The Record of Lodoss War Still SLAPS.
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- The Record Of Lodoss War is foundational to the fantasy anime genre.
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Record of Lodoss War is truly one of the origins for fantasy anime. It's incredible when you look at its origins that Lodoss War came from a roleplaying campaign that was serialized as a manga and eventually created into an anime.
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PINNED IT, Hi everyone and welcome (/welcome back) DISCLAIMER: when we say "fantasy" in the title, we mean high fantasy, there's a difference. Either way, once again we're wanted to go back to an awesome classic this week. We debated for a couple days on what to cover and eventually landed on lodoss war Tuesday night, which left us 3 days to get this done -we managed. I would imagine probably 20% of our audience has seen this show TOPS so hopefully this spoiler free in depth look gets you curious enough to watch! as always the goal is to entertain, introduce, and get people thinking so hopefully we accomplished that with this one. we've got some really aesome surprises coming in the next couple weeks so get hype! In the meantime, thanks for stopping by and enjoy the show. see you next time
-Mike
I'm glad you guys covered lodoss War as it's one of my favorite anime OVA!! Also wouldn't it be accurate to say Ganon got his looks from BELD considering he had red hair, armor, anr an established look?
Bonsai Pop cool video and finally someone is talking about this gem.
Also maybe try to find “Warlands” a comicbook from the early 00s from Dreamwave productions (pre- Udon Entertainment) which is basically mimicking Lodoss Wars.
Maybe fun to do a video on the resemblance between them.
Interesting Freddy Kruger shirt there Mike.
@@LowellLucasJr. Oh totally, tloz took a ton of inspiration from this show design wise, wonder if miyamoto was a fan?
@@BonsaiPop without a doubt!
Truly an iconic show. It’s nostalgic hearing about it now. Many people have never even heard of this.
Man, I love watching this anime and the opening theme is dope. I have the full song downloaded on my phone lol
@@ssbac98 The soundtrack is exceptional, even for the OVA series of the time which had more artistic leeway than the TV anime. It's what every would-be epic Square Enix JRPG soundtrack wanted to be.
@@observationsfromthebunker9639 Oh yeee
Watched Lodoss OAV on fansub VHS back in the day. For a while the TV show was the only thing people had heard of, so it's great to see the OG series get some love. Those ears by the way pre-date Lodoss: Deedlit is drawn in the style used in Elfquest (Wendy & Richard Pini). 70s-80s era Japanese fans of Western fantasy art/comics would've definitely been all over EQ, and that series in turn was inspired by classical Japanese art & folklore.
"Many people have never even heard of this."
And ain't that a fuckin' tragedy? This show was a masterpiece.
Studio Madhouse was behind this MASTERPIECE and will always be my fave fantasy next to BERSERK. I had the honor of meeting Lisa Ortiz( Deedlit) and thanked her for her wonderful performance! She was quite sweet and very lovely!! Also, has anyone noticed...THEY KNEW HOW TO DRAW EPIC DRAGONS!?
Yes, definitely the art style of this OVA is incredibly details.
Lisa Ortiz is THE reason that the LODOSS OVA dub is such a classic. The rest of the actors are good, but she's the real standout. For being it being her first role, she does an outstanding job as Deedlit.
YES! The dragon designs are so epic and beautiful and pretty much what I want dragons to look like.
And it also makes me look at dragons in recent fantasy blockbusters like Hobbit, Game of Thrones, and Reign of Fire and realize, "we've basically just been using the same design since Dragonslayer in 1981, haven't we?"
@@FlyingFocs yes! We really have been using the Dragonslayer design! It's a shame really since there's so many other unique art styles out there! Personally, I'm a huge fan of the traditional D&D dragons from the backs of comic books in the 80s and 90s, flight of Dragons by Rankin bass Jr, and of course record of lodoss War dragons! Also I do prefer Smaug's design from Rankin bass has The Hobbit as he had a unique design which wasn't a wyvern.
Madhouse? That explains a little something.
The opening for Record of lodoss wars is so nostalgic to me.
I love the Italian parts to it. A shame I can never find the full version of the opening as it sounds in the opening. There's always something a bit off about the versions that I've found.
