Slayers Excellent
| Slayers Excellent | |
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| スレイヤーズえくせれんと (Sureiyāzu ekuserento) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, comedy, fantasy |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Watanabe |
| Written by |
Hajime Kanzaka Keiko Watanabe |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 25, 1998 – March 25, 1999 |
| Episodes | 3 |
Slayers: Excellent (スレイヤーズえくせれんと Sureiyāzu ekuserento), is the second set of three Slayers OVA episodes featuring Lina Inverse (Megumi Hayashibara) and Naga the Serpent (Maria Kawamura), following the earlier OVA series Slayers Special. The series was written by Keiko Watanabe basing on the original stories in the light novels by Hajime Kanzaka, directed by Hiroshi Watanabe and originally released in Japan between October 25, 1998 and March 25, 1999.
In the first episode, "Labyrinth" (らびりんす Rabirinsu), Lina and Naga first meet and are forced to travel together battling zombies, ghosts, a vampire, and Naga's own tomfoolery. In the second episode, "A Frightening Future" (ら恐るべき未来す Osorubeki mirai), Lina is hired to escort a bratty and spoiled merchant's daughter to a summer villa. In the third episode, "Lina-chan's Lovely Makeover Operation" (ら恐るべき未来す Rina-chan oshare dai-sakusen), Lina and Naga become involved in a dispute with each of them taking opposite sides in an argument between conservative and risque fashion designers.
Plot
Cast
| Character | Japanese voice actor | English voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lina Inverse | Megumi Hayashibara | Cynthia Martinez |
| Naga the Serpent | Maria Kawamura | Kelly Manison |
| Steindorf | Sho Hayami | Mike MacRae |
| Tatiana Diward | Aya Hisakawa | Deanna Julian |
| Sirene | Kumiko Watanabe | Tiffany Grant |
| Marty Lenford | Mayumi Iizuka | Ayanna Grundy |
| Alphonse | Shinichiro Miki | Illich Guardiola |
| Fitzmeier | Hiroshi Naka | Jason Douglas |
Release
The series' ending song "Never Die" with vocals by Masami Okui was released as a four-track single CD (KIDA-174) by Starchild Records on November 27, 1995. It was also later included Okui's 1999 album Best-Est and in the CD collection The Best of Slayers vol. 2 (From OVA, Movie & Game).
Reception
Polish fantasy writer Aleksandra Janusz, writing for the magazine Kawaii, called Slayers Excellent "not much less brillant" than Slayers Special, noting the second part to in her opinion be the most funny and the third one to be the weakest.[1]
References
- ↑ Aleksandra Janusz (Ina, Błękitna Czarodziejka), "Slayers nie tylko w TV: Filmy kinowe oraz serie OAV." Kawaii 40 (October-November 2002), p. 12-15.
External links
- Official website of Slayers OVA Collection (Madman Entertainment)
- Slayers Excellent (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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