The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim – this high-gloss anime is more rip-off than spin-off
The best JRR Tolkien adaptations tend to resemble long walks in miserable weather. (To be clear, this is a good thing.) But this weird yet watchable animated foray into Middle-earth history – fast-tracked so that New Line Cinema could hang onto the film rights to Tolkien’s work – feels more like ice skating on a well-tended rink.
How The Lord of the Rings Anime Stays True to Tolkien… and Peter Jackson | The War of the Rohirrim
It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy books, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Peter Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle-earth to a worldwide audience with his acclaimed LOTR trilogy.
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