He is married to Queen Tahamenay, considered the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, and had a son with her, Prince Arslan, who is 11 years old.

In the year 320 of the Pars calendar, the Lusitanians relaunched an attack on Parsa after their Maryam's conquest, which had fallen more quickly than during the previous invasion.

With Narsus and Elam, his servant, then with other companions, the small group sets out on a quest to reorganize the Parsian army and save the kingdom, even if the capital, Ecbatana, has fallen into the hands of the Lusitanians in the meantime.

Advised by his new comrades, Arslan will have to learn to grow up and change his vision of the world if he wants to free his country from the Lusitanian invader and the usurper with the silver mask.

[13] The series aired from April 5 to September 27, 2015, on MBS's Nichi-5 [ja] timeslot and other Japan News Network stations.

[13][14] The series' first opening theme is "Boku no Kotoba Dewanai Kore wa Boku-tachi no Kotoba" (僕の言葉ではない これは僕達の言葉, "These Aren't My Words, They're Our Words"), performed by Uverworld, while the first ending theme is "Lapis Lazuli" (ラピスラズリ, Rapisu Razuri), performed by Eir Aoi.

[18] In North America, Funimation announced the license to the series in April 2015,[19] and began a broadcast dub in June of the same year.

[20] An 8-episode second season, titled The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (アルスラーン戦記 風塵乱舞, Arusurān Senki Fūjin Ranbu), aired from July 3 to August 21, 2016.

[37] Kate O'Neil of The Fandom Post ranked the first volume of the manga as B+, and wrote: "Arslan has an appropriately dark start for a story about war.

Martin concluded: "The Heroic Legend of Arslan is an ambitious series, inviting plenty of discussion about slavery and religion and politics in general.

While its first half has its flaws, if you are looking for an epic fantasy story largely free of romantic distractions, then you could definitely do a lot worse".