From Lodoss to Grancrest: The D&D Game That Became an Anime
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:29 pm
I always thought Lodoss Wars felt like it had tabletop roots... Fun to read confirmation that that was the case. I don't watch anime regularly anymore but I'll have to check out Grancrest next time I'm in the mood.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-featur ... e-an-anime
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-featur ... e-an-anime
If you're a long-time anime fan, you probably did a bit of a double-take at this season's Record of Grancrest War. The title, and the setup, are more than a little like the now-classic Record of Lodoss War. And for good reason: both are the creation of writer Ryo Mizuno, and both -- while in different universes -- have a similar adventure flavor to them.
But there's one more thing they have in common: they're both built up from tabletop campaigns. Because not only is Mizuno a writer, he's also an RPG developer and a Dungeon Master. With that in mind, let's dive back into the earliest history of Record of Lodoss War: past Spark, past Parn and Deedlit, all the way back to a D&D game back in the mid-1980s.