He has inspired many works of media
More than a millennium has passed, but El Cid is still a legend. "El Cantar de Mio Cid" wasn't the last piece of El Cid-related media. From the 12th century up to 2016. El Cid has appeared in fiction. He was featured in several plays, operas, two movies, anime, a Spanish sci-fi program, Age of Empires, and Medieval Total War, among other works.
The French dramatist Pierre Corneille adapted one of his most well-known tragicomedies, Le Cid, on a play by the Spanish author Guillén de Castro from the early 17th century called Las Mocedades del Cid. In addition, several Spanish Romantic poets found inspiration in him, including Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, who authored La Jura de Santa Gadea, and José Zorrilla, who composed La Leyenda del Cid, a lengthy poem. The novel Sidi: Un relato de frontera by Arturo Pérez-Reverte was released in 2019. One of Spain's most well-known progressive rock bands, Crack, issued their sole album, Si Todo Hiciera Crack, in 1979. The album included the song "Marchando Una del Cid," which is based on the epic legend of El Cid. Nippon Animation produced the animated television program Ruy, the Little Cid in 1980, which was based on El Cid's youth. In "The Legend of Raloo," episode 16 of the first season of Jakers, El Cid is mentioned as motivating Ferny towards his Spanish origin.
