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Record of Lodoss War (OAV)

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©1990 Group SNE / Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd/Marubeni Corporation/Tokyo Broadcasting System


Alternative title:
Chroniques de la Guerre de Lodoss (French)
Cronache della Guerra di Lodoss (Italian)
Kronika wojny na Lodoss (Polish)
Las crónicas de Lodoss (Spanish)
Lodoss War
Lodoss-tō Senki (Japanese)
Record of Lodoss War-Die Chroniken der Lodoss Kriege (German)
ロードス島戦記 (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Created from the aftermath of the last great battle of the gods, Lodoss and its kingdoms have been plagued by war for thousands of years. As a quiet peace and unity finally become foreseeable over the land, an unknown evil begins to stir. An ancient witch has awakened, bent on preserving the island of Lodoss by creating political unbalance throughout the many kingdoms and keeping any one from maintaining central control. Only a mixed-race party of six young champions, led by the young warrior Parn, stand between this new threat and Lodoss' decent back into the darkness of war and destruction.
Ratings: 1511 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 145 votes (sub:83, dub:51, raw:3, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:6
2 French subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 251 votes (sub:144, dub:93, ?:2, edit.dub:2, others:10
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 383 votes (sub:228, dub:137, ?:6, others:12
3 German subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 363 votes (sub:203, dub:129, ?:4, edit.dub:3, raw:2, others:22
7 French subtitled
5 German subtitled
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Decent: 184 votes (sub:106, dub:65, ?:3, raw:2, others:8
4 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 97 votes (sub:53, dub:37, ?:4, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:16, dub:13, raw:1)
 Weak: 35 votes (sub:20, dub:13, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:5, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 3075 s, rank: #352 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.386 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7437, rank: #2332 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.319 (Good+), rank: #2396 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 6.52 / won't finish: 4.53)
Bayesian estimate: 7.321 (Good+), rank: #2129 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1990-06-30 to 1991-11-20
2001-07-09 to 2001-07-23 ( - VOX)
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Adèsso e Fortuna ~Honō to Eien~" (Adèsso e Fortuna~炎と永遠~; Fire and Eternity) by Sherry
Ending Theme:
"Kaze no Fantasia" (風のファンタジア; Fantasia of the Wind) by Sherry
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Record of Lodoss War - OVA + Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (BD+DVD) 2017-07-18
    Record of Lodoss War - OVA + Chronicles of a Heroic Knight [Essentials] (BD+DVD) 2019-08-06 (from $199.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Record of Lodoss War - DVD Collection [Collector's Series] (DVD) 2002-07-09 (from $53.96)
    Record of Lodoss War - The Complete Series (DVD) 1998-12-22 (from $24.00)
Universal Media Disc
    Record of Lodoss War [Sub] [CD-ROM] (UMD 1) 1995-00-00
    Record of Lodoss War [Sub] [CD-ROM] (UMD 2) 1995-00-00
    Record of Lodoss War [Sub] [CD-ROM] (UMD 3) 1995-00-00
    Record of Lodoss War [Sub] [CD-ROM] (UMD 4) 1995-00-00

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akinori Nagaoka
Director:
Taiji Ryu (eps 4, 7, 9-11)
Series Composition: Mami Watanabe
Screenplay:
Mami Watanabe (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-8, 10-13
)

Storyboard:
Rintarō (eps 3, 7)
Original story:
Ryo Mizuno
Original Character Design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Character Design:
Yutaka Izubuchi
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Chief Animation Director: Nobuteru Yūki
Animation Director:
Kazuhiro Soeta (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Yasuhiro Seo (ep 9)
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Kinichi Ishikawa
Executive producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Producer:
Noriaki Ikeda (eps 1-7)

