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| The Quarter Knights of Wild Arms - Not discussed in this article because they all have names like "Boomerang" and "Zed" |
Wild Arms is less celebrated for its occult themes than for other dominant aesthetic influences. But the influence of the Western is faint in this inaugural entry- it manifests in the periphery, in several tracks adapted from the oeuvre of Enrico Morricone, as a selection of characters in period-attire, or in the presence of native caricatures that forgoe the unfortunate 'beastman' allegory typical of the genre. Wild Arms is certainly of its era in all other facets, deriving the bulk of its narrative and aesthetic conventions from such touchstones as Castle in the Sky, Nadia, Record of Lodoss War, and Future Boy Conan. However, it puts forth one influence to a greater extent than many of its contemporaries: the Western Esoteric tradition.
