The War of the Rohirrim: Anime Middle-earth

[Boromir88]

I'm actually more interested in this story than the Rings of Power.

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/202...heonering-net/

Could be good diving into Helm's decisions, and the grievances the Dunlendings had.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I'm actually more interested in this story than the Rings of Power.

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/202...heonering-net/

Could be good diving into Helm's decisions, and the grievances the Dunlendings had.

Yeah this will be pretty good. A long haul to April 2024 though.

[Huinesoron]

We got a trailer! With actual footage and everything!

It is...

... how can I put this...

... a seemingly-accurate retelling of the tale of Helm Hammerhand, with the addition of a) mumakil and b) the daughter of Helm (canonically unnamed but pivotal, here named Hèra which fits better than most of the RoP names and is apparently Icelandic), who appears to have dropped straight out of a Miyazaki/Ghibli movie.

... but on reading the Wikipedia article they have put a lot of thought into her. She's apparently based on Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, who fought off the Vikings for seven years. She's still extremely anime (in the trailer, at least), but seems to be more than the RoP style generic fantasy dartboard characters.

Also: narration by Miranda Otto as Eowyn! Because if Eowyn had a favourite historical person, it would 100% be Helm's shieldmaiden daughter, huge anime eyes aside.

Release is set for 13 December, so I guess December is Middle-earth Movie Month again!

hS

[Snowdog]

Yeah, it looks alright. Didn't care for the half a minute lead-in from the twenty year old PJ movies. Not sure what that was about other than PJ wanting to say he is still relevant I guess. Maybe to remind/get the interest from casual fans.

The story fits pretty much within the lines of canon, which being a few pages of an appendix leaves a lot of leeway with the creative license/fanfic story.

I watched the Japanese trailer which was somewhat different, and has an unexplained appearance of Saruman in it. I'll go watch it once at least.

[Tar Elenion]

"It was at the crowning of Fréaláf that Saruman appeared, bringing gifts, and speaking great praise of the valour of the Rohirrim."
App. A

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Tar Elenion

"It was at the crowning of Fréaláf that Saruman appeared, bringing gifts, and speaking great praise of the valour of the Rohirrim."
App. A

Yes, I know it's explained in the appendix, just not in the one second he appears in the trailer.

[William Cloud Hicklin]

... but on reading the Wikipedia article they have put a lot of thought into her. She's apparently based on Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, who fought off the Vikings for seven years.

Except Aethelflaed wasn't out swinging a sword. Like many "warrior" queens (Elizabeth I, Elizabeth the Great, Galadriel) she had a keen mind for strategy, but wasn't personally bashing people with cutlery. I'm not sure if I can come up with a historical warrior queen in Europe, although frankly we don't know enough about Boudicca to say one way or the other (sorry, Vikings fans, Lagertha was legendary)