First look at "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM" Anime Film.

@billybub I have read Anne of Green Gables and I have watched the anime. The anime is very accurate to the book, it's not like they came up with tons of original ideas and changed the narrative to "suit" a Japanese audience (cause the fanbase over there for Anne is huge). Therefore, the writer is Lucy Maud Montgomery, therefore not a Japanese writer and by your own definition not anime. The only adaption there is the classic how do you cut this up into a show "adaption". Which to me is irrelevant. Even for something like the original LOTR adaption by PJ, which has changes, and did make cuts, I am not going to say the LOTR films were written by PJ, it's Tolkien and always has been Tolkien. Akane No Anne is frankly more faithful, of what I remember.

My argument makes plenty of sense from that direction. You asserted that the fact it has a Western writer disqualifies it from being anime however, some really important foundational works in this medium are originally Western works, largely adapted without much alteration (I can't speak for the other Masterpiece works but true for Anne). It only doesn't make sense because it's inconvient to your weirdly xenophobic argument despite how much Western influence has always existed within anime, and despite how many early foundational works within anime like Masterpiece Theater were very important for the industry.

Plus regardless of this name, MAL is pretty much a haven of Manhua and Manwha works too. it's hardly just been for Japanese works, whether you agree or not. At least this work does have significant staff who are Japanese and a Japanese studio behind it. Those have been historically allowed on here regardless of what you feel is "right". Spider Riders, a Canadian show that worked with Japanese animators/staff for instance is on here.

@TheMechaManiac So again, Akane no Anne not anime right? I mean if you want to go down that argument go ahead. Really the definition is whatever you want to make it.

@Nurguburu yes it’s anime.

Sola Digital Arts is an animation studio in Japan. Their other anime is on this site so why not this?
https://x.com/SolaDigitalArts/status/1494244295909396489



Source: https://sola-digital.com/team/

Non-Japanese people work on anime now. MAL needs to get with the times!

@Old_School_Akira 42 likes on a 6 month old post from Japanese Twitter goes further to prove that this is not primarily intended for the Japanese market...therefore NOT anime.

@billybub so all the Stan Lee / Marvel anime are not anime anymore? https://myanimelist.net/people/5048/Stan_Lee?q=Stan%20Lee&cat=person

Why do they decide to adapt a LoTR story into an anime of all the mediums? The art style just doesn't really fit, and LoTR isn't something made for anime watchers.

This feels like a experimental movie to push LoTR IP towerds younger people. Worst case scenario, this could be a cursed movie but gen z anime watcher will defend it and it'll divide the LoTR community even further.

@Viriathus cuz this ain't canon. Anything outside Lotr and hobbit is pure fanfiction. Made to milk off Tolkien grave.

Why do they decide to adapt a LoTR story into an anime of all the mediums? The art style just doesn't really fit, and LoTR isn't something made for anime watchers.

This feels like a experimental movie to push LoTR IP towerds younger people. Worst case scenario, this could be a cursed movie but gen z anime watcher will defend it and it'll divide the LoTR community even further.

After all those garbage productions like Gollum, Rings of Power, the Hobbit Trilogy and even around 70% of the MtG card set this at least LOOKS like the first time a project deserves attention. Some parts of the interview have me worried, but I am at least... lets call it slightly hopeful. I am not really a fan of the name Hera since I haven't heard about that being a name usually used for anglo-saxon ladies, Helga would have been a better choice. But I want to not damn this show from the beginning.

Why do they decide to adapt a LoTR story into an anime of all the mediums? The art style just doesn't really fit, and LoTR isn't something made for anime watchers.

This feels like a experimental movie to push LoTR IP towerds younger people. Worst case scenario, this could be a cursed movie but gen z anime watcher will defend it and it'll divide the LoTR community even further.

@Play2X the writer is the same as the hobbit. The hobbit was canon despite additions. This is fanfiction

@billybub the whole reason the Tolkien estate exists is to prevent bastardizations like this from existing.

Anyone praising this should be ashamed for worshipping blasphemy

@SpiderMiles3523 The vibe of this thread right now

@SpiderMiles3523 If that abomination of a movie is supposed to be canon (which it isn't, luckily), I'd rather read the fanfiction. But if the writer is the one who did the hobbit, I can safely say that I don't need to care about this anymore.

I'm surprised this thread has gone on for so long with this much negativity.

