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. It was adapted into a six-episode original video animation adaptation released from 1991 to 1995. Set in ancient Persia, it is loosely based on the Persian epic of Amir Arsalan. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon. Arslan War Records) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan ( Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit.