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Originally Posted by scififan
Yes and No.
LOTR is translated to Japanese title as Tales of Rings.
The first anime version of elf appeared in Digital Devil Story and Dragon Quest.
Record of Lodoss War is serialized on D&D magazine. The source of inspiration of elf's ear design is from the movie Dark Crystal. Many anime fans learned about elf from this story.
Those Who Hunt Elves was the big parody of elves.
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LotR's JP title 指輪物語 is literally this anime, except this anime adds two kanji 結婚 to the front. I seriously thought this anime was related at first, only to realize it was a coincidence... and then after watching, I no longer believe it was a coincidence and actively ripping off from it
Lodoss is generally credited as the inspiration for JP elves (though I think you are saying that Lodoss itself was inspired by other stuff, which is probably true too)