Director: Kenji Kamiyama

Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto

Synopsis:

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

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I’ve been a fan of The Lord of the Rings ever since the multi-coloured box set of the trilogy was a featured Scholastic Book Fair sales item. But it was never Gondor I was rooting for. It was always Theoden, Eowyn and the Riders of Rohan.

I loved the Kingdom of Rohan because it had to make some changes if it was to save Gondor in the third volume. If you’re like me, then you’ll get that and that’s the fan base this anime story is trying to reach. To an extent, they succeed, but the anime medium gets a little bit in the way.

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