First Time Reacting to "SLAYERS Openings (1-6)" | ANIME REACTION
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My First Time Reaction to SLAYERS anime openings and WHAT IS THIS ANIME? We have been checking out some amazing anime openings recently and NOW it's time to check out SLAYERS anime openings! Here is my first time reaction to SLAYERS Openings
Slayers Opening 1995 HD 1080 (AI Upscale)
Slayers NEXT Opening 1996 HD 1080 (AI Upscale)
Slayers Try Opening (Breeze)
|The Slayers Revolution| Opening
林原めぐみ 「Plenty of grit」 | スレイヤーズ REVOLUTION | オープニング
[Slayers Evolution-R] Opening - Front Breaking
林原めぐみ 「Revolution」 | スレイヤーズ REVOLUTION | エンディング
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OK! Need more Old-school recomendation then
Claymore
Tenjou Tenge
Air Gear
Stellvia no universe
thaths a good start.
Slayers are reeeeeeeally good old-school Fantasy with magic monsters demons and party of mercenaries that get involved in big events.
It has 3 original seasons that was made in 90s, and then J.C.Staff remembered of them and decide to make two new seasons that wasnt that original as old ones but still was pretty nice, and in the time then all fantasy was replaced by ISEKAI this simple fantasy was really refreshing.
And originally Slayers was just a simple card-game for old consoles that has some manga chapters that describe its lore. And then still small studio get chance to make ecranization for this they just "Hm, leeets create a really interesting and fun story about adventure."
This is just good fun adventure, there main heroin more famous in masses for how she can destoy half on town while saving it, more than that she is the one who save this world already three or four times.
"Is it good?" YES.
"How many episodes?" Also YES. More seriously... Slayers season 1 has 26 episodes, Slayers NEXT (season 2) has 26 as well. Slayers Try (Season 3) follows the trend with another 26 glorious episodes. Slayers Glorious (season 4) breaks the streak with 13 episodes, finally Slayers revolution-R wraps things up with 13 episodes as well. The grand total thus comes to 104 episodes. Beyond those there's a number of largely independent ova and episodic movies that feature Lina from her younger years, before season 1 starts. There's also of course the manga, novels and gods so much other material, but honestly the Anime stuff is quite self contained.
Revolution-R counts as an ending since it is the last season of the whole thing. If you do decide to watch this show I 100% recommend starting with season 1 since there's a Lot of story and development to characters and plot that you'll completely miss if you do.
If you are interested, You could watch the standalone movie from Slayers. "Slayers The Motion Picture"
@@user-cf6yi5yq5i It started as a novel series by Hajime Kanzaka. Revolution and Evolution-R mostly consist of adaptations of novel plotlines that didn't get adapted in the original anime, although they're very different because the anime went in a different direction than the novels.
Slayers is one of the most legendary action and comedy/romance series of the 90s. Truly amazing. There is so much content in the novels but a lot of it still hasnt been adapted to anime which sucks
You could/should Absolutely add this series to your list of anime to react to, it is made of absolute win
Seems to be very loved! Might have to check out a few more older anime 💯❤️
The comedy part is so simple, innocent yet so brilliant! It almost never relies on fanservice like it does today. But also the action part is usually so gritty, thrilling and epic. I miss the Slayers so much!
@@GOTGames understatement, 2000's were the anime golden age, and we live in popularity age where all previous experimentation has gone away in place of popular things
90's and 2000's created the trends all anime now follow it would be nice to see where all ths came from (even though older anime existed too only few stand out)
@@kokodin5895 I would say 90s was the golden age...the 2000s were starting of bad habits but it will had heart. The warning bells of companies trying to pivot to chasing short term trends instead of real innovation was started by the end of that decade unfortunately and got into high gear throughout all the 2010s
Wow this is surprising. Glad you reacted to my favorite anime.
You now have my respect. This Anime is heavily slept on.
One of my favorites as well, first saw it on VHS lol
@@brianvitagliano975 same here 😎
You have impeccable taste
Thank Twitch chat! 🙏🔥
Slayers is a comedic fantasy series about a gluttonous, money-hungry young sorceress named Lina Inverse and her party of adventurers. It’s probably closest in tone to Reincarnated as a Slime, out of all the anime you’ve seen. When I joined the fandom back in the late 90s, it was considered required viewing.
Somewhere in between Slime and Konosuba i would say...
Really? Damn that makes me curious!!
The best description I have heard for it is comparing it DnD.
Specifically it's what happens when an actual player group gets their hands on the DM's campaign and memorable shenanigans ensue
As for endings, I would recommend checking out the Slayers Try ending, Don't Be Discouraged. One of my favorite anisongs of all time.
@@GOTGames Well worth the watch
All-time classic
Quite funny most of the time but it gets a serious through-line story too
@@jorgitosilva When watching Konosuba I couldn't help but think of Slayers, it has a similar tone with its characters.
The singer is Megumi Hayashibara, and she’s also a prominent voice actress. She plays the redhead main character, Lina Inverse, who is a sorceress in the context of the series which is basically Dungeons and Dragons the anime. Megumi also sings the themes for Shaman King, where she plays Anna. She’s also Rei Ayanami in Evangelion.
