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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 7716566" data-attributes="member: 6803643"><p>Lodoss is one my favourite franchises of all time. The OVA certainly had better production value, as Jester David said, but that's because it was an OVA rather than a 27-episode tv series.</p><p></p><p>The TV series is a lot more faithful to the original novels, and the "Fullest" story you can get for Lodoss in English would be to read the translations of the "Lady of Pharis" manga, "The Grey Witch" manga, the "Demon of Flame" manga, then watch the first 8 episodes of the TV series ("Chronicles of Heroic Knights"), read the "Deedlit's Tale" manga, and then finish the TV series. The OVA is sort of a broad-strokes adaptation trying to cram the plot of several books into 13 episodes. It doesn't really work and the story suffers as a result. But the artistry is gorgeous and the music – actually, the music in both – is phenomenal.</p><p></p><p>There's also the "Rune Soldier Louie" anime and the "Legend of Crystania" anime which both take place as side stories that fit in after the context of the tv-series but are mostly unrelated. "Legend of Crystania" has spoilers for all "Lodoss" stories, however, so definitely consume those first.</p><p></p><p>Lodoss is a cult classic in the west, but is still hugely popular in Japan. Sword World RPG (which no longer uses the Forceria setting – which includes Lodoss as its core world a la Faerûn in 5e D&D), is perhaps the most popular paper & pencil RPG game in the country. And they still churn out media. There was a remake of "The Grey Witch" manga, with a new artist and new story details – a little bit more faithful to the original novel, for example – that came out from 2015 through 2016. There's still rumours of adaptations of the "New Marmo" series that has never been translated to the west and tells the story of what happens on Lodoss and Marmo after "Chronicles." </p><p></p><p>The series is phenomenal and any D&D player worth their salt should at least watch the OVA, if not do everything I said above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 7716566, member: 6803643"] Lodoss is one my favourite franchises of all time. The OVA certainly had better production value, as Jester David said, but that's because it was an OVA rather than a 27-episode tv series. The TV series is a lot more faithful to the original novels, and the "Fullest" story you can get for Lodoss in English would be to read the translations of the "Lady of Pharis" manga, "The Grey Witch" manga, the "Demon of Flame" manga, then watch the first 8 episodes of the TV series ("Chronicles of Heroic Knights"), read the "Deedlit's Tale" manga, and then finish the TV series. The OVA is sort of a broad-strokes adaptation trying to cram the plot of several books into 13 episodes. It doesn't really work and the story suffers as a result. But the artistry is gorgeous and the music – actually, the music in both – is phenomenal. There's also the "Rune Soldier Louie" anime and the "Legend of Crystania" anime which both take place as side stories that fit in after the context of the tv-series but are mostly unrelated. "Legend of Crystania" has spoilers for all "Lodoss" stories, however, so definitely consume those first. Lodoss is a cult classic in the west, but is still hugely popular in Japan. Sword World RPG (which no longer uses the Forceria setting – which includes Lodoss as its core world a la Faerûn in 5e D&D), is perhaps the most popular paper & pencil RPG game in the country. And they still churn out media. There was a remake of "The Grey Witch" manga, with a new artist and new story details – a little bit more faithful to the original novel, for example – that came out from 2015 through 2016. There's still rumours of adaptations of the "New Marmo" series that has never been translated to the west and tells the story of what happens on Lodoss and Marmo after "Chronicles." The series is phenomenal and any D&D player worth their salt should at least watch the OVA, if not do everything I said above. [/QUOTE]
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