First Look: Stunning LOTR Anime Prequel Trailer Released
- The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of Helm's Deep.
- Release date: December 13, 2024.
- Narrated by Miranda Otto, set 183 years before Frodo's journey.
- Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, known for Ultraman and Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
- Coming only to theaters, no streaming plans announced.
The Lord of the Rings Anime Prequel Looks Killer in Its First Trailer
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of how Helm's Deep came to be.
By Ethan Gach
Published Thursday 4:40 PM
An old king waits for the release date.
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The first trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has it all, including the reveal of a December release date.
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The anime prequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy will be out December 13, 2024, and it looks great.
Narrated by Miranda Otto, who played Éowyn in the movies, War of the Rohirrim takes place 183 years prior to Frodo's journey to destroy the One Ring.
It tells the story of Rohan's fight for survival against a rival nation of Dunlendings.
The footage shows Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) meeting with a rival king to discuss the marriage of their children.
When insults are hurled and honor is tarnished, a messy brawl leaves the Dunlending king dead.
His son Wulf (Luke Pasqualino) pledges revenge while Héra (Gaia Wise), Hammerhand's daughter and Wulf's would-be betrothed, tries to navigate political terrain dominated by men.
The resulting battle will double as an origin story for Helm's Deep, the stronghold made famous in the climax of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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The War of the Rohirrim was originally supposed to come out earlier this year but hit delays in 2023 as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
It's directed by Kenji Kamiyama, best known most recently for the animated series Ultraman, Star Wars: Visions, and Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
Instead of going with the divisive rotoscoping method Ralph Bakshi used for his original 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings movie, War of the Rohirrim was first made in 3D with artists then using that to translate scenes into traditional 2D animation.
The movie is only coming to theaters at the moment with no streaming plans on Max or any other service currently announced.
More details are expected in October at this year's New York Comic Con.
