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Summary: Get this one
Review: This series is GREAT!!! You have to get it. It is my all-time favorite series. Lina,the very powerful sorceroress, is out to find the Clair Bible which is said to be the key to all magic. Along with her stupid sidekick,Gowery, the justice-lover,Amelia, and Zelgadis, the hard headed(litterally) sorceror, they are off to find the bible.
Just when you think its all over soemthing else happens. I won't give the story away but just when they are about to lose to Gauve, The Demon-Dragon King, someone else appears and defeats Gauve by snapping his fingers. Unfortunatley, he turns out to be their new enemy. This is a Must-Have. The first series of Slayers was great and this one is even BETTER! You will find many laughs as well as much action. Buy this one. You won't be sorry
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Summary: Left a much sweeter taste in my mouth
Review: Truthfully, I didn't like the original Slayers series all that much. Sure the characters were interesting and the humor was a nice change of pace from your typical anime, but the second half of first season was an almost carbon copy of the first. By the end of it I was just about fed up with Lina Inverse and her little gang. Fortunately I decided to give them another try with Slayers Next. Wow, what a difference a season makes. Slayers Next strikes the perfect balance between humor, action and good old-fashioned adventure. The plot starts out rather silly but quickly becomes more serious and by the end I was wondering if I was still watching the same series or if I had accidentally slipped in Escaflowne. It's safe to say that I was impressed by the remarkable dynamics of the characters and the fact that the story carried a lot more dramatic tension then the first seasons'. I also liked the addition of Xellos who always kept me interested as to his next move. Not all is roses though in this fantasy adventure. Martina is a great character but she is completely wasted as the comic relief (not to mention redundant; the whole cast is comic relief). Also, the video transfer smacks of VHS and anyone who is listening to the dub ought to shoot themselves right now; you're giving the series a bad name just by existing. Otherwise I was very impressed by this second outing and I am looking forward to purchasing the third series Slayers Try. Viva season three!
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Summary: The Greatest of Slayers and God it is Good
Review: Well, to begin, Slayers is just awsome.
I watched the first season and was interested in this anime, but it was when I watched the second season that I began to love Slayers.
This is the greatest of Slayers and anyone who has seen Slayers knows what I'm talking about, you want a good anime, well, who got one.
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Summary: Sugoi! The Slayers series is possibly the best anime ever
Review: With spiffistical sorceress and flat-chested wonder Lina Inverse meets up with Gourry, Zelgadis, Amielia, and Sylphiel in the first series, there are lots of jokes, wisecracks, and other assorted fun stuff about all the characters, plus a giga-involved plot that is not to be missed, but when the team joins up again for Slayers NEXT, watch out! With all sorts of evil mazoku on their tails, Lina and the gang journey throughout the land, meeting new people and making new friends and enemies. Xelloss, the mysterious trickster-priest, makes the scene and leads the gang on some side-splitting adventures. With a hint of jokery and some slight mature references, it may not be for the weak of heart. But, if you can stand a great mixture of humor and seriousness, some dazzling special effects, which look quite weird sometimes because of the blend of cgi and anime, and a spiffy plot, slayers, next, and try are all for you! Although Software sculptors has done a tremendous job in bringing Slayers to the US, some points should be made. For example, the characters, though they're supposed to be ranging from 14 1000+, sound all wrong in the dub (the english version) as Lina sounds 30, Gourry is played by the man who does Brock in Pokemon, and Xelloss...well, he sounds horrendous. Makes you hate his character. That's why I love this DVD set. With the DVD, you can listen to the japanese or the english, depending if you want to hear pain and agony, or not-quite-so-much pain and agony. however, Software sculptors could have done a bit better on their coverage of what the characters are actually saying with the subtitles, which is another handy dandy option- you can see the basic differences of what the english people are saying and what the original script was written for. However, some words (like mazoku, literally race of evil, translated to monsters...ick.) are done incorrectly, and there are some problems with some things such as "demon dragon king" which is supposed to be something like "chaos-dragon" or something. Not much if you don't really care, the basic laugh-meter and plot is still there, but for hardcore otaku like me, it can be nerve grinding. Another benifit of the DVD, you can turn the subtitles on and off, unlike the sub VHS, where you have to just ignore them, with the DVD you can get the entire experience if you know japanese, and don't start cussing out the TV. The plot is enthralling, leaving you wanting more and more, and cuz' this is the collection, you get it all! That's right, the entire Slayers NEXT series! But, make sure you know what's going on in the original Slayers series before you watch it, or you may become a slight bit lost. Not too badly, though, but it definately adds to the humor and excitement if you know the characters and how they act. Overall, I would definately say that this is a very very very well-put together set, with some slight exceptions, software sculptors did a very nice job. Bravo!
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