Megumi Hayashibara is such a iconic anime voice actor, even more fun when ya realize she has a manga based on her and that she is actualy a nurse (never worked as one however due to how succesful she been as a VA)
>Someone reaction to the Slayers anime openings
>At this point in time
>In this day and age.
Holy damn. That in of itself is the biggest massive surprise out of anything I could have expected.
That's my childhood right there. Sometimes it feels like I dreamed this anime cause no one ever talks about it 😂
I own the entire Slayers series on DVD and I am so happy I do. Definitely in my top 5 favorite anime of all time. Rented some episodes on VHS from Blockbuster too.
Lina Inverse is one of the best female protagonist in anime history, and also came out on a time when shonen anime were protagonized mostly by male characters. This anime was ahead of its time.
they still kinda are, because well shonen jump main target is young men kids and teens, Yes that even include something like Death Note, Some odd ones out like Medaka Box and Soul Eater exists of course.
SO true...
i still haven't found a female protag in anime that beats her as a protag. she has all the qualities and defects of an interesting stand-alone character.
most chars are team dependent. lina can solo carry a series.
Male-oriented anime almost ALWAYS involved mechs or superpowers. Female-oriented anime had magical girls or romance. I'm not sure the main demographic for Slayers, but as a guy I was happy to follow LIna's story. Every month I bought my VHS with 2 episodes and punched my VCR when I had to wait another month for the next 2 episodes.
Slayers is also a reversal of standard storytelling. Lina doesn't go through a journey to gain power and improve her skills. None of them do. We jump right in with all of them already essentially at their prime. Sure, Lina does power up from Dragon Slave to Giga Slave, but it's not a focal of the story for them to get better/stronger.
Slayers very big in the 90s. Multiple tv series, movies, OAV series. novels, manga, games, etc.
Didn't realise it was so big! 🤯
4:49 Slayers is basically a little more serious konosuba, like it has a lot of comedy but it gets serious when it needs to get serious
Yeah I'd describe it as a halfway point between Konosuba and Record of Lodoss War
Fun factiod: the vocalist on these is Megumi Hayashibara, whos is also the VA for the main character, Lina Inverse.
The Slayers is a classic comedy/adventure series, one I'd recommend checking out at some point.
Slayers is one of my favorite franchises. The singer for the OP’s (also the VA of the main character for the Japanese version) is Megumi Hayashibara who was HUGE in Japan in the late 90’s early 2000’s, and some of these songs were pop hits. She also did the OP for Love Hina, Lost Universe, and a couple other shows I don’t remember.
Slayers is peak 90's action comedy, can't believe you reacted to my favorite anime. A detail is that every Slayers season/movie/project has a different subtitle while keeping the same characters.
Slayers
Slayers Next
Slayers Try
Slayers Revolution
Slayers Evolution-R
Slayers Premium
Slayers Gorgeous
Slayers Return
Slayers Great
Slayers Special
Slayers Excellent
To be specific everything in this list starting from Premium Are either movies or OVAs but all of them came out before Revolution... revolution and evolution R were a freebie for the 10 year anniversary since the last season... but total filler content...
megumi hayashibara (Rina inverse voice) was one of the most prolific singer in the 90's anime scene.
Indeed. Megumi Hayashibara and Masami Okui inspired many singers even today.
Slayers franchise was quite popular in 90s, which had 3 TV series air in mid-90s. And then 2 new TV series (which more or less had one continuous story, so might as well be 1 single longer TV show) later aired in 2008~2009. Besides the 5 TV series, there are some Slayers OVAs and multiple theatrical releases.
While the light novels, mangas are still coming out, the latest Slayers anime released is still the 2009 TV series.
a lot of the openings are actually sung by the voice actress who plays Lina Inverse, singer and VA, Megumi Hayashibara. Shes been in the japanese entertainment industry since the late 80s. though she might be retired by now. She has a fairly lengthy lists of voices in popular anime in the 80s and 90s.
one of my first top old school anime, i love Megumi Hayashibara alot of her music are Bangers and got me into Jpop etc shes one of the great old school VA and also Voices the Main character Lina and does the intro in the OP, the fantasy action comedy setting is hilarious really made me laugh alot lol another anime from those times worth hearing the music is Bakuretsu Hunters (Sorcerers Hunters) the OP and Ending
3 season of slayer anime aired in 1995-97 while revolution/evolution-r as 2 new seasons aired in 2008-2009 so theres jump in animation quality
fun fact; 1 of the protagonist lina inverse’s most notable spells called dragon slayer, drag slav or dragon slave (translation issue and there was even at one point… drug slave) has a specific incarnation chant and one that is directly referenced by the incarnation chant that megumin uses for explosion, there is some obvious similarities in the beginning but side from that the biggest give away is that both chant chant refers to channeling the power of ‘something’ to enact the spell but that begs the question of whose power is explosion even channeling while in dragon slave’s case its directly stated to be calling upon the power of 1 of the strongest of demonic beings in the series so explosion’s chant is a case of “hay can i copy your homework?”, “sure but make sure it doesnt look the same” but then its submitted into the wrong class lmao
just compare the chant
[Explosion]
Darkness blacker than black and darker than dark, I beseech thee, combine with my deep crimson.
