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Talk about whatever but the show must have some variant of "Slayer" in the name. I played D&D recently so that made me start rewatching The Slayers. It's still good! One thing I didn't appreciate when I watched it as an "anime is serious art" teenager is just how much of a cartoon it is. Goofy animations, silly anime faces, giant sweatdrops, its all very comfortable and conversant in the language of animation and that 90's hand drawn charm just oozes from it. Lina is extremely fun and inspiring character and has a great approach to problem solving we would all do well to emulate. I hope the sequel series are just as good!
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Mulderman posted:Slayers Next is my comfort food. It always manages to cheer me up when I feel down. Cool, I just finished the original so that's up next for me. Gonna get comfy in the anime zone.
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Oct 24, 2018 12:46
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do we get more weird fish guys
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Oct 24, 2018 16:29
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Oct 25, 2018 04:19
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Larryb posted:If anyone here hasn't seen Slayers or wants to watch it again the entire series is available for free in both sub and dub formats on Funimation's YouTube channel (the first season as well as Revolution/Evolution-R is also on Crunchyroll as well but that could change before too long). All seasons are on crunchy, but for some reason it puts next/try as seasons two and three of Slayers but revolution as a separate entry.
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Oct 25, 2018 17:04
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 they could probably just use this recap for every episode
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Oct 26, 2018 04:21
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    50 episodes of Kenshin waiting for this and it never happened, but Slayers delivers.
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Oct 27, 2018 17:31
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Mordaedil posted:It's one of the best jokes, but is that also the only joke Zelgadiss actually delivers? I dunno, but it's the same sword he's had for the whole series so he's clearly just being a dick.
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Oct 28, 2018 02:52
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Interesting feedback on the setting of whatever show that is! Slayers is D&D 100% but it predates all the meta "u are actually all in a game" trends and just keeps the story moving smoothly from plot point to plot point like any good DM would. It's cool that a Slayers kingdom is just a town, a restaurant, and a castle or mansion that will most likely get blown up in the next 22 minutes. No reason to build any more world than necessary!
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Oct 29, 2018 20:38
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Halfway through Next now and I have to agree Give a Reason is sick as hell.
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Nov 3, 2018 04:36
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A bunch of stuff happened and in the end all the episodes on Crunchy went boom! But it's all available on youtube so whatever!
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Nov 11, 2018 01:32
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Captain Cappy posted:I've been watching this dubbed for the first 20 episodes but I can't handle it anymore. Trying to match lip flaps has led to some of the biggest dubbing crimes against humanity. Did the dub change any of the boob jokes?
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Nov 12, 2018 01:51
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bigmandan posted:Astral magic is a branch of shamanistic magic. It works through the Astral plane by attacking the target's Astral body; usually most effective on monsters/demons. One example is Ra Tilt which can be seen only having limited effect on ol' Ruby Eyes in showdown in the tower. I don't think it actually works on anyone until well into Next.
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Nov 13, 2018 02:29
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Just finished Next. Such a sweet way to end it. 
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Nov 15, 2018 04:37
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Coxswain Balls posted:Just finished Next. 'tis. Try is "anime-only" but in the first episode Lina destroys an innocent city by mistake so I think they "get it".
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Nov 21, 2018 04:22
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Mazed posted:Gourry is played by the D&D newcomer who took everyone's advice and played a straightforward smashy type. There's a lot of places where this sort of logic holds up. Like at the end of Next Zangulus shows up just so Gourry's player can have a replacement swordsman to play for that session.
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Nov 23, 2018 00:09
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Mordaedil posted:Apparently they skipped the village raid, which was one of the worst scenes in the manga, so it might not be the worst adaption possible. If they didn't just move it to be the season finale... You know how Slayers is like a fun game of D&D with chill, well-adjusted people? There is also the, uh, other type of D&D group.
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Nov 25, 2018 14:47
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:Technically it is, it's for all "Slayer" shows. If you don't like it you probably said your piece in the old thread and if you do like it there's not much to say beyond hey it was cool when the goblins got btfo. But it does in fact have Slayer in the name, so everything's on the up and up.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:00
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Wheat Loaf posted:I thought I'd rewatch some of Slayers Try and I'd completely forgotten about the ad break title cards (Amelia in a waitress outfit, Lina in a school uniform, Zelgadis as a rock star etc.). Mostly they're humorous but there's one where Gourry is in an apron with a little girl with pink hair and I can't remember if she was a character from one of the previous two seasons. I think that was the alchemist girl whose house they accidentally destroy in Next. Not spoiler tagging that because wanton destruction should be a given.
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I had some time so I went and finished Try. The episodic filler nonsense episodes were perfectly solid but the main plot was a little weak. It took too long to get going in the first half then Valgaav disappeared for most of the back half. Watched the first episode of Revolution and am glad to see "being Lina Inverse" is still a crime.
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