Animation:
Yoshinori Kanemori (prologue)
Assistant Animation Director: Atsuko Ishida (ep 1)
Assistant Art Director: Masumi Nishikawa (eps 9-13)
Assistant Director: Kou Matsuo (eps 8-13)
Background Art:
Yukari Matsuzaki (Atelier BWCA; eps 9, 11-12)
Color Coordination: Takako Suzuki (eps 3-13)
Color setting:
Takako Suzuki (eps 1-2)
Editing:
Yukiko Itō
In-Between Animation:
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 13)
In-Between Check:
Hitoshi Kagiyama (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-10
)

Yutaka Sakamoto (eps 3-13)
Key Animation:
Kazuhiro Soeta (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 11, 13
)

Masaki Takei (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-7, 9, 13
)

Yutaka Sakamoto (eps 4, 7-8, 12)
Original Dragon Design:
Yutaka Izubuchi
Paint:
Yukiko Nunomoto (ep 3)
Paint Check:
Toshio Kaidoh (ep 8)
Photography:
Yasuhiro Matsumura (eps 1-8)
Planning: Takeshi Tamiya
Production Advancement:
Toshikatsu Tokoro (ep 2)
Production Coordination: Yumiko Takanashi
Production Desk: Masao Morosawa
Recording: Yukio Abe
Setting Production: Takuji Endo
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo (Swara Pro)
Sound Production:
Yasuhiro Tomaru (eps 1-5)
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Sub-Character Design: Yutaka Minowa
Theme Song Arrangement: Mitsuo Hagita (OP & ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Kaoru Itō (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kaoru Itō (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Sherry (OP & ED)
Takeshi Kusao as Parn
Yumi Touma as Deedlit

Hideyuki Tanaka as Slayn
Norio Wakamoto as Woodchuck

Akira Kamiya as Ashram
Arihiro Masuda as
Naba (ep 5)
Soldier (eps 3-4)
Chafūrin as
Knight B (ep 6)
Soldier (ep 3)
Hideyuki Umezu as
Assistant (ep 5)
Dark Elf B
Villager (ep 2)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Soldier (ep 3)
Hitoshi Horimoto as Soldier (eps 4-5)
Ichirō Nagai as Narrator
Isshin Chiba as Soldier (ep 6)
Jōji Nakata as Prince Jester
Katsuji Mori as Shadam
Katsumi Suzuki as Villager (ep 2)
Kei Yoshimizu as Firumā
Ken Yamaguchi as
Dark Elf (ep 3)
Dark Elf A
Kimie Hantani as Palace Mistress B (ep 5)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ashram's Subordinate (ep 10)
Masaru Ikeda as Elm
Masato Hirano as King of Alania (ep 4)
Mayumi Seto as Young Parn (ep 2)
Megumi Urawa as Woman (ep 5)
Michiko Abe as Palace Mistress A (ep 5)
Michitaka Kobayashi as
Dark Elf C
Magician
Villager (ep 2)
Minami Takayama as Shiris
Nobuo Tanaka as King of Kanon
Osamu Saka as King Faan
Rei Sakuma as Fianna
Rica Fukami as Riara
Ryōtarō Okiayu as
Soldier (ep 6)
Villager
Sakiko Tamagawa as Pirotess
Shinichirō Ōta as Knight A (ep 6)
Shinji Ogawa as Tessius
Show Hayami as Orson
Shūichi Ikeda as Lord Cashew
Takeshi Aono as Bagnard
Takeshi Obo as Minstrel (ep 5)
Takumi Yamazaki as
Soldier (ep 5)
Villager (ep 2)
Tamio Ōki as Wort
Tarō Ishida as Beldo
Tesshō Genda as Jebra
Tomoko Munakata as Neese
Tomomichi Nishimura as Staff Officer (ep 5)
Toshihiko Nakajima as Ashram's Subordinate (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as
Holy Knight B (ep 4)
Soldier (ep 5)
Unshō Ishizuka as Holy Knight A (ep 4)
Wataru Takagi as
Soldier (ep 3)
Villager (ep 2)
Yoshio Kawai as Ashram's Subordinate (ep 10)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Atelier BWCA
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
Studio Takuranke (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8-9, 13
)