The openings for both OVA and TV series were great. I have trouble picking which one I like more.
@@Vejitatheouji I much prefer the TV version it just has such a epic feel. I was never really fond of the Ova intro.
Actually scratch that. Just listened to the ova intro for the first time in a while and I still like the tv one way more but its pretty good actually.
Thanks for mentioning it. The first five minutes of the first episode is so iconic to me. You get the dark and serious narration explaining the creation myth and then it transitions into a storybook beautiful song and gorgeous fantasy images. I still have the song on my chillout playlist.
I remember buying this VHS boxed set because I wanted a complete anime story. Back then we had to walk 3 miles through the snow up a mountain to buy or rent our Japanimation. I'm so glad I lived long enough to have practically all of anime history at our fingertips.
I have the Vhs box set and the BluRay set
Yep and had to have the whole store mapped in your head because the evil normies not knowing what japanamation was and then called it cartoons.
It was an adventure. Going thru some lengths to get something you wanted and making memories doing it. Although, having everything at my disposal thru the internet is nice, too.
I feel you. I had to import my VHS tapes from the US at the end 90s because our market was dry here...
Still have the vhs subbed...both series
One of my favorite anime of all time.
More people should know about this.
You got a sub for naming your self after my favorite literary character besides Conan, Guts and Guin
Just learned and watched last night on Funimation
The art style of this OVA is incredibly details. Simply beautiful.
I miss anime like Lodoss. They don't make them like that anymore. I had SOME hope for The Heroic Legend of Arslan, but alas....
If you want to check out another fantasy 90's show/OVA you might want to try Wizardry. It's not as good or deep, but it'll bring back that 90's nostalgia. I really can't stand how anime is nowadays. Hell, they even ruined Saint Seiya smh. Nothing is sacred anymore
"You die twice. Once when you draw your last breath, and again when your name is spoken for the very last time."
-No idea-
Nick Mason When does a man truly die? When he is shot through the heart with a pistol? No. When he is ravaged with an incurable desires? No. Is it when he eats a soup made of a poisonous mushroom? No!
A man dies when he is forgotten.
I think that's a banksy quote
No, there is a third death, when the last person related to you dies
Nicholas D. Wolfwood too long.
Foxhelm Everyone related to me could be dead, and I could still be alive though... so no.
I miss when female anime characters actually had noses! Go Deedlit!
pirotess > deedlit
@@jebes909090 :P
She's the protag in the Lodoss game (which is still in development), but you can play the first 2 stages (about 5 hrs of play) on steam.
And weren't used as sexualization pawns 100% of the time -_- I mean really, take notes modern animators!
??? What are you french? Only French anime, or at leas the one french anime I've ever seen, doesn't have noses.
"A war with no meaning, a war that saved no one."
I felt that.
War. What is it good for?
@@ryuoh6928 Absolutely nothing!
A beard that grew to the ground
Hwah! Good gawd, yall
It's also interesting to note that Beld and Fahn were friends and fought a demon lord together and Beld's fall into madness because of that demon lords soul locked away inside the very blade he wields. Also the battle of their ideals that they could not come to terms with each others ideals.
I remember thinking the Soul Crusher was the coolest weapon ever and Ashram was the hero we deserved.
There's a manga that narrates the story of Farn, Beld and their companions during the war they fought together, if you're interested, but I seem to remember that it's not complete.
i miss old style animation and old anime art style, managing to blend the bubbly nature of manga style with a slightly western aesthetic it was real nice
Literally Never heard of this anime but shows its influence on the art form and general culture in every aspect. Very impressive work. Definitely deserves a watch
There is anime and then there is everything else. Hand drawn real anime from the 90s.
Deedlit is ~160 years old, so she's totally legal
She's even legal in elf standards!
Ah yes the original modest flat chest elf before they all got giant milkers for no reason.
"They don't make 'em like they used to" comes to mind when rewatching Record of Lodoss War. Gonna put that out there before they ruin it with some awful Berserk 3D animation reboot.
Lodoss War is the campaign the DM wants, Slayers is the campaign the Players want.
