Slayers will always be the fun story to warm my heart if I ever needed to feel good. Lina and Gourry's relationship is one of the sweetest things ever and I'm so glad to always be a Slayers fan. If another anime does happen, it will be like slipping back into my most comfy boots.
All of the new Slayers merchandise becoming available is giving me hope for more anime too!! I got into Slayers in the late 90s/early 00s and never looked back. Very informative video, thanks!
I totally get the vibe we're getting new anime slayers in the near future. Probably a reboot! Will it be a redo of the older seasons or following the story closer to the LNs though? I'm thinking a reboot would follow the novels. I doubt the creators want to bring back Filia. Lol
@@carlbloke8797 Since they managed to introduce LN characters like Duclis or Zuuma in Revolution despite their story arcs being long past (they should have appeared around Slayers NEXT) one can only hope they finally introduce the final two important party members, Luke and Millina.
It's good know people are stilling waiting for Slayers. Something about it hold a great love in my heart. Today modern anime fans couldn't understand why Slayers is amazing, the art style, the music, the story was funny and cool and it didn't take itself too seriously. Especially for pre 2000s, it was ahead of its time and at the right time for it. Criminally underrated, it like lightning in a bottle, it almost didn't happen.
Tonight I introduced both my 18 year old and 9 year old to Slayers. They both loved it and we’ll be watching the whole series. They both feel 104 episodes just isn’t enough lol
As a kid I had a notebook of spells written out based on the Slayer's magic system. Its easy to say that Slayers was one of the founding Anime of my youth.
Actually thing is, im so glad that thwre are more slayers fans out there. Slayers was one of those special shows i grew up watching and it has stayed with me eversince. Its till this day i hold out hope for more slayers material. Hopefully one day they'll maie some kind of revival of somekind
13:50 OBJECTION! All Slayers TV seasons was dubbed to Hungarian as well in the mid to late 2000s! Good video by the way! Long time since I am a fan of this series. Thank you for making it. 😉
Slayers is one of my top anime series. I discovered it four years ago and I just adore the series. It’s a lighthearted series that’s as wholesome as a stuffed animal.
Slayer’s was one of the first anime i ever saw back in the 90s. A cousin had a VHS that i borrowed with the first 4 episodes of season 1 dubbed. I think one of the OVAs as well actually…. but it began my hunt for all things Slayer’s related…
Ironic enough, I've stumbled upon this video because I am a fan of Slayers. But, and hear me out on this, what actually made my heart skip a beat is seeing @09:46, which is an anime that I've been searching for since..... I don't know........ 3rd or 4th grade?! I've been looking for this anime after finishing the Tagalog dub when I was young, and for the life of me, I could not remember the title nor the year it was made. I kept on searching, trying to shake my memories, but couldn't find it. And then, there it is, smackdab in the middle of watching your video! I will now watch Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai thanks to you!!!
Very good video with a lot of research not easily found for the average Slayers fan. Just 2 small points, hope you don't mind~ the main Slayers novel series was released directly as novels, never being serialized before as short stories. That only was true for the Slayers Special/Smash series. And you didn't mention the Meet Again animation announcement in 2007, which was the first hint that a new series was in the works. Apart from that, it's a great video :)
As a TTRPG player, Slayers has always had a special place in my heart as what a tabletop group usually ends up being like (okay, Lodoss too, but Slayers is so much more fun). I remember being so disappointed in the various RPGs published in the early 2000s, because the companies that published them did not have the license for the full setting, just the TV series (not even the OVAs), so they got a lot of stuff wrong. With new novels coming out, and 9-15 getting translated finally (note to self: get them...), maybe another stab at a tabletop setting could be done. This time with a proper license deal...
Thank you for making this! I love the Slayers shows, but I've always wanted to know the story of how it was made, and the timeline of all the movies/OVAs/what their deal was. Great vid!
Thank you for this well researched video! There has been some recent activity beyond the 3rd published story arc as of late...such as 2020 marking a 30yr anniversary event in Japan (but also affected by current events this year) as well a a new line of Volks figure and the like.
