The Legend of Condor Hero

The Legend of Condor Hero

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神鵰侠侶 コンドルヒーロー
(Shin Chō Kyō Ryō: Kondoru Hīro)
Genre Martial arts, Romance
Anime television series
Studio Nippon Animation
Jade Animation
Network BS Fuji
Original run October 11, 2001 April 28, 2002
Episodes 78
The Legend of Condor Hero

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Traditional Chinese 神鵰俠侶
Simplified Chinese 神雕侠侣

The Legend of Condor Hero (神鵰俠侶 コンドルヒーロー Shin Chō Kyō Ryō: Kondoru Hīro) is a Japanese/Chinese anime adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel by Louis Cha.

Plot

The Legend of Condor Hero is set in the 13th century at the time of the Mongol invasion of China. Nearly a decade after the end of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the Mongols have now conquered the Jin Dynasty and are now setting their sights towards the Southern Song Dynasty. The citizens of Southern Song, many of them great martial artists of the Central Plains, band together to defend their country from the onset of the Mongol horde. The story culminates in the historic Battle of Xiangyang, which was a critical battle that led to the fall of China to the Mongols.

The story revolves around the young martial arts fighter Yang Guo (Youka), who falls in love with his martial arts master, Xiaolongnü (Shouryuujo), and the trials and tribulations he goes through while searching for his love in war-torn China.

As compared to TVB's prior live action adaptations, the animated version cut out much of the side stories, and changed some of the plots to make the stories to fit into the 30-minute 26 episode blocks, as opposed to the 1-hour 20 episode blocks used in most TVB dramas. As a result, some do not regard it as a canonical adaptation.

List of episodes

There are 78 episodes released of The Legend of Condor Hero. Season I is composed of two parts—episodes 1–12 and episodes 13–26. Season II takes after the end of Season I, starting from episode 27 to 52. Season III broadcast began in Taiwan and Canada in 2008.

The Japanese version was only made for the first series.

In all three series, Taiseng released the respective DVDs months before respective television broadcasts.

Season I
神鵰俠侶 I:古墓奇緣
Episode # Title
1 Trouble at the Temple
義弟之子
2 The Toad Stance
蛤蟆神功
3 The Dragon of Ancient Tomb
活死人墓
4 Fulfilling the Promise
古墓門下
5 Lin Chaoying's Sutra
玉女心經
6 The Serpent Deity
斷龍石
7 Love Thy Enemy
重陽遺書
8 A Taoist Loses His Soul
誤解
9 Fair, Beautiful Lady
追尋夢幻
10 Secret Ally
復仇
11 The Past Catches Up
痛苦回憶
12 Winter on Mount Hua
雪山怪人
13 The Last Great Fight
武林二老歸天
14 Heroes' Summon
英雄大會
15 The Head of Wulin
武林盟主
16 A Love Forbidden
禁忌之愛
17 Sayonara
被拆散的戀人
18 By the Stone Ruins
追憶身影
19 Announcement of Death
火焰狂宴
20 An Empty Tomb
命運之線
21 Hidden Fortress
絕情谷的新娘
22 Love Me Not
情花地獄
23 The Dark Abyss
地獄谷底
24 A Woman Scorned
地底秘密
25 The Wedding and the Reckoning
染血婚禮
26 The Beginning
隨風而去

Season II
神鵰俠侶 II:襄陽風雲
Episode # Title
27 Exacting Vengeance
父仇
28 Bloodshed in Xiangyang
血染襄陽
29 Murderous Intentions
俠中之俠
30 Fight Till the End
捨身一戰
31 Deep into Enemy Camp
深入虎穴
32 Sublimation from Vengeance
超越恩仇
33 When Life Comes to an End
生命終結之際
34 Born in the Fire
戰火之子
35 The Nightmare Reappears
惡夢重現
36 The Condor Valley
神鵰谷
37 A Duel at Dawn
黎明的決鬥
38 Gloomy Xiaolongnü
憂傷的小龍女
39 Fate Take Its Toll
命運多劫
40 Seriously Wounded
身負重創
41 Tomb of Swords
不説話的師父
42 Condor's Sword
神鵰重劍
43 A Distant Dream
遙遠的夢想
44 A Duel Between Two Ladies
女傑決鬥
45 Tragedy on Mount Zhongnan
終南山烏雲
46 A Bloody Farewell
血色的再會
47 Honeymoon
洞房花燭
48 The Secret of the Chilling Jade Bed
寒玉牀的秘密
49 Hope
希望
50 A Crisis Approaches
危機逼近
51 A Destined Calamity
劫難重重
52 An Unexpected Encounter in the Snow
雪中邂逅

Season III
神鵰俠侶 III:相約十六年
Episode # Title
53 Walking Towards an Unlucky Ground
走向不吉之地
54 Yang Guo in Love
楊過戀愛
55 Rescue Guo Xiang
奪回郭襄
56 Bitter Love
苦戀
57 Pitiful Green Calyx
悲慘的綠萼
58 The Mountain of Offering Condolences
弔喪之山
59 南海神尼
60 Drifting Away
飄流四方
61 Snowy Night
雪夜
62 The Nine Tailed Fox
九尾靈狐
63 Vision of the Hero
憧憬的英雄
64 Heilongtan old Lady
黑龍潭老婆婆
65 Fading Days
已逝去的日子
66 Golden Needle Agreement
金針的約定
67 Mysterious Saviour
神秘救星
68 Evening before the Storm
暴風雨前夕
69 Exposure Conspiracy
陰謀暴露
70 The Lie of Sixteen Years Ago
十六年前的謊言
71 Guo Xiang Kidnapped
郭襄被捕
72 Gathering Time
相聚時刻
73 The Date of Agreement
約定之日
74 Entrance to a Different World
通往其異世界的入口
75 Fate Meets Again
命運再相逢
76 Fierce Combat in Xiangyang
激戰襄陽
77 Breakthrough Hatred
超越恩怨
78 The Real Hero
真正的大俠

Theme songs

Production

After Nippon Animation had obtained the rights of the series, it produced the animation version with association with Jade Animation (TVB's animation studio), and decided to split the series into 3 parts. To reduce production cost, Nippon Animation did the production (including scripting, design) for the first series (episodes 1-26), with the Jade Animation's Shenzhen studio performing post-production (including background, digitization).

Beginning with second series, Jade Animation took over the entire production, with Nippon Animation's role reduced to character design for new characters debuted in the later series.

Video releases

Taiseng Entertainment released the first season for English-speaking audiences. Since the show was much more popular in Chinese-speaking nations than in Japan, the second season was not produced in Japanese like the first season, but in Cantonese and Mandarin.

VCD video of the series was released by Warner Bros. in Hong Kong.

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