Watanabe Promotion (ep 13)
Key Animation: SPEC Korea (ep 2)
Paint:
Young Woo Production (ep 1)
Production Cooperation:
Watanabe Promotion (eps 2, 4-5)
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production: Arts Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
David Siegel
Script: Michael Alben
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer: John O'Donnell

DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
Editing Assistant: Mark Longchamps
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Post-Production Assistant:
Larry Koret
Post-Production Supervision: Michael Alben
Production Coordination: Stephanie Shalofsky
Recording engineer: Francis Fletcher
Theme Song Lyrics: Peter Fish
Theme Song Performance: Lisa De Simone (OP & ED)
Video Editing: Robert O'Malley
Billy Regan as Parn
Lisa Ortiz as Deedlit

Al Muscari as Slayn
Greg Wolfe as Ghim
Jacques LeCan as Woodchuck
Simone Grant as Karla

Alexander J. Rose as
Narrator
Wort
Bob Barry as Beld
Chris Yates as King Kashue
J.W. Gunther as King Fahn
Jayce Reeves as Wagnard
John Knox as Ashram
Karen Smith as Shiris
Meg s as Pirotess
Rome Elliot as Scar
Ted Lewis as Etoch
English companies
Broadcaster:
Sci-Fi Channel
Distributor:
U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Resolution Productions
DVD Premastering: Resolution Productions
DVD Production: Image Entertainment (Original Release -Out of Print)
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Licensed by:
Media Blasters (2010; Cancelled; Expired)
Sound Service: National Video Center
Video Service: National Video Center
French staff
French cast
ADR Director:
Philippe Roullier

Christine Paris as Deedlit

Bernard Jung as Slayne
Colette Noel as
Karla
Pirotess (ep 10)
Philippe Roullier as Woodchuck

Bernard Jung as Prince Jester
Christine Paris as Pirotess
Colette Noel as
Fiana
Leiria
Gérard Boucaron as Roi Fawn
Gérard Rouzier as Ashram
Michel Raimbault as Seigneur Kashew
Michel Tureau as
Narrateur
Vagnard
Wort
Olivier Korol as Orson
Yann Pichon as Jebra
French companies
Broadcaster: Game one (from 15 October 2003)
Distributor:
KAZÉ
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (Spain dub; Jonu Media; 3 eps)
Executive producer:
Luis de Val (Manga Films)

Screen Inserts: J. Ignacio Latorre (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Alberto Mieza as Parn (Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 1-3)
Graciela Molina as Deedlit (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
María Luisa Rosselló as Deedlit (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Montse Segarra as Deedlit (Catalan dub)
Oriol Rafel as Parn (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 4-13)
Oscar Muñoz as Parn (Spain dub; Jonu Media)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Etoh (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films)
Alex Meseguer as Woodchuck (Catalan dub)
Amadeu Aguado as Slayn (Catalan dub)
David Brau as Etoh (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Domenech Farell as Beld (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 4-7)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as King Kashue (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Joaquim Sota as King Kashue (Catalan dub)
Jordi Boixaderas as Ashram (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Jordi Campillo as King Fahn (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pons as Slayn (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
José Javier Serrano as
Ashram (Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 9-13)
Beld (Spain dub; Manga Films; ep 3)
José Luis Barcelona as King Fahn (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Juan Comellas as Ghim (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films)
Juan Miguel Díez as Beld (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
María Pilar Quesada as Karla (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Mercedes Montalá as Karla (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Miguel Marquillas as Woodchuck (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Ghim (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Oriol de Balle as Ashram (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 3-7)
Paco Gázquez as Slayn (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Rafael Calvo as King Kashue (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Rafael Turia as King Fahn (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Ramon Canals as Woodchuck (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Sílvia Bel as Shiris (Catalan dub)

