The Heroic Legend of Arslan

The Heroic Legend of Arslan
	Original Kadokawa Bunko edition of the first novel
アルスラーン戦記; (Arusurān Senki)
Genre	High fantasy; Historical fantasy; Sword and sorcery;
Novel series
Written by	Yoshiki Tanaka
Illustrated by	Yoshitaka Amano (Kadokawa); Shinobu Tanno (Kobunsha);
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten; (older edition, vol. 1–10); Kobunsha; (current edition);
Original run	August 1986 – December 14, 2017
Volumes	16
Anime film series
Directed by	Mamoru Hamatsu
Produced by	Yasuhisa Kazama (I); Nagateru Kato (I); Keishi Yamazaki (II); Mitsuhisa Hida (II);
Written by	Tomoya Miyashita (I); Kaori Takada (I); Megumi Sugihara (II);
Music by	Norihiro Tsuru
Studio	Animate Film (I); I.G. Tatsunoko (I); Aubeck (II);
Licensed by	NA: Central Park Media;
Released	August 17, 1991 – July 18, 1992
Runtime	60 minutes
Original video animation
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (III–VI)
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino (III & IV); Mamoru Hamatsu (V & VI);
Produced by	Noriaki Ikeda; Akira Maruta; Kazuhiko Ikeguchi (III); Nagateru Kato (IV–VI); Mitsuhisa Hida (V & VI);
Written by	Megumi Sugihara
Music by	Norihiro Tsuru
Studio	Animate Film; Pierrot (III & IV); Daume (III & IV); J.C.Staff (V & VI);
Licensed by	NA: Central Park Media;
Released	October 21, 1993 – September 21, 1995
Runtime	35 minutes
Episodes	4
Manga
Written by	Yoshiki Tanaka
Illustrated by	Chisato Nakamura
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Asuka Fantasy DX
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	November 1991 – September 1996
Volumes	13
Manga
	The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2013);

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki; lit. 'Arslan War Records') is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon. The story and setting is inspired by the history and mythology of ancient Iran.

It was adapted into a film duology and a four-episode original video animation released from 1991 to 1995. It was also adapted into a manga series by Chisato Nakamura, which ran in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX from November 1991 to September 1996. In 2013, a second manga adaptation illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa began in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which was later adapted into an anime television series.