If you've been around a bit, you may recognise this video from my writing youtube channel. I'm reuploading it here, because it's better suited for the channel. I hope you enjoy! | Timecards | 00:00- Generations of Fantasy 2:51- Crossing the Cultural Barrier 5:08- The Road Behind 7:15- The Road Ahead 10:41- Fraud or Pioneer 12:25- A Memory Well Deserved
Emily Rodda, rowan of rin all 14 deltora quest , the one with the music box um the key to rondo, the 3 doors trilogy, the tv show with the clock that froze time, game!!!!! 😳😳😃😃😃😃 rowan of rin was my favourite, the way that tied together at the end made me cry, so did deltora quest, I couldn't read the first Harry potter, but..one I seen the first movie and had the people and settings in my head, the readers of the books got the extra scenes where so exiting, the movies could never live up to... I throw shade on them, get a life you losers!!!!!! I'm so proud of you, Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 thank you 🤗💞💞💞💞💞💞😃🦘🐨👍.
Emily Rodda has a special place in my heart as a core memory of me and my friend frolocking in their backyard trying to predict what was going to happen next in Rowan of Rin (The teacher was reading it to as in class)
I am not kidding when I say that this was quite literally my childhood. I mean I had my dad read this to me every night. We must have gone through the series dozens of times
You should look up Joseph Delaney's Spook's series. Was a staple of Scholastic fairs in Northwest England, the books were set in that region too. Ripped through the series and have them signed by the author. Was apparently popular enough to get a film adaptation with Jeff Bridges and Kit Harrington, but I've only just found out. No idea how bad the film is, but the books were fantastic
Deltora Quest is one of my favourite book series! I haven't read the 2nd or 3rd part of the series yet. But I hope to buy them someday! I love the anime series as well!
I always appreciated the overwhelming sense of dread and gloom, which was unfortunately missing from the anime. I especially liked the epiphany Lief has in the final book about the Shadow Lord. We've spent over a dozen books and never even met him in person. And that's because he stopped being a person centuries ago. The Shadow Lord isn't some evil wizard plotting from a distant tower. He isn't a monster you can defeat and everyone will live happily ever after. He's a force of nature. He's a perpetual motion engine of hate and evil. He will never stop. He will never die. He will always threaten Deltora. And one day he WILL succeed.
@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor The Pipe didn't erase him, it just stunned him long enough for them to get away. He's very much still alive. And the biological weapon in Hira and the Sisters were his last plan, but he can always scheme more. Lief and descendants must always be vigilant to the Shadowlord's future schemes
This was such a nostalgia trip for me! I think most of us Aussie fantasy fans got their start here. I had no idea it was made into an anime though!? Damn.
I read the book before the series the problem was they toned down the seriousness of stealing the diamond. I mean oacus wasn't a bad villain, however, in the book the diamond causing neridah to drown for her avarice brings home the seriousness of the sin.
I just love Deltora... I red all 3 series. My favorite is: Pirra Flute: We visit 3 tribes (who was once 1 tribe). And we get a picture how Shadowland looks like.... (I like the details about the arena and how the way the enemys servant are maid). Well, the door of dearth in the 3rd series is also great. Right now - I have started reading the first series about the belt. Did I mention I am: 40+... I also love Harry Potter and red all the books.
It holds up surprisingly well and especially because you half forget the twists like the Rakacha and then you re-experience the twists with an additional shot of nostalgia. This series is like taking every cliché in fantasy and elevating them to their most perfect form. Like an Olympic level diver performing a simple shallow dive off of the edge of a pool with flawless skill. The story is filled of the most simple elements, but executed flawlessly.
I swear, There was a time where every child in Lombardia (a region in Northen Italy) read these books. I vividly remember seeing the cover of the first book in every library.
Fun fact there are actually 6 series set in the world of Deltora, not just the 4 you showed, Deltora Quest, Deltora Shadowlands, Dragons of Deltora, Star of Deltora, Rin of Rowan and The Three Doors are all set in the same world. Overall my favorite was Deltora Quest and Dragons of Deltora
I am 22 and still obsessed with the series. Deltora Quest is so good, watching the anime on ABC3 and then reading the books was awesome. I've grabbed as much of the merch as possible and even made a custom MTG set for each of the three major books. They touched me on a fundamental level. As a fellow Aussie, I'm glad that we have one of the best fantasy authors to our name!
I loved Deltora Quest as a kid. I started reading them in grade 3 after our teacher read part of the first book to the class. The following year, I dressed as Jasmine for Book Week. (before that, I'd always just gone as a cat). The illustrator of Deltora Quest came to our school once to talk about his work and we got to meet him. This series was such a big part of my childhood, I'll definitely have to reread sometime.
