Here are the TV shows, movies, games, and books the io9 staff had on repeat this year.

This weekend, audiences largely put their attention back on Moana and Wicked rather than Serge iKravinoff or Middle-earth.

The Oscar-winning writer of The Return of the King is back with The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, in theaters Friday.

Kenji Kamiyama directs the anime based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien and films of Peter Jackson. It's out December 13.

Produced by Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hits theaters December 13.

Mutant's physical release of the Lord of the Rings anime's soundtrack is worthy of the golden hall of Edoras.

Aragorn is slated to appear in spin-off film The Hunt for Gollum, so cross your fingers the actor will reprise his character.

A nearly eight-minute clip from the December 13 release features orcs, Rings, Helm's Deep, and maybe a ghost king.