So, when news broke that Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth would return – this time in an anime prequel – fans (this writer included) went into a frenzy. Set 183 years before Jackson’s trilogy, the ...
In its best moments, ‘The War of the Rohirrim’ embraces the arresting surrealism of anime or the introspective wonder of Miyazaki, but instead settles for something safer: a forgettable myth-making ex ...