(This gets on Deedlit's nerves she continually competes with the king for Parn's attention-a running gag that plays out unfortunately for only a couple of episodes.) In the latter episodes, we meet two new characters who don't get much screen time but are no less fully realized. Eager to discover whether his father died in disgrace or not, he finds a father figure in Kashue. It's Parn, however, whose plight stays with you long after the show approaches its climax. As is typical of a elf-dwarf rivalry, Ghim and Deed bicker about each other's differences yet maintain a somewhat begrudging level of self-respect. It's the characters which make Record Of Lodoss War so much fun, and much of the best scenes belong to Parn and Deedlit especially in a royal banquet episode where she forces Parn to dance with her (one of my favorite sequences from the show). The story is hardly original, and the plot tends to 'jumps around' from one event to the next (for instance, the first episode starts off in the 'middle' of the heroes' quest chronologically, it'd be best to see eps 2-5, 1, and then 6-13)-yet the overall show is so engrossing that this fault (in addition to a few others I'll come to in a moment) becomes irrelevant. Adapted from the fantasy novels of the same name by Japanese author Ryo Mizuno, Lodoss is a classic good-vs-evil story, exploring the chronicles of six adventurers: these include Parn, a young, inexperienced warrior eager to (literally) jump at any chance to clear his father's tarnished name Deedlit, a spunky, mystical high elf who tries (with varying degrees of success) to prove her love to Parn Etoh, a loyal, good-natured cleric Slayn, a gentle wise mage Ghim, a gruff and tough dwarf and Woodchuck, a wanted criminal who nonetheless provides loyalty (and occasional chagrin) to his pals. This is a direct-to-video animation series produced back in 1990, which unfolds over thirteen half-hour episodes. It's got everything fans could ask for-dragons, elves, dark gods, unlikely yet compelling heroes, villains you'll either hate (or love, depending on who you side with), action, suspense, romance, a small dose of humor, and an engaging feel to keep on watching by the time each episode ends. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings), then this 13-episode video series is a very clever hybrid of these two great works of art.
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