Arc the Lad (anime)
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Logo from the Arc the Lad video games
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| Genres | Role-playing video game |
| Developers | Sony Computer Entertainment, G-Craft, Cattle Call |
| Publishers | Sony Computer Entertainment, Working Designs |
| Composers | Keiichi Oku |
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Promotional image distributed by Bee Train
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アークザラッド (Ākuzaraddo) |
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| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Written by | Akemi Omode |
| Music by | Michiru Oshima |
| Studio | Bee Train |
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| Original network | WOWOW |
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| Original run | April 5, 1999 – October 11, 1999 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Arc the Lad 2 | |
| Written by | Kaoru Fujinaga |
| Published by | Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gyaguou |
| Original run | June 1997 – April 1999 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Manga | |
| Arc the Lad 2 Honoo no Eruku | |
| Written by | Hideaki Nishikawa |
| Published by | Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Original run | 1998 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Light novel | |
| Arc the Lad 2 Honoo no Eruku Sevenfold Stories | |
| Written by | Hideaki Nishikawa |
| Published by | Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly Gangan Wing |
| Published | August 2000 |
Arc the Lad (アークザラッド Ākuzaraddo?) is a series of role-playing video games that were released for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Several of the games were published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) in Japan. The games were never released outside Japan until Arc the Lad Collection was released by Working Designs in 2002. An anime television series based on Arc the Lad II was also made. The game series started with tactical RPGs but branched out to other genres with Arc the Lad: End of Darkness, which still features RPG elements. Each of the games also feature recurring characters, such as the main character, Arc, who appears in several of the games.
Arc the Lad was developed by G-Craft and published by SCEI in Japan on June 30, 1995. The game features tactical role-playing game battle elements, which would become a staple for the series.Arc the Lad introduces several characters that appear in all three games in the collection. Arc, the lead, is a boy from the small town of Touvil who is fated to fight corruption. Characters like Kukuru, Iga, Poco, Tosh, and Chongara also make future appearances.
Arc the Lad II, developed by ARC Entertainment and published by SCEI, was released in Japan on November 1, 1996, and was re-released twice. This game continues to use the tactics style battles, featuring much more complex statistics than its predecessor, a more interactive world map and a longer game length. A new feature are the guilds, which allow the player to take jobs as side quests. The characters of Arc the Lad reappear alongside new ones. Elc, a young hunter, joins the fight against the corrupt government. He and his fellow hunter Shu meet up with several other characters involved in the mess, including Arc and his friends, and bring Andel and his followers down.
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