New Slayers Anime Coming Soon?
Ahh, Slayers– the series of novels by Hajime Kanzaka that follows the diminutive sorceress Lina and her companions, dumb-but-loyal Gourry, wanna-be mysterious swordsman Zelgadis, overly-enthusiastic justice fighter Amelia (to name but a few) which has been developed into a manga, three TV anime series, two OVAs, and five movies.
A Japanese blog post by kouryakukan claims that the April issue of Dragon Magazine– the same magazine that the novels were originally serialized in –will include information about a brand new Slayers TV season.
Why Slayers? Why now? Why NOT? Slayers is better than pretty much every fantasy (of the D&D type) I’ve seen in recent years, from Night Wizard to Prism Ark to Kyou Kara Maou to Seirei no Moribito to Scrapped Princess, etc.
But we won’t know for sure until the issue of Dragon hits the stands, which won’t be for another day in Japan (it’s the 28th there; the ish comes out on the 29th).
UPDATE: A friend just sent me a link to what is supposed to be an interview with Slayers creator Hajime Kanzaka in which he talks about the new series. Assuming the interview is legit (and it probably is, unless someone’s putting on a major hoax), the new anime will feature the same staff as in the past. I can’t read enough of it to tell if Megumi Hayashibara will return as Lina, but I can’t imagine that they’d do it without her.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:08 am
pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease
February 27th, 2008 at 9:47 am
LOL Lina without Megumi is like sushi without soy sauce! :(
February 27th, 2008 at 9:57 am
The article you posted briefly mentions Megumi & does say something along the lines of it just wouldn’t be Slayers without her, but that nothing is really final yet & readers should keep reading Dragon to get more info as it comes out. So that’s sort of an answer to your question. ^^;;
February 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I’m still annoyed with Tokyopop over the novels. *pouts* Ned moar novel.
February 28th, 2008 at 7:15 am
… *Joyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoyjoy*
If they don’t get the same seiyuu’s for the characters I like, I will cry. BUT STILL!
February 28th, 2008 at 7:56 am
@Lenarian: Honestly, Japan seems much less tolerant of replacing actors and seiyuu than the US– with the exceptions of, say, the second Nana flick, you don’t hear much about a “second Darren” syndrome in many anime –so I’d be surprised if they’d go forward without at LEAST Megumi, and presumably the seiyuu for fan faves like Naga (if she appears), Xellos, Gourry, and Zelgadis.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
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March 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Megumi will return, as will the rest of the original cast. It’s all there in the original magazine article. =-D