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 after those events, some things seem to happen during the same period of time. In my own head, I think of it as a sequel. This anime is a more "anime" anime. The characters are more colorful (visually), and although it is good, I don't like the animation quite as much as I did the animation from the OAV. Although I think the characters are a bit more interesting. This one is longer,and it has more time to flesh out the characters.

The music is lovely.

I also do really enjoy the short animations at the end of each episode. I think they're hilarious.