The official website for The Heroic Legend of Arslan ( Arslan Senki ) television anime began streaming the eighth commercial on Sunday. The commercial features the anime's opening theme song, "Boku no Kotoba Dewanai Kore wa Boku-tachi no Kotoba" (These Aren't My Words, They're Our Words) by the band UVERworld and previews some of the upcoming battles.

Narrator: Crown Prince Arslan. At the time, 14 years old. His first battle.

Arslan: What does it mean to become a great king?

Daryun: I will save you now, your highness.

Andragoras: Commence charge!

The cast of the anime will star:

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

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Daryun

Daisuke Namikawa as Narsus

Natsuki Hanae as Elam

Kenn as Gieves

Maaya Sakamoto as Falangies

Yuuki Kaji as Silvermask

Other cast members include:

Takayuki Sugo as Andragoras III

Atsuko Tanaka as Tahamine

Eizou Tsuda as Vafleez

Toru Ohkawa as Karlan

Hiroki Yasumoto as Kishuard

Kenta Miyake as Kubad

Katsuyuki Konishi as Shapur

Toshiharu Sakurai as Innocentius VII

Takehito Koyasu as Giskarl

Shiro Saito as Bodan

The staff includes:

Manga: Hiromu Arakawa

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

Kappa Novels) Director: Noriyuki Abe ( Black Butler: Book of Circus , Yū Yū 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)

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

x Production: The Heroic Legend of Arslan Production Committee

Eir Aoi (Fate/Zero, Sword Art Online) sings the ending theme song "Lapis Lazuli."





The anime will premiere on Sunday, April 5 at 5:00 p.m. in Japan.

Kodansha published the third 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: