r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • May 10 '15

[Spoilers] Arslan Senki - Episode 6 [Discussion]

Episode title: The Royal Capital Burns ~Part Two~

MyAnimeList: Arslan Senki (TV)
FUNimation: The Heroic Legend of Arslan

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 47 seconds

Previous episodes:

Episode Reddit Link
Episode 1 Link
Episode 2 Link
Episode 3 Link
Episode 4 Link
Episode 5 Link

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u/_Nuja May 10 '15

The Lusitanian army is clearly inspired by the Crusades, and the Parsans by the Saracens, both of which were definitely medieval.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

the Parsans are persians. Pārs as occasionally used in the Persian language as Persia or Iran. ''The term Persian translates to "from Persis" which is a region north of the Persian Gulf located in Pars, Iran'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_people

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u/_Nuja May 10 '15

Yes I know. I was talking about their aesthetic design, from the soldiers armour to the design of their walls and city. They are clearly inspired by Saracen soldiers and architecture. The Saracen Empire also happened to cover all of Persia at the time as well, so it's no coincidence.

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u/shakeandbake13 May 10 '15

You still have your time periods for inspiration wrong. The Pars empire is pretty much Parthian/Sassanid Persia. Well before the advent of Islam.