Man I've been racking my brain for months trying to remember the name of this series, I just figured it out today and your video is by far the best summary I've seen on RUclips
Deltora Quest introduced me to gemstones in a different way and when I saw a Lapis Lazuli pendant in an open market, I bought it. 2 years later, my mineral collection rival some small rocks & minerals identification books 🙄. Ps: the anime was okay, but not as impressive as the books.
I had this on my Watch Later for so long that I legitimately forgot about it until I set my playlist on shuffle and this popped up. Literally went "since when did i have a video about deltora quest in my watch later??" - but make no mistake, this was a pleasant surprise! The book series was how I got into reading, and the anime was how I got into art (bless the character designers for making Lief incredibly attractive to my nine year old self 😂) I consider myself a big DQ nerd (or used to be, I spent a lot of time just googling random Deltora things back in the day lol) and somehow still managed to learn a bit through this video. It was really nice to have this bit of nostalgia, especially in a form so well-produced and well-written :) kudos!
I've never heard of this book series before it sounds really interesting. I love fantasy. Sadly they don't seem to be on Kindle but the whole series is on Audible at the moment. I hope the voice acting is good. I'd hate not being able to experience this series because of shoddy voice acting.
wow I have probably read the books and watched each episode of the anime like 20 times. I even listened to all the audio books. I found them at my local library when i was maybe 7-8 years old. I came to the US when i was very young and these were one of the first book series to really make an impact on me. I now am in college and still have all these Deltora quest posters around my room. I love your video even though im late to the party. and just subscribed. What i love is how there are crazy plot twists and Emily Rodda makes all the clues make sense! Lief, Barda, and Jasmine feel like my friends and the worlds lore has deep meaning unlike so many kids books especially this size. I still remember when i could barely read and thought Barda's name was Branda haha I also thought Jasmine's name was pronounced Jas-Mine haha
Cool video! I liked Deltora Quest as a kid too and have been intending to re-read it. I didn't find it to be particularly dark though, especially compared to other things kids were into at the time (like Harry Potter and Star Wars). Leif is an extremely optimistic and morally good character (especially in the first series), which significantly decreases the "darkness" of anything imo, but that's a good thing in my opinion. Young boys should have positive role modals and I don't think things have to be dark to be good.
I've been re-watching the anime alot, because it was my Introduction to the series and trying to find the books so I can reread them all as well. It's one of the few series I can rewatch/reread without getting boredom of it
One of the characteristics that I consider the most successful of Deltora Quest (at least, in the first series of books) lies in the fact that the narrative structure, although aimed at a young audience, did not disdain more...mature passages, let's say. I think of the trap of Jin and Jod, disguised as harmless old men; or how badly two gray guards are dealing with desert insects; or, again, to the significant deaths that occur throughout all 8 books. An aspect that, especially in the second series, was implemented towards more body-horror/invasion of the body snatchers components, which, if they scared me a little as a child, as I grew up I came to appreciate them more. The second series also has, as an advantage (at least, for me) the fact that it takes place both in a "marine" setting and in the shadow lands, in order to provide readers with an overview of what the world inhabited by villain of the series. The third series, despite having appreciated it for the presence of creatures such as dragons, I found that, already at the time (around 2003-2004) it began to recycle some concepts taken from the two previous series: it must be said that, in the third series, the protagonists seem to be put aside a bit compared to Doran and the dragons themselves. Ultimately, the first series is certainly more "simple", but it is also the most balanced of the Deltora trilogy, in its fantasy, "horror" and children's novel aspects, not without some humorous elements here and there.
I picked the first book up on a whim when I was in 6th grade (I never read books voluntarily btw) and I SOMEHOW ended up falling in love with it. I have no idea how but I was hooked on it almost immediately. A few years later in my sophomore year of high school a deep memory of it popped into my head so I decided to Google it and I discovered there was an animated adaptation of it and my jaw hit the floor. The theme song slaps as well!!!
Deltora Quest was the sole biggest inspiration I had when I started writing. Even though it's half a decade older than I am, I still feel the nostalgia when I reread it. I love this series so much
While the books were written and plotted in a simple style, even for the young audience, I have always found the magical creatures to be very creative. The Giant Toad comes to mind.
2012 days...when the time that the anime version of this series released here in the Philippines 🇵🇭👼 good old days....as a gens lover i love this series (though i haven't a book yet)🇵🇭
I love this series been rereading all 3 series resently the writing is so good. The anime was good to minus i think jasmines visual design in the anime wasnt super great.