I love Slayers! The multiple manga series are fascinating! The anime series, OVAs, and movies are so fascinating! The games are amazing I am actually fond of them! The crossover Heroes Phantasia is defiantly good!❤
Very well put essay! It was great to hear so much I didn't knew about one of my favorite series growing up. Slayers was up there with a lot of classic anime over here, in Latin America. The dub was great, and it left a big impact over here. Quick question: what are the character design documents seen in the video? Is there a specific book with all this?
Thanks for watching. Actually, the character sketches were taken from various Slayers DVDs. The collections for Slayers, Next, and Try all included them as bonus features.
*THE Slayers is a pure bliss.* The characters are adorable, even evil ones like Rezo. And the anime series is epic (yes, all of it, I watched everything there is to watch). Genus voice performances by the best voice actors in the industry, cute character designs, great music. I with that the series would not have stopped. It is a format that can run forever.
This series is amazing. I like most people got into Slayers mainly due to the anime. I have all 5 seasons (well 4 if you consider combining Revolution and Evolution-R together as a whole). I also have all 8 volumes of the Slayers Super Explosive Demon Story manga (though I have a Japanese print of the 8th/final volume of the manga since it never got released here in America), all 4 volumes of the Slayers Special manga, the one-shot Slayers manga called Medieval Mayhem (though in Japan it's just called Slayers), the Slayers Premium manga, and the Slayers light novels collector's editions volumes 1-3 containing novels 1-9 from J-Novel Club. I'm looking forward to getting the last two collector's editions containing novels 10-15. I know there's now a 16th and 17th novel, but until there's more published to start off a new story arc, I'll just stick with having novels 1-15.
Thanks. This helps contexualize a lot of what was going on with the series. I've recently watched the first 3 seasons of the anime and all of the prequel OVAs/movies and I was wondering what was going on with Slayers considering I've only first heard of it like a year ago
Darkness beyond twilight...Crimson beyond blood that flows...Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows...I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand...Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess... DRAGON SLAVE!
Would super love it if the original second arc were animated. Or hell, maybe do a direct adaptation of the novels. I've been enjoying them on Bookwalker when I get the opportunities to read them (only on Vol 4, I have no control of my life 😩)!
Slayers is the most underrated anime ever, best magic incantations, great characters, good storyline, exceptional setting (world). Few things would make me happier than a decent remake or sequel to his anime. A crossover with Sorcerous Stabber Orphen would be awesome.
What "Easy Film" studio do you mean? I did not find it among Slayers' production companies. The full list of them is here: Animation: Egg Films Animation Production: E&G Films Backgrounds: Studio Tulip (eps 2-26 even) Take One Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Finish Animation: Bintan Junaka Carton Film (eps 7-26) In-Between Animation: Bintan Junaka Carton Film (eps 7-26) Key Animation: K-Production (5 episodes) Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory Music Production: King Records TV Tokyo Music Production: J.C. Staff Marubeni (eps 5-26) SoftX TV Tokyo Recording Studio: Tact Studios Titles: Maki Production
I never got to watch much of the newer Slayers series when it was being released before the series dropped out of my personal bubble. Hearing that Xelloss' dub voice was unable to return brings a warmth to my heart. ❤️ I fangirled for Xel hard but his dub voice was torture. I'm re-watching Next (and soon Try) right now and it's so hard to sit through the dub sometimes. Man the 90s was the wild west for dub anime. 😂
@@dwainsimmons3447 Wow. That's a shame that companies mistreat their actors/employees though. I'm not a fan of how he did Xelloss but he still deserves respect for his work. 😔
DBZ got me into anime as a kid. Enough to get my mom to take me up to Suncoast in the Mall to buy Slayers. Ya know, because the only way to watch anime was to buy it. That is, unless you were satisfied with just DBZ and Sailor Moon. It was recommended. Almost 100% certain it was the first time I ever went, first anime I ever bought, because I specifically remember asking the guy at the counter about anime, and what kind I was looking for. Some random Dude changed my life. I never would have stayed an anime fan if it wasn't for this one.
2 years after this video and slayers next collabs with guardian tales for no reason but yay popular anime become underrated collabs with another underrated game
The whole series dubbed to Hungarian too, that's how I saw it and became a fan. I don't think they dubbed the movies, I don't have any knowledge about that.
