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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Slayers is a fantasy, adventure, and comedy anime based on the Slayers light novels. It is one of the most important works of the 1990s fantasy genre and blends magic, monsters, and absurd humor.

A series that embodies the spirit of RPGs from the SNES, PlayStation, and SEGA era.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Boring ass anime

EDIT - I know I sound mean but my friend was obsessed with the anime when I was in college. I never got that type of humor so it was a boring anime for me

 

[uncreativename]

I watched a teensy bit of it a while ago but I really don't remember what I thought of it at all... Looks like I didn't rate it on Myanimelist either .

 

[Paltheos]

Not sure it would hold up in the lord's year 2026. Its characters are certainly a memorable lot, but was the comedy really that good?

 

[GymWolf]

Liked it when i was young.

 

[KaiserCrab]

One of my most favorite series of all time, since I discovered it in public TV as teenager. I started watching it blindly, expecting a badass sword and sorcery anime, and stayed because of the chaotic humor. Years later, I bought as many of the manga as I could find (the stories there are a bit different tho).

Fun fact: in the Spanish dub, there were literally only four actors doing the voices of all characters for all the seasons. Also, Lina/Rina was called Reena, Gourry was Gaudy, and the show renamed as "Reena y Gaudy".

 

[ssringo]

I enjoyed the seasons greatly and it was one of the early anime that I checked out after DBZ/Sailor Moon. I still have VHS of most of their releases. The intro themes were catchy ear-worms (Megumi Hayashibara!) and Lisa Ortiz as Lina was perfect casting and I love her voice. The Dragon Slave spell chant was awesome. However, I didn't really care for the movies because they didn't bring back Lisa.

 

[freemandos]

That is a secret .

 

[jason10mm]

You really can't go wrong with any of the classics, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, or Seasons in the Abyss

 

[Durien]

Boring ass anime

EDIT - I know I sound mean but my friend was obsessed with the anime when I was in college. I never got that type of humor so it was a boring anime for me

This is one of those anime you NEED to watch dubbed.

 

[NahaNago]

I liked it back in the day although I was a never a big fan of it but my memory on it is a bit fuzzy on it since it has been such a long time since I had last seen it. Wasn't there a dragon girl as well or am i mixing that up with some other anime. Oh well, I had been thinking about watching this series for awhile now so I guess I can watch an episode or 2 after my sleep.

 

[poodaddy]

You really can't go wrong with any of the classics, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, or Seasons in the Abyss

Someone around here knows their shit!

 

[mileslongthe3rd]

I still have all the LaserDiscs of the show, and I loved it.

Lina was an archetype of an overpowered character.