Record Of The Lodoss War...

I've known about Record Of The Lodoss War for quite some time, due to my typical Western geek fascination with all things Oriental, but have never really pursued it too deeply.

What I knew was that a Japanese writer turned accounts of his Dungeons & Dragons games, in the 1980s, into first a series of novels (I believe these are called 'replays' in Japan and are akin to Western 'actual play' reports, but converted into proper literature) and eventually a series of successful anime and manga.

I have only seen the first episode to date - which I share with you below - but was immediately impressed by the clear Dungeons & Dragons make-up of the central party involved, namely a fighter, a cleric, a magic-user, a thief, an elf and a dwarf (it doesn't get more old school D&D than that!)

It looks like Record Of The Lodoss War is going to be my big 'obsession' for the first part of 2010. Expect more posts as I discover more...