If Lord of the Rings had been adapted as Anime...

[Lûthien Nénharma]

Arwen would be running around in a kimono and have two buns on her head

Aragorn would have a caster gun, a space ship, and many scars

Legolas would not wear a large shirt over his tights, but a full spandex body suit

Gimili would have a gundinamium helmet and say "Omae O' Karosou"

Frodo and Sam WOULD be gay

The ring would talk and shoot out mystical beams and twinkling lights when frodo wears it

The Nazgul would pilot Gundams

Middle earth would be a space colony

Gandalf would have a much longer beard, a longer face with a little hat on

Merry would be a black belt

an the orcs would be human cat things that have magical powers

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Lûthien Nénharma

The ring would talk and shoot out mystical beams and twinkling lights when frodo wears it

Didn't that happen in the cartoon version of Return of the King?

[Lathriel]

And I would scream. No actually I would faint and somebody would have to take me to the hospital where I will take 6 months to recover from shock.

I mean, how MUCH bigger could Frodo's eyes get. Also if they made sam and Frodo gay we would have a whole bunch of people on our case saying "See, I told you Frodo and Sam wre gay."

To those who love anime, sorry I just don't think it would work. Partly because LOTR is very different from anime in story line and portrayal of the characters. (No cutsy outfits allowed in LOTR and absolutely NO schoolgirl outfits!!!!)

[Bergil]

Pros: -no need to make cuts.
-appeals to large audiance
-not all anime is "like that",Akira Toriama could interpret it at least as well as Peter Jackson.

cons: more coplaining by purists
-comes out in Japan first
-In back-to english translation, all the fighting would be toned down, the charachters would be dumbed down, and other stupid changes would be made due to desire to appeal to kids.

in case you haven't guessed, Dragonball is one of my many other obsessions.

[Valesse]

If Lord of the Rings were made into a Manga/Anime

-Haldir would have disturbingly pink lips and wink at everyone.

-Aragorn would stab his foes with his nose.

-Arwen would be a crime boss/ninja/bubblegum priestess... with purple hair, but still end up stealing horses.

-Elrond WOULD look good in purple dresses... nevermind what Gollum says. He could wear whatever he wants.

-Galadriel's hair would be long enough to trip folks in Valinor..but for some reason its always billowing and getting in people's mouths. Gross.

-Legolas and Gimli would be too busy literally hammering each other into the ground to fight anything.

-Fatty would always be smiling so hard that his eyes are closed. Always.

-The wargs might actually look half decent.

-"Figwit" would have air time

-Manwe and Aule would have yelling matches about "Mecha" and "Chibi" styles.

-Denethor wouldn't just catch on fire-- there's be a whole smegging lightshow to boot.