (eps 5–6) Mitsuhisa Hida (eps 5–6) Nagateru Kato (eps 5–6) Noriaki Ikeda (eps 5–6) Written by Megumi Matsuoka (1–2) Megumi Sugihara (3–6) Music by Studio (1–2) (3–6) Licensed. Cover of the first volume of The Heroic Legend of Arslan as published by Kadokawa Shoten on October 1, 1986.

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