The Record of the Lodoss War (1990) (V) Rôdosu-tô senki (original title)

Directors:

Akio Sakai
Shigeto Makino
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Writers:

Ryo Mizuno (novel)
Mami Watanabe (screenplay)
(more)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

A group of medieval adventurers must participate in a war against dark forces in the land of Lodoss.

Plot Keywords:

Dragon | Goblin | Sword And Sorcery | Good Versus Evil | Dungeons And Dragons

Cast

Takeshi Kusao	...	Parn (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Deedlit (voice)
Yoshisada Sakaguchi	...	Ghim (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Etoh (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	Slayn (voice)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Woodchuck (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takeshi Aono	...	Wagnard (voice)
Bob Barry	...	Emperor Beld (voice: English version)
Fûrin Cha	...	Soldier (voice)
Meg Frances	...	Pirotess (voice: English version)
Rica Fukami	...	Liara (voice)
Simone Grant	...	Karla (voice: English version)
J.W. Gunther	...	King Fahn (voice: English version)
Shô Hayami	...	Orson (voice)
Masashi Hironaka	...	Zackt (voice)
Shûichi Ikeda	...	King Kashue (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	King Beld (voice)
Hiroyuki Kakegawa	...	Soldier (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Ashram (voice)
John Knox	...	Ashram (voice: English version)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	Villager (voice)
Jacques LeCann	...	Woodchuck (voice: English version)
Ted Lewis	...	Etoh (voice: English version)
Tomoko Munakata	...	Neese (voice)
Al Muscari	...	Slayn (voice: English version)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Narrator (voice)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Deedlit (voice: English version)
Debora Rabbai	...	Leaf, Marta (voice: English version) (as Debbie Rabbai)
Alexander J. Rose	...	Wort, Narrator (voice: English version)
Osamu Saka	...	King Fahn (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Karla (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto	...	Leaf (voice)
Rei Sakuma	...	Fianna (voice)
Mayumi Seto	...	Parn as a Boy (voice)
Karen Smith	...	Shiris (voice: English version)
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Villager (voice)
Wataru Takagi	...	Villager (voice)
Minami Takayama	...	Sheris (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Pirotess (voice)
Bill Timoney	...	Parn (voice: English version) (as Billy Regan)
Hideyuki Umezu	...	Villager (voice)
Bruce Winant	...	Wagnard (voice: English version) (as Jayce Reeves)
Greg Wolfe	...	Ghim (voice: English version)
Chris Yates	...	King Kashue, Orson (voice: English version)
Kei Yoshimizu	...	Pfilmer (voice)
Tamio Ôki	...	Wort (voice)

Directed by
Akio Sakai
Shigeto Makino		(episode director)
Kazunori Mizuno		(episode director)
Akinori Nagaoka		(episode director)
Taiji Ryû		(episode director)
Katsuhisa Yamada		(episode director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ryo Mizuno		novel
Mami Watanabe		screenplay
Hitoshi Yasuda		novel

Produced by
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa	....	executive producer
Masao Maruyama	....	producer
Tôru Suzuki	....	assistant producer
Tôru Suzuki	....	coordinating producer: Office Eye
Takeshi Tamiya	....	planner

Original Music by
Mitsuo Hagita

Cinematography by
Kinichi Ishikawa

Film Editing by
Yukiko Ito
Harutoshi Ogata
Fumihiro Suekichi

Art Direction by
Hidetoshi Kaneko

Art Department
Keisuke Gotô	....	dragon designer
Yutaka Izubuchi	....	dragon designer
Kazuyoshi Katayama	....	storyboard artist
Michitaka Kikuchi	....	dragon designer
Takuhito Kusanagi	....	dragon designer
Akinori Nagaoka	....	storyboard artist
Matsuri Okuda	....	dragon designer
Rintaro	....	storyboard artist
Akio Sakai	....	storyboard artist
Takako Suzuki	....	color coordinator
Katsuhisa Yamada	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Yukio Abe	....	sound mixer
Yasunori Honda	....	sound director
Daisuke Jinbo	....	sound effects editor: Suwara Production
Keiko Shima	....	sound producer: Arts Pro (episode 12)
Yasuhiro Tomaru	....	sound producer: Arts Pro (episode 3)

