'Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki' RPG Series Gets TV Anime

by Aidan
Mar 9, 2021 4:21 PM | 72 Comments

During its 40th anniversary livestream, game developer Nihon Falcom announced a television anime for its Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki (The Legend of the Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel) role-playing game series on Tuesday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2022.

The anime project is a collaboration between Nihon Falcom, Taiwanese game company UserJoy, Funimation Global Group, Content Fund SYOU, and anime planning company NADA Holdings.

Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki centers around Rean Schwarzer, a professor at Thors Military Academy in the Erebonian Empire. The anime's story will focus on the western part of the Zemurian continent featured in the games.

Nihon Falcom published the first game in the series in Japan for the Playstation 3 and PlayStation Vita in September 2013 and for the PlayStation 4 in March 2018. The game was released for the Playstation 3 and Vita in North America by XSEED in December 2015 and in Europe by NIS America in January 2016. The former ported the game for the PC in August 2017.

The fourth and latest installment of the game series, Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki IV - The End of Saga, launched for the Playstation 4 in Japan in September 2018. The game was later released on PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe on October 27 last year.

Source: Famitsu

Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki on MAL

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I dunno what this is but this looks like it'll be epic lol

Feb 22, 2022 5:39 AM by Tokoya

Another isekai. Can't wait for this.

Feb 22, 2022 4:05 AM by removed-user

TARDISES said:

vegeta8639 said:
This looks cool. I've seen some artworks of the white haired girl so I wanted to play the game already.

Which one? There's two notable white-haired girls in the arc.

This is random as fuck now but I've played through all 4 Trails of Cold steel games since my original post on here and absolutely love the series now.
Altina actually turned out to be my favorite if you were leaning towards her when I said "White haired girl" and I am insta adding her to my favorites list soon as the anime drops. I also really like Claire and Alfin. Fie was great in the first 2 games but they didn't do much with her later. Still like her but not in my top 3.

Aug 22, 2021 1:04 PM by vegeta8639

reny1966nanin said:
So, which game version of eiyu densetsu will get anime adaptation ?

Apparently it will involve cold steel events, but will not be from Rean's point of view.

Apr 25, 2021 3:20 PM by Zefyris

So, which game version of eiyu densetsu will get anime adaptation ?

Apr 24, 2021 1:10 AM by reny1966nanin

I hope to see more Phantom Thief B in this.

Mar 16, 2021 8:32 AM by rohan121

Xsadersadd said:

Jin_uzuki said:
Ahah, that's our Rean, taking over anime next...

Too bad he isn't the mc so we won't see him become the best protagonist ever.

Rean is well known to be the worst protagonist of the Trails franchise, way behind in quality compared to Estelle and Lloyd, so not sure what you guys mean. It's a good thing that he isn't the MC in this anime adaptation.

There's a good reason for why Calvard's story telling and cast will be going back to Crossbell's story telling style and cast.

Mar 16, 2021 8:30 AM by Zefyris

Jin_uzuki said:
Ahah, that's our Rean, taking over anime next...

Too bad he isn't the mc so we won't see him become the best protagonist ever.

Mar 15, 2021 9:43 AM by removed-user

Ahah, that's our Rean, taking over anime next...

Mar 15, 2021 9:42 AM by Jin_uzuki

If they still making Laura the best girls. At least it will be a decent anime, but we knew it will be harem route or go to Tsunderelisa.

Mar 15, 2021 7:53 AM by DannyTheDonkey

Big fan of Kiseki so I am excited for this. Many people denigrate the Sky OVA but I enjoyed it for what it was. Hoping this series gets the love it deserves from the production team. There's no point in re-telling the story already told in the games and there's no way they'd have enough budget to pull it off in a way that would please the fans. It would take a good 24 episodes just for the first Cold Steel. Instead they have an opportunity to flesh out some plot points not fully explored... like what went down in group B's field study trips. I'd be fine if Rean isn't the focal point (since we've already seen through his perspective in 3+ games) but I guess he's popular in Japan so doubt that'll happen.

Mar 13, 2021 5:08 PM by unwanted_hair

This is really cool, hoping it is successful such that one day we might get an anime adaptation for Ys :)

Mar 11, 2021 9:26 PM by sagecrawford47

They're not going to cover the entire story then? I don't know, seems like a lot of things will be missing, and this is an understatement.

Mar 11, 2021 5:50 PM by bassyey

It's probably not gonna be great, but I hope it's entertaining at least.

If this is successful, Falcom might be willing to greenlight more global projects like this. Hopefully we get a modern Ys TV anime or something, like an adaptation of Ys 8 or 9? (I'm aware of the OVAs)

Mar 11, 2021 11:18 AM by Hamlock

TARDISES said:

RobertBobert said:

Well, if you want to say that this is steampunk + magic, then it's still techno fantasy to a certain extent.

It's not steampunk or the like. Nor is technology equally distributed - while three major nations do all make multiple kinds of vehicles, for example, they each have different specialties. The Empire of Erebonia, one of the westmost countries on the continent of Zemuria, and the nation where the Cold Steel arc is set, specialises in trains and tanks, though their rival superpower Calvard (to the southeast of Erebonia, though not directly connected, and they're a republic) focuses more on cars and the like. Liberl (A monarchy to the south, and the setting of the first arc of the series, Trails in the Sky) primarily does airships, both civilian liners for public transportation, and military models loaded with armour and guns and the like. Though all airships in this setting are made of metal and the like, of course.

But it's still technology + magic, so what's the difference?

Mar 11, 2021 9:28 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:

Well, if you want to say that this is steampunk + magic, then it's still techno fantasy to a certain extent.

Mar 11, 2021 9:22 AM by TARDISES

frankykun13 said:

RobertBobert said:

So, is this techno fantasy in the style of modern LN's trends like Mahouka?

Nope ,the cover of the first game can be misleading..the type of story is similar to fullmetal alchemist with bigger scale
I personally love fullmetal alchemist 10/10 , but i rate this game's story ,plot, and worldbuilding even better

Type of gigantic worldbuilding like one piece or tower of god (manhwa) , although it was really slow before the build up of the story pay off..so it is not the type that can be played by everyone

Well, if you want to say that this is steampunk + magic, then it's still techno fantasy to a certain extent.

Mar 11, 2021 7:28 AM by RobertBobert

OMG.. i'm really happy one of my all-time favourite JRPG's, has been following Eiyuu Densetsu/LOH especially Sen No Kiseki :D

man.. can't wait to see wonderful journey of Rean and Class VII... and...
ReanAlisa ftw XD

Mar 11, 2021 4:54 AM by r16fourarm

RobertBobert said:

TARDISES said:

As someone who's played all the games currently on PC (so everything up until the end of CS3 - just one month to go until CS4), Trails isn't generic. Sure, Sky might start that way, but it's an ongoing story, with technology progressing over time. The party usually uses trains to get around in CS1, for example, and magic is enabled by a specific kind of technology

So, is this techno fantasy in the style of modern LN's trends like Mahouka?

Mar 11, 2021 1:45 AM by frankykun13

I've played both the sky trilogy and the CS saga and if they do the story right it'll be probably min 100 ep total, 25 per game since they're so much content for each game.

Mar 10, 2021 2:13 PM by removed-user

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