It’s time to meet the folks who are fighting for Parl’s freedom!
Earlier today, the official The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu) anime website updated with a new promotional video. The 90-second teaser offers a look at the new characters in the series, as well as the updated designs for the original cast.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance will kick off on July 3. The eight-episode series will air on Sundays on MBS and TBS in the coveted “Nichigo” 5:00PM time slot.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan is based on Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa’s manga of the same name. The series is being directed by Noriyuki Abe (Black Butler: Book of Circus) at studios Liden Films and Sanzigen. Character designs are being provided by Kazuo Watanabe and Ushio Tazawa, while Makoto Uezu is in charge of series composition.
Arakawa’s manga is an adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka’s The Heroic Legend of Arslan novels.
Eir Aoi (Kill la Kill, Sword Art Online) will perform the season’s opening theme, while Kalafina will return to perform the closing.
Most of the cast and crew are returning for the upcoming season. Kyō Yamashita will replace Daisuke Suzuki as CG Director, while Tatsuya Shimano replaces Hiroshi Adachi as Modeling Director. CGI production is being moved to 3dCGI from Sanzigen.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Arslan: Yūsuke Kobayashi
- Dayrun: Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Narsus: Daisuke Namikawa
- Elam: Natsuki Hanae
- Hilmes: Yuuki Kaji
- Alfreed: Manami Numakura
- Jaswant: Wataru Hatano
- Etoile: Yumi Uchiyama
- Ilterish: Tetsu Inada
- Toktomish: Tesshō Genda
- Jimsa: Soma Saito
Funimation holds the North American rights to The Heroic Legend of Arslan anime series. The company streams the show on their streaming platform and on YouTube. In the UK, Viewster holds the license to the show.
Several character designs were released to promote the series, which you can check out below:
