The official website for The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki) television anime began streaming a commercial on Sunday. The commercial reveals the first set of cast members and the April 5 premiere date for the anime.

Yusuke Kobayashi as Arslan (from left to right in the pictures)

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Daryun

Daisuke Namikawa as Narsus

Natsuki Hanae as Elam

The staff includes:

Manga: Hiromu Arakawa

Original creator: Yoshiki Tanaka (Published by Kobunsha Kappa Novels)

Director: Noriyuki Abe (Black Butler: Book of Circus, Yu Yu Hakusho)

Series Composition: Makoto Uezu (Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Akame ga Kill!)

Chief Character Design: Shingo Ogiso (key animation on the anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day film)

Character Design: Ushio Tazawa, Kazuo Watanabe

Action Director: Satoshi Kimura

Concept Design: Daisuke Niitsuma

Art Director: Tadashi Kudo

Background: Studio Pinewood

Color Key: Aiko Shinohara

CG Director: Daisuke Suzuki

Modeling Director: Hiroshi Adachi

3DCGI: SANZIGEN Animation Studio

Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto

Photography: Graphinica

Editing: Mai Hasegawa

Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa

Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

Sound: Magic Capsule

Music: Taro Iwashiro

Animation Production: Liden Films x Sanzigen Animation Studio

Production: The Heroic Legend Of Arslan Production Committee

Iwashiro composed the theme song "The Arslan," which he will debut at his April 4 concert at Tokyo Opera City's Concert Hall.

The anime will run on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. on MBS, TBS and 26 other affiliates.

Kodansha published the second volume in Japan in May, and Kodansha USA published the second volume in North America in November. Crunchyroll is also releasing the manga as it appears in Japan. Central Park Media released the earlier 1991-93 original video anime adaptation of the novel.

Kodansha USA describes the manga's story: