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Title: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Nobu on July 03, 2010, 07:36:35 AM: This was the first anime/fandom that I ever got worked into, and it still gives me fond memories. I remember even learning how to sing some of the songs before knowing a lick of Japanese :colonveeplusalpha:

Got any Slayers fans in the woodwork? I know there's been some new series in recent years, but i've only seen the first three seasons along with a couple of the movies.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Firestorm29 on July 03, 2010, 08:10:40 AM: Slayers was one of the three series that introduced me to anime, the other two being Ruroni Kenshin and Magic Knights Rayearth. Rayearth was my first series I watched. Loved all of em. :D

I saw that series, only problem was I caught the last 5 episodes that were being played of the new series. D'oh!
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Garlyle on July 03, 2010, 10:17:09 AM: Thanks for reminding me I need to borrow Revolution off of my friend.

I kept putting it off since I grew up with the dub (And while the JP voices are fine enough, they just feel WEIRD after being so used to the dub), so I didn't watch it while it or Evolution-R was coming out, and now I just haven't gotten around to it @_@
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Solais on July 03, 2010, 01:48:32 PM: Same story, even though half of the "french cartoons" I was watching as a child was actually an anime (Dragonball, Sailormoon, Pokeman), Slayers was the first I seen in Japanese and knowing that I'm watching a japanese anime. So same story as Nobuta.

Yeah, Revolution and EvolutionR was VERY good. Especially the second one. You should watch it.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Nobu on July 03, 2010, 04:12:55 PM: Quote from: Garlyle on July 03, 2010, 10:17:09 AM
I kept putting it off since I grew up with the dub (And while the JP voices are fine enough, they just feel WEIRD after being so used to the dub), so I didn't watch it while it or Evolution-R was coming out, and now I just haven't gotten around to it @_@

I grew up with the dub for the first season, before discovering subs for the first time in Next. The dub is still pretty hilarious though. :V

I used to actually do Slayers roleplaying on AOL chatrooms, and it was the first online community I ever joined back in ~end of the 90s early 2000s. Bonus points to anyone that could guess which character. :3
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Momiji on July 03, 2010, 04:22:46 PM: Ahhh, Slayers. It's the first show I watched in completion back in the day, and still one of my all-time favorites. There's actually a new manga being released (http://www.onemanga.com/Slayers_Light-Magic/).
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Solais on July 03, 2010, 05:20:59 PM: Quote from: Momiji on July 03, 2010, 04:22:46 PM
Ahhh, Slayers. It's the first show I watched in completion back in the day, and still one of my all-time favorites. There's actually a new manga being released (http://www.onemanga.com/Slayers_Light-Magic/).

HOLY SHIT!

Slayers IN THE FUTURE!
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Stuffman on July 03, 2010, 06:03:10 PM: I once heard the canny observation that Record of Lodoss War is what most people want their D&D campaigns to be like, but Slayers is how they usually end up.

And yeah, Slayers is one of the best old animes out there.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Moerin on July 03, 2010, 06:09:39 PM: I love what I've seen of Slayers. Unfortunately, that's only up to the end of the first story arc (not even the first series... ;_;) for various reasons... Sigh. I mean, they never showed it on TV here, so it's kinda a bit more difficult to get into without having to sacrifice hard earned funds to get the DVDs (although from what I hear it'd probably be worth it).
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Nobu on July 03, 2010, 06:17:10 PM: Quote from: Stuffman on July 03, 2010, 06:03:10 PM
I once heard the canny observation that Record of Lodoss War is what most people want their D&D campaigns to be like, but Slayers is how they usually end up.

I heard they actually released a Slayers d20 system a while back, I wonder if it'd be worthwhile to track it down? :3
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: trancehime on July 04, 2010, 01:27:50 PM: Quote from: Nobu on July 03, 2010, 04:12:55 PM
I used to actually do Slayers roleplaying on AOL chatrooms, and it was the first online community I ever joined back in ~end of the 90s early 2000s. Bonus points to anyone that could guess which character. :3

I can't help but think you'd be the kind of person who would roleplay Naga or something. No, really.

I actually like the Slayers series a lot, it's quite a good series that I genuinely enjoyed watching way back when. :3
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: orinrin on July 05, 2010, 06:46:03 AM: I remember I used to watch Slayers. It was a pretty good anime, and it still is. I wonder how many people here have played DotA. The hero with the sorceress model is quite fun. :V

It's Lina Inverse for those of you who don't want to play such a shitty map.

I also watched Lost Universe a while back. It's actually not as bad as I first thought it was. Definitely worth seeing if you liked Slayers.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: trancehime on July 05, 2010, 11:26:40 AM: Quote from: SUPREME★ボガス on July 05, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
It's Lina Inverse for those of you who don't want to play such a shitty map.

You take that back, you piece of crap!

No hard feelings, dude.

LAGUNA BLAAAAAAADE
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Prody on July 06, 2010, 01:39:38 PM: I've watched the series but it never really left an impression on me due to the 2nd and 3rd seasons being way better than the latest two (or one)
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Nobu on July 06, 2010, 03:27:37 PM: Well, the first series definitely shows its age. I went back and watched some of the first series and oh man. :V

Slayers Next has some great animation though, and I actually thought Tri was a little *too* shiny sometimes.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Phlegeth on July 06, 2010, 04:33:27 PM: I love Slayers. Lina and Amelia are just awesome.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Hanzo K. on July 12, 2010, 11:28:52 PM: Hehe, Score.
Title: Re: Slayers Thread! DORAGU SUREIBU
Post by: Naut on July 13, 2010, 02:09:37 AM: Slayers was bitchin' back in the day. Watched all the OVAs/Movies and the entire first season. Wish I got around to all the rest... What a great show.

Quote from: Nobu on July 03, 2010, 04:12:55 PM
I grew up with the dub for the first season, before discovering subs for the first time in Next. The dub is still pretty hilarious though. :V

Fuck yeah, the dub was awesome! Haha, Naga was amazing in the movies.