The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated epic fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi from a screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S. Beagle. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolki
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Bakshi in January 2009
The Return of the King is a 1980 animated musical fantasy television film. It is a sequel to The Hobbit. The film is an adaptation of The Return of the King, the third and final volume of the 1955 nov
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
…even boasted that the second film could "pick up on sequences that we missed in the first book." Zaentz went so far as to try to stop the Rankin/Bass's The Return of the King TV special (which was already storyboarded before Bakshi's film came out) from airing, so as to not clash with Bakshi's sequel. Bakshi was aware of…
Original VHS release cover