The time of awakening cometh.
Justice, fallen upon the infallible boundary, appear now as an intangible distortion!
Dance, Dance, Dance!
I desire for my torrent of power a destructive force: a destructive force without equal! Return all creation to cinders, and come from the abyss!
EXPLOSION!
[Dragon Slave]
One who is darker than twilight
One who is redder than flowing blood
Buried in the flow of time
In thy great name,
I hereby pledge myself to darkness
Those who stand before us in our way
All those who have become fools
Merge thy power and mine
To grant destruction equally to all!!
DRAGON SLAVE!
I prefer the translation of
Darkness beyond twilight
Crimson beyond blood that flows
Buried in the stream of time
is where your power grows
I pledge myself to conquer
all the foes who stand
before the mighty gifts placed in my unworthy hand
Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess
Dragon Slave
Also the whole Dragon Slave thing is an actual in setting thing. Dragon Slayer is a seperate spell that Dragon Slave was derived from. Forget if it was linguistic drift or they forgot the correct incantation for the original.
The really cool part is there is a spell with a similar incantation that draws on a ... different ... power source so we can actually pick apart what parts of the spell are the ones that draw on Ruby Eyed Shabranigdu and which ones are more about the spell that is being cast by doing so.
@@BlazeEmerald thats the english translation isnt it, the rhyming gave it away
i went with the jp translation cuz its the 1 thats most similar to explosion's chant
i watched slayers several years ago so my memory probably eludes me on the specific of the series and i never did finished the 3rd season due to losing interest but when watching konosuba for the first time and hearing megumin's chant i had a spit take and just had to look up dragon slave's chant to compare
@@YukiFubuki. Meanwhile this show has a special place in my childhood so I know that one off the top of my head.
I also know the Ragna Blade and Giga Slave, because kid me rote memorized them.
yeah, the anime specifically says what the incantation does and how it works, and it becomes a rather spoilerific plot point later on.
mine was the dub chant from the series, which is the same, except for the line "before the mighty gifts bestowed in my unworthy hand".
every different dub has a different chant. whats worse is, the books english versions change the chant too, but they also changed it in every single volume. like, just pick one and keep it. lol
I can't believe you reacted to this!! This made my day!! Slayers is one of my favorite shows ever!!! You need to listen to the full songs!!
SLAYERS!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite series with all the songs by the legendary Megumi Hayashibara
Originally a light novel series based on a D&D campaign
Also that last song was an ending theme song
Ah man, an absolute favourite of mine growing up. My friends and I loved this show, even cosplayed the cast. Since Megumi Hayashibara was not only the vocalist for almost all of the music, she also did the main character (who's English voice actor was also quite well known at the time), this ended up being the first anime that got me looking into the voice actors and their careers. Eventually, I owned about seven of her CD's, loved almost everything she made. You'll find her all over 90's anime, the blue-skinned guy too was very famous at the time.
OmLord, I can believe I ended singing along Slayers Next/Try, even after all those years. So many good memories
just to make order: the 4th OP is the 5th and 5th is the 4th. the 6th is an ending and not an OP. the Revolution sub title is to represnt the new era since the 4th and 5th season came out almost 15 years after the original hence the new artstyle, wide screen OP and the fact it's digital animation versus cell shade
just like dragonball for battle shounen, sailor moon for mahou shoujo, Slayers is like the OG fantasy anime and one of the best both action and comedy wise.
BTW - in case you were wondering: dragonball came out in the 80's, sailor moon OG HXH and one piece came out in the 90's, naruto and SAO are already 2000's... boy how time flies
If you’re taking recommendations for intros to react to, I would like to recommend Bubblegum Crisis, the Cyberpunk anime classic OVA from the 80s (1987 to 1991). Every one of the eight episodes have a interesting different intro but if you have to pick just one I would say the one with “Mad Machine” as the song (I think it’s the second episode, titled “Born to Kill”), or the one from the first episode “Tinsel City” with the song “ Konya wa Hurricane”.
The original Bubblegum Crisis is really great. BBGC 2040 is meh 😒 The songs are all great, especially in the first 3 and the 8th episodes with Triss voice actress being Oomori Kinuko, a professional singer in these episodes.
By the way, 1 VHS of video clip with songs from the first 4 episodes and 1 VHS of a concert by the voices actress exist. They must be really hard to find now.
@@dominiqueloury6854 Yeah the Originals are great, I haven’t seen any of the sequels. It’s too bad the VHS are hard to come by. Good thing people have uploaded them online so others can watch them. (A channel called JUNHO ANIME has the entire original ova uploaded)
I second all of these recommendations, as well as these songs from Bubblegum Crisis: Ashita e Touchdown by Knight Sabers, Victory by Kinuko Oomori, crisis ikari o komete hashire by Yuiko Tsubokura, and Thrill ni Odoru Angel Tachi by Knight Sabers.
I still wish they had done full versions of the english songs and released an album. those were killer for the time.
Scott Pilgrim takes off has a cover of Konya wa Hurricane. It's a bop
The character designs, soundtracks, artstyle and animation is top tier for it's time wow.