Alba Sola as Shiris (Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 8-9)
Ana Pallejà as Shiris (Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 10-13)
Antonio Gomez de Vicente as Jebra (Spain dub; Manga Films)
César Martínez as Shadam (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Cristina Serra as Neese (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Daniel Albiac as Orson (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Eduardo Soler as King of Kanon (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Eva Martí Ferré as
Liara (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Princess Fianna (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
sc Rocamora as Wort (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Francisco Alborch as
Jebra (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Prince Jester (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Shadam (Catalan dub)
Ivan Canovas as Shadam (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
J. Ignacio Latorre as Wagnard (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Jaume Lleal as King of Kanon (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Jordi Vila as Firuma (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Juan Miguel Díez as Zackt (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
María Pilar Quesada as Neese (Spain dub; Manga Films; ep 10)
Mercè Segarra as Neese (Catalan dub)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Leylia (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Mercedes Montalá as Leylia (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Miryam Guilimany as
Pirotess (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Princess Fianna (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Montserrat Roig as Neese (Spain dub; Manga Films; ep 2)
Noemi Bayarri as Shiris (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Nuria Mediavilla as Pirotess (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Oriol Rafel as Narrator (Spain dub; Manga Films; eps 1-3)
Pep Torrents as Narrator (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Ramon Canals as
Orson (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films)
Prince Jester (Catalan dub)
Ramon Puig as Narrator (Catalan dub)
Ricard Palmerola as
King of Kanon (Catalan dub)
Wort (Catalan dub)
Santi Lorenz as Jebra (Catalan dub)
Sílvia Gómez as
Fianna (Catalan dub)
Pirotess (Catalan dub)
Xavier Fernández as Wagnard (Catalan dub; Spain dub; Manga Films)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Manga Films; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Anime Box (Spain)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2020)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Rossana Bassani

Dialogues: Marinella Armagni
Theme Song Performance: Lara Parmiani
Giulia Franzoso as Deedlit

Giovanni Battezzato as Woodchuck

Aldo Stella as Zackte (ep 2)
Augusto Di Bono as Mastro (ep 2)
Gianfranco Gamba as Narratore
Lara Parmiani as Liala (ep 2)
Orlando Mezzabotta as
Gebre (ep 3)
Lord Kashu (ep 1)
Rossana Bassani as Nis (ep 2)
Stefano Albertini as Beld (ep 3)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Man-Ga (from 1st July 2010)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming:
Anime Generation
German staff
German cast
Animation/DVD Layout: Holger Paetznick
Authoring/Conception: Tobias Löffler
Casting: Nina Marschke
Conception/organization: Matthias Heer
Coordination: Tobias Trummer
Dialogue Direction/audio Technology: Sascha Kaufmann
Management: Johannes Bauer
Post Production: Johannes Luff
Sound Editor/Cutter: Jusuf Ismaili
Special Effects/Compositing: Gerhard Buchner
Subtitling: Johann Heidinger
Beate Pfeiffer as Deedlit
Timmo Niesner as Parn

Daniel Krause as Orson
Manou Lubowski as King Kashew
Martina Dunker as Karlla/Lailia
Michele Sterr as Shiris
Phillip Moog as Woodchuck
Stefan Krause as Etoh
Tolilah Jolas as Neese
Torsten Münchow as Vagnard
Ulf Söhmisch as King Fawn
Ute Bronder as Pirotess
Willi Röbke as Belt

Egon Lux as
Narrator
Wort
Gerhard Acktun as
Dark Elf (ep 6)
Wizard (ep 5)
Jörg Stuttmann as
King of Kanon (ep 4)
Lord Jester (ep 5)
Zackt (ep 2)
Manfred Trilling as Hauptmann Jebra
Philipp Moog as Woodchuck
Thomas Rauscher as Tesius
Ulf-Jürgen Wagner as
Kanon Guard
Princess Guard
Willi Röbke as Village Elder (ep 2)

German companies
Broadcaster:
XXP (2002-01-25 to 2002-02-08)
Distributor:
SP Vision (re-edition)
Dubbing: Circle of Arts
DVD Authoring & Encoding: Aaron-Films
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Hyper
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Devir 
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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