Aragorn

Color head and torso illustration of a man with brown hair and light brown skin wearing a green shirt on a purple and pink background with red around the rim. An orange scroll with black text is layered on top of the man's torso.

The 1978 Lord of the Rings animated film was produced by Ralph Bakshi, and was the first adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novels. The rights for the intellectual property were given to Bakshi by Tolkien's daughter. The books The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers were also covered in the film in just 133 minutes! To promote the film, a set of six buttons was produced featuring the characters Aragorn (seen here and voiced in the film by legendary British actor John Hurt), Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, and Samwise; they are now considered collector's items. Peter Jackson was inspired by the animated Lord of the Rings for his epic live-action movies released in the 2000s. And, as a toast to the animated movie, the actor who voiced Frodo in 1978 was cast to play Bilbo Baggins in Jackson's adaptation.