A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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.
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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