@WizardWarrior1 I think if we're being honest, any version of this would almost certainly have ended up as something that Hollywood has done hundreds of times. Because that was always the issue—perhaps the only issue—with Jackson's original trilogy: that it sacrificed the details that made Tolkien's work unique in favour of securing box office domination. Superb films they are, but faithful adaptations less so.
I've always believed that if what you want to see is simply the story you already know, then you need no other screen than your mind's eye. Nothing will ever live up to that. Tolkien famously shied away from really describing any of the big battles. Most of them happen in microcosm, or have simply already happened by the time he gets round to talking about them. Jackson likes a battle. Anime I suspect likes a battle even more. Animation has never been a brilliant medium for static scenes of dialogue, of which Tolkien wrote many. It's (part of) why I prefer The Rings of Power. That show loves a stand-and-talk scene.
