Arc the Lad (anime)

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Arc the Lad
Genre Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
TV anime
Director Itsuro Kawasaki
Studio Bee Train
Network Flag of Japan WOWOW
Original run 5 April 1999 – 11 October 1999
Episodes 26

Arc the Lad (アークザラッド?) is a series of video games and anime. There were three games released for the Sony PlayStation, Arc the Lad, Arc the Lad II, and Arc the Lad III. These were RPGs whose battle system was turn-based strategy.

The anime was broadcast under the Japanese omnibus satellite television show Anime Complex; it was translated and licensed for sale in North America by ADV Films and broadcasted on the Anime Network. The anime follows the story of Arc the Lad II, on which it is based.

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[edit] Story

The anime follows Arc the Lad II, with Elk (voiced by Namikawa Daisuke) as the main character. The world is also similar to the game, full of technology, but with magic and beasts as well. An evil corporation secretly controls this world and produces powerful monster (sometimes human) creations called chimera. Elk gets caught up in this mess when he rescues a young, female beast tamer from the corporation. Her name is Lieza (voiced by Horie Yui).[1]

[edit] Episode List

  1. The Boy With a Flame
  2. Beginning of the Destiny
  3. Feeling in the Rain
  4. Pale Goddess
  5. The Criminals
  6. Beyond the Sound of Waves
  7. Ancient Guardian
  8. Runaway
  9. Friend Who Was Left Behind
  10. The Crusade With No Name
  11. Lonely Brave Man
  12. White House
  13. Smiling Holy Mother
  14. Shrine Maiden of the Spirit
  15. Blaze has Stood
  16. Reconquer
  17. Scarlet Castle
  18. Chimera Tower
  19. Confrontation of Two Great Men
  20. Meet Again
  21. The Place Where the Truth Is
  22. Hiding in the Shadows
  23. Frozen Eyes
  24. Quickening of the Darkness
  25. Holy Ark
  26. Shining Boy

[edit] Voice Cast

Character English Voice Actor Japanese Voice Actor
Elk Joshua Seth Daisuke Namikawa
Arc Steve Cannon Hiro Yuuki
Lieza Dorothy Melendrez Yui Horie
Shu Dave Mallow Shuichi Ikeda
Shante Melissa Charles Rika Sugimura
Kukuru Wendee Lee Yūko Mizutani
Gallarno Anthony Mozdy Hiroshi Iwasaki
Clive Ethan Murray Nobuo Tobita
Tosh Sparky Thornton Nobuyuki Hiyama
Chongara Abe Lasser Shinpaki Tsuji
Gogen Richard Barnes Hiroshi Naka
Poco Mona Marshall Wasabi Mizuta

[edit] Music

Opening Theme:

  • "Arc the Lad ~Main Theme~" by Masahiro Andou

Ending Theme:

  • "Happy Tomorrow" by NiNa (episodes 01-12, 26)
  • "Rest in Peace" by NiNa (episodes 13-26)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arc the Lad at Animenfo (2007). Retrieved on Jan 19, 2007.

[edit] External links

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