The Record of Lodoss War manga, series by series
Six manga, three decades: Lodoss was drawn almost as often as it was written.
Kadokawa turned Lodoss into manga repeatedly between 1991 and 2021, usually as Kadokawa Comics Ace and Dragon Comics volumes, and Central Park Media’s CPM Manga line carried most of the 1990s series into English. The gallery below documents each line: artist, run, volumes, and what it adapts.
THE PRINCIPAL LINES
1991 to 2000The Lady of Pharis · 1991–2001
Art by Akihiro Yamada, from Mizuno’s Legend of Lodoss. Two volumes. The painter of the prequel novels drawing a full manga of Lodoss’s founding age. CPM Manga in English.
The Grey Witch · 1994–1998
Art by Yoshihiko Ochi. Three volumes adapting the first novel directly: the manga of the campaign that started everything. CPM Manga in English.
The Demon of Flame · 1993–1994
Art by Ayumi Saito. Two volumes adapting the second novel, the standalone Fire Demon war.
Chronicles of the Heroic Knight · 1997–2000
Art by Masato Natsumoto, in Monthly Shōnen Ace. Six volumes adapting the later novels; the TV series was drawn from this version as much as from the prose. CPM Manga in English.
Deedlit’s Tale · 1998
Art by Setsuko Yoneyama. Two volumes adapting the 1995 Deedlit short stories, in Asuka Comics DX. CPM Manga in English.
Welcome to Lodoss Island! · 1995–1999
By Rei Hyakuyashiki. Three volumes of 4-koma comedy: the whole cast, chibi, in Monthly Shōnen Ace. The franchise’s pressure valve, later animated as shorts and a short film.
THE LATER LINES
2013 to 2021The Grey Witch, again · 2013–2015
A second manga of the first novel, drawn by Tomomasa Takuma and serialized in Comptiq, the magazine where the campaign itself began. Three volumes.
The Crown of the Covenant · 2019–2021
Art by Atsushi Suzumi, in Monthly Shōnen Ace, adapting Mizuno’s 2019 return novel. Three volumes; published in English by Udon Entertainment, the first new Lodoss manga in English in a generation.
Which to buy first
For the art, Lady of Pharis. For the story in full, Natsumoto’s Chronicles. For the founding book in comic form, either Grey Witch, with Ochi’s the period original.