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NEWS: Slayers Series Gets New Short Story Collection




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Fluwm



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:35 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:43 pm Reply with quote
Fluwm wrote:
Anyone know if JNC has made any comments yet on licensing the rest of the Slayers catalog yet?


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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:53 pm Reply with quote
It's 2025 and Kanzaka is giving us new Slayers content. We are truly blessed.
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Rajiy



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 2:56 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:14 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:26 pm Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:38 pm Reply with quote
Kicksville wrote:
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!


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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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:51 pm Reply with quote
Kicksville wrote:
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!


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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