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Slayers Special

Title:Slayers Special
Slayers: Dragon Slave (VHS 1)
Slayers: Explosion Array (VHS 2)
Slayers: The Scary Chimera Plan (OAV 1)
Slayers: Jeffrey's Knighthood (OAV 2)
Slayers: Mirror, Mirror (OAV 3)
Slayers: Book of Spells
スレイヤーズすぺしゃる
Overall:Rent
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Notables: Animation - JC Staff
HAYASHIBARA Megumi
KAWAMURA Maria
R1 License - ADV

The maximum-chested, minimum-clothed Naga joins forces with the powerful sorceress Lina Inverse in this 3 episode OAV series.

First, Lina is offered the chance to be merged with a dragon and another beast to form the ultimate chimera. When she declines, the shunned alchemist decides to take Lina by force, with a small army on Naga clones.

Next, Lina and Naga are well paid to escort a spoiled, pampered, scrawny son of a large, strange woman to a staged fight. There, Jeffrey will "win" a victory and force his way into the knighthood. Sadly, real enemies appear. What's a mother to do to make a plan go right?

Finally, an evil magic user obtains a mirror which will create an exact, but opposite copy of anyone who opposes him. So when Lina and Naga are charged with putting a stop to this, the evil magician creates copies of them who are completely loyal to him. How will Lina defeat herself?

[3 OAV episodes (29min). The OAV sequel to this is called Slayers Excellent].


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OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Rent 8 7 8 7 6 6 AstroNerdBoy #

As with Slayers: The Movie, this OAV set lacks the core group that made the original Slayers so great. Instead we get the anti-Lina, Naga. Lina is small, Naga is tall. Lina has a small bust, Naga has a huge bust. Lina dresses conservatively, Naga barely wears clothes. It is supposed to be funny I guess, but there aren't that many laughs. The best laughs come in the first episode and they are all at Naga's expense. If you've already seen the movie or were otherwise aquainted with Naga, you'll appreciate the joke. There are some other small laughs, but nothing really good like the original TV series.

The stories themselves are uninspired, and calling them filler does an injustice to the word. Still, I love hearing Hayashibara Megumi scream, "FIREBALL!" as she blasts foes. And it is Megumi that raises the character to another level. However, if you are a dub person, the English cast is different from the TV series. That's anime in America for you.

Bottom line: Mostly pointless, but fun enough that I don't regret renting it.

Last updated Wednesday, January 14 2004.


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