Audience reviews
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coolman6446
If you want a medieval fantasy that feels like it was ripped right from a D&D campaign with serious and comedic moments in all, I'd recommend the show. It's a nice story that has good pacing and a nice OST to back it up. It's not a show you are going remember for too long after finishing it, but it's more so just a show to get cozy with and wind down for a bit. So yeah, a good show to watch if you just want something to chill out to with a D&D campaign feel to it.
If I was to give one complaint (more so a nitpick), it would be that the balance and timing of serious and comedic moments definitely took me out of having any stakes in the plot. Some big final arc battle will happen and then during the serious fight they'll splice in a joke with a cartoony face, and it would usually just remov…
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Slayers is a show based on a book series about how it feels to play Dungeons & Dragons: 2nd Edition while at the mercy of a level 90, metagaming Black Mage addicted to Fireball. If you have any experience with magic users in tabletop RPGs, this should be enough to sell you on it.
If not, here's a few more words to better sell you on it.
Much like Dirty Pair, many of its gags involve said metagaming Black Mage, Lina Inverse, causing massive amounts of collateral damage while fighting assorted fantasy goons for one reason or another - so much that I feel like it and Dirty Pair work really well as "double feature" shows, for whenever you're in the mood for some surprisingly witty but overall absurd 90s anime comedy.
The characters all play on and with western fantasy tropes in a way that f…
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I thought, “why don’t we watch some anime classics?”, and slayers popped up as a good option for a chill anime to watch after Evangelion (my god lord, that one was deep). So let’s start with the review, keeping in mind that this anime is indeed from the 90th (1995), period when the people wanted long, auto-conclusive stories type series, which is why slayers may be quite boring between arc one and two for some people (me included, I’m not going to lie). Yet, the age when it was release is not an excuse, since auto-conclusive type anime can be both good and bad, and it depends a lot on how the story is made and expressed to the audience.
The story:
We don’t get too much here, since the main plot is simple: The adventures of Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev, a pair who will find more peopl…
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I've talked about The Slayers franchise on several occasions with films and OVAs. Well, the time has come for me to talk about the anime series proper. It aired mid to late '95 and was brought to us by E&G films. The whole series was based off of a light novel series and proved popular enough that it spawned five anime series along with video games, OVAs and films. Today, I'm looking at the first anime.
Story:
We open with a group of bandits revelling in their ill-gotten gains when a fireball rains down and our heroine, Lina Inverse, makes her appearance. She beats the bandits, helps herself to some of their treasure and goes about her life. Unbeknownst to her, one of the treasures she's acquired is greatly desired by some powerful people and she, alongside the dimwitted swordsman Gourr…
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As a person who is actually quite a lot into old anime, in fact even stuff much older than Slayers, I'm honestly bewildered by the amount of praise this show gets, and I think its status of an old classic might be heavily influenced by nostalgia. The anime is severely lacking in multiple areas, most of all it's just boring and completely devoid of anything unique.
Slayers tells a story of Lina Inverse, a powerful yet inconspicuous magician who travels around, kills monsters, fights bandits and robs them of their treasure. Over the course of the show, new adventurers, starting with a travelling swordsman Gourry, join her party and together they explore the fantasy world. You know the drill, and have probably heard something similar many times, because this is nothing new. Nevertheless, th…
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Whenever I was asked which time period I found to be anime's finest hour the 90's has always been my answer and I don't see my take on that changing any time soon. I find this time period the most ambitious as anime became quite more innovative expanding on multiple genres. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Berserk, and various others are directly responsible for boosting the genre's credibility; and as a result anime was no longer something one had to be ashamed to admit they were actually fans of. Many series had plenty of depth and characters people could relate to and hold dear to them. However, some of these titles like the one's I mentioned took themselves very seriously. Eventually Slayers was introduced containing a well enough written story and a plot with…
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Overview:
Time for another wonderfully nostalgic anime review! Slayers was a very popular anime in the mid 1990s, but most young anime fans in 2015 either haven't heard of it, or they are only familiar with the less spectacular later seasons. After 5-6 seasons of the same formula, Slayers has sadly become like the Simpsons of anime. It is one of those series that older fans love and younger fans are baffled at how the franchise ever gained fans and can't even imagine a time when it used to be good. To truly understand what made Slayers special, we have to go back to 1995 and look at the state of the anime industry.
