| My Record of Lodoss War Page |
| Welcome to the section of my site dedicated to the best Anime so far. Record of Lodoss War is a fantastic movie about Lodoss, the acursed Island. It is an epic fantasy anime series, chronicling the adventures of a party of heroes. Based loosely on the American RPG D&D(tm), a Japanese RPG called "Sword World RPG" came to life, developed by Ryo Mizuno and Group SNE, and became very popular in Japan. Lodoss War was a supplement for Sword World, and consisted of three books -- Lodoss War Companion I, II, and III. A novel series and manga series were written and produced, based on the RPG campaign by Group SNE. In 1991, these stories were finally adapted into a 13 part Original Animation Series (OAV) title "The Record of Lodoss War". The original animation series is based on the novels but much had been changed. The first eight episodes cover the first novel. The last episodes of the OAV cover volumes six and seven of the novel series, but it was seriously altered to compress the series. Many side adventures were cut out from the anime series allowing it to follow the main story thread. Several years later, another anime series, called the Legend of Crystania, was released. These series takes place in the mystical land of Crystania, located on the southern continent Djana En. The Legend of Crystania is considerably different from Record of Lodoss War, as it takes place 300 years in the future. Most recently has been released the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, a new Lodoss War series. Chronicles covers the original novels in much greater detail. It begins after OAV episode 8, and ignores the events in OAVs 9-13. Chronicles is a 21 part series, and details the war agaist Marmo and the fight to stop Wagnard from resurrecting the goddess Kardis. However, there are many new characters and the timeline of events is greatly expanded. Lodoss War RPG Eternal Edition will be based upon the new Chronicles timeline. The story is about the younng and reckless free knight Parn setting out through his homeland to set right the dark evil that is striving to take hold. Throughout the journey the hero Parn meets many friends, old and new, as well as many enemies. With his courage and the strength of his companions, they go through many ordeals and eventually finally rids Lodoss of that which threatened it. Click HERE to see a description of the characters as well as many pictures from the movies. |
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