I personally didn’t care for Shadowlands but I loved the dragons one. Also she has a new series called star of Deltora which is a sailing book I haven’t finished all three but I really enjoyed the first one
2:15 The Three Doors is a spin-off series that mentions the same lore as the first three Deltora series, yes. There are, however, 2 more series of books. There is the Rowan of Rin series and Star of Deltora. Star of Deltora is a recent sequel to the original 3 trilogies and it explicitly references the lore in Rowan of Rin. While Rowan of Rin was always meant to be the same universe, the Star of Deltora series made it undeniably connected.
I remember my first interaction with Deltora was a book that basically had the origin stories of Deltora how the belt was made. The art just captured my attention. Then I found out about the series. I read those in a week. Loved it. Then in college I found out about the anime watched it with a friend who had also read the books and one who hadn’t. That was a blast. I have nothing but good memories from this series.
I had no idea there were multiple books after the original ones! I found out about Deltora Quest through the anime adaptation back in the day, I'm so glad i stumbled across this video, coincidentally enough i just finished watching the whole 65 episode anime series after remembering it a few days ago and i already want more Deltora Quest! I hope that they one day make the film or t.v. series or just adapt the rest of the books into an anime series! It probably won't ever happen but here's hoping!
My favourite little detail in the series has to be with the Gems of Power and the Belt of Deltora. The Gems of Power actually spell out "Deltora" with the first character in their names. (Diamond, Emerald, Lapis lazuli, Topaz, Opal, Ruby and Amethyst)
I've been in love with the plot, the characters and the series as whole ever since I read it as a kid. Just wish there'd be a cooler CGI filmed based on it.
Yeaaaa Deltora quest, represent Australia let's goo, was forced to read this book in primary school and forced myself to start reading in high school, so I picked up Deltora Quest, and maybe 2 years later cartoon network was showing the anime 🥲
Watched the anime before reading the books when I was a kid and man was that an interesting way to go. But I still remember how happy I was finding out there were still 2 other series. But I'm going to go watch the anime for nostalgic reasons now.
I have most of the books when I was already an adult. I fell in love with it. Wish it would be turned into a movie. I like Anime, but I wasn't really fond of their version.
Thank you for covering this!!! I was just gushing about this to my wife the other day about the covers, the story, and more specifically the body horror! It's a fantastic fantasy series that still holds up. We are looking at getting the 1-8 collection anniversary hardcover!
I'm from Iran and I read the translated version when I was a teenager and LOVED it. I keep rereading it every once in a while and it's still my most favorite book (series) of all time. Thank you for making this video. It's good to know there are more of us out there :)
Golly, it makes me so excited to see people talking about this book series, because it wasn’t that popular in the US, I’m one of the only people I know who read the series! TT__TT
I only caught a few episodes of the anime and was able to find two of the books, but what I was able to watch/read was amazing and solidified my love of fantasy along with the Redwall series as a kid ❤️
Hey Julia! The great thing about Deltora Quest is they're pretty enjoyable at most ages, although I think they are geared primarily towards kids around 10 years old or so. The writing is pretty easy to read for younger kids too, so I guess it comes down to whether you're okay with sword fighting etc. (there's VERY minimal blood etc.)
Alright, let me lead by saying that I just burned through the whole series in a few days, so I was thrilled to see this pop up in my feed. With that out of the way, where the *fuck* did you get that map at 5:44? That thing is making me irrationally angry.
@@Cam_Wolfe Like, the plains aren't even touching Del, the Shadowlands are to the west, the Mere has somehow been sandwiched between Tora and the Plains... This thing is going to give me an aneurism.
I think I still have the original individual books in storage somewhere… Also-this is a nitpick, but it still sticks out to me-I swear the series (and Rowan of Rin, from what little I remember of that) avoided grammatical contractions whenever possible (eg. it would always use "do not" instead of "don't", "will not" instead of "won't", and so on).
Greetings from Italy, i read Deltora Quest (here named as Il magico mondo di Deltora) around the 2000's, when i was 7-9 years old, and i loved it. My first introduction to fantasy as a genre and an inspiration for building stories and characters. If there's one thing that i "dislike" of Deltora Quest...is the lack of illustrations about the three main characters. But i dont know if this is a fault of italian version: maybe the english one have images of Lief, Barda and Jasmine. At side that, my personal favorite aspect of those books was the horror tone of almost every boss, the guardians of the stones.
