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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War

20236.01 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

To protect her hometown from the Erebonian Empire and to distinguish herself from her grandfather’s disloyalty, Lavie enlists in the Northern Jaegers where she’ll do whatever it takes to carry out the mission. Now this rule breaker must form a platoon to embark on a dangerous recon mission into enemy lines—will her mission be a success?

Created by Mao Emura
Written by Mao Emura, Hideki Ryoga
Produced by Yang Jianli, Adam Zehner, Diana Liu
NetworksTokyo MX

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Top Cast

Makoto Koichi

Makoto Koichi

Lavian Winslet (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Martin S. Robinson (voice)

Sarah Emi Bridcutt

Sarah Emi Bridcutt

Iseria Frost (voice)

Yuki Ono

Yuki Ono

Talion Drake (voice)

Haruhiko Jo

Haruhiko Jo

Grak Gromash (voice)

Mie Sonozaki

Mie Sonozaki

Jeina Storm (voice)

Takayuki Kondo

Takayuki Kondo

Logan Mugart (voice)

Jun Fukushima

Jun Fukushima

Ivano (voice)

Ryuichi Kijima

Ryuichi Kijima

Tack (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Rean Schwarzer (voice)

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About The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of monster, romance, based on video game, anime. Created by Mao Emura, it stars Makoto Koichi, Yuichi Nakamura, Sarah Emi Bridcutt. To protect her hometown from the Erebonian Empire and to distinguish herself from her grandfather’s disloyalty, Lavie enlists in the Northern Jaegers where she’ll do whatever it takes to carry out the mission. Now this rule breaker must form a platoon to embark on a dangerous recon mission into enemy lines—will her mission be a success?

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