Dsix years later The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings returns (again!) to the cinema… but this time in the form of a cartoon! And why not, after all? Peter Jackson, eternal director-producer-writer of the first two trilogies, is still involved in this Japanese version of the myth, but the New Zealander remains here only credited as a simple executive producer. The director of this brand new film responsible for milking the cash cow a little more is named Kenji Kamiyama.
A highly respected animation craftsman in Japan, Kamiyama is known for having worked on the hyper cult film Akirabut especially on the multiple series Ghost in the Shella masterpiece of science fiction manga. He also worked brilliantly in the United States by signing the animated series Blade Runner : Black Lotusas well as The Ninth Jedione of the best episodes of Star Wars : visions. A reassuring CV.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim thus marks a return of the franchise to the animated medium, forty-six years after the very first film based on Tolkien’s worlds, directed by Ralph Bakshi. And, relief, no bad surprise: the film is a success. The plot, largely extrapolated from Tolkien’s writings, takes place almost 200 years before the epic tale of Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo.
In these ancient times, the One Ring is a forgotten legend and Rohan, one of the main kingdoms of Te […] Read more