Fantastic video mate. Great summation of the many good (and couple mediocre) things about this series. This is one of the few instances of judging a book by its cover being a good thing. As a kid I was a bibliophobe but this series changed that. While it's not perfectly written, the world is awesome. In particular the monsters. The Sandbeasts, the Vraal, the Valley guardian (in particular the four creatures he keeps as "pets") the Wennbar and the Fear all stand out to me. Add to that the way the Grey Guards are created and the sometimes quite dark/gruesome themes, Deltora Quest is easily able to fit into a more adult fantasy world. In fact now that I'm in my thirties, I wish that a more grown up story would be made in this world. This series primed me for Lord of the Rings (unfortunately movies only. I'm going to try again I promise), Elder Scrolls and the Cthulhu mythos. These books really deserve more hype
I loved deltora quest as a kid I used watch the anime before leaving for school lol growing up I’d think about the books constantly because I only ever finished the main 8 books, now I’m 21 and just bought the full set and I’m having a blast rereading them from the beginning
Deltora Quest was the first anime I saw and I read the books a few years later after watching the show. Yes, there's some things changed, and I for some reason couldn't get my hands on the eighth book, but I loved loved loved the show and the books.
I first stumbled upon Deltora Quest in my middle school library. Like you said in the beginning of your video, the artwork caught my attention. I can't remember which book it was, but the story of it perked my interest. Eventually, I got the complete set. Further into the future, I have all three of the Deltora series. It's still one of my favorite book series of all time.
I thought I was the only one! I sadly didn’t get to read the mainline books but I did have this huge Deltora world guidebook. I was young and impressionable and actually thought that Deltora existed because of how it was written like a first person account of legitimate events. I wish I had that innocent naivety still. Thanks for this video!
I've never read the books but I have watched the show (which I enjoyed), and in fact it airing on The Hub was how I found out about the series as a whole.
If you've been around a bit, you may recognise this video from my writing youtube channel. I'm reuploading it here, because it's better suited for the channel. I hope you enjoy!
| Timecards |
00:00- Generations of Fantasy
2:51- Crossing the Cultural Barrier
5:08- The Road Behind
7:15- The Road Ahead
10:41- Fraud or Pioneer
12:25- A Memory Well Deserved
Emily Rodda, rowan of rin all 14 deltora quest , the one with the music box um the key to rondo, the 3 doors trilogy, the tv show with the clock that froze time, game!!!!! 😳😳😃😃😃😃 rowan of rin was my favourite, the way that tied together at the end made me cry, so did deltora quest, I couldn't read the first Harry potter, but..one I seen the first movie and had the people and settings in my head, the readers of the books got the extra scenes where so exiting, the movies could never live up to... I throw shade on them, get a life you losers!!!!!! I'm so proud of you, Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 thank you 🤗💞💞💞💞💞💞😃🦘🐨👍.
Barda is a mentor figure that does not die in the first book, feelsgoodman.
Agreeeed 👌
Emily Rodda has a special place in my heart as a core memory of me and my friend frolocking in their backyard trying to predict what was going to happen next in Rowan of Rin (The teacher was reading it to as in class)
I am not kidding when I say that this was quite literally my childhood. I mean I had my dad read this to me every night. We must have gone through the series dozens of times
This series and Animorphs are what got me into reading in general.
You should look up Joseph Delaney's Spook's series. Was a staple of Scholastic fairs in Northwest England, the books were set in that region too. Ripped through the series and have them signed by the author. Was apparently popular enough to get a film adaptation with Jeff Bridges and Kit Harrington, but I've only just found out. No idea how bad the film is, but the books were fantastic
Thanks for the recommendation!
I've only seen the anime and found it pretty fun. Maybe the books would be worth a read as well
This sounds so good! How have I never read it before!
It's really something!
Loved these books as a kid. First series I ever read.
Deltora Quest is one of my favourite book series! I haven't read the 2nd or 3rd part of the series yet. But I hope to buy them someday! I love the anime series as well!
I felt like these books were really trying to tell us something about the world.
Agreed
Bro you send me ti my childhood
11157 IN HOC SIGNO DEUS
I always appreciated the overwhelming sense of dread and gloom, which was unfortunately missing from the anime.
I especially liked the epiphany Lief has in the final book about the Shadow Lord. We've spent over a dozen books and never even met him in person. And that's because he stopped being a person centuries ago.
The Shadow Lord isn't some evil wizard plotting from a distant tower. He isn't a monster you can defeat and everyone will live happily ever after. He's a force of nature. He's a perpetual motion engine of hate and evil. He will never stop. He will never die. He will always threaten Deltora. And one day he WILL succeed.