Story and characters: 7/10
Slayers was written in 1995, which was the year when DBZ and Yu Yu Hakusho had just ended. The most popular anime of that year was the surprise sma…
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Slayers is an anime based on a series of light novels by Kanzaka Hajime, and it was by far one of the most popular series of the 1990s, spanning several anime seasons, OVAs, movies, video games, and other merchandise. How does the anime fair nowadays? Pretty well, I'd say, but I'm easily hit by nostalgia and have been wanting to see Slayers since I saw the trailer for one of the movies when I was a wee little thing, so the verdict's ultimately up to you, dear reader.
The anime follows the adventures and misadventures of Lina Inverse, a sorceress with a lust for food and money. Along the way, she meets up with several other characters who join her party and end up forming the bulk of the interactions while simultaneously carrying the story afloat. Evil strikes, and it's up to Lina and her…
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Well, Slayers; what an interesting anime. I think it was a trailer from a Dragon Ball Z movie that got me interested. And a couple of years later when I became interested in all sorts of different anime and step out of my one or two likes Slayers was on the top of my list.
Story- The story is diferent I must say. It's unique and this is one of the older animes from the 90's and do to popular opinion, it is part of the 2nd "Big 3". The reason why the story wasn't incredible is that the pacing seemed way off. I don't want to give any spoilers but something happend in the beginning of season 1 (Slayers) that could have waited until the end of season 5 (Slayers Evoulution-R). Everything happens fast; it's not quite as jam packed as SAO and that may be a good thing but there was deffinatley ro…
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This show doesn’t take itself too seriously and that’s what I love about this. It’s much like a dungeon and dragons game where you’re just with a group of friends who jokes around. Even Glass Reflection has said (want more of that, go to the other reviews) and each character has there own personality.We follow two characters most of the times, Lina who is a sorceress with a chip on her shoulder and Gaurry, a rather bumbling warrior. The two work rather well together from the moment they met and are the main reason why the show keeps going on. The two argue like an old married couple but its Gaurry’s heart and Lina’s knowledge that makes the dual work so well in every little case they go. Sure you have some of the stereotypes that happen once in a while, like the ‘stupid’ blond haired Gourr…
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First let me start by saying that for me, the anime that was released in the 90's, is the best shit around. It broke ground for all the new age, digitally enhanced, CG infused stuff we watch and love nowadays. It was a time where zooming in on a single cel or panning out was top of the line animation. It was a time when no one cared about character development, background music, and a quick glimps of a leading ladies underwear. It was a time where you could sit back, zone out, and just enjoy the antics that were about to unfold.
Slayers is one of the greatest anime series to be released from the 90's because it is the apitamy of 90's anime.
The story as a whole is an action, adventure saga, following Lina Inverse on a quest to become rich as fuck with as little effort as possible. She me…
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Bored and lonely, equipped with a strong burning desire to watch some nostalgic shit, led to my chance encounter with Slayers.
Story 9/10
Slayers is a long running and popular Light Novel series by Hajime Kanzaka, but if you're reading this review, you probably already knew this.What YOU need to know about Slayers' Story is that it's basically about an overpowered girl named Lina Inverse and her wacky adventures in medieval fantasy Japan. That's essentially, how you should think about it. I know it doesn't really make much sense, but you'll find a strict definition of this show's plot does not necessarily do it justice. They go around adventuring and shit. It's almost like some adventure time type stuff, but not quite as goddamn campy. There's consistency in the plot of this show at lea…
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The Slayers series for me is very interesting- I don't know exactly what made me start watching it but there is some hook that just pulls you in. I would reccomend though that most people maybe start with Slayers Next instead of this, mostly because unless you are a hardcore old-school fan, it takes a while to get into (especially since Crispin Freeman~, playing Zelgadis, doesn't come in for quite a while). By the second season (next) the show has definitely gotten much better, and it starts off fresh so you don't need to have seen the first season to enjoy it or follow the plot.
But enough with that, the plot. It has a very classic medieval-magic-and-swords theme, where you follow the characters as they travel across the land in search of... well, several things. I'm bad at explaining pl…
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Slayers is an anime about a party of characters and their misadventures to kill bandits, get treasure and, eventually, save the world.