Wooh! It's about time! Finally!
Characters: The main character is Lina Inverse--immensely powerful sorceress. Loves food and money and basically nothing else. Solves problems with explosions. Blonde swordsman Gaurry Gabriev is the classic himbo. Nice guy. Thick as two planks. Blue bumpy guy--Zelgadis, part troll, part golem, part swordsman, part sorcerer, the angsty one. Black-haired girl in white is Amelia Wil Tesla Seiruun is the goody-two-shoes-style self-styled Hero Of Justice. Purple bowl cut is Xellos. As you suspected, he's the evil guy hanging out with the party for his own reasons.
A fun fact is that ALL opening songs are sung by the very same person, Megumi Hayashibara, who also is the voice actress for the main character and heroine of this anime, Lina Inverse. As for the change between the first 3 opening and Evolution-R and Revolution is because of how much time has passed between them. The first three seasons of Slayers were in 90's, while Evolution-R and Revolution came after 2010's.
The Slayers songs and main character Lina Inverse is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara - the most popular VA in the 90s.
Luke, you've heard her before from "Ranma 1/2" - she voiced female Ranma, her first breakout hit. 😁
Here are my 6 + 2 classic recommendations for your next OP & ED reactions:
1. Macross Frontier ED & OP (esp the EDs like "Diamond Crevasse" & "Northern Cross" are a MUST! and their longer forms!)
2. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha OP & ED (with 5 series and 4 movies; OPs sung by that era's anisong queen)
3. Shakugan no Shana OP & ED (since u have watched Toaru OPs, they have some some similar singers)
4. Vandread OP & ED (fire retro songs)
5. Horizon in the middle of Nowhere OP & ED
6. Yuru Camp OP & ED
classic
1. Inuyasha OP & ED
2. Rurouni Kenshin (the 1996 series) OP & ED
Shagukan no Shana good next choice.
Id toss magic knight rayearth op’s in there as well
Already watched and commented on Patreon, but hitting up here too for the algorithm. Slayers music is still on my phone over 20 years after being introduced to it. I was absolutely delighted to see it pop up!
Fun Fact : Slayers is so popular at that time to make DOTA (the MOBA game) put Lina Inverse (the main character) as one of the heroes.
Best Anime. Highly recommend watching. 1st episode immediately sets the tone so you know what you are getting into right away. lol.
You asked how big Slayers is as an anime, and the answer is that it was (and still is) one of the biggest, most iconic anime in history! It level of influence is up there with all the grand daddies that modern anime take inspiration from today (like DBZ, Sailor Moon, Eva, Haruhi, Bebop, etc) and you've definitely seen it's influence all over comedy/fantasy anime of modern times, hell Megumin from Konosuba is almost entirely a reference to Lina Inverse on her own! (Specifically the Explosion spell is a direct homage/parody of the Dragon Slave spell from Slayers)
The openings are done by Hayashibara Megumi a super popular voice actress who also voice the protagonist in this series, and is also a quite popular vocalist with 20+ albums published. Her other popular roles feature, Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop, Ai Haibara from Detective Conan, Rei Ayanami, Yui Ikari and Pen Pen in Evangelion and Ranma Saotome in Ranma 1/2.
Also Slayers world setting is considered Dark Fantasty, while the anime tends to jump to very funny comedy elements and even some serious moments are lightened by random drops of comedy, the topics and setting itself are very dark. Also the story continues from season to season and it would be hard to watch a later season without that season referencing some stuff that happened in the previous seasons.
"Get Along" is one of the best rock intros in all of anime; the full version's guitar solo is pretty epic. Funny that you mention Dragonball, because both used the same sound effect library. 😅
Lina Inverse is a magical prodigy; she'd definitely be a first class mage in Frieren.
Magic works different in The Slayers but Lina would be on par with Frieren in terms of knowledge and ability I bet but with the raw power of Fern or even more.
@@grumpygizmo7199 anime only, but has there been any titled mages in Frieren? To her embarrassment, she's Lina the Pink. That's gotta put her pretty high in hierarchy.
90's animes come to mind:
dragon ball z
sailor moon
rurouni kenshin
neon genesis evangelion
hunter x hunter
love hina
berserk
chobits
outlaw star
cowboy bebop
pokemon / digimon
trigun
in 2000-2004 i remember well
inuyash, naruto, bleach came out
(and peace maker kurogane)
There’s also Neon Genesis Evangelion, Martian Successor Nadesico, Nadia, Ninja Scroll, Record of Lodoss War, Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, and 3x3 Eyes to name a few of my old favorites.
YES YES YES!!!! Slayers if one of my favorite anime of all time!! I have the whole original 3 seasons on dvd!!
Slayers is the ORIGINAL fantasy anime. I love it! Especially characters archetypes and d&d atmosphere.
Watching it means witnessing true chaotic neutral experience.
Slayers is my third favourite anime, and Lina was my second anime crush.
Also, the dub voice cast is really good once you get past episode 12.
I finally see someone react to the openings of one of my favorite animes!! I'm so happy.