Well said, Jarrett!
Until series 2 where they erase him with a pipe and then destroy his final plan in series 3.
@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor The Pipe didn't erase him, it just stunned him long enough for them to get away. He's very much still alive.
And the biological weapon in Hira and the Sisters were his last plan, but he can always scheme more. Lief and descendants must always be vigilant to the Shadowlord's future schemes
@@Octopugilist Huh, so it didn't. I guess I must have misremembered.
This was such a nostalgia trip for me! I think most of us Aussie fantasy fans got their start here. I had no idea it was made into an anime though!? Damn.
Right? Most Fantasy fans I've met in Aus either started with Deltora Quest or Percy Jackson
I didn't know there was an anime adaptation either. It was not the aesthetic I had built up in my head…
The show was actually pretty good too
Yeah mate I funnily found it at my local library selling it for $5 and picked it up instantly 😂
Aah deltora quest, I grew up reading these books and met Mrs Rodda at the library in 2009.
Good times.
So cool that you met her, she's a legend!
@@Cam_Wolfedeltora quest had an anime.
Cam, you gotta stop time travelling. NASA will be on your back soon for your secret
They have to catch me first 😎
I read the book before the series the problem was they toned down the seriousness of stealing the diamond. I mean oacus wasn't a bad villain, however, in the book the diamond causing neridah to drown for her avarice brings home the seriousness of the sin.
agreed!
I HATE the English Dub but a youtuber by the name Toransubs has been translating the Japanese version with english subtitles and it is so good :).
I just love Deltora... I red all 3 series. My favorite is: Pirra Flute: We visit 3 tribes (who was once 1 tribe). And we get a picture how Shadowland looks like.... (I like the details about the arena and how the way the enemys servant are maid). Well, the door of dearth in the 3rd series is also great. Right now - I have started reading the first series about the belt. Did I mention I am: 40+... I also love Harry Potter and red all the books.
I haven't gotten to the spin off series yet, but they're definitely on my list. Thanks for watching Anja!
It holds up surprisingly well and especially because you half forget the twists like the Rakacha and then you re-experience the twists with an additional shot of nostalgia.
This series is like taking every cliché in fantasy and elevating them to their most perfect form. Like an Olympic level diver performing a simple shallow dive off of the edge of a pool with flawless skill. The story is filled of the most simple elements, but executed flawlessly.
Love from USA.
Deltora Quest introduced young me to dark fantasy and sent me down a path of DnD, Berserk, and Dark Souls. I'm eternally grateful.
I swear, There was a time where every child in Lombardia (a region in Northen Italy) read these books. I vividly remember seeing the cover of the first book in every library.
Io ero una di quelli!😎 Stupendi anche i disegni all'interno dei libri.
Fun fact there are actually 6 series set in the world of Deltora, not just the 4 you showed, Deltora Quest, Deltora Shadowlands, Dragons of Deltora, Star of Deltora, Rin of Rowan and The Three Doors are all set in the same world. Overall my favorite was Deltora Quest and Dragons of Deltora
I am 22 and still obsessed with the series. Deltora Quest is so good, watching the anime on ABC3 and then reading the books was awesome. I've grabbed as much of the merch as possible and even made a custom MTG set for each of the three major books. They touched me on a fundamental level. As a fellow Aussie, I'm glad that we have one of the best fantasy authors to our name!
I loved Deltora Quest as a kid. I started reading them in grade 3 after our teacher read part of the first book to the class. The following year, I dressed as Jasmine for Book Week. (before that, I'd always just gone as a cat). The illustrator of Deltora Quest came to our school once to talk about his work and we got to meet him. This series was such a big part of my childhood, I'll definitely have to reread sometime.
i've never even heard of this, but that's a pretty awesome production
It's a classic!
my god, I can't believe there are still people who post stuff about Deltora quest
We're small in number 😬
Man I've been racking my brain for months trying to remember the name of this series, I just figured it out today and your video is by far the best summary I've seen on RUclips
Glad I could help!
I loved Deltora Quest! I'm going to have to reread the series now lol
Have fun!
I saw this video when you uploaded it on your other channel, but still enjoyed watching it again ❤️
Thanks Bon 😀
This series is so underrated, I love it!
Deltora Quest introduced me to gemstones in a different way and when I saw a Lapis Lazuli pendant in an open market, I bought it. 2 years later, my mineral collection rival some small rocks & minerals identification books 🙄.
Ps: the anime was okay, but not as impressive as the books.