Seeing as it was based on the animators d&d Faerun campaign, makes sense.
Word.
Always hated Slayers so I wouldn't be playing with those players.
Rune Soldier Louie is the campaign the players really want.
And Konosuba is the campaing they end up playing
Fun fact: this was the first series I owned on DVD. When it came through the pawn shop I was working in, it was actually one of the first DVDs our shop had ever received as part of a pawn. Yes, I am that old, and this happened that long ago. I even had to rent a DVD player from a video store to watch it, as I didn't even own a player at the time. That's how much I wanted to see this. I literally sat down and binged the whole series in one night. I regret nothing. I still have this series in my collection to this day. I'll probably hand it down to my grandkids. It will probably still hold up then. ⚔️😎⚔️
Hell yeah man just rewatched this last night. Still own the VHS copies of this.
There's more to the story as well. The OVA's cut and changed a lot of the latter archs. There was also a tv series that wrapped it up called Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight. I recommend watching both.
Such a good series. I can rewatch them multiple times. While not nearly as good as Lodoss, check out the anime Wizardry, if you want to get that nostalgic 90's fantasy anime feel. It's not nearly as good or deep, but the animation is similar, and it'll def hit that fantasy itch
@@blaxpoitation8528haven't seen that one ill have to check it out. If you haven't seen it yet Guin saga is rather good as well. The dubs a bit messy but I found it still watchable. The books are also one of the things that led to the creation of berserk. be warned though the series will never finish as the writer died awhile back before she could finish it.
@@blaxpoitation8528 You should check out Record of Grancrest War. It's also written by Ryo Mizuno, and came out a few years ago.
I think there was 3 part movies also .named welcome to the lodoss island
@@saiki1k755 The island movie was rather bad if I remember right. It also had very little to do with the main lodoss war story. Its been awhile since i watched it.
Haven't seen or heard of this anime, but already feeling nostalgic.
90s fantasy had a very magical style that is basically absent in today's gritty realism. It's not just Lodoss War but most fantasy from that era.
It is one of the better 90's animes that won't make you wait 5 episodes for a battle to complete, or even start in DBZ's case. #proudpatron
The character designs of this show are exceptional. Even if it is decades old it's still one of the most beautiful designs in the Anime world. Especially Deedlits iconic design.
Remembering Orson's introduction still gives me chills. Tried numerous times to recreate him on paper but the D&D sandbox didn't seem able to do him justice.
My dad and brother thought anime was stupid, but they got hooked on Record of Lodoss War when then saw it.
Almost everyone but maybe kids who like the action shonen genre thinks anime is kinda stupid at first. Then you watch the classic 80s and 90s shows and movies and you read the big seinen manga like Berserk, Vinland and Vagabond and your opinions take a 180° turn. That was the case for me as well.
The Blu Ray remaster is a must-watch. DVDs used to go for $300+ for a cruddy VHS transfer, but now you can finally watch this show they way it was meant to be seen.
mike likes star wars.
Which part the stars or the wars?
Lol, what a loser, imagine liking Star Wars, one of the greatest sci-fi stories ever made, at least it was fumbled and spiked into the muddy ground.
nothing makes me a sad fan than seeing orson get done dirty by that other lodoss ova or spinoff w/e it is.
but also, picture 5-8 year old me watching it in its entirety. then not watching it until im 21.
"Goblins? Out in broad daylight?" wooshes away.
the entire dub is so good and just remembering tiny me crying at the second to last episode with deedlit and just oof. memories.
I never even heard of this anime and I was a teen in the 90s. I will be giving it a watch now. Looks good.
A M it’s a good series for its time. Just a warning it is very 90s.
Ki Swore I’m okay with that.
This series has a lot of meaning for me. It was the first anime series I ever collected. I had no Idea it was based on D&D until one day a friend introduced me to D&D and I just fell in love with it because it was like Record of Lodoss War. Years later...I was absolutely floored when I found an article explaining that the series was created based off of an actual D&D tabletop session and each of the characters were played by actual people.
This is the core vanilla Epic Fantasy anime. It's a classic, iconic. All the tropes in it are portrayed magnificently.
