CATDOLL: The singer of the opening song of the new April anime "The Heroic Legend of Arslan" has been confirmed and additional voice actors have been announced

The TV animation "The Heroic Legend of Arslan" will be broadcasted on April 5 this year. On its official website, a lot of additional information about voice actors and the opening theme song has been released. It is reported that Sugo Takayuki, who is known for his roles in the animation "Yu Yu Hakusho" and the first Hokage in "Naruto", will voice the role of Andracorax III. In addition, several powerful voice actors such as Tanaka Atsuko, Okawa Toru, Yasumoto Hiroki, Konishi Katsuyuki, and Koyasu Takehito have confirmed that they will join the work.

At the same time, the official also announced that the six-member rock band "UVERworld", which has sung many classic songs such as the opening theme song "CORE PRIDE" of the TV animation "Blue Exorcist" and the theme song "Qualia" of the theatrical version of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Pioneer", will sing for this new animation. It is worth mentioning that the lead singer TAKUYA∞ will write the lyrics and compose the music for this new song himself.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan, illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, began serialization in the August 2013 issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, a Kodansha publication, and three volumes of the single-volume edition have been released so far. The work tells the story of the powerful country on the continent, the Kingdom of Pars, which has flourished in all aspects under the rule of its 18th king, Andracorras III. However, in the battle with the western barbarian Lucidania, Pars, which should have easily won, suffered a defeat due to the rebellion of one of its own 10,000 cavalry captains. Then King Andracorras was captured, but fortunately, Crown Prince Arslan escaped with the help of the fierce general Daron and went to visit the wise general Narsas. With the assistance of the two, Arslan embarked on the arduous road to restore his country...

【CAST】

Arslan: Yusuke Kobayashi

Daron: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Narsas: Daisuke Namikawa

Yeram: Hanae Natsuki

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Frangise: Maaya Sakamoto

Silver Masked Lord: Kaji Yuki

Andracolas III: Takayuki Sugao

Taiba Mina: Tanaka Atsuko

Bavlis: Eizo Tsuda

Karan: Okawa Toru

Chiswat: Hiroki Yasumoto

CABADO: Kenta Miyake

Hapoel: Katsuyuki Konishi

Inokendis VII: Toshiharu Sakurai

Guiscard: Koyasu Taketo

Botan: Saito Shiro

【Theme Song】

OP: Servant's words/UVERworld

ED: ラピスラズリ/Aoi Airo

Single release date: April 22, 2015

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