Arc the Lad (1999-1999)

Premiere:
April 5, 1999

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 26

Finale:
October 11, 1999

Original Title:
アークザラッド

Genres:
Action & Adventure | Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Production Companies:
BeeTrain

Countries:
JP

For years, a clandestine organization known as White House has experimented in transforming adults and children into mutants known as Chimeras. Young Elk, master of the spirit of flame, has managed to escape and transform himself into an up-and-coming member of the Hunter's Guild, tracking down targets for money. Following a hunt involving a crazed hijacker on the run from White House, Elk meets Lieza, herself an escapee from a village attacked by White House and master of the docile dog-monster Pandit. Following the incident, Elk devotes himself to uncovering the motive behind it, and exacting revenge on the rouge known as Arc, who ostensibly led the attack on Elk's village and killed the young man's parents.

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Art Direction:
Toshihisa Koyama

Associate Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Yurie Yamamoto

Color Designer:
Yumiko Katayama

Director of Photography:
Seiichi Morishita

Editor:
Seiji Morita

Executive Producer:
Ryuzo Shirakawa
Yukio Nagasaki

Line Producer:
Hideo Deguchi

Main Title Theme Composer:
Masahiro Andoh

Mechanical Designer:
Kenji Teraoka

Music Director:
Takashi Kodama

Original Music Composer:
Michiru Oshima

Producer:
Hideo Katsumata

Sound Director:
Riku Matsukawa

Sound Effects:
Eiko Morikawa

Sound Recordist:
Shoji Hata

Special Effects:
Masahiro Murakami

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