Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (Lodoss Tou Senki: Eiyuu Kishi Den) is a 27 episode TV Series based on the manga created by Ryou Mizuno and Masato Natsumoto, and is published under Group SNE, Kadokawa Shoten, and TV Tokyo. The manga is serialized in Shounen Ace-A in Japan and Tohan Boys'Ace in Taiwan. I got a few issues of the manga while I was in Taiwan, and the
scans are now up!
The TV series aired from April 1st, 1998 to September 30th, 1998 every Wednesday from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM on TV Tokyo.
Here is a chart with episode and character listings plus more. It also has the Japanese for those of you who are interested and have browsers that can support it. If you can't view Shift-JIS, or EUC, go to
NJStar Or if you have MSIE 5.0+ you can set up software to view most languages.
The music for the opening is done by Yoko Kanno, and sung by Maya Sakamoto. The ending theme is done by Arai Akino, and vocals are by Chie Ishibashi. All other music is by Kaoru Wada.
The opening is beautiful, and it does a great job of setting the mood for the series.
Direction: Nobuhiro Takamoto
Screenplay: Katsumi Hasegawa (El-Hazard, Blue Gender) and a few others.
Animation Production: AIC (Anime International Company) Probably known best for Tenchi Muyou!
Character Design: Kazuhiro Soeta (Original), Takashi Azumano, Toshiko Sasaki
The distinction is nice, so to make this clear: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight is based off of the manga which was based off of a couple of the novels. Because of this, there are a lot of differnt character designers. All of the art for the novels was done by Yutaka Izubuchi. The Chronicles of the Heroic Knight manga is done by Masato Natsumoto.
Voice Actors:
| Parn: |
Hayashi Nobutoshi |
| Deedlit: |
Shiho Niiyama |
| Slayn: |
Mitsuru Miyamoto |
| Leylia: |
Michie Tomizawa |
| Cecil: |
Shoutarou Morikubo |
| Shiris: |
Yuu Asakawa |
| Orson: |
Nobuyuki Hiyama |
| Kashue: |
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| Ashram: |
Sho Hayami |
| Maar: |
Daisuke Sakaguchi
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| Spark: |
Kenji Nojima |
| Sho Neese: |
Chie Ishibashi |
| Leaf: |
Maya Sakamoto |
| Garrack: |
Yasushi Nishiwaki |
| Grivas: |
Kenji Nojima |
| Lyna: |
Chizu Yonemoto |
| Aldo-nova: |
Masanari Takatsuka |
| Pirotess: |
Kumiko Nishihara |
| Wagnard: |
Shuoh Ohtsuka |
| Karla: |
Rei Igrashi |
Story:
If you don't already know, the TV series is a continuation of the OAVs. It disregards the OAV storyline from episode 8 to episode13.
The War of Heroes
Five years past, a band of six adventurers defeated the conquering armies of Marmo, the dark island, and saved the accursed island of Lodoss in what was known from then on as the War of Heroes. Since then, the survivors have been honored as heros and thier deeds have become legends. But the evil never was vanquished, instead it waited and schemed. Now, five years later, the Black Knight has returned to threaten the accursed island once more....
Five Years After
During the five years since the War of Heroes, the adventurers went their seperate ways. Parn and Deedlit spent their time in Kanon fighting the Marmo forces still in power there with a free army led by Parn. Leylia and Slayn married, and Leylia had a daughter named Little Neese (Niece) after her grandmother. Slayn returned to studying, and began training others in the art of magic. Etoh married Princess Fianna and became King of Valis.
The Race for the Scepter of Domination
Ashram arrives at the Temple of Marfa where he asks Neese what treasure the ancient dragon Bramd might possess. She tells him it was sold off, and when she askes what it is he's looking for, he tells her the Scepter of Domination. Thus begins his search among the ancient dragons for the Scepter. . . .
Back in Parn's home village of Zaxon, Shiris and Orson arrive from Alan to collect taxes (they haven't met Parn and the rest yet). Zaxon has claimed itself independant from Alan, and refuses to pay. This leads to some trouble between Cecil (a sorcerer left in charge when Slayn is out) and the mercs. Parn and Deedlit arrive, and after a battle where Orson goes berserk, they all become friends.
