u/tintor2

The more I watch the anime adaptation by Liden Films, the more I see changes to some parts from Arakawa's manga. It feels like the writer tried to build up stuff or simply did that since they caught up with the serialzation of the manga. For example, I think the writer likes to play more with Etoile's identity and relationship with Arslan. Also, they say season 2 ended with the ending of Part 1 from Tanaka's novels. If Liden were to animate the second half of the novels, would they use the adult take of Arslan from the novels that Arakawa only drew for promotion of the manga? Then again, it seems animating the novels is kinda hard due to the constant hardships that come with horses. Kinda like the new part from Jojo that Netflix is releasing into parts.

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I'm researching about Yoshiki Tanaka himself in regards to the making of the novel especially the protagonist himself but I can't help proper interviews focused on the Arslan novel but instead on the other novels he wrote. If possible, could somebody give me a hand? I'd appreciate it.

I played the Arslan Warriors demo and had fun. I considered buying it but the price is kinda ridiculous. 60 bucks for a game originally released for the PS3 once the PS4 was new! Almost a decade.

Arslan and Etoile had lots of scenes where they discuss their religions and values, eventually becoming allies but nothing really happpened. I'm surprised though since there are actually some romances in the series even if they are played for laughs. Arakawa already wrote romance in Fullmetal Alchemist, Hero Tales and Silver Spoon but I'm surprised she still didn't do anything with Arslan himself considering Tanaka gave her complete freedom with her take on the novel. Then again, the second half has Arslan as an adult so there might be chance for more development in the future.

A user sent me the interview for Arslan and Suzuki about their works but can't find the original source to use it for research. Is it in another volume of the manga?

Guys, by any chance do you recommend the old movies and OVAs based on Arslan? Since I have no access to the novels, I wondered if Arslan or his fellow allies are written a bit more different there.

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I was doing research for Trigun and noted that while I found Wild West movies influences like Django and Clint Eastwood in an old interview I couldn't find the notable influences there are with superhero comics like the antagonist Vash faces or the Christian overtones seen in "Cain and Abel" that Rem tried raising or the "ark" that Knives controls like Noah. By any chance do you know of interviews that contain these type of commentary?