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指輪物語 ロード・オブ・ザ・リング ロードオブザリング LOTR
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien.
The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II.
It is the third best-selling novel ever written, with over 150 million copies sold over the world in multiple different languages.
The Lord of the Rings has been adapted for film, radio and stage across the years. Two film adaptations of the book as a whole have been made.
The first was J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1978), by animator Ralph Bakshi, the first part of what was originally intended to be a two-part adaptation of the story; it covers The Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers. When Bakshi's investors shied away of financing the second film that would complete the story, the remainder of the story was covered in an animated television special by Rankin-Bass. Stylistically, the two segments are very different.
The second and far more critically and commercially successful adaptation was Peter Jackson's live action The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, produced by New Line Cinema and released in three installments as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). All three parts received nearly universal acclaim and were each nominated for and won multiple Academy Awards, including consecutive Best Picture nominations.
Characters
- Bilbo Baggins
- Frodo Baggins
- Meriadoc Brandybuck
- Peregrin Took
- Samwise Gamgee
- Gandalf
- Gimli
- Legolas
- Boromir
- Faramir
- Aragorn
- Arwen
- Celeborn
- Denethor
- Elrond
- Eomer
- Theoden
- Thranduil
- Eowyn
- Galadriel
- Grima Wormtongue
- Gollum
- Saruman
- Sauron
See also
- Wikipedia article: The Lord of the Rings
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