Record of Lodoss War - Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

(TV Series 1998 - 27 episodes)

2 reviews - 7.0 total score (Explanation of the rating system)
avg. score: (3.5)

2. weasl

Fans of the Lodoss OVAs beware. While the OVAs where hacked apart story based on the novels, the TV series keeps more with the original novels. This will make for some confusion as a good portion of the OVAs is retold differently in the TV series. Past the initial confusion, Lodoss TV is a lot of fun, and reminds me of reading an epic fantasy novel series. The new characters introduced are likable, and I really enjoyed seeing the older characters and where they ended up. Quality anime for fantasy anime fans who can stand the story difference between the OVAs and TV series.

1. Tempy

Although the artwork isn't as good as in the OVA series, I still consider this TV series to be superior to the OVA. The animation has improved, although still nothing to write home about, the number of static screens has been drastically reduced. The TV series is truer to the manga series and thus fans of the OVA might be disappointed with the changes here and there. The story is now more epic, spanning more years, and with more characters getting some screen time. Everybody is now more mature, most notably Parn, who isn't the hotheaded, obnoxious brat that he was in the OVA anymore. Deedlit and Pirotess are much less interesting this time around however, and that is truly a shame. The story does drag on a bit here and there. Some sequences are predictable and annoying to get through. As a bonus however, each episode includes a short super-deformed bit called "Lodoss Island" which is simple, but quite enjoyable, even though the silliness does clash with the main show's more serious side. To fully appreciate the TV series however, you do need to have seen the OVA series first.