arc would follow, starting with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel in 2013 and ending with Trails of Cold Steel IV in 2018. The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is usually grouped into this arc. The ongoing arc, Kuro no Kiseki, started with the release of The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki in 2021. Manga and anime A Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes original video animation anime was released in 1992, the same year that Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II was released, loosely based on the story of the first game. In 1997, it was dubbed into English by Urban Vision and was released onto VHS in North America. In 2009, three volumes of a Trails in the Sky manga were published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, which was followed next year by a sequel, Trails from Zero: Pre-Story, published by ASCII Media Works. Two original video animation anime episodes of Trails in the Sky were respectively released in October 2011 and January 2012. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War, an anime television series by Tatsunoko Production and set in the Trails universe, began airing in January 2023. Notes References External links Role-playing video games Video game franchises introduced in 1989