RECORD OF LODOSS WAR (episodes 1-3)
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RECORD OF LODOSS WAR has a mighty and immense following, and for years, I have wondered how and why. Watching the first few episodes of the second series, I am still not sure. I still thought RECORD was pretty good though.
The story begins with a short retelling of the first series. Despite not having seen this first series, I was not confused or lost during the whole thing, so that is good. The background history that is given for this saga is complex and well-woven, pulling in a viewer rather quickly. The characters seemed a little stiff and predictable, but after a while the predictability gave me a feeling of a well-told favourite fairy-tale, or of a classic bedtime story. It is hard to explain this feeling, but I hope you get the idea. I am not much for spells cast with a lot of speaking and a play-by-play description as it is being cast, but I thought Deedlit's spells were still pretty neat.
I think part of the massive following comes from not only the first series, but also from the short Super-Deformed clips at the end of the episodes, called Lodoss Island. These made fun of the characters and were pretty silly but they were amusing. It was very refreshing.
Overall, I thought the first three episodes were pretty good, although it was a bit predictable. This is no different than bedtime stories - we all know them inside and out but we still ask to hear them again and again. RECORD OF LODOSS WAR seems to be one of these such stories.
Copyright TLM 2000