Slayn arrives back in Zaxon, and tells the group of Ashram's plans. They decide to set out to Flaim to enlist the help of King Kashue. Shiris and Orson join up, and they leave. As soon as they get there, a dispute erupts - which Parn settles, and the whole group's escorted to Castle Akroyd. They dicuss the situation, and decide to split into two groups: one to go to Blue Dragon Island where the water-dragon Abram lives, and the other to Fire Dragon Mountain where Shooting Star lives. Parn, Deed, and Kashue go to Fire Dragon Mountain, and Orson, Shiris and Cecil go to Blue Dragon Island. A grassrunner named Maar joins up, and they're captured by pirates.
When Ashram slays Abram, they find out he didn't have the Scepter after all. He had the Soul Crystal Ball which Gloder takes to give to Wagnard.
Parn and the others are in a tight spot after Shooting Star swears to wreak vengence on them and flies off. "A hundred humans for every scale scratched." With nothing more they can do, they head off to Raidan. There, Slayn tells them Orson's group has been caught. They rescue the others, and return to Fire Dragon Mountain to prevent Ashram from getting the Scepter.
The Marmo and Parn's group fight Shooting Star, and Deed is the one who finishes him. Ashram heads for the Scepter, and Parn seeing this, engages him. He knocks the Scepter into the lava, where it sinks; lost forever.
That's all for now. If you want the second part of the series, it'll be up later.
Animerica has had two reviews on Lodoss TV now. There was one in VOL. 7, Issue 7 and VOL. 8, Issue 11 with a spot-light review (not the cover feature, but mentioned there) with the character descriptions and everything in VOL. 7, Isuue 7. In VOL. 8, Issue 11, they had an interview with Ryo Mizuno and a review for the last set (Birth of a New Knight, dubbed). I'll get them scanned for anyone who wants it.
OAV Characters:
A lot of the old characters are back along with a lot of new ones. If you want more info on one, just click on their names. Some of the characters don't have any info, so click on the name-links only. This is more thn obvious for most people, and I apoligize. But for some people it isn't.
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He is more mature and less hot-headed than he was in the OAVs and he has a new voice.
Found in episodes: 1-10, 12, 14-15, 18-27
Deedlit:
She's not so cute and spunky anymore. =P She also has a new VA.
Slayn:
He's married to Leylia. He is still very similar to his OAV self.
Leylia:
Married to Slayn. Leylia had a child named Little Niece(Neese) with Slayn.
Shiris:
She's more spunky than she used to be and looks differnt.
Orson:He seems to go Berserk over a lot more now.
Kashue:
He's still around and Parn still admires him.
Shadam: Kashue's friend and right-hand man.
Ashram: Ashram still seeks to unite/conquer Lodoss to finish Beld's work.
Karla:
The Grey Witch. She's meddling with the heroes again.
Neese:
She is seen only in the first episode and episode 9.
Wagnard:
He's back again with evil intentions. . . .
Pirotess:
The Dark elf. She still hangs around Ashram 24/7.
Etoh: He's now king of Valis.
Woodchuck:
He pops up every once and a while. . . .
Wort: The sage.
Marfa: The Mother-Goddess of creation.
Kardis:
The Goddess of Destruction.
Shooting Star: The ancient dragon protecting the Scepter of Domination. He talks now. Pretty cool.
New Characters:
Spark:
The new hero. He's a knight in traing, and a promising one, at that.
Found in episodes: 3, 9-14, 16-27
Little Niece:
The daughter of Slayn and Leylia. She's a priestess in training, with blue, purple, red or green eyes (she is shown with many different colored eyes, who knows why). She's also the "Doorway."
Leaf:
A half elf with a double-ended spear.
Grievas:
He's a really samll dwarf and a priest of Myrii.
Ald-Nova:
He protects Little Niece on Slayn's orders.
Galack:
A big and buff mercenary.
Lyna: A theif and a master of the whip.
Hobb:
A Priest of Myrii who helps out Ashram for a while.
Cecil:
The mage left in charge of Zaxon's army when Slayn's gone.
Sulbern: Governor of Kastuul.
Garvela: Priest with blue hair.
Glorder:
A Dark sorcerer.
Astarl:
The Dark Elf, looks a lot like the one in the OAV but isn't.
Randy: Lyna's partner who dies at the hands of Dark Elves.
Maar:
A flute-playing grassrunner.
Narrator: Found in most episodes giving background information.
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