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Record of Lodoss War

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Origins

Record of Lodoss War was created in 1986 by Group SNE as a Dungeons & Dragons "replay" serialized in the Japanese magazine Comptiq from September 1986 to September 1989 issues, though they also used the setting with other systems such as Tunnels & Trolls and RuneQuest.[1] Many shorter Lodoss scenarios and replays were published in the Comp RPG magazine (initially a supplement of Comptiq) that ran from 1991 to 1994. Replays are not novels, but transcripts of RPG sessions, meant to both hold the interest of readers and convey the events that took place. They have proven to be popular, even to those who do not play role-playing games but are fans of fiction (including fantasy fiction). Similar to light novels, many characters and parties in replays have become popular as characters of anime. An example of such a character is the female elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, who was played by science fiction novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto during the RPG sessions.

The popularity of the Record of Lodoss War replays was such that the Dungeon Master Ryo Mizuno started to adapt the story into some of the earliest Japanese-language domestic high fantasy novels in 1988.

When the replay series went on to become a trilogy, Group SNE had to abandon the Dungeons & Dragons rules and create their own game, dubbed Record of Lodoss War Companion and released in 1989. All three parts of the replay series were eventually published as paperbacks by Kadokawa Shoten from 1989 to 1991, illustrated by Yutaka Izubuchi:

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  • Template:Nihongo (November 1989) — Parn's party, retake played according to the Record of Lodoss War Companion rules and incorporating elements from the novelization. Originally serialized from September 1986 to April 1987 issues
  • Template:Nihongo (September 1990) — Orson's party, retake played according to the Record of Lodoss War Companion rules and incorporating elements from the novelization. Originally serialized from June 1987 to July 1988 issues
  • Template:Nihongo (July 1991) — Spark's party, played according to the Record of Lodoss War Companion rules. Originally serialized from September 1988 to September 1989 issues

Two other Record of Lodoss War replay volumes have been published later:

Three prequel Legend of Lodoss replay volumes based on a draft by Ryo Mizuno, written by Hiroshi Takayama and Group SNE, with illustrations by Retsu Tateo and Tatsumi Minegishi were published. Before being published as light novels, the first two RPG replays were serialized in Comptiq under the title Template:Nihongo.

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  • Template:Nihongo (November 1994) — serialized from August 1993 to July 1994 issues. A special feature was published in the July 1993 issue
  • Template:Nihongo (October 1995) — serialized from September 1994 to September 1995 issues. A preview was published in the August 1994 issue
  • Template:Nihongo (October 1996)

Mizuno's novelizations were published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1988 and 1993, and followed by two collections of short stories in 1995, High Elf Forest: Deedlit's Tale and The Black Knight, all with illustrations done by Izubuchi. The Black Knight was re-released in 1998, with illustrations by Masato Natsumoto. The first volume of the novelizations, The Grey Witch, was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2018.

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The first volume forms the basis for the first eight episodes of the Record of Lodoss War original video animation (OVA) series, as well as both Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch manga series (by Yoshihiko Ochi and Tomomasa Takuma, respectively). The second was also adapted in manga form by Ayumi Saito, and as a four-CD audio drama. The final five episodes of the OVA series are loosely based on the story told across the third and fourth novels and, having caught up with the ongoing novelization at that point, feature an original ending. The Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight TV series is a more faithful adaptation of volumes three to four and six to seven, with the manga drawn by Masato Natsumoto also adapting from volumes six and seven. The first of two collections of short stories was adapted into the Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit's Tale manga series by Setsuko Yoneyama.

Mizuno later went on to pen other series of novels: an adaptation of Template:Nihongo prequel replays (1994 to 2002, 5 volumes and an extra volume, illustrated by Akihiro Yamada) and sequel novels Template:Nihongo (1993 to 1996, 4 volumes, illustrated by Satoshi Urushihara, part of Legend of Crystania setting) and Template:Nihongo (1998 to 2006, 6 volumes and a prelude volume, illustrated by Izubuchi (first editions of the prelude and the first novel) and Haruhiko Mikimoto); Legend of Lodoss story was also adapted into the Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis manga series by Yamada and Legend of Crystania was adapted into a radio drama, a manga by Akira Himekawa, an anime film, and OVA series. In 2019, he released a novel sequel Template:Nihongo.[2] The novel takes place 100 years after the events of the original series, with Deedlit as the lead protagonist. It is illustrated by Hidari and was adapted into a manga by Atsushi Suzumi.

Legend of Lodoss

Record of Lodoss War Next Generation

Plot

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Record of Lodoss War recounts the adventures of a youth by the name of Parn, the son of a dishonored knight. Part of his motivation for adventuring is to find out what happened to his father and to restore his family's honor. Despite his inexperience, Parn is considered the leader, who is accompanied by his childhood best friend Etoh, his friend and sometimes advisor Slayn (and later by Slayn's lover Leylia), and his newfound mentor Ghim. They are accompanied by Parn's romantic interest, the high elf Deedlit, who comes from the Forest of No Return seeking an answer to her people's isolationism and an end to what she sees as a slow march to extinction; and a thief named Woodchuck. Throughout the series, Parn comes into contact with friends and foes alike. His allies include King Kashue, King Fahn, Shiris, and Orson; his enemies include Emperor Beld, Ashram, and the evil necromancer Wagnard. Volume two jumps forward by two years and sees Parn and Deedlit participate in a civil war in Flaim on the side of King Kashue. It was adapted into a manga and an audio drama with the cast of the OVA.