I had this on my Watch Later for so long that I legitimately forgot about it until I set my playlist on shuffle and this popped up. Literally went "since when did i have a video about deltora quest in my watch later??" - but make no mistake, this was a pleasant surprise! The book series was how I got into reading, and the anime was how I got into art (bless the character designers for making Lief incredibly attractive to my nine year old self 😂) I consider myself a big DQ nerd (or used to be, I spent a lot of time just googling random Deltora things back in the day lol) and somehow still managed to learn a bit through this video. It was really nice to have this bit of nostalgia, especially in a form so well-produced and well-written :) kudos!
Thanks so much!
I've never heard of this book series before it sounds really interesting. I love fantasy. Sadly they don't seem to be on Kindle but the whole series is on Audible at the moment. I hope the voice acting is good. I'd hate not being able to experience this series because of shoddy voice acting.
Deltora Quest was one of my most favorite book series as a kid! I still love it today. I own a few books but not the whole series.
wow I have probably read the books and watched each episode of the anime like 20 times. I even listened to all the audio books. I found them at my local library when i was maybe 7-8 years old. I came to the US when i was very young and these were one of the first book series to really make an impact on me. I now am in college and still have all these Deltora quest posters around my room. I love your video even though im late to the party. and just subscribed. What i love is how there are crazy plot twists and Emily Rodda makes all the clues make sense! Lief, Barda, and Jasmine feel like my friends and the worlds lore has deep meaning unlike so many kids books especially this size. I still remember when i could barely read and thought Barda's name was Branda haha I also thought Jasmine's name was pronounced Jas-Mine haha
literally all the kids esp the boys were reading this one.
I was not prepared to see a Deltora video in my recommended, my god this was a trip down memory lane
I hope you enjoyed!
@@Cam_Wolfe
I did! I’m actually rewatching the anime again
Cool video! I liked Deltora Quest as a kid too and have been intending to re-read it. I didn't find it to be particularly dark though, especially compared to other things kids were into at the time (like Harry Potter and Star Wars). Leif is an extremely optimistic and morally good character (especially in the first series), which significantly decreases the "darkness" of anything imo, but that's a good thing in my opinion. Young boys should have positive role modals and I don't think things have to be dark to be good.
Such a nostalgia trip
I've been re-watching the anime alot, because it was my Introduction to the series and trying to find the books so I can reread them all as well.
It's one of the few series I can rewatch/reread without getting boredom of it
One of the first book series I ever read
One of the characteristics that I consider the most successful of Deltora Quest (at least, in the first series of books) lies in the fact that the narrative structure, although aimed at a young audience, did not disdain more...mature passages, let's say. I think of the trap of Jin and Jod, disguised as harmless old men; or how badly two gray guards are dealing with desert insects; or, again, to the significant deaths that occur throughout all 8 books.
An aspect that, especially in the second series, was implemented towards more body-horror/invasion of the body snatchers components, which, if they scared me a little as a child, as I grew up I came to appreciate them more. The second series also has, as an advantage (at least, for me) the fact that it takes place both in a "marine" setting and in the shadow lands, in order to provide readers with an overview of what the world inhabited by villain of the series.
The third series, despite having appreciated it for the presence of creatures such as dragons, I found that, already at the time (around 2003-2004) it began to recycle some concepts taken from the two previous series: it must be said that, in the third series, the protagonists seem to be put aside a bit compared to Doran and the dragons themselves.
Ultimately, the first series is certainly more "simple", but it is also the most balanced of the Deltora trilogy, in its fantasy, "horror" and children's novel aspects, not without some humorous elements here and there.
-i don't recognise the art on the covers-
When I was a kid I only read the first three books, I never knew there was more until now, maybe I should read them all? :-)
I'd highly recommend it!
I picked the first book up on a whim when I was in 6th grade (I never read books voluntarily btw) and I SOMEHOW ended up falling in love with it. I have no idea how but I was hooked on it almost immediately.
A few years later in my sophomore year of high school a deep memory of it popped into my head so I decided to Google it and I discovered there was an animated adaptation of it and my jaw hit the floor. The theme song slaps as well!!!
Right? The show is so fun, to see the characters and stories put on the screen
Deltora Quest was the sole biggest inspiration I had when I started writing. Even though it's half a decade older than I am, I still feel the nostalgia when I reread it. I love this series so much
While the books were written and plotted in a simple style, even for the young audience, I have always found the magical creatures to be very creative. The Giant Toad comes to mind.