Slayers gacha collaboration is currently on-going in SEA server of Ragnarok Mobile. Just saying. I can't do gacha now though. I need a job first. But if ever, then a cutoff would've been for them.*sigh*
*I LIKE the dub actress,* but I wish this documentary would use original sound, meaning the original voice actress. She is one of the biggest anime phenomenons of all time, a true veteran and a great singer.
Real talk the lady they picked for the english dub yelled dragon slave like "gooooooo team!". Like i could have rocked with it if she did it like she heard the original japanese lady belt it out. I still get chills!
@hocthaitrinh3640 no. They're not available in my region and importing is not viable. Also, anime are closed type deals with Try being something original.
@@arturmical well duh, the anime always end with "and the journey continues" each season, which means there are still more stories to be told if they want
slayers is so underrated
Nowadays yea.
Slayers is currently doing s crossover event with Guardian Tales! Don't miss it!!!
@@soulmechanics7946 sadly i couldn't get Xellos
My thoughts exactly
It's also kinda under recognized - of my friends only a few have even heard about it.
This is my favorite anime. I named one of my kids Lina.
O.O...my daughter is named Lina too....
My sister name is lena
My wife said no to Lina so I used Amelia 😜
@@nickthompson318 HA. My daughter has a cousin Amelia...her parents don't get the reference though 🤣
Is she a role model
Buried in the stream of time is where this fandom grows!
Based
Slayers will always be the fun story to warm my heart if I ever needed to feel good. Lina and Gourry's relationship is one of the sweetest things ever and I'm so glad to always be a Slayers fan. If another anime does happen, it will be like slipping back into my most comfy boots.
Record of Lodoss War is what you imagine your DND party will be, but your DND party inevitably becomes Slayers...
This was my 1st anime I fell in love with Lina inverse was such a fresh breathe of air a female hero in shonen
All of the new Slayers merchandise becoming available is giving me hope for more anime too!! I got into Slayers in the late 90s/early 00s and never looked back. Very informative video, thanks!
I've been thinking make it somewhat similar to Konosuba and we have a winner.
I totally get the vibe we're getting new anime slayers in the near future. Probably a reboot! Will it be a redo of the older seasons or following the story closer to the LNs though? I'm thinking a reboot would follow the novels. I doubt the creators want to bring back Filia. Lol
@@AlottaBoulchitI don’t think they should reboot the anime after all the work and worldbuilding put into the original show tbh
@@carlbloke8797 Since they managed to introduce LN characters like Duclis or Zuuma in Revolution despite their story arcs being long past (they should have appeared around Slayers NEXT) one can only hope they finally introduce the final two important party members, Luke and Millina.
This is 1 of the anime series that I can't forget. Watching this at the age of 10 yrs old and I'm 40 yrs old now.
It's good know people are stilling waiting for Slayers. Something about it hold a great love in my heart. Today modern anime fans couldn't understand why Slayers is amazing, the art style, the music, the story was funny and cool and it didn't take itself too seriously. Especially for pre 2000s, it was ahead of its time and at the right time for it. Criminally underrated, it like lightning in a bottle, it almost didn't happen.
Tonight I introduced both my 18 year old and 9 year old to Slayers. They both loved it and we’ll be watching the whole series. They both feel 104 episodes just isn’t enough lol
As a kid I had a notebook of spells written out based on the Slayer's magic system.
Its easy to say that Slayers was one of the founding Anime of my youth.
Actually thing is, im so glad that thwre are more slayers fans out there. Slayers was one of those special shows i grew up watching and it has stayed with me eversince. Its till this day i hold out hope for more slayers material. Hopefully one day they'll maie some kind of revival of somekind
This is an amazingly well done documentary, thank you for your hard work!
Very informative, thank you!
seriously, we need more of these kind of videos... dissecting anime titles.. documentaries and stuff like that
My first series and favorite. Still have all the dvds
holy shit! this video is a deep dive. how did you even find all that obscure info?
It's called the internet. Duh.
13:50 OBJECTION! All Slayers TV seasons was dubbed to Hungarian as well in the mid to late 2000s! Good video by the way! Long time since I am a fan of this series. Thank you for making it. 😉
Slayers is one of my top anime series. I discovered it four years ago and I just adore the series. It’s a lighthearted series that’s as wholesome as a stuffed animal.
