The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War is a 2023 Japanese anime television series set in the universe of Trails, a video game franchise by Nihon Falcom. It was produced by Tatsunoko Production and had twelve episodes aired weekly from early January to late March 2023. The series was licensed and dubbed in English by Crunchyroll. A mobile game spinoff by UserJoy Technology was released in Japan in December 2023 and will release worldwide in May 2024.
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War | |
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| The Legend of Heroes 閃の軌跡 Northern War (The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Northern War) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hidekazu Sato |
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| Music by | Tsubasa Ito |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | DMM TV, Tokyo MX, AT-X, BS12 |
| Original run | January 6, 2023 – March 24, 2023 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Developer | UserJoy Technology |
| Publisher | Nihon Falcom |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Platform | Android, iOS |
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Premise
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War depicts the Northern War, a conflict between the Erebonian Empire and the North Ambria State, and placed during the time skip between the video games Trails of Cold Steel II and III. It follows Lavian Winslet, a girl born in North Ambria, a poor country in the northwest of Zemurian continent. She enlists in the Northern Jaegers, the largest mercenary corps in Zemuria to protect her hometown, while distinguishing herself from her grandfather, Vlad, the renounced hero who betrayed their country. Prior to the start of the anime, Lavian assembles a platoon with Martin S. Robinson, Iseria Frost and Talion Drake for a secret mission to Erebonia, an imperialistic country to the south, to gather information about the "Imperial Hero" whose existence spells a threat to their country.
Characters
| Character | English actor | Japanese actor | Ref. |
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| Lavian Winslet | Sarah Roach | Makoto Koichi | |
| Martin S. Robinson | Ben Balmaceda | Yuichi Nakamura | |
| Iseria Frost | Anjali Kunapaneni | Sarah Emi Bridcutt | |
| Talion Drake | Chris Niosi | Yūki Ono | |
| Grak Gromash | Unknown | Haruhiko Jō | |
| Jeina Storm | Mie Sonozaki | ||
| Logan Mugart | Takayuki Kondo | ||
| Rean Schwarzer | Unknown | Koki Uchiyama | |
| Valimar | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Altina Orion | Unknown | Inori Minase | |
| Ivano | Ryan Colt Levy | Jun Fukushima | |
| Tack | Nazeeh Tarsha | Ryuichi Kijima | |
| Millium Orion | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Lechter Arundel | Matt Shipman | ||
| Giliath Osborne | Michael Sorich | ||
| Rufus Albarea | D. C. Douglas | ||
| Wallace Bardias | Alan Lee | ||
| Aurelia Le Guin | Valerie Arem | ||
| Campanella | Zach Aguilar | ||
| Sara Valestein | Unknown |
Episode list
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Appears He… the Hero in Twilight" (Japanese: 誰そ彼は...... 黄昏の英雄) | Yusaku Saotome | Chika Suzumura | January 6, 2023 |
| 2 | "Gathers the Unpleasant Darkness" (Japanese: 集いし不快な漆黒) | Kazuki Yokouchi | Chika Suzumura | January 13, 2023 |
| 3 | "An Invitation to the Port City Engulfed In Darkness" (Japanese: 闇に覆われた紺碧への招待) | Fumihiro Ueno | Shinsuke Ohnishi | January 20, 2023 |
| 4 | "Breaking the Blue Crystal Ice" (Japanese: 青い結晶の打ち解け) | Makoto Sokuza | Masaki Hiramatsu | January 27, 2023 |
| 5 | "At the End of an Ashen Journey" (Japanese: 灰色の旅の果てに) | Yusaku Saotome | Chika Shizumura | February 3, 2023 |
| 6 | "Memories Burning Crimson" (Japanese: 紅蓮に燃えさかりし記憶) | Kazuki Yokouchi | Shinsuke Ohnishi | February 10, 2023 |
| 7 | "The Truth Coated in Lead" (Japanese: 重ね塗られた鉛色の真実) | Hidehiko Kadota | Masaki Hiramatsu | February 17, 2023 |
| 8 | "Pale White Castle at a Crossroads" (Japanese: 決意の間、白茶けた城下) | Shigeki Awai | Mao Emura | February 24, 2023 |
| 9 | "The Ashy Curse Continues Past a Sealed Fate" (Japanese: 命運尽きて尚果てぬ蒼白な呪い) | Hidekazu Sato, Yano Takanori | Shinsuke Ohnishi | March 3, 2023 |
| 10 | "The Scent of Wheat Ears and the Silver of Revival" (Japanese: 穗の香が導く再起の銀) | Fumihiro Ueno | Masaki Hiramatsu | March 10, 2023 |
| 11 | "The Divine Knight Arrives at the Gray" (Japanese: 騎神、鈍色へ降り立つ) | Yusaku Saotome | Mao Emura | March 17, 2023 |
| 12 | "Dyed in Pure White" (Japanese: 真白に染まる) | Ken Ando | Mao Emura | March 24, 2023 |
Notes
References
External links
- Crunchyroll website
- Official website (in Japanese)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia