![]() So this was less of a review of this manga and more my thoughts on all the iterations of this story. Now observe this image from the 2015 anime, in which she looks exactly the same as in this manga. ![]() Speaking of her, observe this image of her from the 1991 anime.Īh, covered in armor, as is befitting a person who regularly rides a horse into armed groups of enemies and shoots arrows at them and generally kicks their asses. There's also the womanizing minstrel Gieve and the badass warrior priestess Farangis. However, the good guys are a likeable lot, from the optimistic Prince Arslan to the tactician-turned-painter Narsus. I'm also not sure what to make of the lower-class dark-skinned people and the slaves that are too stupid to do anything except be slaves. He does AMAZING work.Īnyway, this is an interesting story, albeit one with lots of cruelty and bigotry and general suckiness. I also really like the artwork for the covers of the novels, which were done by Yoshitaka Amano. ![]() But I'm an old school type of person, so that's just my preference. I had a hard time getting used to the art in the manga, which seemed simplistic in comparison. This old art style is entirely preferable to me. There's a current anime that uses the art of this manga series, but there's also an OVA from 1991, which has another art style entirely. It's based on a series of novels, which is based on a Persian legend. ![]()
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