Anyone into Record of Lodoss War?

[Cap'n Boo from Timbuktu]

It's pretty much the anime equivelant to 'Lord of the Rings'. A band of variegated heroes (a fighter, an elf, a dwarf, a cleric, a wizard and a thief--your bog-standard 'Dungeons and Dragons' posse) adventure in a war-torn land; when an ancient evil awakens and attempts to take over the world, the heroes are embroiled in the struggle against the forces of darkness. I thought it was dead good.