Never heard of the show but whats funny is I heard quite a few songs in this video before. That's 100% Hayashibara Megumi song, no doubt. really love her voice!
This is a classic ❤ Now I feel nostalgic 😁
Slayers
Slayers next
Slayers try
Slayers revolution
Slayers revilution-R
Then there are a bunch of movie and ova's
The series as a manga and anime is done for now, who knows if they will continue where the last series left off but the LN is still ongoing.
I rented this anime on VHS back in the day. Nostalgia hits hard! T_T
hell yeah finally!
Megumi Hayashibara is my infance
Never clicked faster on video. I love the series. It's one of the first series I watched in 90's. It's action adventure fantasy combined with comedy. It can be very silly, but has serious moments. The main character is Lina Inverse. She is powerful sorceress, traveling around and slaying bandits and taking their money. This series begins with her meeting Gourry Gabriev capable fighter with sword, kind, but he is not the smartest guy around. It has some silly episodes, but has serious main story. Lina took something from bandits powerful antagonist is looking for desperately so their adventure begins (won't say more to not spoil). They meet many fun and memorable characters along the way.
The first three are from the season 1-3 from 90's the later are from new continuation, which honestly is not that good like the first three. The music and soundtrack for this series is good.
Whoever put this on his list, God bless you.
One of the greats, thanks
スレイヤーズだ〜〜！！😊
古い方しか知らなかった…というか、新しいのがあったんですね😮
スレイヤーズはOPとEDの歌詞が好きでアルバムCDを何度も聴いてました😌
久しぶりに聴けてよかったです、ありがとう😊
Ah, yes, Slayers... Not many people know this, but Slayers is essentially in the same vein as Konosuba. They are both fantasy comedies, though Konosuba is more parody, while Slayers is true to its DnD roots (no, you do not need to know DnD to know Slayers; Slayers has its own mythology). That being said, Slayers still manages to be somewhat farcical in nature with some of its episodic plotlines.
Talking about the history of the main character, Lina Inverse, is an excellent way to describe this, actually. Lina is known to be exceptionally skilled with magic. Her most destructive spell, the Giga Slave, is her own creation; after completing it, she left an entire lake of fish dead. That may not sound like much, but there's no hope for recovery for the lake; the water itself is also "dead". Lina is so skilled at magic that she even has played at being a magic teacher for a short while (she was good at that as well), before going out into the world as an adventurer of sorts, at her older sister's behest.
Speaking of which, the person Lina fears most is her older sister, who, it turns out, is an incredibly important and powerful character. The reason Lina fears her, however, is because Lina took pictures of her sister bathing and tried to sell them for profit...only for her sister to beat her within an inch of her life for trouble. The beating was so bad that Lina nearly died, requiring several days to recover, despite being exposed to healing magic.
While Lina has her own spell in the Giga Slave, she often prefers to use the Dragon Slave spell to finish fights (the name of the spell, in the lore, used to be Dragon Slayer, but time corrupted the name). However, while Dragon Slave is not as destructive as Giga Slave, it IS still powerful enough to level entire cities if misused...and Lina has in fact leveled several cities.
In case you haven't picked it up yet, Lina Inverse is by no means a virtuous character. She's greedy, selfish, hot-tempered, and destructive. She's no problem exploiting others to suit her ends. Her only real saving grace is that she only kills if she has to, and DOES put some value into preserving human life, even if she doesn't mind reducing their livelihoods to ash.
And I could go on, especially with her supporting cast. But I really should end this here before I gush this post into a full-blown essay. The Slayers series is a very fun watch, and is worth getting into. It's not nearly as as long as other popular anime, so it's easier to get into, and has plenty of side content to whet your appetite.
So think a good fantasy story, like Frieren, but it came out about 30 years ago..
Also Megumin of Konosuba of definately a big fan of Lina, the main character.
Fun fact: the dub of this features entirely new york actors, so has voices many will recognize from alot of 4kids shows. so the blonde swordsman guy, Gourry, is Eric Stewart who played Brock in pokemon and Kaiba in YuGiOh. the younger girl, Amelia is Veronica Taylor, who played Ash originally in pokemon. Lina, the main character is Lisa Ortiz, who was dawn in pokemon and Amy in sonic X. The blue/grey skinned guy, Zelgadis, is actually Crispin Freeman from before he moved to LA when he became the voice of Alucard In hellsing, itachi in naruto, winston in overwatch, loki in a ton of marvel things and just a massive list. and the show also features other familiar voices as side characters. they all do a great job, i feel.
as many have said, its mostly a comedy series, and has references to other properties. but can get serious at times. it is highly underrated i feel and deserves more attention. its based on a book series so has much more indepth lore then many anime. tho the show condenses it alot.
the original three seasons was Slayers, then Slayers: NEXT, followed by Slayers: TRY. each one is basically a self contained story, but do have continuity. Slayers: Revolution and Slayers Evolution-R were two additional seasons released about a decade later, but features much of the same cast.
bonus fun fact: the show is directly related to another anime called Lost Universe. which is a space anime, probably akin to something like Outlaw Star. tho the relation is more superficial and can be gone into more detail should watch both.
and to call myself a fan would be an understatement. I'm such a fan of the second season NEXT, that I spent two years animating a pony parody version of it's opening. lol
スレイヤーズ！懐かしいし
これぞこの時代のアニメソングらしさが出でる。
主人公の声優が歌ってるっていうのがいい
This is one of those anime that I watched without knowing it was anime because I was too young and called everything a cartoon. By the way, like DB, it was one of the first anime on our television. It had a French dub and a Polish voice-over. Yes, greetings from Poland.
