It’s not strange that The Lord of the Rings is receiving the animation treatment—after all, J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy was initially mainstreamed by Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 film, which established many of the visual designs that now define the material and heavily influenced Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy.

At the start of the century, we were gifted with what was and will forever be one of film's greatest adaptations with Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Unsurprisingly, after that massive success,

The Lord of the Rings animated prequel movie War of the Rohirrim is nearing its theatrical release date and has received its first reviews. Taking place 183 years before the events of Peter Jackson’s iconic trilogy,