Forum - View topicNEWS: Slayers Series Gets New Short Story Collection
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Fluwm
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Anyone know if JNC has made any comments yet on licensing the rest of the Slayers catalog yet?
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Juno016
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I have been keeping tabs because I've been waiting to read them once omnibus volume 6, the final volume of the original main story, released, but I haven't heard literally anything. |
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Nionel
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It's 2025 and Kanzaka is giving us new Slayers content. We are truly blessed.
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Rajiy
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I wonder if there will be a new Slayers anime...
Naomi Ozora sounds very similar to 90s Megumi Hayashibara. |
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Kicksville
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Megumi Hayashibara came back to voice Ranma, so I would imagine she'd be back for Lina if there's more Slayers.
I've said before that now seems like a great time for a Slayers revival: More accurate adaptations of classic material are in vogue, Slayers novels weren't fully adapted to begin with, the major original voice actors are still active, fantasy anime is on top, there's been new novels since...I keep thinking we'll get an announcement at any point. Surely! C'mon! |
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tintor2
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I love this series as a kid but I'm afraid it could get the same effect as the Orphen remake which I found boring despite liking the JC Staff seasons.
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Rajiy
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Gonna be honest, Megumi is already showing her age when it comes to voice acting - she can still sound young when she is talking slowly, and calmly, such as for character like Rei, or Anna Kyoyama, or Ai Haibara - but give her an energetic character like Jessie (Musashi), and everything becomes obvious. There was some Slayers collaboration 2-3 years ago, and one could notice that she isn't as young as she used to be. As for other characters, dunno, I remember when I was doing Slayers marathon around 2010 (fun fact: I was the one who added most Slayers characters to MAL database back then) - I watched everything from the first series, including OVAs, and specials, to the Slayers Evolution-R - once I reached those last 2 series in late 2000s, Amelia's voice actress Masami Suzuki was already showing her age by that point, and that was 15 years ago. It's sad, but we ARE already at the point where most legendary seiyu of 90s, especially women, don't really fit their old roles anymore. |
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fencer_x
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Plus, DND/fantasy-RPG animated content is booming right now. It's a perfect time to add Slayers to the mix of Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren, Vox Machina, etc. |
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MFrontier
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I can never say no to more Slayers!
She might be showing her age a bit more but I still think she could do another season of Slayers as Lina. She did a great job as Ranma in the remake. |
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Kicksville
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If anything, it's all the more reason to make more Slayers now than wait any longer.
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LadyUranus
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This is so exciting!
Also— reboot. With a good English dub, better animation, and no filler. A more direct adaptation of the novels would be great. |
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Rajiy
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There are already some other remakes where legendary seiyu were replaced, like Fruits Basket. And thinking about it now, even those last 2 Slayers seasons felt were more like just reunion, than actual sequel to what came before. Btw, the whole voice actor thing aside, I just think that when it comes to Slayers, it is such a missed opportunity that they haven't continued to make more anime adaptations both in 2000s, and 2010s. |
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