Slayers – The Motion Picture
Slayers – The Motion Picture, also known as Slayers Perfect (or Slayers the Movie: Perfect Edition) and originally released in Japan simply as , is a 1995 Japanese animated comic fantasy adventure film directed by Hiroshi Watanabe and written by Kazuo Yamazaki, based on the novels by Hajime Kanzaka. It was the first animated entry released in the Slayers media franchise and received positive reviews from critics. In the film, young sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent reunite to go on vacation to the magical island of Mipross, but they soon find that things there are not quite what they seem and a mighty evil force might be involved.
Plot
The powerful teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her traveling companion and self-styled archrival Naga the Serpent, having been reunited after Naga was (once again) hired against Lina, obtain two discounted tickets for a tour to the fabled hot springs of Mipross Island. However, they discover almost immediately that those hot springs are fake and the island is controlled by a group of bandits. The two heroines clean up the island from them but learn they have been sent by someone called "the Great Master".
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author | Kazuo Yamazaki |
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director | Hiroshi Watanabe |
events | demon |
genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
keywords | astral plane back in time end follow grow up hot spring kill late night lina inverse mazoku naga the serpent rescue run secret location seeing the future shout spring string the king travel |
musicBy | Takayuki Hattori |
producer | Tōru Suzuki |
productionCompany | J.C.Staff |
publisher | Toei Company |
theme | anime comic fantasy time |