Slayers

Originally Posted by iamamoogle

I know that Slayers is an older anime/manga/novel series... but I can't help but love it.

I bought the manga (Medieval Mayhem in the US) and loved it. Then I bought the Motion picture... I didn't know at the time that there were two timelines (Naga/Gourry) and was confused that many of the characters that I seen (and had driven me to purchase the series) where absent. I eventually saved up and shelled out the money for the first DVD boxset (Japanese audio problems and all *sighs* oh well I only had a mono TV so it didn't matter anyways). The animation was dated (even for its time, just a year prior to good, ol' beautiful Eva), but I loved every bit of it. I eventually bought NEXT and TRY... then the OVA and movies... then the manga.

Then TokyoPop released the original novels that started the whole thing... and I thought they were even greater. Its really neat to see events from Lina's satirical and cynical perspective. It was also great to read new stories with Lina, Gourry, Zel, Amelia, Xellos, etc.

I'm so dissapointed that they only released 6 volumes (out of the original 15... which doesn't count the 20 some odd Special series with Naga). I'm not sure if the series is on hiatus or what exactly is going on, but I signed this anyways...
Slayers Novel Pention

I know that internet pentions have little power, but its better than nothing at all, right?

I was wondering if there was anyone else who liked Slayers. I mean its got great characters, an interesting and in depth world/setting, and its one of the funiest anime I've seen... and the novels are even funnier.

I remember watching this once on the International Channel. It was in Japanese and not subtitled, so I didn't know much of what was going on (I also forgot most of what I did see).

Jam it back in, in the dark.