(L) Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) [Anticipation]

[Avrorrange]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

On the one hand: MORE ARSLAN, SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

On the other hand: Please don't base it on the Arakawa manga, please please please.

The first anime adaptation had obvious issues of time constraints (and later on money), but it was gorgeous and really brought the setting and the characters to life. Maybe the Arakawa manga is good (I was discouraged after the first chapter and couldn't bring myself to read much further), but the style of the art is so drab and same-y and uninspired, and the storytelling just don't fit the story as far as I'm concerned, and I'd rather not see it adapted even further.

Just please do an independent adaptation and everyone will be happy... (mostly me )

Also, just because there's that big manga art up there, here's some more Arslan art.
Novel (first illustrations by Amano Yoshitaka, there's even a beautiful artbook out):

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First anime (Kamimura Sachiko):

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(There's also a previous manga but that was kind of whatever.)

Look way too shoujo-ish.

[Sheba]

Those were designs from the 80s and 90s tho. Demographic don't even come into account. Yoshitaka Amano is famous for character designs in the earliest Final Fantasy before Nomura took over and he also illustrated Vampire Hunter D. Older anime fans knew Kamimura Sashiko best for her work on City Hunter anime and Black Jack TV series.

[Stark700]

Confirmed to air for Spring Season.

Staff:

Director: Noriyuki Abe
Series composition: Makoto Uezu
Character Designs: Shingo Ogiso

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nveiled/.82863

[kuromitsu]

So a series, huh. I wonder if one or two cours... I'm kind of starting to wish it was two cours so it can get away from the manga and find its own way of storytelling. (Hopefully closer to the novel, and without the manga's awkward "jokes"...) And 2 cours would mean they can cut and streamline to reach the logical stopping point, instead of having to stop abruptly.

And I still can't stand Daryun's ponytail. Why, why, why. I just can't take him seriously with it.

[AntonKutovoi]

Spring as well, huh? It sure filled with a lot of titles.

Now we need Katsuyuki Konishi as Daryun.

[musouka]

The announced staff does not exactly fill me with confidence, let's just put it that way.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Confirmed to air for Spring Season.

Staff:

Director: Noriyuki Abe
Series composition: Makoto Uezu
Character Designs: Shingo Ogiso

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nveiled/.82863

I knew Abe will direct something in spring (I was right) and looking at this staff above, it's more than likely Studio Pierrot will be in charge of the animation production, not to mention NBCUniversal is the producer, which is a first for a series planned to air on Nichigo timeslot.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by musouka

The announced staff does not exactly fill me with confidence, let's just put it that way.

I don't understand your problem, so many old-school(ish) shounen battle manga adaptations... (I'm not one for judging future productions based solely on the staff, except for one or two well-deserved examples, but here what with everything else I know about the situation... yeah.)

Anyway, with Pierrot doing the animation, the staff being who they are, and the manga being at the stage it is, I'm kind of thinking that this anime is a "let's just put something out there to try to drum up interest" kind of thing. Lowering my expectations (further) accordingly...

[RollingPenguin]

Eh, Noriyuki Abe is pretty good director. This becomes more noticeable when you look at his individual episodes, but even something like Yu Yu Hakusho has a reputation for having good direction throughout it's entire run. Shingo Ogiso is decent animator himself, the only one with a bad resume is Uezu but this is an adaptation so I dunno how much his role will matter anyway.

Also, the studio is most likely A-1 not Pierrot. Abe went to work with A-1 ever since Bleach ended.

[Domonkazu]

somehow I didn't like the FMAish char design on manga's version, it doesn't feel right.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by RollingPenguin

Also, the studio is most likely A-1 not Pierrot. Abe went to work with A-1 ever since Bleach ended.

Sorry, but given the fact this is a NBCUniversal work and not Aniplex given whoever post the video, I can say Pierrot is definitively a good bet just by judging the staff alone.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by RollingPenguin

Eh, Noriyuki Abe is pretty good director. This becomes more noticeable when you look at his individual episodes, but even something like Yu Yu Hakusho has a reputation for having good direction throughout it's entire run.

I'm not saying he's bad, it's just that the more famous shows that he's directed are the type that Arslan is not supposed to be. And I wouldn't even be bothered by this, except the manga is also leaning in that direction. But we'll see.

Originally Posted by Domonkazu

somehow I didn't like the FMAish char design on manga's version, it doesn't feel right.

Good to know I'm not alone. Arakawa has a very characteristic art style and relatively little variation to it. Which works for her own manga, but I think this art style is just not right for this particular story; and to make it worse, the characters just feel like every Arakawa character ever. :/

[Enternal]

OMG. I can't believe this is getting a TV series!!! I remembered how when I was around 8 or 9 years old (late 90s), I rented it from Hollywood Video. Sure I did not understand much but I sure enjoyed it!!

On the other hand, the new graphics is nice but at the same time, somehow it does not seem as charming as the old art. Probably just my nostalgia talking though.

[Haohmaru]

Originally Posted by Enternal

On the other hand, the new graphics is nice but at the same time, somehow it does not seem as charming as the old art. Probably just my nostalgia talking though.

It will adapt Hiromu Arakawa's manga version for the series

You probably didn't read this.

[Stark700]

Some character designs are out now:

Spoiler:

Cast and studio announced:

Studio: LIDEN FILMS x SANZIGEN
Music: Iwashiro Tarou

Yūsuke Kobayashi: Arslan
Yoshimasa Hosoya: Daryun
Daisuke Namikawa: Narsus
Natsuki Hanae: Elam

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nveiled/.83954

[AntonKutovoi]

Soo-Won as Arslan? Pretty good choice. The rest of the cast is solid as well (although I wanted Katsuyuki Konishi as Daryun).

Taro Iwashiro writing the music for Arslan? That's going ro be incredible. I still listen some of the Red Cliff and Onimusha OSTs

http://youtu.be/Ml8WA1mjqjo

http://youtu.be/6lEXKI-9c5g

[bastek66]

CGI? NOOOOooooooooo

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by bastek66

CGI? NOOOOooooooooo

It's a hand-drawn/CGI anime hybrid anime so you don't have to worry too much (unless the CGI is done poorly). Majestic Prince and Black Bullet had Orange producing it along with Dogakobo and Kinema Citrus (respectively), I suppose I'm expecting that kind of collaboration to show up in this series.

[bastek66]

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

It's a hand-drawn/CGI anime hybrid anime so you don't have to worry too much (unless the CGI is done poorly). Majestic Prince and Black Bullet had Orange producing it along with Dogakobo and Kinema Citrus (respectively), I suppose I'm expecting that kind of collaboration to show up in this series.

With mecha it's more bearable and Orange > Sanzigen in terms of CGI animation.

[Jetzero Infinity]

I think more than the CGI, people should be worried about Linden Films doing this. Their work on Terraformars didn't exactly inspire confidence as far as action animation goes (the OVA's looked alright but the TV series suffered badly) and they're working on Yamada and the Seven Witches for Spring too...be afraid