Slayers: The Motion Picture (1995)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Hiroshi Watanabe

Writer:

Kazuo Yamazaki (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 August 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

One's cool... one's hot! One's busting out all over... one's not!

Plot:

Lina Inverse and her overly-endowed associate Nagha the Serpent travel to Mipross Island, where they encounter an old sage who enlists them in his battle to defeat the demon Joyrock. |

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Island | Cape | Sorcery | Disintegration

Cast

Megumi Hayashibara	...	Lina Inverse (voice)
Maria Kawamura	...	Naga (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brad Atwell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Bell	...	Young Rowdy (voice)
Bryan Bounds	...	Holligan 3 / Lagos / Additional Voices (voice)
Jessica Calvello	...	Meliroon / Additional Voices (voice)
Meredith J. Dahl	...	Rinse / Additional Voices (voice) (as Meredith Dahl)
Randy Fox	...	Holligan 2 / Zombie Villager / Additional Voices (voice)
Hiroko Fukumori	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Laura Gadbois	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tesshô Genda	...	Joyrock (voice)
Tiffany Grant	...	Loofa / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Greenfield	...	Holligan 4 / Additional Voices (voice) (as Brian Granveldt)
Kevin Hinnant	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ted Horrocks	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Larry Koteff	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Angela Lorio	...	Queen (voice)
Guil Lunde	...	Juliame Jubibienzo / Additional Voices (voice)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Joyrock / Additional Voices (voice) (as Tristian MacAvery)
Kelly Manison	...	Nahga (voice)
Cynthia Martinez	...	Lina Inverse (voice)
Rob Mungle	...	Holligan 1 / Thief 1 / Additional Voices (voice)
Rod Peters	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Phil Ross	...	Elderly Lady / Rowdy (voice: English version)
Paul Sidello	...	King (voice)
Doug Smith	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Greg Stanley	...	Sorcerer A / Additional Voices (voice)
Kurt Stoll	...	Pickpocket / Additional Voices (voice)
John Swasey	...	Growth Spring Villager / Additional Voices (voice)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Shampoo / Additional Voices (voice) (as Kira)
Brett Weaver	...	Thief 2 / Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Zargarov	...	Thief 3 / Additional Voices (voice)

Runtime:

63 min

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Quotes:

Nahga: I understand they taste good pickled.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Slayers: Excellent (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Midnight Blue

I understand they taste good pickled...

I'm just new to SLAYERS, so I decided that The Motion Picture would be my first animated encounter with Lina and Naga. Boy, did I enjoy it. I got lost on the plot once, but I just ignored it and picked up from there on. Out of the two mages, Lina has to be my favourite. There's something about her... I think it's probably her short temper. My favourite scene is just after when Naga literally bounces onto the screen and admonishes Lina for her diminuative stature. Lina cooly points at Naga and uses a fireball to roast her. I also liked the Midnight Blue song at the end. Oh, Naga! I forgot her. Um, well, just looking at her says it all. The best scene with Naga has to be the jellyfish/sea cucumber battle. That was just an odd spell, as was the one with the dragon made of rock (a massive head and tiny body). One problem, though: I think there wasn't enough of Lina's Dragon Slave.

But on the whole, an excellent piece of viewing for newcomers.