More Middle-earth Anime Will Be Greenlit—Under One Condition
As anticipation mounts for the release of Middle-earth's first venture into the world of anime with The War of the Rohirrim—coming to many theaters on the 13th of this month—questions begin to arise about the future of anime in The Lord of the Rings series....
A War of the Rohirrim Onomasticon
“Out of these languages are made nearly all the names that appear in my legends. This gives a certain character (a cohesion, a consistency of linguistic style, and an illusion of historicity) to the nomenclature, or so I believe, that is markedly lacking in other...
Warner Bros. Releases “The Rider”, a Song by Paris Paloma
By now, thousands of us who have been awaiting the upcoming Warner Brothers film, The War of the Rohirrim, have heard the song “The Rider” in its entirety. “The Rider” is a song sung by English singer-songwriter Paris Paloma for the film’s end credits. Its...
Rhûnic Revealed
Note: This is the first in what I hope will be a long-running series of articles on topics, tentatively titled “Philology Fridays”, regarding Tolkien, his languages, historical languages, and philology. Most articles should be relatively brief, but some will be a bit longer, if the...