“Five years post-war, Parn is famous while Ashram seeks domination and darker forces plot death goddess's resurrection.”
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
ロードス島戦記 英雄騎士伝
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Synopsis
Five years post-war, Parn is famous while Ashram seeks domination and darker forces plot death goddess's resurrection.
Five years after the death of the Emperor of Marmo in the War of Heroes, Parn is now the Free Knight of Lodoss, he and his old allies now famous through the land. However, the Emperor's right-hand man, Ashram, seeks the scepter of domination to re-unify Lodoss under his former leader's banner. Meanwhile, beyond his attempts at conquest lies a more sinister force beginning to set the stage for the resurrection of the goddess of death and destruction... (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
What 11 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.11 · split reception
4.2 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 3.3
↓ 2.09
Running avg · May 2008 → Jun 2025
- 10 “This anime is sortof a sequel, sortof a retelling of the original Record of Lodoss War OAV. Continuity-wise, it seems to be something of a combination of the two. Some things distinctly happen...”
- 7 “I don't understand why this show bothered to change main characters. The first characters where sufficient and the change is confusing. Starting with some confusion about reintroducing characters...”
- 8 “Having watched the original Record of Lodoss War, I went into this title with a little bit of apprehension. Sequels have a notorious reputation for being sub par in comparison to their...”
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- Format 27 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 21m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1998 – Sep 1998 Spring 1998
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0184 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- Yomiko Advertising Producer
- Marubeni Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Central Park Media Licensor