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I didn't see it mentioned so: Aladdin is fantasy and quite classic, and not at all Tolkien fantasy. In fact, the entire genie/djinn fantasy arm isn't Tolkein-esque. From a modern perspective John Levitt wrote his urban fantasy using djinn as well as some more typical fantasy elements. Vampire Fantasy isn't Tolkien-esque either, although some may push that over into the horror genre (and I refer to original monster type vamps, not romantic ones for this discussion--but the romance ones wouldn't fall under Tolkien type fantasy either...)
I'd say none of the Chinese or Japanese or other Asian type fantasies have much in common with Tolkien either, although some follow the epic storytelling type pattern.
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