You confused it with Dragon Ball, Slayers was with original audio and polish lector.
@@blueoni1414 It was like 20 years ago on RTL 7 probably, so my memory may be failing here and you can be right 🤔
Soy del 96' cuando tenía 4 - 5 años veía este anime en la TV. ¡Que recuerdos!
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Dragonball technically started in the late 80s but most westerners were not exposed until the 90s.
Sailor Moon was 1992 (but 1995 for the west). for 90's kids Sailor Moon, Dragonball, and couple others like YuYu Hakasho and Gundam were the "mainstream anime" that a lot of us didn't even realize were anime. Slayers would have been one from that era that got a bit less exposure.
1998 was the Pokemon explosion, followed soon after by shows like Digimon, Yu-Gi-oh, Carcaptor Sakura, Monster Rancher etc.
90s shows for older audiences include Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, and Serial Experiments Lain.
One Piece and the first HunterxHunter series did also start in 1999, but most Westerners were not exposed until the 2000's. Such was the nature of things when we had to wait on TV executive decisions and localizations for Dubs (since almost everyone watched Dubs before streaming was a thing)
Naruto and Bleach didn't start airing in Japan until the early 2000's
Spain (Catalonia, first) and France were exposed to Dragon Ball in the late 80s. In the case of Catalonia, it started on September 1988 iirc (I was there watching it). Spain, France and Italy were some of the nations that were exposed to anime first in the western world.
One Piece started in 1998. Why do I know? Well, at the latest, it started then because I was in Japan in September 1998 and I remember watching the very first episode on tv.
@@faenethlorhalien The manga of One piece started in 1997, but according to wikipedia the first episode of the anime aired in Japan on Oct. 20 1999. The English release didn't occur until 2004.
I love this anime & its music. I just wish it would make a return, the light novels are still running & its in the top 10 best selling.
wow Slayers, yessss! it's my all-time favourite, I watched it so many times I can chant the Dragon Slave (that's the spell) in Japanese by heart. I still have songs from this OST in my playlist.
I think the anime that are probably the most recognizable from this era (around 1995) would be Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gundam Wing. A little later, around 1998, you've got Cowboy Bebop and Trigun (the original).
So you're aware, the original DragonBall begain airing in Japan in 1986, while DragonBall Z started in 1989. Sailor Moon began its run in 1992. And One Piece began its anime in 1999.
the singer is megumi hayashibara she is too the voice of the main character(lina inverse)! i LOVE slayers! it's one of my favorite anim even if my favorite character is not her char but the other main female (amelia will teslune seilune) the small girl with big Breast in white and goury gabrief the long haired blond swordan!
The last one is an ending.
I highly recommend Slayers. It's a great anime. It's a good story with amazing characters. It has an story arc per season, seasoned with other things that happen. The main group is more or less the same every arc. Each arc introduces a new adventure, but it is not a reboot, the story keeps on going. It can be really funny and it also has serious and emotional moments.
I'm not going to spoil it for you. Not too much. Think about it like a crazy DND adventure campaign.
Learning what roles each character plays and how they are portrayed is a something I don't wish to spoil. Or how they get involved into each season main arc.
The order is Slayers(26), -NEXT(26), -TRY(26), REVOLUTION(13) and EVOLUTION R(13). The last two are more modern.
The dude with the purple hair is my favorite.
Since you asked, the voice actress singing the openings is the legendary Megumi Hayashibara. You definitely have heard her work if you have watched any of the popular 90s anime classics. The first two seasons of Slayers is some of the best anime I have ever watched. It's a light hearted, action comedy kind of anime. Hilariously funny imo, even for 1995. The openings slap so hard, and the characters are amazing.
Fun Fact:
The DotA/DotA 2 Hero "Lina" is based on Lina Inverse from this anime
Were you around for playing it when it was just a custom map? My memory isn't great, but I remember a ton of time on the forums and mirror shield getting removed due to the don't look at me swans. Felt unfair controlling a lane with zeus and lina sometimes.🤣
Never hav thought he will react to slayers
DRAGON SLAVEEE!!!!
Dam that is a blast from the past ... now I need to listen to The Lord of Nigthmares theme thanks GOT :D
Lina Inverse is the main character. She is sort of similar to Megumin from Konosuba, a very powerful mage who is way too destructive. It's a lighthearted comedy with some serious elements.
まさかここでスレイヤーズのリアクションが見られるだなんて嬉しい誤算です！大好きな林原めぐみさんの曲を海を越えて聞いてもらえるなんてとても嬉しいです。林原めぐみと水樹奈々は私にとって青春そのものなので、もっと反応してもらえたなら嬉しい限りです。このままangelaの曲にも反応してほしいですね！
Slayers was, basically, D&D.
