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<blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 4775887" data-attributes="member: 57894">I can't really think of top 5 things, but ones I think have had a pretty big impact on fantasy in recent years:The Lord of The Rings movies. Not the novels, but the movies they along with Harry Potter have really brought fantasy into the spotlight. Hellboy while far from as big has also done well, and while much more minor Pan's Labrinth has scored lots of positive critics and it isn't all the time you see subtitled films get wide-release.Recent novels that have been doing well include the Temeraire series of novels, it has reached the New York Times Bestsellers and has had the movie rights bought by Peter Jackson. It is the author Naomi Novik's first novel/series. R. Scott Baker is a recent novelist on the scene who I think has had a big splash with his Prince of Nothing series.Obviously videogames have a huge impact. So I would definitely say World of Warcraft has been a big hit, the largest one probably only second to the movies. Final Fantasy continues to have a huge following so that be another.Anime wise, specifically fantasy wise in recent years I would say Claymore has been doing fairly well. Spice and Wolf was a huge hit in Japan and slowly culminating into one here.I would say too, while this would come from already having experience in RPGs that World of Darkness (has fantastical along with its horror) and Exalted are RPGs that are continuing to be &quot;first-time&quot; RPGs where D&amp;D used to dominant (still does just not as greatly).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fallen Seraph, post: 4775887, member: 57894"] I can't really think of top 5 things, but ones I think have had a pretty big impact on fantasy in recent years: [B]The Lord of The Rings[/B] movies. Not the novels, but the movies they along with [B]Harry Potter[/B] have really brought fantasy into the spotlight. [B]Hellboy[/B] while far from as big has also done well, and while much more minor [B]Pan's Labrint[/B]h has scored lots of positive critics and it isn't all the time you see subtitled films get wide-release. Recent novels that have been doing well include the [B]Temeraire[/B] series of novels, it has reached the New York Times Bestsellers and has had the movie rights bought by Peter Jackson. It is the author Naomi Novik's first novel/series. R. Scott Baker is a recent novelist on the scene who I think has had a big splash with his [B]Prince of Nothing[/B] series. Obviously videogames have a huge impact. So I would definitely say [B]World of Warcraft[/B] has been a big hit, the largest one probably only second to the movies. [B]Final Fantasy[/B] continues to have a huge following so that be another. Anime wise, specifically fantasy wise in recent years I would say [B]Claymore[/B] has been doing fairly well. [B]Spice and Wolf[/B] was a huge hit in Japan and slowly culminating into one here. I would say too, while this would come from already having experience in RPGs that [B]World of Darkness[/B] (has fantastical along with its horror) and [B]Exalted[/B] are RPGs that are continuing to be "first-time" RPGs where D&D used to dominant (still does just not as greatly). [/QUOTE]

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