Record Of Lodoss War (The Lady Of Pharis #1) by Ryo Mizuno

Record Of Lodoss War (The Lady Of Pharis #1) Reviews

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  Juho Pohjalainen

  There's some scarce bright points in the setting and the story, but the action and combat are so confusingly drawn - so rarely I could see precisely what was going on - that oftentimes I was entirely pulled out of it.
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  Andre Torrejón)

  El arte de Akihiro Yamada es una absoluta brutalidad.
  Unas tintas salvajes, anatomía sólida y pesada, una accion trepidante.
  El guión de Ryo Mizuno es una carta de amor al D&D más épico y serio, y a la fantasía medieval.
  La verdad es que los 2 volúmenes de Lodoss War (La dama de Faris I y II) saben a poco, la historia es tan compleja y hay tántos personajes que te quedas con ganas de conocerlos más a fondo.
  Es una pena que allá en los dosmiles aun se publicase manga a la europea, "flippeando" las páginas originales para que se pudiese leer de izquierda a derecha. La narrativa se pierde un poco, y los dibujos no quedan igual....
  Planeta, para cuando una reedición de esta pequeña maravilla de los 90?
  
  
  
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  Deilantha

  Per chi ha amato "Le Cronache della Guerra di Lodoss", sarà interessante leggere un prequel in due volumi, ambientato trent'anni prima, in cui sono presenti alcuni personaggi già noti (tra cui Beld e Wort) e una protagonista mai vista prima, Flaus, chierica della dea Pharis.
  I disegni sono sapientemente inchiostrati e, a differenza del manga principale, in questo prequel il tratto è più occidentalizzato (pur restando un manga in piena regola), dando ai volumi l'aspetto di un vero e proprio romanzo fantasy.
  
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  Jemppu

  My rating for this is for the magnificent art of Akihiro Yamada alone. Master of line, and composition, light and shadow. Inspirational then, inspirational now. One of the few books I dared not to part with when getting rid of my graphic novel collection.
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  Justin

  Remember that scene early in the original Record of Lodoss War - The Complete Series (Collector's Edition) where Parn and his companions are at a formal feast and a bard sings a song about the War of Heroes and names Fahn, Beld, Wort and the dwarf King Fliebe? That saga is chronicled in the Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis collection.
  
  Written by Lodoss creator Ryo Mizuno, this series, which is set roughly 30 years before Parn and Deedlit's adventures, follows the young knight Fahn, the charming rogue Beld, the magician Wort, the priestess Neece and a warrior priestess named Flaus as they track down holy weapons used by evil forces, including a very wicked (and wickedly hot, I must say) dark goddess.
  
  Mizuno presents a fairly straightforward sword and sorcery tale, but it's one that any Record of Lodoss War fanatic will find very enlightening. Seeing the younger Beld and Fahn binding here stands in stark contrast to the epic final battle of King Fahn and Emperor Beld in the animated series, and early glimpses of Karla and Vagnard are fascinating as well.
  
  The artwork in this volume is provided by Akihiro Yamada, and it's absolutely breathtaking. Yamada's style goes well beyond the traditional manga fare and pays homage to classic fantasy artwork from Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan to Frank Frazetta's iconic imagery. Some of the scenes also compare to Frank Miller's distinct style. This is worlds better than the typical "bug eyes and action lines" approach, and rivals just about any manga I've encountered.
  
  I'd recommend this to each and every Record of Lodoss War fan. You'll get the most out of it if you've at least watched the animated series, but I could see it appealing to fans of heroic fantasy in general as well.
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  Annchan Maulana

  Record of Lodoss War is a story about heroic fantasy, set in a timeless world of knights and elves, gods and witches.
  
  About the young knight-in-training. In his trining he meet with an elf name Deedlit and the knight name Parn. Join force to beat the grey witch.
  
  
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  Andre

  A partial story of the mythic heroes that was never picked up again.