Record of Lodoss War
Lodoss, the accursed island.
Born in battle and baptized in fire, it has seen
wars ravage its kingdoms for thousands of years. Now,
an evil beyond any it has ever faced before is awakening,
and a party of six are drawn
together to battle for the future of everything
dear to them. Among them:
Parn, a young fighter who lacks experience and is
driven by his desire to
redeem his father's tarnished name; Deedlit, a young and
haughty elf who is
both attracted to the young fighter and
infuriated by his lack of interest;
Ghim, a grizzled dwarf warrior haunted by a
personal failure; Etoh, a young priest; Slayn, a skilled magic
user; and Woodchuck, a cynical but good-natured thief. Before
these six stands an adventure epic in size. Welcome to Record
of Lodoss War!
Jonathan- Alright, so we saw Record of Lodoss War, a 13 part
OAV series on six tapes. What did you guys think? Ok,
I'll go first. I thought that...
Matt- Overall it was pretty good.
Jonathan- Yeah, I thought it was a lot like
Dungeons and Dragons. If you've ever played D+D you
know how it's going to go.
Matt- It's pretty predictable.
Yari- Very.
Jonathan- Yeah. It can be really predictable
Jonathan- The music? I didn't like the opening,
I thought the ending was OK. We did get the dub, I heard
the Japanese version was better.
Matt- Personally, I haven't found any anime
I like the music to.
Yari- At least in English they don't sound good.
(General agreement)
Jonathan- I liked the backgrounds. Enough to buy a CD full
of them anyway.
Jonathan- The ending? You didn't think it was unresolved?
Ripe for a sequel!
Matt- It could have been a little better. It was a little corny.
Jonathan- I thought that the last episode was a little rushed,
it was a big climactic battle and then...
Matt- They should have split that up into two episodes.
Jonathan- So, final rundown? Matt? Yari?
Matt- Overall, I give 3.5 out of 5 stars, overall it was good,
except for a poorly done climax (I liked it-Jonathan). Other
aspects in other episodes that weren't to realistic, even for a
fantasy series.
Yari- I give it 4 stars. I thought it was one
of the better anime videos I've seen, although it became
confusing and unrealistic in some parts
(Like Parn the stick Warrior?-Jonathan). I think it
went the right amount of episodes, and has the good
possibility of a sequel.
Jonathan- First I should mention that
there is a prequel, called Legend of Crystania, but I've
heard that's poor. You can get it from Silverwynd though.
I give the series a 3 out of 5 stars.
The dub voices were OK, the plot was fair, the animation reused,
but decent. All in all, not a bad series, but not a great one
either.
Final Rundown:
Jonathan-***---3
Yari-****---4
Matt-***.5---3.5
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