This was my first anime I'd ever seen, totally on accident too. I was probably 5 years old and it came on a random cable tv channel. It was episode 3 of the OVA with Captain Jeffrah. That episode really drove the emotions home and I think defined what other games and anime that I'd grow to love.
MAKE EM BIG!
This is still one of my favorite animes. :3 Great work guys!
Lodoss War aged like the finest of wines. I love it so much. 90's anime sure hits different. What I like about Deedlit's design is that it doesn't try to fanservice. She doesn't have a massive rack and other than her legs she doesn't show much skin. Yet she still is charming in her own adorable way.
I really like that you guys don't just cover what's poppin. trends are for sheeple
I'm sheeple and I take offense to that statement
At the time of Lodoss Wars release, Anime was a trend in the West.
Nothing inherently wrong with trends.
Dave Marx
Manga Corps!
I haven't even watched this video yet but the moment I saw my boys upload a Record of Lodoss War video I stopped everything I was doing to come here. This show *IS* what got me where I am today, what got me into anime, geek culture. What got me the friends I have. This show gave me everything I have today.
Thank you.
And the opening/ending songs in japanese and italian are simply MAGNIFICENT
This classic was one I rented on VHS during summer break way back when. It's timeless, cathartic, and amazing. Animation that had a flow, purpose, maturity, and sometimes made you care for every character (including the villains).
It always stuck to me, even though there are many Fantasy titles now. This was one you had to see. It raised the bar on storytelling, character designs, atmosphere, and world building.
I recall the D&D origin. Still an epic.
I miss animation like this
It's true, the first disk is a fully capable party laughing at Parn consistently failing upwards.
Record of Lodoss War is one of my favorite from my childhood.
I love the epic dragons.
Deedlit and Etoh are my favorite.
Jesus... this guy is like a modern philosopher. Great video.
All these awesome videos about nostalgic 90s anime makes me hope you guys make a video on the vision of escaflowne and Orphen both of those are real gems in my opinion
Escaflowne is on the docet ✌👀
I owned the vcr tapes of this and the spine covers when properly align formed a mural on your shelf.
#proudpatreon Fun Facts: Rune Soldier Louie takes place in the same world as Lodoss but the tone is way different. Also, yay for the Dreamcast game shout out Mike!
I accidentally stumbled upon Lodoss War one day while browsing crunchyroll. I was immediately enamored by it: its flowing animation, its dedication to atmosphere and its diverse character designs (that bit you said about being able to distinguish these character by the shapes of their noses? 100% correct and so refreshing compared to many modern anime art styles.) Even its cookie cutter party and formulaic story setup felt comforting and tried and true. And while I initially watched it in Japanese, when I had to change streaming platforms I was forced to try the English dub and surprise surprise its actually pretty good! I very much enjoyed Lodoss as a beautiful, nostalgic look at the high fantasy genre through the lens of the East. Though I tried to show it to some friends and they seemed to think it was too slow paced and weren't very interested. That left me with an odd sense of "I recognize something of value here, but maybe it doesn't have mass appeal." This video came in my feed out of nowhere so thank you for letting me come to understand the lasting cultural impact of this gorgeous show. And I can see it now, and see why it impacted me so deeply only seeing it for the first time in the late 2010's. Because its art style is foundational to all sorts of things I grew up on (Legend of Zelda being a major one). This was a very cool analysis of a great show.
Lodoss OVA was actually one of the better dubs of the 90s considering it was done in 1996; too bad the CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT dub wasn't as good. There were a LOT of vocal dropouts and some slapdash delivery on certain characters. I did like that a lot of the actors from the OVA returned though.
Thanks for the recondition. Definitely gonna check it out
Thank you for putting this in my radar! I'll for sure give it a watch at some point~
This video is actually life learning, huge respect
This is a good old anime, they don't make anime like this anymore
What I found interesting about the record of lodoss wars. Was that it was the first time elves were ever depicted with mobile ears. Several times throughout the series including the books elves ears perk up and move. They can move up and down and in the direction of somebody who is speaking in the series. It's not showing often but it does happen in several scenes and it's the first time this has ever been used. One of my favorite authors E William Brown uses the same thing for his elves in his Daniel Black Series. They are effectively elves from the record of lodoss wars.