Special Effects by
Kunji Tanifuji	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Kinichi Ishikawa	....	camera operator
Yasuhiro Matsumura	....	camera operator
Atsuro Saito	....	camera operator
Jin Yamaguchi	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Kunihiro Abe	....	animator
Shigeo Akahori	....	animator
Hisami Akiyama	....	cel painter
Yoshiharu Ashino	....	inbetween checker
Toshiko Baba	....	animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	inbetween artist
Shintarô Fuwa	....	animator
Takahiro Gotô	....	animator
Takako Hirata	....	inbetween artist
Osamu Horiuchi	....	animator
Miyoko Ichinose	....	cel painter
Shin'ichi Imakuma	....	animator
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator: opening animation
Atsuko Ishida	....	animator
Yutaka Izubuchi	....	original character designer
Tomoaki Kado	....	animator
Yoko Kadokami	....	animator
Ako Kagiyama	....	inbetween checker
Hitoshi Kagiyama	....	inbetween checker
Masatoshi Kai	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kazuko Katsui	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Hiroshi Kawasaki	....	animator
Masanori Kitta	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Katsuji Kobayashi	....	inbetween artist
Emiko Koizumi	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Toshiyuki Komaru	....	animator
Takahiro Komori	....	animator
Kaoru Kondô	....	inbetween artist
Hiroshi Kugimiya	....	animator
Mototsune Kurita	....	cel checker
Kiyoko Makita	....	inbetween artist
Katsumi Matsuda	....	animator
Hiroshi Matsuyama	....	inbetween artist
Michio Mihara	....	animator
Yutaka Minowa	....	sub character designer (episodes 6-13)
Satoru Mochizuki	....	inbetween artist
Hiroyuki Morita	....	animator
Hiroshi Nagahama	....	inbetween artist
Misao Nakano	....	animator
Hiromi Niioka	....	animator
Masumi Nishikawa	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Chikako Nishimura	....	cel painter
Shôgo Nishimura	....	color designer/checker
Takuo Noda	....	animator
Yukiko Nunomoto	....	cel painter
Fujio Oda	....	animation director
Hiroshi Ogawa	....	animator
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	animation director
Akio Sakai	....	animation director
Akio Sakai	....	animator
Yutaka Sakamoto	....	inbetween artist
Yutaka Sakamoto	....	inbetween checker
Katsushi Sakurabi	....	animator
Yûji Satô	....	animator
Masahiro Sekino	....	animator
Atsushi Shigeta	....	animator
Hirofumi Shiraishi	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Kazuhiro Soeta	....	animation director
Kazuhiro Soeta	....	animator
Norimitsu Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Takako Suzuki	....	color designer
Masaki Takei	....	animator
Masahiko Tamaru	....	cel checker
Keiko Tamura	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Satoshi Tazaki	....	animator
Hitoshi Ueda	....	animator
Satoshi Urushihara	....	animation director
Satoshi Urushihara	....	animator
Saki Watanabe	....	inbetween artist
Takafumi Watanabe	....	animator
Takeo Yamamoto	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Eiko Yamauchi	....	animation director
Masashi Yanagishita	....	animator
Tôru Yoshida	....	animator
Toshiyuki Yoshimura	....	background artist: Atelier BWCA
Nobuteru Yuuki	....	character designer
Nobuteru Yuuki	....	chief animation director
Hiroshi Ôsaka	....	animator
Noriko Ôtake	....	animator
Yasuhiko Ôyama	....	animator

Other crew
Takuji Endo	....	setting production
Kunihiko Fukuyama	....	production assistant
Masao Morosawa	....	production desk
Toshikatsu Tokoro	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Kadokawa Media Office
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
• Madhouse (animation)
• Marubeni
• TBS

Distributors

• OVA Films (Germany)
• U.S. Manga Corp. (1996) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Anime R  inbetween animation
• Arts Pro  sound production
• Atelier BWCA  background art
• Avaco Creative Studio  recording studio
• DR Movie  cel painting
• Group Zen  inbetween animation
• K Production  cel painting
• Kadokawa Bunko  publishing
• Kadokawa Shoten Editing Department - AV Section  production assistance
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.  publishing
• Lee Production  cel painting
• Maki Production  titles
• Office Eye  production coordination
• SPEC Korea  cel painting
• SPEC Korea  inbetween animation
• SPEC Korea  key animation
• Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Company Ltd.  cel painting
• Studio ArgoShip  inbetween animation
• Studio Takuranke  inbetween animation
• Studio Wombat  inbetween animation
• Suwara Production  sound effects
• Tokyo Developing Laboratories  film developing
• Young Woo Production  cel painting

Also Known As:

"Rôdosu-tô senki" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

25 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Kadokawa Media Office

Trivia:

The Collector's Edition DVD includes a trailer made by the series' Japanese producers aimed at selling it to a U.S. distributor. For this purpose, the Japanese dialogue was replaced with temporary English voice acting utilizing a group of uncredited actors.

Goofs:

Continuity: In episode two, Parn's shirt is torn and his arm his cut during his fight with the goblins in the forest, but in subsequent shots, the damage has disappeared, only to reappear later.

Quotes:

Slayn:[Slayn conjures a spell against attacking gargoyles] Omnipotent power, creator of all things, forged by the gods from eternal chaos, throw off these false garments and reveal thy true forms. Creators of all things, become a shield to protect me. Great protectors, do not allow those who would destroy your great works to do their bidding in this sacred place. Use me as your weapon against this evil.

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Lodoss to Senki: Eiyuu kishi den" (1998)

The "Lord of the Rings" of Anime

Lodoss, a land of long ago, is torn apart by war, chaos, mayhem, and all other forms of death and pestilence. In comes Parn, a would be knight determined to prove his valor and restore honor to the family name, and his companions: the elf babe Deedlit (voiced in the English dub by Lisa Ortiz, who later went on to voice Lina Inverse in the "Slayers" anime), cranky dwarf Ghim, King Kashu, berserker Orson, and other assorted heroes and villains who are out to survive the war.

As others have undoubtedly said, this is a sprawling epic that holds no punches in trying to suck you in and make you feel like you're a part of this world and everything going on in it. The popularity and skill of this thing is reminiscent of "Lord of the Rings". Parn himself is a bit too dense at times (he never seems to figure out that you can't attack a sorcerer or sorceress head on) but he's okay. Deedlit is both funny and cool though her full potential is never tapped. It's fun nevertheless to watch her lust for Parn while he doesn't seem to notice, at least not for a while.

One of the most potent characters though is Ashram, an honorable soldier who fights on the wrong side of the war. See it just for him, if you like.