“Prequel film: Lina and Naga battle mazoku Joyrock, who massacred elves, alongside vengeful mage Rowdy Gabriev.”
Slayers: The Motion Picture
劇場版スレイヤーズ
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Synopsis
Prequel film: Lina and Naga battle mazoku Joyrock, who massacred elves, alongside vengeful mage Rowdy Gabriev.
In this prequel movie to the Slayers televison series, Lina Inverse travels to Mipross Island with her rival/traveling companion Naga the Serpent. While they originally came for the hot springs, they soon find them selves mixed up in a conspiracy involving a mazoku named Joyrock. Years ago, he killed all of the elves that inhabited the island and absorbed their power. They are soon joined by an old mage named Rowdy Gabriev, who was in love with one of the elves slaughtered and also wants to defeat Joyrock. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.42 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.56
Running avg · Sep 2012 → Sep 2023
- 7 “I've been a big fan of Slayers since discovering the TV series in the late '90s, which I've seen the first 3 seasons of. I always enjoyed it for how entertaining and humorous it was, a sort of...”
- 10 “Holy Smokes! I've got one thing to say to start this review off: Where've I been these past 16 years!! This movie is on the same ENJOYMENT RATE as Slayers NEXT. Except for different reasons, of...”
- 7 “I was planning on reviewing the Valkyria Chronicles anime this week, but things have been rather hectic and I wasn't able to finish it. I'll just have to take care of that one next week. In the...”
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- Format 1 × 64′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 04m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1995 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0504 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- Marubeni Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor