Arc the Lad

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Arc
Japanese: アークザラッド


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 1999 to Oct 11, 1999
Premiered: Spring 1999
Broadcast: Mondays at 19:00 (JST)
Licensors: ADV Films
Studios: Bee Train
Source: Game
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy, HorrorHorror, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.491 (scored by 64066,406 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #70892
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5362
Members: 17,323
Favorites: 14

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Episodes: /26

Synopsis

The story follows Elk, a bounty hunter in some strange futuristic world. On this world archaic but advanced technology exists side by side with primitive attitudes, beasts and magic. In other words it's got a bit of everything. It also has an evil conspiracy who are able to produce powerful monsters called chimera, who can also appear as human. Naturally it is not long before Elk has rescued a young female beast-master and gained himself some serious enemies.

(Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Clive

Supporting
Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese

Poco a Mervil

Supporting
Sakamoto, Chika
Japanese

Diekbeck

Supporting
Tanaka, Masahiko
Japanese

Gene

Supporting
Kondou, Reiko
Japanese

Gruga

Supporting
Otaki, Hiroshi
Japanese

Staff

Katsumata, Hideo
Producer
Kawasaki, Itsurou
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Series Composition
Tada, Shunsuke
Episode Director, Storyboard
Kimiya, Shigeru
Episode Director


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Opening Theme

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"Arc the Lad ~Main Theme~" by Masahiro Andou
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Ending Theme

1: "Happy Tomorrow" by NiNa (eps 1-12)
2: "Rest in Peace" by NiNa (eps 13-26)




Reviews

Jan 3, 2014
Arc the Lad, the adventure show that's just a touch darker then others of its type.

Story

The story follows a young hunter named Elk and his quest for revenge against the infamous Arc. Although it starts off simply, things gradually grow more complex as soon as our so called antagonist enter the picture. Still the main point of this series is to show the growth of Elk and the heroine Lieza as characters. What can revenge do to a person, what can being overwhelmed by hatred hope to accomplish? Though these may be questions that other shows have presented as well, it's executed well ...
Jan 16, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Arc the Lad is based on a video game of the same name. There are multiple games in the Arc the Lad videogame series and the anime is an adaption of some sorts of the second video game: Arc the Lad II. I heard about the video game some 15 years ago because it is a name that is quite rememberable because it's a little silly sounding. I did not play the video games, so this is also the reason why I do not know in what way, shape or form this follows the second video game.

At the start of the anime, it is pretty ...
Jan 11, 2024
When I was 12 years old, watching torrented anime for the very first time - you know, anime that wasn't dubbed, that wasn't on YTV, that wasn't Pokemon or Digimon or Dragonball (or even Gundam Wing), that was probably a fansub - I thought that Arc the Lad was the absolute best thing I had ever watched. It was doing something with animation and storytelling I had never seen before!

But! My close friend - the one who torrented it, the one I forced to watch it with me - insisted it was bad/that other anime series were significantly better, while I continued to insist ...

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