2012 days...when the time that the anime version of this series released here in the Philippines 🇵🇭👼 good old days....as a gens lover i love this series (though i haven't a book yet)🇵🇭
when i was reading Deltora quest i couldn't put the book down it is most likely one of my favourite book series I've ever read
I love this series been rereading all 3 series resently the writing is so good. The anime was good to minus i think jasmines visual design in the anime wasnt super great.
I personally didn’t care for Shadowlands but I loved the dragons one. Also she has a new series called star of Deltora which is a sailing book I haven’t finished all three but I really enjoyed the first one
Someone told me about the new Deltora series in another comment, that's so awesome! I'm definitely going to check it out
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The Three Doors is a spin-off series that mentions the same lore as the first three Deltora series, yes. There are, however, 2 more series of books. There is the Rowan of Rin series and Star of Deltora. Star of Deltora is a recent sequel to the original 3 trilogies and it explicitly references the lore in Rowan of Rin. While Rowan of Rin was always meant to be the same universe, the Star of Deltora series made it undeniably connected.
I remember my first interaction with Deltora was a book that basically had the origin stories of Deltora how the belt was made. The art just captured my attention. Then I found out about the series. I read those in a week. Loved it. Then in college I found out about the anime watched it with a friend who had also read the books and one who hadn’t. That was a blast. I have nothing but good memories from this series.
I always love revisiting this now and again. What a wonderful, memorable classic.
I had no idea there were multiple books after the original ones! I found out about Deltora Quest through the anime adaptation back in the day, I'm so glad i stumbled across this video, coincidentally enough i just finished watching the whole 65 episode anime series after remembering it a few days ago and i already want more Deltora Quest! I hope that they one day make the film or t.v. series or just adapt the rest of the books into an anime series! It probably won't ever happen but here's hoping!
Agreed! Thanks for watching :D
My favourite little detail in the series has to be with the Gems of Power and the Belt of Deltora.
The Gems of Power actually spell out "Deltora" with the first character in their names.
(Diamond, Emerald, Lapis lazuli, Topaz, Opal, Ruby and Amethyst)
I forgot all about that!
This is the only series that comes close to AoT, fight me
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I've been in love with the plot, the characters and the series as whole ever since I read it as a kid. Just wish there'd be a cooler CGI filmed based on it.
Yeaaaa Deltora quest, represent Australia let's goo, was forced to read this book in primary school and forced myself to start reading in high school, so I picked up Deltora Quest, and maybe 2 years later cartoon network was showing the anime 🥲
The good old days
I remember reading every book of this series but I forgot all of it. I should re-read it.
Reading it now with my boyfriend every night to our baby and as a first time reader I’m completely HOOKED👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Watched the anime before reading the books when I was a kid and man was that an interesting way to go. But I still remember how happy I was finding out there were still 2 other series. But I'm going to go watch the anime for nostalgic reasons now.
I have most of the books when I was already an adult. I fell in love with it. Wish it would be turned into a movie. I like Anime, but I wasn't really fond of their version.
These books were my childhood, its my lifetime goal to make the films for these movies, like Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Series
Thank you for covering this!!! I was just gushing about this to my wife the other day about the covers, the story, and more specifically the body horror! It's a fantastic fantasy series that still holds up. We are looking at getting the 1-8 collection anniversary hardcover!
I'm from Iran and I read the translated version when I was a teenager and LOVED it. I keep rereading it every once in a while and it's still my most favorite book (series) of all time. Thank you for making this video. It's good to know there are more of us out there :)
Golly, it makes me so excited to see people talking about this book series, because it wasn’t that popular in the US, I’m one of the only people I know who read the series! TT__TT
I miss this old series.
I wish it woudl get fully novelized, rather than the short stories we had in middle school (for many my age)
A spin off series of adult novels would be awesome!
@@Cam_Wolfe Omfg yes.
Get Rhodda on the line!
I only caught a few episodes of the anime and was able to find two of the books, but what I was able to watch/read was amazing and solidified my love of fantasy along with the Redwall series as a kid ❤️
I love the anime
When you emntioned spin offs and series that exist in the same world you forgot Star of Deltora and Rowan of Rin
What age level are they geared at?
Hey Julia! The great thing about Deltora Quest is they're pretty enjoyable at most ages, although I think they are geared primarily towards kids around 10 years old or so. The writing is pretty easy to read for younger kids too, so I guess it comes down to whether you're okay with sword fighting etc. (there's VERY minimal blood etc.)