The story's main protagonist is one Lina Inverse whose blade is nearly as quick as her temper (overshadowed only by her ability with magic). She's considered to be witty, intelligent, the natural leader of the group and also very powerful. It's a refreshing change to see a strong female lead in an anime during a time where this was almost unheard of.
Where the show really shines through is in its cast of characters that compliment each other very well. Without rehashing what others have said so well already, I will say that of all the anime I've seen, I have yet to find characters that are so memorable. Watching the next couple of seasons is like reunit…
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The mid 1990s were a bit of a special time for anime, kind of like a mini golden age. Akira had opened the doors to the West and, after a taking a little rest, the second great expansion of anime began to gather pace. Titles like Ghost in the Shell, Martian Successor NADESICO, Fushigi Yuugi, Golden Boy, Escaflowne, Macross Plus, Giant Robo, and the ever contentious Neon Genesis Evangelion became firm fan favourites and cemented the media's place as a viable form of entertainment in the West.
In amongst all these great shows came a fantasy series that would literally change the way studios would approach the genre for years to come. With its irreverent humour, memorable characters, and a story that was more about getting rich than going on quests, it possessed an appeal that was almost uni…
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Slayers is a really funny fantasy comedy. It's the story of Lina Inverse, the flat chested underdeveloped sorceress extraordinaire and her friends the ditzy swordsman Gourry, steadfast do-gooder Amelia and the stoic chimera man Zelgadis. This show never gets boring and fluctuates from a over the top comedy to a dramatic series on the fly. It never takes itself to seriously though and frequently breaks the 4th wall (Lina sometimes complains about her screen time, or Gourry about the episodes being too serious). It's truly one of my favorite Anime. All of the sequel series are awesome as well.
Also Prince Philionel's oxymoronic attacks are hilarious! I just can't get enough of Slayers.
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For me, Slayers was one of the most humorous series to watch. It really starts off with a bang, keeping the mood lighthearted, with plenty of enjoyable, comedic moments. Throughout the series, Lina, the main character, and Gourry, her guardian, work really well together in terms of combat and keeping the mood upbeat.
The series has a good deal of action, with sorcery, sword fighting, dragons, you name it. Although the action scenes are nothing compared to what we see in today's anime selection, it held its own seeing as it is an older series. The music in the series was appropriate for the scenes, but it definitely wasn't what I've come to expect in that department. Each character develops nicely, and you learn a good deal about them throughout the series, with enough to keep you wanting…
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This is my first review, so please bear with me ^_^
Slayers, based of of the novels of the same name written by Kanzaka Hajime, is the story of a young sorceress named Lina Inverse and her 'protector' Gourry Gabriev as they travel the land in search of anything that can get them treasure. Inspired by one of the original Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, fans and players of the game can step into the series with ease as it feels just like the game. Even if your not a D&D player or a RP'er in general, the characters alone are enough to pull you in and keep you enjoying the series from beginning to end.
Story: The story, though in my opinion not the main driving force, still moves the series alone nicely and evenly. It sets up the same style all other Slayers series that come after follow, star…
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Note That this is only about season one, not the series as a whole.
Slayers has a decent story line going for it, dealing with sorcerers and dark lords or destruction. Its very much a magical adventure story, along with some great humor. Despite the fact that the characters are made so well and the concepts of the magic etc are there, the plot does seem lacking at times, the writers could have done a better job writing it out.
One major draw back i did find with the story, is that there are TWO climax points, which is dumb because it seems kind of hard to stay interested after the first climax happens since all the action and suspense drops back to ground level.
The art for the show is done well, but the fact that it is in older show is very apparent. Although i scored it rather high i…
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Slayers is a comedy/adventure/fantasy anime directed by Takashi Watanabe (directer of Kino's Journey and Boogiepop Phantom) and in many ways it can be seen as a parody of conventional RPG video games. it revolves around Magician Lina Inverse, and Swordsmen Gourry Gabriev as they travel around meeting new people, fighting demons and monsters, and getting into various predicaments along the way.
Story: In my opinion the best aspect of Slayers. The events flow nicely into one another and they frequently recall past events, making it feel as though nothing watched early in the series was a waste of time. Although the plot is quite linear, it is still very enjoyable. Reversely however, the atmosphere in many places is compromised by the shows non sequitur and random humor. So at times when the…
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