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Slayers

Seen it?

1995 | 5 seasons | 22 min | Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation

Sunday Safe Betearly rating

Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet

Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
5 seasons, but most episodes stand on their own, so you can dip in anywhere (about 22 minutes each).
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to them, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Ran for 5 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 109K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Slayers is the high point.

  1. Monday Morning Maybe
    Slayers1995 · 26 episodes · 4.1 out of 10
    Monday
  2. Slayers Next1996 · 26 episodes
    Not rated yet
  3. Slayers Try1997 · 26 episodes
    Not rated yet
  4. Slayers Revolution2008 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet
  5. Slayers Evolution-R2009 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet

Cast & crew

Created by Hajime Kanzaka, Rui Araizumi

  • Megumi HayashibaraLina Inverse (voice)
  • Yasunori MatsumotoGourry Gabriev (voice)
  • Masami SuzukiAmelia (voice)
  • Hikaru MidorikawaZelgadis (voice)
  • Akira IshidaXelloss (voice)
  • Maria KawamuraNama (voice)
  • Haruka KimuraOzel (voice)
  • Nobuhiko OkamotoAbel (voice)
  • Nobuo TobitaRadok (voice)