Comments on: Slayers Beats Earthquake

By: Zelgadis4tw

Zelgadis4tw — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:59:21 +0000

Slayers was one of the first anime to introduce me into this form of entertainment, and the series practically made me cry in the end. I was actually disappointed that they didn't use the character designs and color scheme from TRY although I suppose that would have been asking for too much. I am one of the many that feel it's lost it's sparkle, though not by any means the fault of the Slayer's age. The story was poorly executed, and the characters were hollow shells of their former selves. If the story line didn't basically toss out what had happened in the previous series of the show and made it feel like Lina et al were dragged along by the story, and not driving the story, then I believe we would have had a gem worthy of being called Slayers.

By: Artefact

Artefact — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:51:19 +0000

Late comments are appreciated.

Slayers is such a robust series that it seems unlikely to flop, but the issue is probably more whether there will be anything after this... if it does pick up, as you say it will likely be fine.

By: Who me?

Who me? — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:35:15 +0000

Late comment I know. But alot of people forget the same thing happened to Code Geass R2. It started out at around 3, dropped to below 1 by the mid/late single digit episodes. Then it came back up to 3 by the teens.

It just seems like Japan has it in it's head in general that everything has to look "modern". I guess they're just not into appreciating anything retro.

By: IrrugaSinX

IrrugaSinX — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:44:20 +0000

hmm, japanese sure are weird...they prefer some g*y show rather than the humorous,wacky,DFC never failed to kick ass Lina?..~_~..

By: BuggyBY

BuggyBY — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:03:01 +0000

I still like Slayers a lot. A pity I don't live in Japan as yet.

By: Tim James

Tim James — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:46:04 +0000

i dont mind the old charater design, and i can imagine a fan uproar if they had been messed with, but then again you cant please anything.

I realy do love the modern anime style, but i love it when every now and then something comes out that looks like it should be older... the second series of The Galaxy Railways for example, that was a thing of beauty!

By: Artefact

Artefact — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:12:45 +0000

People seem to think it has lost its sparkle, and it doesn't help that the animation and character design have dated.

Slayers was always one of my favourites, so I do find it a little sad, but these things move on...

By: Tim James

Tim James — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:01:30 +0000

awww, thats kinda sad its not doing too good! has it just lost popularity or is this new series just not any good?

slayers, along with tenchi muyo and gundam wing was one of the series that introduced me to the wonderful world of anime, i havent seen any for ages.... in fact, amazon should be delivering me the complete slayers boxset, cant waut to see it all again.