Slayers The Motion Picture
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Slayers - The Motion Picture, originally released in Japan as Slayers, is a 1995 Japanese animated
fantasy adventure film chief directed and written by Kazuo Yamazaki and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe
. It is the first film based on the Slayers
series.
and Naga the Serpent
take an economy boat trip to the magical disappearing island of Mipross, destroyed by the demon Joyrock many years earlier, so they can enjoy the hot spring
s there. However the two find that things on Mipross are not quite what they seem. Along the way, they meet an old time-traveling wizard named Rowdy Gabriev, an ancestor of Gourry Gabriev
, who aids in defeating Joyrock.
on July 29, 1995. The film was distributed by Toei Company
and was produced by J.C.Staff
. It was released to VHS
and Laserdisc
in North America
from A.D. Vision
in 1998. The VHS was available in either dubbed or subbed formats, and the Laserdisc was bilingual. A DVD release was compiled later on September 28, 2004 in a remastered disc individually, as part of a movies box set and as part of a Movies & OVAs box set. The film was presented in anamorphic widescreen for this release. An audio commentary for the film featuring Cynthia Martinez, Kelly Manison, and Matt Greenfield was included on the DVD as a special feature.
. All songs were composed by Takayuki Hattori, and were sung by Megumi Hayashibara
and Maria Kawamura
.
Track List:
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
fantasy adventure film chief directed and written by Kazuo Yamazaki and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe
is an anime director and animator.-Works:*Detective Loki*Guyver: Out of Control*If I See You in my Dreams*Jing: King of Bandits*Magical Princess Minky Momo*Orphen*Shining Tears X Wind*Slayers The Motion Picture...
. It is the first film based on the Slayers
Slayers
is a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...
series.
Plot
Sorceresses Lina InverseLina Inverse
is a fictional sorceress and the primary protagonist from the light novel, manga, and anime series Slayers.-Plot overview:Lina was born in the fictional village of Zephillia. Her older sister, Luna Inverse, was the darling of both her parents and the town, excelling in martial studies and quickly...
and Naga the Serpent
Naga the Serpent
is a fictional character in the novel, movie, OVA and manga versions of Slayers. Her Japanese voice actress is Maria Kawamura, and her English voice actress is Kelly Manison in the OVAs and movies, and Eva Kaminsky in Slayers Evolution-R....
take an economy boat trip to the magical disappearing island of Mipross, destroyed by the demon Joyrock many years earlier, so they can enjoy the hot spring
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
s there. However the two find that things on Mipross are not quite what they seem. Along the way, they meet an old time-traveling wizard named Rowdy Gabriev, an ancestor of Gourry Gabriev
Gourry Gabriev
is a fictional character from the Japanese anime and light novels Slayers. He is the tallest of the main cast and the oldest of the party, muscular like an acrobat, possesses long blonde hair and blue eyes, and notorious of his poor memory.-Background:Very little is known about Gourry's immediate...
, who aids in defeating Joyrock.
Cast
| Character | Japanese Voice Actor | English Voice Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lina Inverse Lina Inverse is a fictional sorceress and the primary protagonist from the light novel, manga, and anime series Slayers.-Plot overview:Lina was born in the fictional village of Zephillia. Her older sister, Luna Inverse, was the darling of both her parents and the town, excelling in martial studies and quickly... |
Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Hayashibara is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin... |
Cynthia Martinez Cynthia Martinez Cynthia M. Martinez is an American voice actress who works for ADV Films and Seraphim Digital. Her first role was that of Lina Inverse in the Slayers movies and OVAs.-Anime roles:*Air - Kanna... |
| Naga the Serpent Naga the Serpent is a fictional character in the novel, movie, OVA and manga versions of Slayers. Her Japanese voice actress is Maria Kawamura, and her English voice actress is Kelly Manison in the OVAs and movies, and Eva Kaminsky in Slayers Evolution-R.... |
Maria Kawamura Maria Kawamura , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress. Kawamura is a freelancer and was a former affiliate of Arts Vision.On November 8, 1991, she married Japanese manga artist Mamoru Nagano, of Five Star Stories fame... |
Kelly Manison Kelly Manison Kelly Evelyn Manison is an American voice actress working for ADV Films and Seraphim Digital. She has been featured in almost 100 films and television programmes... |
| Rowdy | Osamu Saka Osamu Saka is a Japanese voice actor who works for Aoni Production.He is most known for the roles of Wheeljack in the Japanese dub of , as well as Seitaro Sakaki , Jotaro Honma , and Daisuke Aramaki .-Anime:* Noah Van Hellsing in Blade* Dr... |
Phil Ross |
| Joyrock | Tessho Genda Tessho Genda is a Japanese voice actor. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda."... |
Tristan MacAvery |
| Queen of Mipross | Miyuki Ichijou | Angela Lorio |
| King of Mipross | Mahito Tsujimura Mahito Tsujimura is a Japanese voice actor employed by 81 Produce.-Notable Voice Roles:*Konoemon "Dean" Konoe in Negima*Gopher in Kingdom Hearts II and the Winnie the Pooh series *The King in Slayers: The Motion Picture... |
Paul Sidello |
| Young Rowdy | Minami Takayama Minami Takayama is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005 but they divorced on December 10, 2007. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix, and a part of DoCo when it was active.... |
David Bell |
