Subject: I wouldn't be so surprised if it could be a hit
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Posted on: 2021-06-11 12:31:26 UTC
Anime is bigger than it used to be. Your Name got a cinematic release a few years back and that was a huge deal. And twitter did explode over Demon Slayer...
The point is, it's not as niche as it used to be.
The question, of course, is whether it will be actually be a good adaptation.
Specifically, anime LotR!
Per pool, The War of the Rohirrim is an upcoming anime film set during the life of Helm Hammerhand. Sounds interesting to me, but I've got no idea what kind of canonicity there is to that. =]
So Helm Hammerhand, Lord of the Mark and King of Rohan, is probably one of the most fleshed-out stories to pull out of the Appendices and film. In brief, he starts a feud by killing one of his distant relatives, whose son Wulf attacks and effectively conquers Rohan. Helm is driven to Helm's Deep - hence the name - and has to hold it through the Long Winter. After he freezes to death on his last watch, his nephew (since his sons are dead) rides out and retakes Rohan, killing Wulf and founding the Second Line of Rohan.
So it can certainly make for a good film, but also... whaaaat? I'll be impressed if they can get "theatrical released adult-oriented anime" to be a big hit, even with the LotR name attached, but even besides that it's an... unusual creative choice.
They've also mentioned that it's in-continuity with the Jackson films. Either that means 'you will recognise Edoras and the Hornburg'... or it means 'Wulf is backed by Saruman and has an army of Uruk-hai and Legolas shows up with a bunch of Elves from [rolls dice] Rivendell and there's Hobbits wandering through Rohan and who is this grey-cloaked stranger?! PS Rhosgobel rabbits!!'.
Apparently it's 'on the fast-track', so I guess we'll find out relatively soon. Any chance they're aiming for the 20th anniversary of Fellowship in December...?
hS
Anime is bigger than it used to be. Your Name got a cinematic release a few years back and that was a huge deal. And twitter did explode over Demon Slayer...
The point is, it's not as niche as it used to be.
The question, of course, is whether it will be actually be a good adaptation.
Twitter was absolutely right to explode over Demon Slayer, because it's awesome and Tanjiro is a precious angel. Also now I am imagining Aragorn using one of the series's breathing techniques to carve through the forces of Sauron at the Pelennor Fields. I wonder which...