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Line 25: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==▼ * ''[[Crimson Spell]]'' combines Heroic Fantasy with the [[Boys Love]].▼ ▲== Anime & Manga == ▲* [[Crimson Spell]] combines Heroic Fantasy with the [[Boys Love]]. * Arguably ''[[Berserk]]'' goes from [[Low Fantasy]] to Heroic Fantasy at the end of the Golden Age arc where all the demons start coming out and become the main source of conflict. ** Or it was Heroic Fantasy all along without the characters noticing. After all [[Devil in Plain Sight\|Zodd the Immortal]] didn't exactly keep his existence a secret. * ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'' is a comedic Heroic Fantasy spin-off of the high fantasy ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]''. * The first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)\|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime was Heroic Fantasy, as opposed to the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)\|manga]] and [[Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood\|second anime series]], which quickly veered into [[High Fantasy]] territory. == [[Comic Books]] ==▼ * ''[[Aquaman]]\|Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis]]'' was an attempt to make the titular character's comic this genre.▼ ▲== Comic Books == * ''[[Cerebus ~~The Aardvark~~]]:'' starts out as a parody of this genre, before [[Cerebus Syndrome\|it goes serious]].▼ ▲* ''[[Aquaman]]: Sword of Atlantis'' was an attempt to make the titular character's comic this genre. ▲''[[Cerebus The Aardvark]]:'' starts out as a parody of this genre, before [[Cerebus Syndrome\|it goes serious]]. ''[[Mouse Guard]]:'' Heroic fantasy with mice soldiers. And it's awsome! * ''[[Red Sonja]].'' == [[Film]] ==▼ ▲== Film == * ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad]]'' * ''[[The Beastmaster]]'' (only the movie, not the [[Science Fiction]] books it was based on.) * ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' and ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]'' * Technically, the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy is Heroic Fantasy [[Recycled in Space\|{{Smallcaps\|In Space!}}]]. The prequels tend more towards [[High Fantasy]] [[Recycled in Space\|{{Smallcaps\|In Space!}}]]. * ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' * ''[[Prince of Persia: The ~~Sands of Time\|Prince of Persia the~~ Sands of Time]]'' * ''[[Highlander]]'' * ''[[Kull The Conqueror]]'' * ''[[Red Sonja]]'' == [[Literature]] ==▼ ▲== Literature == * Alison Croggon's ''[[Books of Pellinor]]'' * Lynn Flewelling's ''[[Nightrunner]]'' * [[David Gemmell]]'s books are a prime example. * [[Robert E. ~~Howard\|Robert E~~ Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''—although it bounces between "not very realistic" and "really really unrealistic" depending on the iteration. Also ''[[Kull]]'' and ''[[Bran Mak Morn]]''. To a large extent Howard invented the modern incarnation of this trope. * Patrick Rothfuss's ''[[The Kingkiller Chronicle]]'' (although the protagonist is leaning toward [[Anti-Hero]] territory and may get worse in the upcoming book 3). * Norman Spinrad's ''[[The Iron Dream]]'' (a [[Deconstruction]]) Line 68 ⟶ 64: * ''[[The Black Company]]'' * ''[[The Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', especially during [[Badass\|Karsa Orlong]]'s storylines. * Marion Zimmer Bradley's ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]'' is either a [[Darker and Edgier]] or [[Deconstructed Trope]] version (or possibly [[Distaff Counterpart]]) of the [[King Arthur]] story. * The ''[[Shadowleague]]'' trilogy * ''[[The Night Angel Trilogy]]'' by Brent Weeks. * The ''[[Codex Alera]]'' (quasi-[[Ancient Rome]] + [[Elemental Powers]]) * [[Lord Dunsany]]'s "The Sword of Welleran" and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth", as well as a few other short stories here and there. * Everything by [[David Eddings]]. == [[Live -Action TV]] ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' * ''[[Roar]]'' (pre-[[King Arthur\|Arthurian]] British Isles) Line 84 ⟶ 79: * Arguably ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' what with its use of archetypes and mysticism. == [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼ ▲== Tabletop Games == * ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Though the game system is flexible enough that the enterprising DM can apply it to almost any [[Fantasy]] subgenre, as printed it tends toward Heroic Fantasy. * ''Barbarians of Lemuria'' emulates the whole Sword & Sorcery genre. == [[Video Games]] ==▼ ▲== Video Games == * ''[[Dragon Age]]'' * ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' * ''[[Superbrothers: Sword ~~and~~& Sworcery EP]]'' * ''[[God of War (series)\|God of War]]'' * ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' Line 99 ⟶ 92: * ''[[Fantasy Quest]]'' == [[Web Comics]] ==▼ ▲== Web Comics == * ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', if you only factor in Julie and her gang's adventures. == [[Western Animation]] ==▼ ▲== Western Animation == * ''[[Fire and Ice (animation)\|Fire and Ice]]'' * ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'' * ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'' (Parody) * ''[[Adventure Time]]'' Is a highly surreal and parodic take on the genre. {{reflist}}