{"id":952366,"date":"2026-01-01T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=445624"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:15:19","slug":"rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses<\/a>, and attack with deadly, animated force. In the third episode of season 2, The Rings of Power<\/em><\/a> gives Arondir his own big action moment, dropping out of a tree and handily wasting the thieves attempting to kill Isildur. But the inspiration doesn\u2019t come as much from Legolas, the most famous arrow-slinging elf<\/a> in the Lord of the Rings franchise<\/a>. Instead, actor Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova said he drew from a different love: anime and martial arts movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the way that anime characters run. I love the postures and the grandeur, and the storytelling of not just anime, but also Asian cinema, martial arts,\u201d C\u00f3rdova says. It was absolutely on his mind when trying to approach Arondir dropping out of a tree to best some bandits. \u201cIt\u2019s like this beautiful, very meaningful, physical language that comes from anime and martial arts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

C\u00f3rdova himself is a big fan of anime, particularly Demon Slayer<\/a><\/em> (and particularly Rengoku<\/a>). He says there are plenty more anime-informed moments throughout the season (and he\u2019s withholding mentioning them all for now, on account of spoilers). But in episode 3, C\u00f3rdova certainly recognizes how Arondir gets to go full anime, both as an action star and as a person going through some highs and lows \u2014 think Demon Slayer<\/em> or Attack on Titan<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPilot [episodes like those] \u2014 just about everything happens, with so much intensity. And these characters have to either succumb or become,\u201d C\u00f3rdova says. \u201cIt\u2019s that moment […] episode 3, yet again, Arondir is faced with yet another pivot.\u201d <\/p>\n

[Ed. note: <\/strong>OK now we\u2019re going to talk about some of the spoilers from episode 3 of The Rings of Power<\/em> season 2<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Although this is a second season, it\u2019s easy to see how Arondir\u2019s anime protagonist journey is just picking up steam here: He\u2019s lost the woman he loves, has a complicated relationship with the son she left behind, and on top of that they are at open war with the forces of evil. <\/p>\n

Whether he gets to go Super Saiyan on any orcs \u2014 let alone Sauron \u2014 we\u2019ll just have to wait to see. But with any luck we\u2019ll at least get a fancam of Arondir\u2019s anime opening.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses, and attack with deadly, animated force. In the third episode of season 2, The Rings of Power gives Arondir his own big action moment, dropping out of a tree and handily wasting the thieves attempting to kill Isildur. But the inspiration doesn\u2019t come as much from Legolas, the most famous arrow-slinging elf in the Lord of the Rings franchise. Instead, actor Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova said he drew from a different love: anime and martial arts movies.\u00a0 \u201cI love the way that anime characters run. I love the postures and the grandeur, and the storytelling of not just anime,…<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"\nRings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"199\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":417,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Polygon\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":199,\"caption\":\"Rings of Power\u2019s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News","description":"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News","og_description":"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":199,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime","datePublished":"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/"},"wordCount":417,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg","articleSection":["Polygon"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/","name":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-01T15:15:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Anyone who\u2019s watched the Lord of the Rings movies knows that elves are extremely agile. They jump around, defy the laws of physics to swing onto horses,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime.jpg","width":480,"height":199,"caption":"Rings of Power\u2019s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rings-of-powers-elf-hero-wanted-his-big-action-scene-to-feel-like-anime\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rings of Power’s elf hero wanted his big action scene to feel like anime"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446699,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952366\/revisions\/1446699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}