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| Megumi Hayashibara | ... | Lina Inverse 104 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Yasunori Matsumoto | ... | Gourry Gabriev 104 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
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Lisa Ortiz | ... | Lina Inverse / ... 104 episodes, 1995-2009 |
| Eric Stuart | ... | Gourry Gabriev / ... 97 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Hikaru Midorikawa | ... | Zelgadis Greywords 96 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Masami Suzuki | ... | Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun 94 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Veronica Taylor | ... | Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun / ... 86 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Crispin Freeman | ... | Zelgadis Graywords / ... 85 episodes, 1995-2009 | |
| Akira Ishida | ... | Xellos / ... 66 episodes, 1996-2009 | |
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David Moo | ... | Xellos / ... 48 episodes, 1995-1997 |
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In a medieval sword and sorcery world, there is one mage who is notorious for her power and grace (at least that's how she likes to put it), Lina Inverse. In reality, she is a teenage mage with a penchant for collateral damage, obnoxiousness and gluttony. This series chronicles her adventures with companions, such as the powerful but dumb swordsman Gourry Gabriev as she quests for gold and finds a heck of a lot trouble along the way. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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She's lethally lovely. He's gallantly vain. Together they're The Slayers!Parents Guide:
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17 February 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening theme
Performed by Megumi Hayashibara and Masami Okui
Lyrics by Satomi Arimori
Music by Hidetoshi Satô
Arrangement by Tsutomu Ôhira
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Rights to air on US TV were acquired by FoxKids (who outbid Cartoon Network at the time who expressed an interest) when anime exploded due to the surprise success of Sailor Moon in 1995. However, FoxKids decided against airing any episode due to the nature of the show being a geared to more adult that kids, and has since lets their rights expire. See more »Quotes
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Performed by Megumi Hayashibara and Masami Okui
Lyrics by Satomi Arimori
Music by Hidetoshi Satô
Arrangement by Tsutomu Ôhira
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Probably the best of the three "Slayers" TV seasons, this one has Lina Inverse, the short, scrawny, bad tempered, feisty red haired sorceress with an unquenchable appetite, Gourry Gabriev, her big blond idiot swordsman friend, Zelgadis the cranky man of stone, and bouncy, justice loving princess Amelia going out on a quest to find a legendary book called the Claire Bible, hoping that it can save the world from a threat from the demonic monsters who wish to destroy our lovely little world. Along the way they are dogged by the mysterious (and obnoxious) Xellos, the obsessive Princess Martina who wants to destroy Lina because Lina blew up her home town, and once again they are eventually joined by Sylphiel, Gourry's fan-girl like admirer.
Better animation than the first season and far less obnoxious and self-righteous than the ensuing "TRY", "NEXT" comes closest to balancing the nuances of the characters with lots of slapstick humor and drama. The English dub track is actually pretty decent (and keeps closer to the original Japanese dialogue than most English dubs) with Lisa Ortiz (Lina), Eric Stuart (Gourry), Crispin Freeman (Zelgadis) and Veronica Taylor (Amelia) giving their all, but what would essentially be one of the better English dubs is ruined by the crucial casting error of David Moo as Xellos. I don't know what the casting people were thinking, but David Moo is badly miscast as Xellos, making the character sound most annoying, borderline stereotypical nerd, when he should sound smooth and slick; unless the original and proper Japanese interpretation of Xellos IS an annoying little nerd.
But for those of you who don't listen to the English dub, it's all good. Favorite moments include the oxy-moronic attacks of Amelia's dad Prince Philionel of Seyruun and Gourry being turned evil and unleashed against the other characters. Lina's unexpected attraction to Gourry is also funny along with nice opening and closing theme songs.
LINA: "Just how long do you plan on protecting me?"
GOURRY: "I dunno... the rest of my life?"
LINA hing & incredulous]: "The rest of your...?"