Alright, let me lead by saying that I just burned through the whole series in a few days, so I was thrilled to see this pop up in my feed. With that out of the way, where the *fuck* did you get that map at 5:44? That thing is making me irrationally angry.
hahaha do you mean the dodgy looking map? I swear to god I looked everywhere for a better looking map of Del, but came up dry 😂
@@Cam_Wolfe Like, the plains aren't even touching Del, the Shadowlands are to the west, the Mere has somehow been sandwiched between Tora and the Plains... This thing is going to give me an aneurism.
One thing about the aanime is that it cut out the diverse and interesting cultures of deltora and made all the places and people all look generic
Deltora quest is the best and how they animated it f pretty change my life
I've been trying to find a Hardcover Edition of her books but I can't find them anywhere!!!
You can try the scholastic website if it's nowhere else, there's a few hardcover compendium versions in print
I think I still have the original individual books in storage somewhere…
Also-this is a nitpick, but it still sticks out to me-I swear the series (and Rowan of Rin, from what little I remember of that) avoided grammatical contractions whenever possible (eg. it would always use "do not" instead of "don't", "will not" instead of "won't", and so on).
I used to have them all too, but sadly along with my Goosebumps collection, they're gone to the abyss 😥
Greetings from Italy, i read Deltora Quest (here named as Il magico mondo di Deltora) around the 2000's, when i was 7-9 years old, and i loved it.
My first introduction to fantasy as a genre and an inspiration for building stories and characters.
If there's one thing that i "dislike" of Deltora Quest...is the lack of illustrations about the three main characters. But i dont know if this is a fault of italian version: maybe the english one have images of Lief, Barda and Jasmine.
At side that, my personal favorite aspect of those books was the horror tone of almost every boss, the guardians of the stones.
Thanks for watching!
I never read these books BUT DAMN DID I OWN THEM ALL TO STARE AT THE COVERS when i was 6
They're so good, right?!
I'm happy you like our books!
Glad for this reminder to put this on my TBR!
It's a nice quick read too!
it is so nice to see videos about my childhood series, the thing that got me into fantasy, thank you for making this
Thank YOU for watching ❤
@@Cam_Wolfe of course! I loved the video
God your channel and deltora are soooooo underrated
That's really nice of you to say, thanks!
Fantastic video mate. Great summation of the many good (and couple mediocre) things about this series.
This is one of the few instances of judging a book by its cover being a good thing. As a kid I was a bibliophobe but this series changed that. While it's not perfectly written, the world is awesome. In particular the monsters. The Sandbeasts, the Vraal, the Valley guardian (in particular the four creatures he keeps as "pets") the Wennbar and the Fear all stand out to me. Add to that the way the Grey Guards are created and the sometimes quite dark/gruesome themes, Deltora Quest is easily able to fit into a more adult fantasy world. In fact now that I'm in my thirties, I wish that a more grown up story would be made in this world. This series primed me for Lord of the Rings (unfortunately movies only. I'm going to try again I promise), Elder Scrolls and the Cthulhu mythos. These books really deserve more hype
Very well said, I completely relate. This series is definitely a good gateway for young people to start Fantasy, worked for me
My friends discovered these books, they were so good lol
Why jasmine kinda….
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I loved deltora quest as a kid I used watch the anime before leaving for school lol growing up I’d think about the books constantly because I only ever finished the main 8 books, now I’m 21 and just bought the full set and I’m having a blast rereading them from the beginning
Deltora Quest was the first anime I saw and I read the books a few years later after watching the show. Yes, there's some things changed, and I for some reason couldn't get my hands on the eighth book, but I loved loved loved the show and the books.
I first stumbled upon Deltora Quest in my middle school library. Like you said in the beginning of your video, the artwork caught my attention. I can't remember which book it was, but the story of it perked my interest. Eventually, I got the complete set. Further into the future, I have all three of the Deltora series. It's still one of my favorite book series of all time.
You are awesome!!!!
Good, very good, never let this die in my heart 👹
I thought I was the only one! I sadly didn’t get to read the mainline books but I did have this huge Deltora world guidebook. I was young and impressionable and actually thought that Deltora existed because of how it was written like a first person account of legitimate events. I wish I had that innocent naivety still. Thanks for this video!
I had some of the big Deltora Quest companion books too! My fav was the Book of Monsters, so cool
@@Cam_Wolfe Indeed it was! I automatically subbed when I saw this video. So much nostalgia.
Emily Rodda and Deltora are singularly responsible for my love of reading and fantasy. All because the books came with a cool looking dragon-necklace.
I'm rebooting Deltora quest as a Metroidvania, giving everyone redesigns.
Nice, best of luck!
I've never read the books but I have watched the show (which I enjoyed), and in fact it airing on The Hub was how I found out about the series as a whole.
The show was good fun!