The game's designers took inspiration from the post-apocalyptic novels and movies of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s ; the first edition rules cite Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, Andre Norton's Star Man's Son ( also published as Daybreak-2250 A. D .), Sterling E. Lanier's Hiero's Journey, and Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.

Gandalf in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 film ) | The Lord of the Rings.

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, one of the Nazgûl is shown riding these creatures.

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo was voiced by Norman Bird.

Boromir in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 film ) | The Lord of the Rings.

In both Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film and in the subsequent BBC Radio serial, Boromir is played by Michael Graham Cox.

Sam in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 film ) | The Lord of the Rings.

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Sam was voiced by Michael Scholes.

Gríma, as portrayed in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 film ) | The Lord of the Rings

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, Gríma Wormtongue was voiced by Michael Deacon ( and his name is pronounced as " Grime-a ").

Gimli ( Middle-earth ) | Gimli in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 film ) | The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ) voiced by David Buck.

Nimoy turned to his friend Leonard Rosenman, who had written the music to Fantastic Voyage, Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, and two Planet of the Apes sequels.

Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, a hardcover book of Bakshi's art, was released on April 1, 2008.

In Ralph Bakshi's animated The Lord of the Rings, differences between Orc kinds are not noted, though there are recurring physical and costume variations.

* Saul Zaentz and his namesake corporation retains the rights to his UA-distributed productions, which includes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings.

In Ralph Bakshi's animated movie The Lord of the Rings, filmed in 1978, Crosbie voiced the character of Galadriel, Lady of the Elves.

* Ed Bogas composed soundtracks for Peanuts and Garfield TV cartoon specials and for Ralph Bakshi's film Fritz the Cat.

Butterbur appears in both Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ) and Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), but in both adaptations most of his scenes, including the references to Gandalf's letter, are cut.

Weathertop and the Tower of Amon Sûl ( named or unnamed ) appear in film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings such as Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film and Peter Jackson's 2001-2003 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Ralph Bakshi's 1977 film Wizards rotoscoped footage of the ice-battle scene from Nevsky to create parts of Blackwolf's mutant army.

* Lucky Strikes can also be seen on a piano in Ralph Bakshi's 1981 animated film American Pop.

At her request, her narration for Ralph Bakshi's Wizards was uncredited.

Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings follows the book very faithfully in its depiction of the encounter with the troll in the Chamber ; however, the troll does have toes here.

This sequence was also excised from Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation and Peter Jackson film version.

* 1914 – Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader ( d. 1978 )

:* Ralph W. Phillips ( US ): 1978 – 1981.

* 1910 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete and politician ( d. 1978 )

Simon Reynolds wrote in his book Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978 – 1984 that " The Residents and their ' representatives ' were one and the same ", elaborating on one of his blogs that " this was something that anybody who had any direct dealings with Ralph figured out sooner rather than later.

** Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete ( d. 1978 )

William Squire voiced Gandalf in the animated film The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ) directed by Ralph Bakshi.

The Merkle – Hellman knapsack cryptosystem was one of the earliest public key cryptosystems invented by Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman in 1978.

* Ralph Lowell ( 1890 – 1978 ), businessman, philanthorpist, and founding force behind Boston's WGBH public television

* Ralph Abraham and Jerrold E. Marsden, Foundations of Mechanics, ( 1978 ) Benjamin-Cummings, London ISBN 0-8053-0102-X.

* Ralph Tresvant, Member of R & B group New Edition formed in Boston in 1978

* Daffy's head can be seen on a building two times in the 1992 Ralph Bakshi live action / animated film Cool World.

His later film appearances included the role of a wizened fable-telling convict in the extremely controversial Ralph Bakshi animated film Coonskin ( 1975 ), as a train porter in Silver Streak ( 1976 ), as a liveryman in The Shootist ( 1976 ), as a ringmaster of a struggling wild west show in Bronco Billy ( 1980 ), the Baseball coach and school teacher in Zapped!

Ralph Bakshi ( born October 29, 1938 ) is an American director of animated and live-action films.

Gore Verbinski commented about Ralph Bakshi and showed that he was inspired by him during an interview in The Hollywood Reporter for his first animated movie, Rango.

A number of memorable animated videos were produced during the heyday of MTV, including " Take on Me " by a-ha ; " Sledgehammer " by Peter Gabriel ; " Money for Nothing " by Dire Straits ; and " The Harlem Shuffle " by The Rolling Stones ( the animated sequences in this video were directed by Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi ).

Ralph Bakshi, director of ground-breaking animated films like Fritz the Cat and the original Lord of the Rings film, returned to animation after taking a short break in the mid-1980s.

" ( New World Order ) features samples of George H. W. Bush and was used in the Ralph Bakshi live-action / animated film Cool World.

Ralph Wiggum is a recurring fictional character on the animated series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

Ralph Kramden is the inspiration for the animated character Fred Flintstone.

* In 1981, " Hell Is For Children " appeared on the soundtrack of the Ralph Bakshi animated film American Pop.