Record of Lodoss War

Record of Lodoss War
Original Title	ロードス島戦記 Rōdosu-tō Senki
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	National Sound
Voice Director 1	Bill Timoney (eps. 1-8)
Voice Director 2	Dave Siegel (eps. 9-13)
Translation & Adaptation	Neil Nadelman Michael Alben
Recorded	1996
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	13
Year	1990-1991
Chronology
Successor	Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

Record of Lodoss War (ロードス島戦記 Rōdosu-tō Senki, lit., "Lodoss Island War Chronicle") is a thirteen-episode OVA (original video animation) first released in 1990 and concluded in 1991. Based on the fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno and animated by Madhouse, the show is primarily based on the first of these books "The Grey Witch" (for episodes 1-8), while the remaining five episodes are adapted from elements from the latter books (which were uncompleted). Despite receiving criticism for its sometimes limited animation and random plotting, the show has been a favorite of many fantasy fans around the world.

Synopsis 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.

Dubbing History

New York based Central Park Media first released the show in six dubbed videotapes starting in 1996. Dubbing took place at National Sound (who had also dubbed Iria). It is remembered chiefly for being the debut of two popular voice actors, Lisa Ortiz and Ted Lewis, both of who were cast as Deedlit and Etoh, respectively. Bill Timoney, cast as hero Parn, served as voice director for the first eight episodes, filling in the job for original director Dave Siegel, who had been summoned to do another project. Siegel returned to the director's chair for the final five episodes.

After Central Park Media went bankrupt in 2009, the rights for Lodoss went in limbo until recently in 2017 when Funimation re-issued both the OVA (on Blu-Ray) and the TV series (on DVD).

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Parn	Takeshi Kusao	Bill Timoney
	Deedlit	Yumi Tōma	Lisa Ortiz
	Etoh	Kappei Yamaguchi	Ted Lewis
	Slayn	Hideyuki Tanaka	Alfred Karl
	Ghim	Yoshisada Sakaguchi	Greg Wolfe
	Woodchuck	Norio Wakamoto	Ray Iannicelli
Other Characters
	Ashram	Akira Kamiya	John Knox
	Emperor Beld	Tarō Ishida	Bob Barry
	King Fahn	Osamu Saka	J.W. Gunther
	Karla	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Simone Grant
	Leylia
	Shiris	Minami Takayama	Karen Smith
	Orson	Shō Hayami	Chris Yates
	King Kashue	Shūichi Ikeda
	Princess Fianna	Rei Sakuma	Simone Grant
	Pirotess	Sakiko Tamagawa	Meghan Cary
	Wagnard	Takeshi Aono	Bruce Winant
	Wort	Tamio Ōki	Dick Rodstein
	Narrator	Ichirō Nagai

Additional Voices

• Rome Elliot - Scar
• Eileen Kennedy - Liara
• J. W. Gunther - Mayor of Zaxon
• Ray Iannicelli - Zakto, King Kanon
• Alfred Karl - Shadam
• Dick Rodstein - Elm (Fahn's Court Mage)
• Bill Timoney - Prince Jester
• Bruce Winant - Captain Jebra

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Central Park Media	1996		The Complete Series	NTSC	United States
			6 Volumes
Image Entertainment	1998		The Complete Series	1 NTSC
			2 Discs
Central Park Media	2002		The Complete Series
			2 Discs
FUNimation Entertainment	2017		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
			8 Discs*

*with Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

See Also

• Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

External Links

• Record of Lodoss War (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Record of Lodoss War at the Internet Movie Database