The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) is an animated fantasy epic you can watch online on iFILM. Director Kenji Kamiyama renders Tolkien's world in anime and rewinds roughly 183 years before Peter Jackson's trilogy.

The story belongs to Hera, daughter of Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan. She rides better than most soldiers, refuses to be married off, and answers to no one. Peace collapses the day Helm kills the arrogant lord Freca with a single blow. Freca's son Wulf raises Dunland against the Rohirrim and lays siege to the ancient fortress of the Hornburg, the stronghold history will later name Helm's Deep.

The voice cast features Brian Cox as Helm, Gaia Wise as Hera, Luke Pasqualino, and Miranda Otto returning as Eowyn. Producers from the original film saga are behind it, so the lineage here is real rather than borrowed. Stream The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) online on iFILM.