The duel between the two old kings was one of the best plot twist I've ever com across.
Every time I watch an older anime (Ranma 1/2, City Hunter...), I find you've done a video on it and I'm so happy to see someone talking about these shows. Thank you!
I watched Lodoss Wars a lot in high school . Timeless perfection
Nice call back this brings back some fond memories of watching this when I was younger. I was hoping you would do a follow up on the other spin offs like Legend of Crystania OVA that deals with Ashram and Pirotess, Record of Lodoss War Chronicles of the Heroic Knight a pseudo retelling of Record Lodoss War covering the OVA's and extended as a 2 season TV series witht he second season introducing a new Parn-like character, Spark and his adventuring party. Two other spin offs while not tied to main story or continuity, none the less occurs within the same universe and I believe the same Island. These are Rune Soldier a comedy adventure and Meshimase Rōdosu Senki: Sorette Oishii no?, translation, Have Some, Record of Lodoss War: Is That Delicious? parodying the Lodoss franchise. You might enjoys these as it extends the lore and influence that was Lodoss Wars. Thank you for the reigniting why love this franchise.
One of my favorites. It has special importance to me. I’m so glad to see that it’s appreciated by many fans around the world.
THE anime of my childhood. I was 6yo when my neighbour lent me his VHS of RoLW. My first anime binge ever...actually first binge of anything. Good memories. It was around christmas break too so almost 30 years ago to the day. I remember personally fanboying over Orson of all people, just cause I was impressed at how he split that rock in two lol (And then proceeding to mostly play berserkers in my DnD campaigns in his honor)
Lord of the Rings looks different....
Tell me about it...Gollum ended up with an Elf!
I’d like to make a correction, the “a” in OVA does not stand for Adaptation, it stands for ANIMATION, Original Video ANIMATION. Other than that, you made a damn good video here.
You won my Patronage with this one, friends.
I watched Lodoss war years ago on polish channel called "Canal +" they provided lots of awesome anime like "Ghost in the shell" , "macross". I also had that on VHS. I remeber playing "record of lodoss war" on sega dreamcast. I was an awesome diablo clone. Btw that opening was so awesome!
I've never watched this one but I do love Slayers and Escaflowne
I ought to watch this anime. My husband said it was in his top anime picks and I saw him the other day trying to find a good animation cel for that series.
My name will be forgotten except by those that have have touched through my healing hand throughout the years. This brings me solace and I can go to my grave with that.
If anyone is curious about the "game" from 1:18. It is from an episode of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. The characters are playing a game called Dragon Souls lol. I legit thought this was an old RPG in a soulsborne style . . .
One of thefirst anime I watched, which was when I was in middle school. Glad you covered this, now I want to rewatch it!
One of my favorite shows of all time! Collecting all the VHS, back when this was released, was a quest in itself and cost like $200 for the entire series. It's so much easier being an anime fan these days.
You need to get yourself some sponsors. You literally inspired me to track down this anime I watch when I was 8 yr. Old and buy it.
Fantasy Anime need more love.
super well-crafted video brother, great work and thanks for putting me onto this Classic ~
An absolute classic and the story with the Berserker always hits me in the feels.
This was the first ever anime that I purchased and watched knowing it was "anime". Before that, I just recognized things like Voltron, Saber Rider & the Star Sheriffs, Ronin Warriors, & Teknoman as just odd cartoons that I recognized as being from... somewhere else. Lodoss War was young me walking into the mysterious "Japanimation" section at the local Media Play and throwing down $100+ for the whole box set of dubbed VHS tapes. It is still one of my top 5 favorite anime of all time, tied for first with Scrapped Princess. Orson is the best.
And mostly good dub, but I'll never forget Slayne's stilted "Hey. Parn. Get over there now" in the first episode.
That was probably the only iffy moment in the OVA dub. Otherwise I thought it was good.
