The Return of the King is a 1980 animated musical television special created by Rakin/Bass. The film is an adaptation of the third volume in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and is largely viewed as the unoffical sequel to Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Rather than picking up where Bakshi's film ended, Rankin/Bass presented The Return of the King more as a sequel to their adaptation of The Hobbit, givin...
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The Return of the King is a 1980 animated musical television special created by Rakin/Bass. The film is an adaptation of the third volume in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and is largely viewed as the unoffical sequel to Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Rather than picking up where Bakshi's film ended, Rankin/Bass presented The Return of the King more as a sequel to their adaptation of The Hobbit, giving the audience an ultra-brief recap of the events and adapting a few story events from The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, while leaving out some major details. The visual style of The Return of the King is largely shared with The Hobbit including, for example, the depiction of battle as a swarm of black dots milling around and quickly covered by huge clouds of dust.
The film begins with the Bilbo celebrating his 129th birthday in Rivendell. Bilbo is surprised to see that Frodo now has nine fingers as the film flashes back to Sam...
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