Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (ロードス島戦記 英雄騎士伝 Rōdosu-tō Senki: Eiyū Kishiden) is a 27-episode TV series broadcast in Japan in 1998. Based on the fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno and animated by AIC, the show is a much more faithful adaptation of the books as opposed to its OVA predecessor. Episodes 1-8 are based on the third and fourth books, while the remaining nineteen are based on the sixth and seventh.
Dubbing History[]
New York-based Central Park Media released the show on VHS starting in 1999, three episodes per tape. The series was completed in 2000. Because the studio that had originally dubbed the first Record of Lodoss War, National Sound, had been closed down, dubbing took place at Irvington-based Headline Sound, who, at the time, had never dubbed Anime before. Michael Alben, who adapted the script for the original OVA, was in the director's chair this time, in addition to adapting the scripts for the show. Bill Timoney, living in L.A. at the time, took eight flights to New York to reprise his role for Parn, and unlike the Japanese version, most of the cast from the OVA reprised their parts.
Unfortunately, production on the TV series dub proved to be problematic, as the crew involved, as mentioned, were inexperienced at dubbing Anime, despite Alben's best intentions. Due to conflicting schedules or unexplained absences, several cast members had to be replaced, either temporarily or permanently. Infamously, Lisa Ortiz was out of state and sick for three episodes, and was recast for that period.
For the Welcome to Lodoss Island! segments, Alben adapted the Japanese-based puns for Brooklyn-based humor. Author Ryo Mizuno praised Alben's script adaptation for these segments, stating they were funnier than the jokes in the original script.
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 | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Characters | ||||
| Spark | Kenji Nojima | Crispin Freeman | 1-27 | |
| Little Neese | Chie Sawaguchi | Roxanne Beck | 1-27 | |
| Leaf | Maaya Sakamoto | Debora Rabbai | 1-27 | |
| Parn | Nobutoshi Canna | Bill Timoney | 1-27 | |
| Deedlit | Shiho Niiyama | Lisa Ortiz | 1-19 | |
| A.J. Parks | 20-21 | |||
| Junko Noda | 22-27 | |||
| Other Characters | ||||
| Garrack | Masaya Takatsuka | Michael Gerard | 10-14 | |
| Crispin Freeman | 16-27 | |||
| Greevus | Kazuhiko Kishino | Greg Wolfe | 1-27 | |
| Aldonova | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | Steve Patterson | 1-27 | |
| Shiris | Yū Asakawa | Karen Smith | 1-27 | |
| Orson | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Oliver Gregory | 1-7 | |
| Prince Reona | Kazuya Nakai | Walter Hershman | 15-26 | |
| King Kashue | Jōji Nakata | Anthony Cruise | 3-27 | |
| Cecil | Shōtarō Morikubo | Harry Krause | 1-12 | |
| Slayn | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Alfred Karl | 1-27 | |
| Leylia | Michie Tomizawa | Simone Grant | 1-10 | |
| Alyssa Beaux | 22-24 | |||
| Meghan Cary | 25-27 | |||
| Maar | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Crispin Freeman | 4-25 | |
| King Etoh | Shinichirō Ōta | Ted Lewis | 16-27 | |
| Ashram | Shō Hayami | John Knox | 1-27 | |
| Pirotess | Kumiko Nishihara | Meghan Cary | 15, 22-25 | |
| A.J. Parks | 21 | |||
| Astar | Kazuhiro Nakata | Oliver Wyman | 4-7 | |
| Groder | Kōji Ishii | Walter Hershman | 4-6, 16-27 | |
| Crispin Freeman | 7 | |||
| Hobb | Mahito Ōba | Cliff Hangar | 2-25 | |
| Wagnard | Chikao Ōtsuka | Oliver Wyman | 4-13, 20-26 | |
| Bruce Winant | 18 | |||
| Karla | Hiromi Nishikawa | Simone Grant | 2 | |
| Rei Igarashi | Meghan Cary | 18, 22-26 | ||
| A.J. Parks | 21 | |||
| Ryna | Chizu Yonemoto | Meghan Cary | 11-18, 22-27 | |
| A.J. Parks | 19-21 | |||
| Narrator | Mahito Ōba | Dick Rodstein | 1-27 | |
Additional Voices[]
- Alexander Alben
- David Alben
- Jason Alben
- Michael Alben
- Roxanne Beck - Kardis
- Anthony Cruise - Barkeeper, Governor Saluvan
- Joe DiGiorgi
- Crispin Freeman - Gaberra (ep. 7)
- Michael Gerard - Alhaib, Gilram
- Erica Ginsberg
- Ed Greenberg
- Oliver Gregory - Jay
- Joyce Griffin
- Walter Hershman - Gaberra (eps. 4-6)
- Kelly Jackson
- Alfred Karl - Duke Raster, Shadam
- Shannon Maer
- Debora Rabbai - Marfa
- Dick Rodstein - Governor Randal
- Gary Solomon
- Greg Wolfe - Dark Elf
- Oliver Wyman - Randy
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Media | 1999-2000 | 
|
The Complete Series | NTSC | United States | 
|
| 9 Volumes | ||||||
| 2000 | 
|
The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | |||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 8 Discs* | ||||||
*with Record of Lodoss War OVA
See Also[]
External Links[]
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight at the Internet Movie Database.
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (anime) at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight on Behind The Voice Actors.