have just finish cronicles of the heroic knight mere minute ago i find myself extremely please but question still loom over me . while it would appear that the first 7 episode or so be actually a retelling of the event of the first record of lodoss war the truth be that they really aren not . it would appear that the creator of cothk have a different vision a to how the original end ( and that may be the reason that the first 7 episode occur ) but i do not find that to be the case . cothk do say it start 5 year after the war of hero which parn be a part of . i think the director make the first 5 episode seem so much like a recap of the original just to give the viewer a small reminder and an introduction to character and their deed do because they appear much less after the series kick into spark story . now and once the series do kick into spark portion we find ourselves kick up another 10 year ( 15 year now since the war of hero ) . spark and his crew do and in some case and resemble parn and his crew once the journey kick into gear and especially the love story that brew between spark and neese . i also think several time throughout cothk that i throw in the original series and if it wasn not for spark long blue hair i know i would have press stop more than once to make sure the right disc be in . by no mean do i consider these major set back however and the writer do a fine job in craft believable character and a remarkable storyline . the only thing that make me hurt be that ashram and wagnard return . ummmm . how . don not get me wrong both be great villain even though ashram only villainous trait be that he support the marmo . perhaps i miss something during the coarse of the series that explain that part . as far a sequel go though and i highly recommend cothk . i place both cothk and and even more so and the original record of lodoss war far above the lord of the ring trilogy . both of these be more epic than anything i have ever see or read . i highly recommend this .