"Lodoss to Senki: Eiyuu kishi den" (1998) TV series

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Writer:

Ryo Mizuno (novel)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Tagline:

Return to an Age of Myth and Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Sword And Sorcery | Anime | Based On Novel

Cast

Nobutoshi Kanna	...	Parn (voice) (as Nobutoshi Hayashi)
Shiho Niiyama	...	Deedlit (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto	...	Slayn (voice)
Michie Tomizawa	...	Leylia (voice)
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Cecil (voice)
Yu Asakawa	...	Sheris (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Orson (voice)
Shô Hayami	...	Ashram (voice)
Jôji Nakata	...	King Kashue (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander Alben	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
David Alben	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jason Alben	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael Alben	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Alyssa Beaux	...	Leylia (Ep 22-24) (voice: English version)
Roxanne Beck	...	Little Neese (voice: English version)
Anthony Cruise	...	King Kashue (voice: English version)
Joe DiGiorgi	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Meg Frances	...	Leylia (Ep 25-27) / Karla (Ep 16-18, 22-27) (1998) (voice: English version)
John Franck	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Crispin Freeman	...	Spark / Grassrunner Maar (1998) (voice: English version)
Michael Gerard	...	Alhaib / Gilram / Garrack (1998) (voice: English version) (as Michael Gegard)
Erica Ginsberg	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Simone Grant	...	Leylia (Ep 1-9) (voice: English version)
Ed Greenberg	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Oliver Gregory	...	Orson (voice: English version)
Joyce Griffin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cliff Hangar	...	Hobb (voice: English version)
Walter Hershman	...	Groder / Gaberra / Prince Reona (1998) (voice: English version)
Kelly Jackson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Alfred Karl	...	Slayn (episodes 16-18) (voice: English version)
John Knox	...	Ashram (voice: English version)
Harry Krause	...	Cecil (voice: English version)
Ted Lewis	...	King Etoh (voice: English version)
Shannon Maer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Al Muscari	...	Slayn (Ep 1-12, 25-27) (voice: English version)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Deedlit (Ep 1-15, 22-27) (voice: English version)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Wagnard (voice: Japanese version)
A.J. Parks	...	Ryna / Deedlit / Karla / Pirotess (1998) (voice: English version)
Steve Patterson	...	Aldonova (voice: English version)
Debora Rabbai	...	Leaf (voice: English version) (as Angora Deb)
Alexander Rose	...	The Narrator (voice: English version)
Karen Smith	...	Shiris (voice: English version)
Gary Solomon	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bill Timoney	...	Parn (voice: English version) (as Billy Regan)
Bruce Winant	...	Wagnard (voice: English version) (as Jayce Reeves)
Greg Wolfe	...	Greevus / The Dark Elf (1998) (voice: English version)
Oliver Wyman	...	Wagnard (Ep 4-15, 19-25) (voice: English version) (as Pete Zarustica)

Also Known As:

"Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight" (Japan)

Runtime:

25 min (27 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Trivia:

This series is a remake/sequel to the Record of Lodoss War OAV series. Episodes 1-8 start after the 8th episode of the OAV series. They are based on the original Record of Lodoss War novels #3-4 by Ryo Mizuno entitled "The Dragon of Fire Dragon Mountain I & II". Episodes 9-27 follow the stories of the original novels #6-7 entitled "The Holy Knight of Lodoss I & II". Which in turn spawned the manga (18 issues) & graphic novels (6 books) available in English from CPM Manga entitled "Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight". It is that manga series that the name of this anime series comes. Some people believe that the writers and directors "rewrote" the story found in episodes 9-13 in the OAV series, where in reality the intent was to convey the story as it was originally written by Mr. Mizuno the Lodoss series author and creator.

Quotes:

Narrator: There once was a boy, who dreamt of living in a world of light. But light and shadow are the same and where once exists, so too must the other. When the boy learned this, he took the first step to becoming closer as a hero.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Lodoss to senki (1990) (V)

A Partial Sequel...

Chronicles of the Heroic Knight is a semi-sequel to the excellent anime OAV Record of Lodoss War. The first part of the series is basically a re-telling of the events from Records.. and tells the story a slightly a different way. I believe it is the "TV Series" version of the story. The animation is better but I personally prefer the OAV. The Second part is a sequel and follows Spark, an aspiring Free Knight who's hero is Parn, we get to see the original characters and what has happened to them. We also meet Little Neese, daughter of Slayn and Laylia whom Spark vows to protect from her destiny. The animation for this part is great, and it's got a great story just like the OAV, I recommend it for all Lodoss fans, fantasy fans and anime fans!