Fun fact 1: here in Italy Slayers came out in a time period when TV was OBSESSED in eliminating as much non-italian terms as possible, so the title ended up being changed in "Un incantesimo dischiuso fra i petali del tempo per Rina" (A disclosed spell between the petals of time for Rina)... now, imagine remembering that AS A CHILD.
Fun fact 2: Lina's (main character, the redhead) period was used as a joke in the anime (because the cramps were so severe it prevented her to use any kind of magic, until the red days passed), but it ended up being censored and re-dubbed as "a mysterious malady that affects women once a month and saps all of their magic from their body"
... the '90s were strange, man...
The Italian op for this is a banger!
@@JSmashChannel0Sung by Cristina d'Avena; that woman made 90% of the openings of my childhood.
in poland it was called "magiczni wojownicy"(migic wariors) which later was picked up as a fictional game or groseout comedy cartoon characters "włatcy móch"- which has several spelling errors in the title alone ,
i think magic wariors was one of the most generic titles poland could come up with to not promote the show , but it was a big hit with several reruns on private tv stations
I like to describe Slayers as how a good D&D campaign runs while Record of Lodoss War is how it is envisioned.
And' thought we had it rough in Spain with our crap dubbing...
Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev, Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun, Zelgadis Greywords, Sylphiel Nels Lahda (my crush), Xellos, Filia Ul Copt and may more. Sweet nostalgia.
Sylphiel best waifu
The funny part is that if you had played the first opening with subtitles, the whole song is basically the MC's character song. Made more so apparently by the fact that the singer Megumi Hayashibara also voices her. That song tells a lot about Lina's character
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard OP2 on Realist anime episode. So nostalgic, the MC knows good songs 😂
I feel soooooo old. I loved Slayers was one of my first series'
I was *wondering* what this "6th" opening was going to be, and it was an ending. LOL!
Slayers is a classic anime, and a very good anime. It's basically an extended series of D&D campaigns. Each new "title" is just a new season, really. The first three seasons came out in the 90's, and the last two - Revolution and *then* Evolution-R - came out some time later, to finish the story told by the source material.
Slayer is one of my favorite series. It is clearly worth watching.
Hearing someone call Gourry a "stoic hero" is so funny.
Classic group of adventurers going around doing adventurer stuff is not wrong - if takes my 24 years of roleplaying experience into account that is true for an open ended campaign with big ongoing plot treads and involved storylines in terms of motivations within the story arcs.
In short: it is a mostly comedic classic fantasy story with out main heroine Lina Inverse picking up a group of friends along her adventures. Mostly comedic because it knows when to play things for drama as well and the main storylines are about serious threats.
All of the openings (and some of the other songs like endings and insert songs and songs from OVAs) are performed by the legendary Megumi Hayashibara. She is an accomplished singer and voice actor and also voices the main character of Slayers, Lina Inverse. Megumi Hayashibara has an insane reach as voice actor and in the same year she was the energetic Lina Inverse she also was Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Musashi (= Jessie) in Pokemon, Ai Haibara in Detective Conan, and many others. She also was the voice of female Ranma in Ranma 1/2. She is still active (though less than in the 90s and early 2000s.
Slayers Revolution and Slayers Evolution R (that is the order as 4th and 5th series of Slayers) look different because they were made in 2008 and 2009, compared to the Slayers (1995), Slayers Next (1996), and Slayers Try (1997) it is much newer (though in between that time up to 2001 there had been some OVAs and movies been produced)
Slayers is based on a light novel series that started in 1989 and is still ongoing (the last volume has been published in 2019). The anime made it's own continuity (mostly to keep the main cast more constant with Zelgadis [the guy with the bluish rocky skin] and Amelia [the black haired girl in white] being fan favorites that stay in focus almost as much as Lina and Gourry) with the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th season taking plot points, characters etc. from the light novels, whereas the third season was anime original with some aspects the author Hajime Kanzaka did not like. The OVAs are almost all prequels detailing Linas adventures with fellow mage Naga (the Serpent) instead of the party that she gathers in the main series.
Most of the songs are sung by Hayashibara Megumi, the protagonist (Lina Inverse)'s voice actress. She is a great singer
The Slayers series was one of my first uncut anime and an long time favorite. I had even gotten my mom into it.
You were so close on the order.
0:58 Get Along [first series opening]
3:44 Give A Reason [second series opening]
6:48 Breeze [third series opening]
10:06 Front Breaking [fifth series opening]
13:26 Plenty of Grit [fourth series opening]
16:40 Revolution [fourth series ending]
Vocalists for most of these are Masami Okui and Megumi Hayashibara. Megumi Hayashibara is the character voice for Lina Inverse [the redhead you see in the animations].
Revolution and Evolution-R are much later than the original three series, airing originally in 2008 and 2009, that might be why you got a different vibe from them [and why they have somewhat different animation style], even second and third series also had subtitles, NEXT and TRY.
Holy crap The Slayers! God, this takes me back to the good old days.
Seriously Slayers is my favorite shounen (aside from FMAB), and I don't think I've ever seen such an amazing female lead in any shounen series.
