We first broke the news of a new Slayers TV anime back in February, and this evening we’re happy to report that the official site for Slayers REVOLUTION is now online! Details posted to the site reveal that the cast and staff remain unchanged from the original Slayers TV series (with the exception of J.C. STAFF now helming animation production), which is significant as it marks the return of seiyuu goddess Hayashibara Megumi to the small screen as Lina Inverse (the most recent of her increasingly infrequent TV appearances was as the childhood version of the school principal in episode nine of Manabi Straight). She will be joined by Matsumoto Yasunori as Gourry, Midorikawa Hikaru as Zelgadis, and Suzuki Masami as Amelia. Watanabe Takashi reprises his directorial role, and character design is from mangaka Araizumi Rui and Miyata Naomi. Series composition (writing) is from Takayama Jirou, who in addition to Slayers Next and Try also wrote several episodes of King Gainer. According to Moon Phase Diary the story will be a mix of elements from the original work that have yet to be animated, and material newly created expressly for the show.
I was never much of a Slayers fan back when the show was really popular, but this new incarnation looks like a lot of fun. I’ll be keeping an eye on it as development moves forward. (no more)
oh yea! looking forward to the show.
Couldn’t afford the DVDs when this series was hot in the 90s (poor student with student loans to service). Glad to see its revival a decade later. And I’m definitely looking forward to hearing Megumi-sama again. (It’s been a while since I hear her in any role lately. Guess she’s enjoying a well-deserved hiatus after all these long years of work. She’ll always be my only Love(Ai) and Valentine ;))
I look forward to Slayers Revolution and Ms.Megumi Hayashibara’s performance.In 2006,she dubbed in Paprika.Her voice is still charming!I like her songs and the characters she dubbed.
Funny that I was just looking at the Slayers Dragon Magazine special artbook tonight and wondering what the mangaka Araizumi Rui was doing now. Guess I now know, eh? Very good to here the show’s coming back, and I’m totally sure it’ll be as popular as always. Actually, it’d be nice to see a few figures result from it! ^^
I’m extremely excited about this new season. I’ve been a Slayers fan for over four years now, and I’ll admit, after watching the last of TRY I cried, thinking that it was over for good. But once hearing about Revolution, everything seemed so much better in the world. It’s an amazing series! Life is wonderful!
I was running around screaming my head off in delight… Oh fudge. My fanfiction will be horribly inaccurate. I hope there’s lots of kawaii LG moments. And if there’s not, somebody gonna get hurt real bad.
I was so excited when I read this! I couldn’t believe after 11 years, they are going to make a new season! I can’t wait for it to come out! I ran around the house screaming and called my older sister (she’s the one who introduced me to Slayers…yet she hasn’t seen all of Try) and she said she already knew….but didn’t tell me…So I ignored her for a few days….
Go Lina, go Lina, go! Wahoo! Lina Inverse is back and kickin rear as always. Freaking hilarious already seen two episodes. Man is it smoking hot in here or what. OOPS, it was that last Mega Brand that landed in my hair! Baka Goury, Oxymoronic Amelia, Heartless Zel and what the hell? It’s that a plush firing a Dragon Slave? Hey, you got to love this end of the world stuff, everyone (anime studios) are blasting everyones fears with the greatest comeback of all, SLAYERS! I’m going to enjoy this guilty pleasure cruise for all its worth. Here is to the best Anime out there, Cheers!
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From here to 2012, Anime all the WAY! Hooray!