I think this show deserves a chance. We've seen three screenshots. We can all bash it once the trailer comes around.

I love The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. I also love anime. I don't see a problem with combining the two. In fact, I'd prefer this kind of project to yet another film adaptation or live-action TV series, because we've seen those before already, with mixed results.

And realistically, there's no chance a property like The Lord of the Rings would remain "locked away in a vault," especially in this day and age. The best we can hope for is for talented people to adapt and build on what exists. We just support the ones that turn out good.

I'm surprised this thread has gone on for so long with this much negativity.

I think this show deserves a chance. We've seen three screenshots. We can all bash it once the trailer comes around.

I love The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. I also love anime. I don't see a problem with combining the two. In fact, I'd prefer this kind of project to yet another film adaptation or live-action TV series, because we've seen those before already, with mixed results.

And realistically, there's no chance a property like The Lord of the Rings would remain "locked away in a vault," especially in this day and age. The best we can hope for is for talented people to adapt and build on what exists. We just support the ones that turn out good.

I'm surprised this thread has gone on for so long with this much negativity.

I think this show deserves a chance. We've seen three screenshots. We can all bash it once the trailer comes around.

I love The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. I also love anime. I don't see a problem with combining the two. In fact, I'd prefer this kind of project to yet another film adaptation or live-action TV series, because we've seen those before already, with mixed results.

And realistically, there's no chance a property like The Lord of the Rings would remain "locked away in a vault," especially in this day and age. The best we can hope for is for talented people to adapt and build on what exists. We just support the ones that turn out good.

@BilboBaggins365 you don't understand what we're talking about.
The problem are the western screenwriters, not the writers of the original story. They've proven themselves to be incapable of writing anything else but strong female characters™.
Akage no Anne had a Japanese screenwriter who adapted the Anne of the Green Gables story to anime form.

@perseii if you want to watch it watch it. Hell I'll probably watch it, but this is not anime and doesn't belong here.

Most of it is a single person's negativity.


I'm only disappointed nobody ever adapts the parts that interest me. I suppose this is to be expected given that I largely dislike The Lord of the Rings.

@TheMechaManiac @TheMechaManiac What is this supposed to be some commentary on culture war nonsense? The precious Japanese are not impervious to putting whatever you hate in their own works. Honestly it was a manga that I think had one of the more overt cases of the author having self internalized misandry, more so than any Western work I have seen of late. Not every Western screenwriter/writer is some harbinger of doom lol. If there is an actual issue with the author or screenwriter's past work just bring that up then, otherwise it's just typical anime fan xenophobia.

@perseii TBH as a big Tolkien Fan, I am just not really excited about anything in that universe that the guy himself didn't pen. Still it has the Middle Earth setting, so you probably could make a decent fantasy story compared to most stuff we see in this medium. If the reviews aren't horrible I will probably check it out.

Do I need to watch the previous films to understand it?

@BilboBaggins365
The incompetence of the West in writing realistic, flawed female characters is very much real. Keep huffing the copium if you want to, but the truth is more than obvious.
And in regards to that case of manga misandry, it's only one author for maybe a hundred other authors.

@TheMechaManiac the lotr/hobbit writer emphasized Arwin in lotr by making her rescue frodo and giving her more screening. In the novels she barely did anything. Eowyn was given the theoden death grief scene in the movies vs Merry.

Don't get me started on tauriel in the hobbit and making a love triangle between kili and Legolas

@BilboBaggins365
The incompetence of the West in writing realistic, flawed female characters is very much real. Keep huffing the copium if you want to, but the truth is more than obvious.
And in regards to that case of manga misandry, it's only one author for maybe a hundred other authors.

Ooooh Kenji Kamiyama. This is all I need to know

@KitsuFrost you need to know that the screenwriters are Western.
Last 10 or so years of Hollywood and American television have been pretty bad, barring a few exceptions.

@SpiderMiles3523 Yeah, but that was well over 20 years ago at this point. Even the Hobbit is close to pushing 15. Also, this isn't being written by the woman who was responsible for the Jackson movies.
Once again the problem is with the modern writers who are writing for a modern audience™ with too many first world problems.

More info at anime expo. How is this not anime?
https://www.anime-expo.org/2024/07/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-anime-expo-exclusive/

also is that snake from vinland saga lol

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Looks... fine? Doesn't really get me excited.

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Looks... fine? Doesn't really get me excited.