10-17-2004, 11:33 AM
Wait a minute! Tolkien died in 1973. He had only just given the rights to make the animated movies but with strict guidelines. He said that he would never want movies to be made of his books. His family gave the rights up only after an extremly heated debate. There was a star wars manga that came out in 1993 i believe and it did not suck. Books like fantasy are perfect for anime because you can do a lot that is not possible in live action. have any of you even seen the 70's animated movies!? they dont have to be on the lotr there are a lot of other stories in tolkiens books that they could make into anime. the movies don't have to follow Jacksons stories he did change a lot you know. they could make the anime strict to the book and it would work!! stop hating and be more objective!!!!