Whoa someone reacting to slayers, hell yeah
Slayers is one of the pillars of 90s fantasy anime, the action-comedy counterpart to the dramatic adventure of Record of Lodoss War.
Others from around this time period that may interest you are Magic Knight Rayearth, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Vision of Escaflowne, Fushigi Yugi (more Asian fantasy like Inuyasha than Western high fantasy) & Sorcerer Hunters (NSFW-warning, nothing explicit but certainly cheeky)
I think it started in late 80s but Legend of galactic heroes is also an epic one. Both the original and relaunch are worth watching.
it's been more than 20 years since I last watched this anime, and seeing these opening, so many memories came back to me. as for what exactly, sole wa imitsu desu (this is a secret) 😉😉
Saber marionette all op next please ❤️ ty
16:46 the 2 broken insignia on the (The last one is the Evolution-R ED) is that of red haired guy and purple dress kid in the op of Evolution-R
Blast from the past. I loved Slayers both the TV series and OVAs. Think of a D&D adventure that goes off the rails. The first 3 seasons came out pretty close together. The last 2 seasons are ones that came out much later in the late 2000’s.
I discovered this show as a kid, when I stumbled across a random video of it at a rental store.
5:53 have you ever heard the term "murder hobo"? that's our main cast, a group of powerful vagrants who go around killing monsters, destroying property, and occasionally saving the world
какая же ностальгия🥰 надо почаще пересматривать. Большинство песен из современного аниме вообще не запоминается. а эти узнаешь с первых нот!
ЭТО МОЁ САМОЕ ЛЮБИМОЕ АНИМЕ В ЖИЗНИ, смотрела его ещё на кассете лет в 5. Я в полном шоке, если честно, сначала не поверила своим глазам, что вы сняли на него реакцию!
Slayers was a little before my time so I didn't end up watching it. Really enjoyed the openings though. While it didn't come out in the 90's, Hajime no Ippo is a classic and did start airing in 2000 so it has a lot of similarities to shows of that era. You really need to check out the openings for it. It is one of the three biggest sports anime and is insanely good with an amazing soundtrack. I feel like both the music and the show are something you would really enjoy.
Evolution-R and Revolution was the continuation of the slayers anime after a long hiatus - it came out in 2010 if I remember rightly and amazingly they were able to get the same English voice actors from the 90's OG series to return for the main cast for the dub, random fun fact The Slayers was one of Christopher Sabat's first anime Voice acting roles, the voice of Piccolo, Vegeta and Yamcha of Dragonball, Zoro from One Piece. Armstrong in FMA are just a few names in a list as long as ya arm XD
SLAYERS!! One of my favorite animes ever!! It was one of the animes that got me into watching anime as a whole when I was younger. I loved the english dubbed version of it so much. I think its a really good series to watch. My favorite season was the second one Slayers Next, if anything I highly recommend watching it at least to the end of that season if anything! There was such a large gap between seasons 3 and four and five which didn't come out until somewhat recently. However there are no new episodes of Slayers since that last season sadly.
Artist is Megumi Hayashibara. She voices Jessie from Pokemon (the team rocket girl and also Rina Inverse the protagonist of The Slayers).
You got my interest now! Finally some old school goodness! Some recommendations just whenever you have time:
Orphen openings both classic and remake
Shakugan no Shana (3 seasons, 7 openings)
Dude, this was one of the first anime i ever watched. My friend's dad had a bunch of subbed series on VHS, which included about a dozen of Slayers.
I rarely comment on YT, but like many have said. Slayers was unique and popular. It has a MC in Lina Inverse that is rare to find in any media in my opinion, A girl who is not perfect, has her own worries that may sound silly to others but that just makes her more relatable. She is not dumb, or sexualized like other anime in the same time frame. If you took away her magic and put her in modern real life, i would never know she was not real if you know what i mean, she is just a normal girl with magic is what i see her as and that to me is perfect. She is probably my most fav anime character. As for the singer Megumi Hayashibara, i will just add on that she is probably a pillar of Voice acting and singing in anime. some consider her the queen of anime music and voice acting
holy shit! never expected this!
this is my fave classic series! recommend slayers next (2nd season). it's way better than konosuba, no joke.
the dub of this series is pretty good has some memorable vas
Slayers is a classic dungeon and dragons style anime, action and light comedy. one of my favorites growing up and wish theyd continue it further
Only instead of fireball clearing out a room, it topples the whole building.
Slayers is one of my favorite classic action, romcoms from the 90's which is mostly D&D based. "Give a Reason" and "Breeze" are my two favorite opening from Slayers, it has both light novels and manga.
It's centered around Lina Inverse(the red head), a gluttonous, lazy and money hungry yet powerful sorceress and her party(Gourry, Amelia, and Zelgadis) following their adventures, fighting dangers and evil who try to take over the world time and time again. I hope you can eventually watch it.
Gourry is the classic swordsman with a powerful ancient sword, but isn't that smart, Amelia is a princess with a love for adventure and serves as their healer, and Zelgadis is the cursed sorcerer-swordsman.
Fun fact, the vocalist for the openings is Megumi Hayashibara, who's is also the VA for Lina.
Give a reason just hits so good