The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes is a Japanese light novel series by Takaya Kagami, with illustrations by Saori Toyota, which was published by Fujimi Shobo in Dragon Magazine from February 20, 2002, to October 20, 2006, and has 11 volumes. Its sequel, The Legend of the Great Legendary Heroes was published in 18 volumes from October 20, 2007, to May 20, 2025. There are also two spin-off series, The Legend of Legendary Heroes Anyway, a collection of short stories which ran from December 20, 2002, to June 20, 2007, and was compiled into 11 volumes, and The Legend of the Black Fallen Hero, which ran from December 20, 2007, to August 20, 2013, and was published in 8 volumes.
The series has also spun off into other media including a Drama CD, a manga adaptation which is collected into nine bound volumes, along with other manga spinoffs and a PSP video game which was released on February 18, 2010. A 24-episode anime adaptation directed by Itsuro Kawasaki aired in 2010 and is licensed by Kadokawa in Japan and Funimation Entertainment in North America.
Story
Ryner Lute is a lazy student of the Roland Empire Royal Magician's Academy. One day, the Roland Empire goes to war against their neighboring country Estabul, and Ryner loses his classmates in the war. After the war, Ryner sets out on a journey to search the relics of a "Legendary Hero" at King Sion Astal's command and finds out that a deadly curse is spreading throughout the continent.Characters
Main characters
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Media
Web radio
The web radio show, The Legendary Radio of the Legendary Heroes, was hosted on Onsen Internet Radio Station and Animate TV, and starred Jun Fukuyama, Ayahi Takagaki, and Daisuke Ono acting as their fictional counterpart Ryner Lute, Ferris Eris, and Sion Astal respectively. The first episode aired on May 21, 2010, and last one on December 24, 2010, spanning 32 episodes and sub-divided into 8 chapters. Each chapter is accompanied by a theme and usually, with one or more special guests who are usually either another voice actor from the cast, the anime director or the author of the original series, Kagami Takaya. Summary of each radio show episode can be found on Presepe.Video game
Legendary Saga, a PSP game that is based on the first three novels was released on February 18, 2010, in Japan.Anime
In January 2010, an anime adaption of the series was announced. The series was adapted into a 24-episode produced by Zexcs and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki, with Miyu Nakamura composing the music, Kiyoko Yoshimura writing the scripts, and Noriko Shimazawa handling animation character designs. The anime started broadcast on TV Tokyo on July 1, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi and AT-X. It ended on December 16. The first Blu-ray and DVD of the anime was released on October 22, and the eleventh and last on August 24, 2011.For episodes 1 to 12, the opening and ending theme singles are "Lament: Joy Soon" performed by Aira Yuhki, produced by Lantis and released on July 21, 2010, with catalog number LACM-4732, and "Truth Of My Destiny" performed by Ceui, produced by Lantis and released on August 11, 2010, with catalog number LACM-4734, respectively. "Lament: Joy Soon" peak ranked 64th on Oricon singles charts, and was an Oricon "Pick" on their 2010 Anime Theme Songs/Summer editorial. "Truth Of My Destiny" peak ranked 75th on Oricon singles charts.
For episodes 13 to 24, the opening and ending theme singles, are "Last Inferno" performed by Ceui and released on October 27, 2010, and or "Hikari no Firumento" performed by Takagaki Ayahi and released on November 17, respectively.
In English, the series is licensed by Funimation in North America and had a simulcast release.
Funimation has also dubbed the series.