Slayer’s was one of the first anime i ever saw back in the 90s. A cousin had a VHS that i borrowed with the first 4 episodes of season 1 dubbed. I think one of the OVAs as well actually…. but it began my hunt for all things Slayer’s related…
Thank you for this! Been a fan since the late 90s, but I still learned so much in your video!
The first anime I have ever watched! Thank you mangakas for giving us the gift of manga and anime.
Ironic enough, I've stumbled upon this video because I am a fan of Slayers. But, and hear me out on this, what actually made my heart skip a beat is seeing @09:46, which is an anime that I've been searching for since..... I don't know........ 3rd or 4th grade?! I've been looking for this anime after finishing the Tagalog dub when I was young, and for the life of me, I could not remember the title nor the year it was made. I kept on searching, trying to shake my memories, but couldn't find it. And then, there it is, smackdab in the middle of watching your video! I will now watch Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai thanks to you!!!
Bringing up 5 kids the right way, with great anime. Slayers and School Rumble are two of the favorites still yet.
Very good video with a lot of research not easily found for the average Slayers fan. Just 2 small points, hope you don't mind~ the main Slayers novel series was released directly as novels, never being serialized before as short stories. That only was true for the Slayers Special/Smash series. And you didn't mention the Meet Again animation announcement in 2007, which was the first hint that a new series was in the works. Apart from that, it's a great video :)
I don't mind at all. I appreciate the clarification and thank you for watching.
This video convinced me to finally get around to watching the series! Thanks for the insight.
I saw this on reddit, I didn’t finish the vid but so far it looks good
Edit: this was great, good job
Fantastic job
Just finished this anime. It was an epic adventure!
As a TTRPG player, Slayers has always had a special place in my heart as what a tabletop group usually ends up being like (okay, Lodoss too, but Slayers is so much more fun).
I remember being so disappointed in the various RPGs published in the early 2000s, because the companies that published them did not have the license for the full setting, just the TV series (not even the OVAs), so they got a lot of stuff wrong. With new novels coming out, and 9-15 getting translated finally (note to self: get them...), maybe another stab at a tabletop setting could be done. This time with a proper license deal...
It could be huge again. Look at how well Konosuba has done and it's a spiritual successor to Slayers.
Konosuba doesn't deserve to be in the same room as Slayers.
@@xlondoncallingx ok boomer go watch your old animes then.
Thank you for making this! I love the Slayers shows, but I've always wanted to know the story of how it was made, and the timeline of all the movies/OVAs/what their deal was. Great vid!
Such a great series, glad the novel series is finally getting re-released in the states this year!
wait ...really ?
I found them online a few years back. It wasn't that hard actually.
This Video has a very high production value, why doesn’t it have more views?
Thank you for this well researched video! There has been some recent activity beyond the 3rd published story arc as of late...such as 2020 marking a 30yr anniversary event in Japan (but also affected by current events this year) as well a a new line of Volks figure and the like.
I love Slayers! The multiple manga series are fascinating! The anime series, OVAs, and movies are so fascinating! The games are amazing I am actually fond of them! The crossover Heroes Phantasia is defiantly good!❤
Classic 90s anime love it
welcome back bro, love the long vid
A big respect for making such detailed video. Thank you for your work from a Slayers fan!!
There was a lot of stuff I didn't even know. Very well researched and put together. Thank you
Underrated video about underrated anime
Very well researched and succinct expresed! Very well made and informative.
oh my god bro you put so much effort in this video. definitely underrated. well done
Thank you for watching.
I need more of the extras on dvd.
Good overview of the light novels and anime.
finest video on the subject, great work!!
Very well put essay! It was great to hear so much I didn't knew about one of my favorite series growing up. Slayers was up there with a lot of classic anime over here, in Latin America. The dub was great, and it left a big impact over here.
Quick question: what are the character design documents seen in the video? Is there a specific book with all this?
Thanks for watching. Actually, the character sketches were taken from various Slayers DVDs. The collections for Slayers, Next, and Try all included them as bonus features.
