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  Glow-in-the-Dark Hobbits & Homophobic Frodos: Rankin Bass’ 1980 “The Return of the King” Reviewed

  08.10.11 | Kunochan | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Here, my fellow Tolkien fans, is my review of The Return of the King. Produced by Rankin Bass and Studio Ghibli predecessor Topcraft, this television special aired May 11, 1980 as a very unofficial sequel to Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings, which only covered Fellowship and most of Two Towers…

• Legendarium

  This week in Middle-earth history: March 14-20

  03.15.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  This week in Middle-earth history: Denethor dead, Faramir not; The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the deaths of King Théoden and the Witch-king of Angmar; The Battle of Dale.

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