The Heroes (Persian: پهلوانان, romanized: Pahlevānān, meaning The Champions) is an Iranian animated television series written and directed by Siavash Zarrinabadi and produced by Alireza Golpayegani from Harekat-e Kelidi Company and Saba Animation Center. The first season aired in March 2008 on IRIB TV2 and the last season aired in April 2022 on IRIB TV1. This series was rebroadcast many times by IRIB Pooya & Nahal. The series focuses on fight of Pourya-ye Vali's students against Eskandar Khan and admonishes of Pourya-ye Vali in 13th century.
Plot Pahlavan Pourya-ye Vali, a blacksmith and master of Pahlevan Haydar Khorasani's Zoorkhaneh, with the ingenuity and cooperation of his students: Pahlavan Yavar, who is also Pourya's apprentice in blacksmithing, Pahlavan Safi, who was formerly one of the commanders in the army of Balkh and now engaged in felt-making and Pahlavan Mofrad, who was Ayyar, has now set up a barber shop in the city square, foils the schemes of Eskandar Khan, the greedy and ambitious Darughachi of the city. The lazy and stingy king of city is also present in the series. The story of this collection takes place in the city of Khwarazm, one of the cities of Greater Khorasan, in the 13th century. Each episode is self-contained and has a stand-alone story, though some earlier episodes get referenced from time to time.
Voice cast Ali Hemat Momivand as Eskandar Bijan Ali Mohammadi as Pourya-ye Vali(Season 1,2,3,4) Amir Mohammad Samsami as Yavar Zafar Geraei as Mofrad(Season 1,2,3,4) Hamidreza Ashtianipour as Safi and Pourya-ye Vali(Season 5) Shahrouz Malekarayi as Teymour(Season 1,2,3,4) Touraj Nasr as Tooti and Toghrol Saeid Sheikh Zadeh as Mofrad(Season 5) Shahrad Banki as Teymour(Season 5) Mina Ghiaspour as Golrokh Hossein Khodadad Beygi Valiollah Momeni as Gholam(Season 1,2) Siamak Atlasi as Khajeh Akbar Manani Zhila Ashkan Shayesteh Tajbakhsh Hadi Jalili Amir Manouchehri Ali Asghar Rezaeinik Naser Khishtandar Maryam Nouri Derakhshan Mojtaba Fathollahi Hasan Kakhi
Production Alireza Golpayegani described the production of the first season as follows:
Siavash Zarrinabadi stated the reason for choosing to make the series 2D:
Episode list Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Awards The award for the best director of the series in the third Jam-e-Jam Television Festival (Siavash Zarrinabadi)
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References
External links
Pahlevanan on Pahlevanan Animated Series official website The Heroes on Harekat-e Kelidi website The Heroes on Saba Animation Center The Heroes in Telewebion Plus