Only came across this video now. Speaking of the influence the Record of Lodoss War has had on anime, it is interesting as academics who study the influences of Alphonse Mucha have noted his influences on Akihiro Yamada, who worked on both Record of Lodoss War and The Twelve Kingdoms - this influence is especially noticeable in artwork focused on Deedlit. (For those who arent't familiar, Mucha's that early 20th century Czech Art Nouvea artist who created a genre of pretty women ads in 1920s Paris - you'll recognise his style the moment you google him).
I looooooove this series! It was so hard to find for a long time, so when the Blu-Ray box set came out a few years back, I snatched it up. Awesome video!
Woodchuck is the best damn thief, and him being voiced by Wakamoto makes it him even better.
Your review is excellent and on point...and I'm sure I'm not the only one to note it, but this is "Lodoss" war, not "Lodass" If you watched it in the original subtitled version. You'll even hear them pronounce it "LOW-doss" . :)
Started with this, FotNS, Wicked City, MD Geist and Akira.
The only anime in my VHS-store back then lol
I remember picking the series up at a Blockbuster when I was a teen and sleeping through most of it. Even after watching this video I don't recall most of the characters or any of the plot. Maybe it's time to give it another shot and see if Parn irritates me less.
I had to rewatch this vid because I plan on rewatching this iconic anime. One of my all time favorites. I loved this anime. They really don’t make’em like this anymore. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (the original version), Wizardry and to a lesser extent Ys and The Legend of Crystania are animes that I revisit all the time. Gotta feed that nostalgic hunger. Dig your channel my dude.
Your 1 of my new fav anime based channels. The 1st video of yours i saw was about Wicked City,i went an watched it after seeom your video and was surprised how good it was. Then i saw your video on G Gundam and im a huge Gundam fan but totally forgot i watched G Gundam 1st when i was a kid,i actually forgot the series as a whole till your video. After that i realized i can trust your taste so im checking out all your recommendations
Oh shit never heard or seen of this and I love all these themes. Thanks for turning me on to this Bonsai Pop!
You should check Magic Knight Rayearth
It had multiple dubs
i used to watch this on the cartoon network website as a kid along with daft punk music videos. this stuff meant so much to me.
8:17 u had me lmafo boy. 😂 he totally does look like the bad guy from Zelda
Own the entire box set on DVD. Saw it back in the day on Sci-Fi Channel, and everything just hits.
this was my first anime movie. yeah i know it is a series but in my country it was shown as a movie, just glued together in 2 movies on tv. i think i was 10 or younger when i first saw it at night.
Awesome video. This was really well articulated and expressed. In my doddering old age (30), I am learning to appreciate and feel more for these deep introspective stories, and they're lessons for those willing to listen.
In the end even history will turn to dust.
Kismet.
Nobody has sold me on a anime this hard in a while.
This series was amazing. It reminded me of Ultima, as it had different characters of different professions.
Lisa Ortiz was amazing as Deedlit!
I got existential crisis crushing just now... I fight to overcome. Right now it’s my debt, I moved to Missouri from California to try and make my debt disappear so I can begin an adventure. Then I’ll figure out the next thing I’m moving toward!
I guess I was watching a sequel series this whole time. The one with the barbarian Orson.
Great video essay. Thanks. This too is one of my favorite anime series.
I wanted an anime review not an existential crises
Completely forgot about this - this just opened a mental blank spot. Thank you dude
I just learned that Ryo Mizuno was the supervisor Galaxy Angel's visual novel.
just rewatched the entire anime while sick snd it really brought me back into childhood love lodoss so much so nostalgic
great video btw!!
They rarely make fantasy anime like Record of Lodoss War these days. I’m getting sick and tired of all the isekai stuff thee days dominating the fantasy genre.
No lies. The bonsai pop intro makes me happy 🤔
This anime has always left an impression on me. Akira may have been my first anime (I was way too young when I seen it) but RoLW, along with maybe Ronin Warriors/Samurai Troopers, were that anime that got me INTO anime.
Only 5000 likes? This is so underrated!
I loved the original VHS. When you had the entire collection, the spines on the cases made a picture of the dragon, Shooting Star.
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