Volumes three to seven, all but volume five adapted into the anime Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, continue the adventures of Parn for the first eight episodes, but then focus on Spark and his adventures to complete a quest tasked onto him to protect Neese, the daughter of Slayn and Leylia. He is accompanied by his own cast of friends in the form of Leaf, Garrack, Greevus, Aldo, and Ryna. The television series shares similarities with the plot of the OVA, such as Wagnard seeking to kidnap Neese in order to use her as a reagent for the resurrection of Naneel, a priestess and the avatar of Kardis who was slain by Leylia's mother, the high priestess Neese a short time after the battle with the demonic god. Leylia was the reincarnation of Naneel, but when she lost her virginity she was no longer capable of being the doorway or reagent needed to unseal Naneel. Spark and his fiance Neese remain the protagonists of the Record of Lodoss War Next Generation series and become the rulers of Marmo after Ashram´s group vacates the island.

The Legend of Crystania setting places the former villain Ashram into the seat of a would-be hero who is placed under a spell by an "animal god" of Crystania. One of the prominent characters is Pirotess, his dark elven lover, as she tries to find a way to free him from the clutches of the spell and restore him to his living self.

Other media

Anime

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In North America, the original OVA series and the TV series had both been released through Central Park Media on VHS and on DVD. The OVA and TV series were slated for a Blu-ray release through Media Blasters,[3] but they had dropped all plans to re-release the series.[4] On April 14, 2017, Funimation announced their license to both the OVA series and the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight TV series for the United States. Subsequently, they released the OVA on both Blu-ray and DVD and the TV series on DVD in one set on July 18, 2017.[5]

Manga

Related media

  • Template:Nihongo, a series of RPGs and novels adapted to film, OVAs, manga and a video game, that focus on Crystania, the land to which Ashram and Pirotess migrated after the Lodoss series.
  • Rune Soldier, a more comedic series from the same creator set in the same world as Record of Lodoss War, but on the Alecrast continent. The third series of Rune Soldier novels crossed over with Record of Lodoss War and featured Parn and Deedlit.

Role-playing games

Soundtracks and music

  • Record of Lodoss War: Original Soundtrack 1 (VICL-00051 and SLP-85)
  • Record of Lodoss War: Original Soundtrack 2 (VICL-00114)
  • Record of Lodoss War: Original Soundtrack 3 (VICL-00267)
  • Record of Lodoss War: Minstrels' Memory of Lodoss (VICL-8090)
  • Record of Lodoss War: Arrange Sound (VDR-28071)
  • Symphonic House from Record of Lodoss War II Arrange Sound (VICL-8060)
  • Record of Lodoss War TV: Maaya Sakamoto - Kiseki No Umi single (VIDL-30202)
  • Record of Lodoss War TV: Original Soundtrack 1 (VICL-60243)
  • Record of Lodoss War TV: Original Soundtrack 2 (VICL-60244)
  • Record of Lodoss War TV: Original Soundtrack 3 (VICL-60246)
  • Welcome to Lodoss Island! (KICA-400)

Video games

Role-playing games:

Other video games:

  • Record of Lodoss War - Fukujindzuke (PC 98, MSX (1990), X68000 (1991)) 1989
  • Record of Lodoss War - Fukujindzuke 2 (PC 98) 1992
  • Record of Lodoss War - Fukujindzuke 3 (PC 98) 1993
  • Record of Lodoss War - Eiyuu Kishiden (Game Boy Color) 1998

Compilations:

  • Record of Lodoss War - Fukujindzuke & Haiiro no Majo (MSX) 1993
  • Record of Lodoss War Chronicle (Windows, compilation of the nine Lodoss and Sword World games for PC 98 and SFC) 2022[10]

Canceled or shut down games:

  • Record of Lodoss War: Successor of the Legend (browser-based trading cards game) closed beta released in 2012,[11] shut down in 2014
  • Record of Lodoss War Online (PC MMORPG) 2016, released in English in 2017,[12] shut down in 2019 in English[13] and in 2024 in Korea and Japan[14][15]

Audio drama

  • Template:Nihongo, released in 4 CD collections. Based on the plot of the second novel which was once supposed to become a second OVA series, but that project was put on hold.

Books on tape

The first three are original stories.

Reception

The novel series has sold over 10 million copies in Japan.[16]

Australian magazine Hyper reviewed Chronicles of the Heroic Knight in 1999. They rated it 8.5 out of 10.[17]

References

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Further reading

External links

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yasuda, Hitoshi. Afterword. Template:Nihongo. By Ryo Mizuno. Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 1988. 291.
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