*THE Slayers is a pure bliss.*
The characters are adorable, even evil ones like Rezo. And the anime series is epic (yes, all of it, I watched everything there is to watch). Genus voice performances by the best voice actors in the industry, cute character designs, great music. I with that the series would not have stopped. It is a format that can run forever.
Slayers and Trigun deserve the Hunter x Hunter treatment more that any other series out there.
I KNOW RIGHT! It's not fair😭😭😭
Grew up loving Slayers. My sister says it aged bad but i still identify so much with Lina Inverse
@@quack2thesequel based
I don’t agree with your sister I’d say it aged pretty well it’s still up there as one of the best animes ever
I know a lot about Slayers after childhood and I am shocked to find someone who knows more about it than I do.
One of the most underrated animes there is but it might be my second favorite anime of all time
Just here because of the guardian tales collaboration..never heard of it before.thanx for this.
This series is amazing. I like most people got into Slayers mainly due to the anime. I have all 5 seasons (well 4 if you consider combining Revolution and Evolution-R together as a whole). I also have all 8 volumes of the Slayers Super Explosive Demon Story manga (though I have a Japanese print of the 8th/final volume of the manga since it never got released here in America), all 4 volumes of the Slayers Special manga, the one-shot Slayers manga called Medieval Mayhem (though in Japan it's just called Slayers), the Slayers Premium manga, and the Slayers light novels collector's editions volumes 1-3 containing novels 1-9 from J-Novel Club. I'm looking forward to getting the last two collector's editions containing novels 10-15. I know there's now a 16th and 17th novel, but until there's more published to start off a new story arc, I'll just stick with having novels 1-15.
Thanks. This helps contexualize a lot of what was going on with the series. I've recently watched the first 3 seasons of the anime and all of the prequel OVAs/movies and I was wondering what was going on with Slayers considering I've only first heard of it like a year ago
Great job! Keep up the good work!
The Slayers was one of my first steps outside of main stream Shonen anime in college a couple years back. I forgot how much I enjoyed it.
its awsome after seeing it this many time later again i even still got some mangas of it its gold i say
Slayers is peak!!
Awesome video!
Thank you for this!
Thanks for the documentary , do you know if they gonna revive this serie in the futur
Unfortunately, no, I don't know if there are any plans to revive Slayers in the future..
Darkness beyond twilight...Crimson beyond blood that flows...Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows...I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand...Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess...
DRAGON SLAVE!
A new anime would be amazing but I'll settle for the books being getting localized(well the rest we didn't get)
They're actually making them available via Kindle and a deluxe edition with a new translation, I saw it on Amazon, I was pleasantly surprised!
@@guardiansoulblade2673 drop a link🙏
I need to rewatch this or needs a video game
Would super love it if the original second arc were animated. Or hell, maybe do a direct adaptation of the novels. I've been enjoying them on Bookwalker when I get the opportunities to read them (only on Vol 4, I have no control of my life 😩)!
Slayers was one of the first Anime I ever watched i was maybe 10 to 12 years old.
Slayers is the most underrated anime ever, best magic incantations, great characters, good storyline, exceptional setting (world). Few things would make me happier than a decent remake or sequel to his anime. A crossover with Sorcerous Stabber Orphen would be awesome.
Nice doc, but what's up with the typo in title (in the video 0:13 "Darkenss(?) Beyond Twilight")
What "Easy Film" studio do you mean?
I did not find it among Slayers' production companies. The full list of them is here:
Animation: Egg Films
Animation Production: E&G Films
Backgrounds:
Studio Tulip (eps 2-26 even)
Take One
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Finish Animation: Bintan Junaka Carton Film (eps 7-26)
In-Between Animation: Bintan Junaka Carton Film (eps 7-26)
Key Animation: K-Production (5 episodes)
Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory
Music Production:
King Records
TV Tokyo Music
Production:
J.C. Staff
Marubeni (eps 5-26)
SoftX
TV Tokyo
Recording Studio: Tact Studios
Titles: Maki Production
It was mentioned briefly at around 10:05. In western markets, they went by E&G Films.
@@thisvthattv Thanks.
I love Slayers anime since 1995
We got the first Volume of The Slayers audiobook narrated by Lisa Ortiz, so that's a win!