| Thief 1 | Chafurin Chafurin is a Japanese vocal actor from Saitama Prefecture who works for Office Osawa. He was formerly credited as '. He graduated from Toyo University.-Television animation:*Ah! My Goddess *Argento Soma... |
Rob Mungle Rob Mungle Robert Louis Mungle is a voice actor for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000... |
| Thief 2 | Daisuke Gouri | Brett Weaver Brett Weaver Brett A. Weaver is an American voice actor working with ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, OkaTron 5000, and Seraphim Digital. He is known for his roles in the English-language dubs of anime series. He currently lives in Austin, TX with his wife, E.K... |
| Thief 3 | Keiji Fujiwara Keiji Fujiwara is a Japanese voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan area who is affiliated with Air Agengy.His best known projects include Crayon Shin-chan as Hiroshi Nohara, Eureka Seven as Holland, Fullmetal Alchemist as Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, Zoids: Chaotic Century as Irvine, Final Fantasy VII Advent... |
Michael Zargarov |
| Lagos | Norio Wakamoto Norio Wakamoto is a veteran male seiyū and budō expert affiliated with Sigma Seven. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University... |
Bryan Bounds |
Release
Slayers: The Motion Picture was released in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on July 29, 1995. The film was distributed by Toei Company
Toei Company
is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
and was produced by J.C.Staff
J.C.STAFF
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in January 1986. Their first release was the three episode OVA Sengoku Kidan Yōtōden, in 1987. They have produced several well-known anime series, such as Revolutionary Girl Utena, Excel Saga, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Shakugan no Shana, Toaru Majutsu no...
. It was released to VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and Laserdisc
Laserdisc
LaserDisc was a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. Initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision in North America in 1978, the technology was previously referred to interally as Optical Videodisc System, Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Optical...
in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
from A.D. Vision
A.D. Vision
A.D. Vision was an American international multimedia entertainment company headquartered in Houston, Texas, prior to its collapse and distress sale to four other Houston-based companies in 2009...
in 1998. The VHS was available in either dubbed or subbed formats, and the Laserdisc was bilingual. A DVD release was compiled later on September 28, 2004 in a remastered disc individually, as part of a movies box set and as part of a Movies & OVAs box set. The film was presented in anamorphic widescreen for this release. An audio commentary for the film featuring Cynthia Martinez, Kelly Manison, and Matt Greenfield was included on the DVD as a special feature.
Soundtrack
A movie soundtrack was released on July 1, 2003 from A.D. VisionA.D. Vision
A.D. Vision was an American international multimedia entertainment company headquartered in Houston, Texas, prior to its collapse and distress sale to four other Houston-based companies in 2009...
. All songs were composed by Takayuki Hattori, and were sung by Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara
is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin...
and Maria Kawamura
Maria Kawamura
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress. Kawamura is a freelancer and was a former affiliate of Arts Vision.On November 8, 1991, she married Japanese manga artist Mamoru Nagano, of Five Star Stories fame...
.
Track List:
- 01. Musical Suite (Slayers SP)
- 02. Shinning Girl
- 03. Beautiful Sorceress Appears
- 04. Meriloon
- 05. Zeras Gohto Vs. Cume-Cume Spin
- 06. Hot Springs Sisters
- 07. Laughing in the Dark
- 08. The Promised Land
- 09. Naga the Serpent
- 10. A Truly Talented Rival doesn't Need to Show Off
- 11. Illusion Master
- 12. Ruins of Elngaush
- 13. Evil-Doer
- 14. Explosion! Dragon Slave
- 15. Feelings Across Time & Space
- 16. Joyrock
- 17. May All the Fools that Stand Before Us Be Destroyed By the Power that You and I Possess
- 18. Ending
- 19. Midnight Blue
Trivia
- When ADV Films first acquired the rights to the film, they originally had contacted Lisa OrtizLisa OrtizLisa Ortiz is an American theatre and voice actress, best known for her roles in English anime adaptations. She is perhaps best known for the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, Lina Inverse in Slayers, and Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece...
, who had been the voice of Lina InverseLina Inverseis a fictional sorceress and the primary protagonist from the light novel, manga, and anime series Slayers.-Plot overview:Lina was born in the fictional village of Zephillia. Her older sister, Luna Inverse, was the darling of both her parents and the town, excelling in martial studies and quickly...
in the Slayers SeriesSlayersis a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...
, to reprise her role in the film. But at the last second, Lisa had to turn down the part because of scheduling conflicts; and ADV Films was forced to open up a last minute casting call for Lina, and cast Cynthia Martinz, who made her acting debut as Lina in the film.
- The movie makes a passing reference to manga/anime Dragon HalfDragon Halfis a manga created by Ryūsuke Mita and serialized in Monthly Dragon Magazine from 1988 to 1994. It was adapted into a two episode anime OVA series in 1993...
. At one point in the film, Naga encounters a group of Slime-halves and tells them to go play with some Dragon-halves. The similarities between Naga and Princess Vina (who is a Slime-half in the Dragon Half manga) and between Lina and Mink (the eponymous Dragon-half) are apparent.