‘Lord of the Rings’ Anime Movie in the Works From New Line, Warner Bros. Animation - We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes... Drums. Drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark... We cannot get out... They are coming.

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We don't need no stinkin anime LOTR. We've already got one. Two, actually. They were made by Topcraft, which eventually split off to become Studio Ghibli. Eowyn from the ROTK cartoon looks like a proto-Ghibli heroine:

Rankin Bass also had the best version of Gollum. Brother Theodore fucking knocked it out of the park. Fight me.