It was dubbed in greek too, I remember watching it on the television!!
if i loved somethin about this anime is that spells actually had chants.
I never got to watch much of the newer Slayers series when it was being released before the series dropped out of my personal bubble. Hearing that Xelloss' dub voice was unable to return brings a warmth to my heart. ❤️ I fangirled for Xel hard but his dub voice was torture. I'm re-watching Next (and soon Try) right now and it's so hard to sit through the dub sometimes. Man the 90s was the wild west for dub anime. 😂
Xellos voice is done wonderfully by David Moo in the dub. Who is known for doing a voice in a poorly received dub called 4kids One Piece.
@@AlottaBoulchit David Moo quit because of Al Kahn’s and 4kids’ lack of respect to their voice actors, musicians, and their employees.
@@dwainsimmons3447 Wow. That's a shame that companies mistreat their actors/employees though. I'm not a fan of how he did Xelloss but he still deserves respect for his work. 😔
@@AlottaBoulchit CPM and NYAV treated Slayers and their voice actors more respectfully than 4kids’
@@AlottaBoulchit Slayers should had aired on Toonami
DBZ got me into anime as a kid. Enough to get my mom to take me up to Suncoast in the Mall to buy Slayers. Ya know, because the only way to watch anime was to buy it. That is, unless you were satisfied with just DBZ and Sailor Moon. It was recommended. Almost 100% certain it was the first time I ever went, first anime I ever bought, because I specifically remember asking the guy at the counter about anime, and what kind I was looking for. Some random Dude changed my life. I never would have stayed an anime fan if it wasn't for this one.
Based
It’s crazy how one event can change your life
2 years after this video and slayers next collabs with guardian tales for no reason but yay popular anime become underrated collabs with another underrated game
i so love slayers
My goodness! There are people still interested in Slayers xD!
My ex used to cosplay Lina back when I had no idea who she was. I wasn't ready...
I’m so glad that John O Donnell made the correct decision to not let Slayers on Fox Kids.
I remember watching slayers a little bit when i was smol. But Slayers X Guardian Tales Collab ye boi.
I play Ragnarok Mobile Online and Slayer became a class within the game! (You are Actually Lina Inverse and can use her powers) Overpowered mage!
Every Dnd campaign starts out like Record of Loddoss War but always ends up being Slayers.
Best anime
After the recent release of that beautiful 30th anniversary Lina figure I've got hope.
The whole series dubbed to Hungarian too, that's how I saw it and became a fan.
I don't think they dubbed the movies, I don't have any knowledge about that.
Slayers gacha collaboration is currently on-going in SEA server of Ragnarok Mobile. Just saying. I can't do gacha now though. I need a job first. But if ever, then a cutoff would've been for them.*sigh*
Lina Inverse is literally more powerful and likable than Rey Palpatine.
Why is this anime so forgotten these days?? 😭
Exactly it’s so unfair I got into it in like 2020 and I pray every day for another continuation so I can see more
Go ahead and click thumbs up if you cried at the end of Slayers TRY.
what sucks is it is near IMPOSIBLE to get the OG Light novels in English at all
*I LIKE the dub actress,* but I wish this documentary would use original sound, meaning the original voice actress. She is one of the biggest anime phenomenons of all time, a true veteran and a great singer.
Literally my favorite anime but nobody know it
Duragoooon Sulaaaaavu!!!
Real talk the lady they picked for the english dub yelled dragon slave like "gooooooo team!". Like i could have rocked with it if she did it like she heard the original japanese lady belt it out. I still get chills!
I await for something new...
There better to be a new season in the future, or Lina will go on a rampage!
Based
It wasn't that Xellos HAD to be recast, the original VA somehow lost out to...what we got.
David moo
@@dwainsimmons3447 No, what we got wasn't David Moo. David Moo was the original english dub.
Guardian Tales/Slayers crossover event hosting now! Engage!!!
... What Unfinished adaptations? The three first anime seasons were pretty much closed deal for themselves.
You haven't read the novels, have you?
@hocthaitrinh3640 no. They're not available in my region and importing is not viable.
Also, anime are closed type deals with Try being something original.
@@arturmical well duh, the anime always end with "and the journey continues" each season, which means there are still more stories to be told if they want