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The Heroic Legend of Arslan

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It ends right?
Review: It takes two stars out of the all result,I loved disc A but disk B did not satisfy beacause it does not end in the english languache version for all i have seen so far.Who dubbed the War of heroes so differently than the other parts ? They could at least try to make the voices sound alike to keep the sense of continuity while one is watching.All and all it is very good and does satisfy in the standards of production,graphics and end credits.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Something's missing!
Review: No offense to the voice over actors, but why is a lower class voice dubbing Prince Arslan. I happen to have British relatives, and it was very distracting to hear Arslan speak with what is considered to be oa low class accent in Great Britan. He's a prince right? Oh well.

The animation was great and a few of the battle sequences were also nice, but there still seems to be something missing from the film. An ending might be part of it. But I also seemed to sense a lack of comradery. The Lodoss War characters had a better sense of friendship.

If you like epic medieval animes, this film might be right for you. It just was'nt for me. I still gave it 3 stars. It might have been 4 if it wer'nt for Arslan's voice.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Something's missing!
Review: No offense to the voice over actors, but why is a lower class voice dubbing Prince Arslan. I happen to have British relatives, and it was very distracting to hear Arslan speak with what is considered to be oa low class accent in Great Britan. He's a prince right? Oh well.

The animation was great and a few of the battle sequences were also nice, but there still seems to be something missing from the film. An ending might be part of it. But I also seemed to sense a lack of comradery. The Lodoss War characters had a better sense of friendship.

If you like epic medieval animes, this film might be right for you. It just was'nt for me. I still gave it 3 stars. It might have been 4 if it wer'nt for Arslan's voice.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Gorgeous in every aspect.
Review: The best British dubb ever! The 4th video was dubbed in America & Arislaan fans were beyond peeved at the name & voice changes.

A story of a gorgeous 14 year old boy & his gorgeous loyal bodyguard & his gorgeous painter & his silly survant & other gourgeous characters.

But it's not all about looks, this is a hardcore anime with a devine plot & storyline you can't pass up. I just wish the last 3 OAVs would get dubbed & the 5th redubbed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Gorgeous in every aspect.
Review: The best British dubb ever! The 4th video was dubbed in America & Arislaan fans were beyond peeved at the name & voice changes.

A story of a gorgeous 14 year old boy & his gorgeous loyal bodyguard & his gorgeous painter & his silly survant & other gourgeous characters.

But it's not all about looks, this is a hardcore anime with a devine plot & storyline you can't pass up. I just wish the last 3 OAVs would get dubbed & the 5th redubbed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Why did they loose the English voice actors???
Review: The first three films in this set are amazing and it's nice to finally get everything together in one place. This is a real gem of a series, a sprawling romp through ancient history taking ideas from all over the place with beautiful character designs and epic battle scenes.
On the downside, the print transfer is not the best quality and the final installment sees not only a change in names for the characters but an american voice cast, who while good, just don't cut it after the incredible english casts efforts in the other three films.
If it was re-dubbed, cleaned up a bit and re-released I'd buy it - otherwise stick to renting and think about buying the X TV series instead.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love this series!!!! this is splendid!!!
Review: The Heroic legend of Arslan was one of the best movie for me. This DVD have a really good quality(the picture,sound,special feature,and subtitle is the best). The story about young prince Arslan who want to take back his country(Pals) from Lusitania.
This story contain war,blood,betrayal,etc. It only have a little love story so for someone who like love story, this is not for you. Although this is a war story, this is not too serious.
But for me this is a splendid series, this series have a good plot, good story, beautiful picture and beautiful characters. And this series also have a good voice actors (Japanese). Please!!!Please!!! don't watch this series with dubbed voice(English), it make me crazy when I tried to watch with dubbed voice.
I'm just disappointed with one thing in this series. This series is not finished. So for you who want to see the "Ending" of this series you will be dissapointed too. If you want to see complete story you must buy this manga and novel (all of them in japanese language). The title of manga/comic and novel is "Arslan Senki" and you must buy these in internet because all of them is out of stock in japan,except novel (I bought all of this in www.jpqueen.com).
I give 5 stars because for me this is a beautiful war stories so I recommend all of you to buy this series.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: here's more information:
Review: The reason why the story has a Persian look to it is because it is based off of a Persian story. Knowing this made the story even more interesting than it is presented. Yes, the imagery is beautiful and is accurate in many ways--even with the inclusion of Zoroastrian chants. The story seems to be based off of the persian story "Amir Arslan" & it is also related to the "Shaname"/"Shanameh" by Firdowsi. The "nouns" ARE important, and the second translation would be truer to the Persian names they are related to. The thing that bugs me the most is the way they say "Palsian" vs. "Parsian." "Pars" was where the name "Persia" came from.... The lack of an ending is somewhat sad, but you can try to look up the source, "Amir Arslan," if you can find one in your language, or even parts of the Shanameh for more information. This is part of Persia's/Iran's historical/mythical/cultural past and it can be fascinating. The Shanameh is a long read--9 volumes worth. For more information on the shanameh, type "shanameh" or "Firdowsi" into a search engine....

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: here's more information:
Review: The reason why the story has a Persian look to it is because it is based off of a Persian story. Knowing this made the story even more interesting than it is presented. Yes, the imagery is beautiful and is accurate in many ways--even with the inclusion of Zoroastrian chants. The story seems to be based off of the persian story "Amir Arslan" & it is also related to the "Shaname"/"Shanameh" by Firdowsi. The "nouns" ARE important, and the second translation would be truer to the Persian names they are related to. The thing that bugs me the most is the way they say "Palsian" vs. "Parsian." "Pars" was where the name "Persia" came from.... The lack of an ending is somewhat sad, but you can try to look up the source, "Amir Arslan," if you can find one in your language, or even parts of the Shanameh for more information. This is part of Persia's/Iran's historical/mythical/cultural past and it can be fascinating. The Shanameh is a long read--9 volumes worth. For more information on the shanameh, type "shanameh" or "Firdowsi" into a search engine....

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: too bad it's incomplete
Review: This anime really had potential. Too bad the movie isn't complete (seems they didn't finish the whole thing). At certain points in the movie, they even kept on introducing more and more characters - almost pointless. Makes you wonder why some characters should even be in the movie. Dubbing and actual names seemed off-sync. I'm still not sure if its Prince Arislan or Arslan, is it Gieves or Gihbu, is it Lusitanians or Rusitanians? I suggest you rent this title first. For a better yet somewhat similar movie, go for Lodoss Wars.


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