Slayers Perfect

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Movie
German title Slayers Perfect
Original title ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 1995 (cinema, J)
2004 ( DVD , D )
length approx. 62 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Hiroshi Watanabe
script Kazuo Yamazaki
synchronization
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Slayers Perfect (also Slayers: The Motion Picture , in Japan only Slayers ) is the first anime cinema production for the manga and television series " Slayers ", which celebrated its world premiere on August 5, 1995 in Japanese cinemas . It is the first of a series of prequels , which mainly shed light on the history of the protagonist Lina Inverse . In Germany the film was released dubbed on DVD with some bonuses . The JCStaff studio was responsible for the animation and was able to fall back on funds from the sponsors Bandai Visual , Kadokawa Shoten , Marubeni Corporation and King Records . Toei Animation took over the distribution .

action

After a strange dream, Lina, who is traveling alone, is ambushed by some bandits who, however, have no idea that she can and does destroy the magician with her little finger. Lina immediately invests the wad of money stolen from her short banter in a series of local delicacies, which she gobbles up at a small snack bar on the beach until the three bandits reappear. However, they bring reinforcements, whose way of laughing drives the magician through the marrow: Naga, who mimes the innocent and thinks she has to hunt down Lina.

However, when Lina informs her friend that she has been hired by bandits, the tide turns. Suddenly Naga got hold of two tickets for a boat trip to Mipross Island, whereupon she hurriedly grabbed Lina and hurried off with her.

On the trip to the island, Naga reads to her friend from a travel guide about the island's legendary hot springs , which are also surrounded by a mysterious and impenetrable mist that only clears a few days a year. In addition, there should be a place where you can take a look at the island's past. Lina falls asleep over it, who now has another strange dream in which she is welcomed to the island by a voice.

The next day the ship docks in Mipross. After the two have crushed some petty criminals and handed them over to the king and queen of the island, they are given a feast - the little incident with Naga's golem, which accidentally dismantled half the port city, does not matter. During the night, Lina meets the person responsible for her visions in her dream: An old man who calls himself rowdy asks her for her help to destroy a demon and bring his home, the island of Mipross, back to paradise to transform what it once was. As a reward, he would reveal the location of a special hot spring to her, which should help her still very girlish figure on the jumps. In return, she should take care of the demon Joyrock, who is responsible for the misery.

But the first encounter with her opponent doesn't go too well: Joyrock is incredibly strong, so that the two magicians don't stand a chance. At the last moment they are rescued by Rowdy, who then sends Lina back in time with a magical time machine , where she and Rowdy's younger self thwart the attack of some demons on a village of elves. Together they then also meet the culprit who is responsible for the attack. Joyrock has no chance against the combined power of Lina and Rowdy's lightsaber and is defeated. Immediately after the fight, the magic with which the magician was brought into the past ends.

However, all that remains is the thanks of the aging rowdy, whose information about the special hot spring turns out to be useless for Lina.

Characters

In addition to the two Lina Inverse and Naga, the White Snake , other important protagonists and antagonists appear :

Rowdy Gabriev
ラ ウ デ ィ ＝ ガ ブ リ エ フ
raudi gaburiefu 		As a boy, Rowdy is the bearer of the legendary lightsaber, which later goes to Gourry . He and the elf Meliroon are in love with each other, but the couple is torn apart when the demon Joyrock attacks the elves' village and has all the inhabitants killed by his entourage.

Over time, Rowdy ages more and more and asks Lina for her help before he dies.

Joyrock
ジ ョ イ ロ ッ ク
joirokku 		Joyrock is the antagonist of this adventure. The demon attacked the elven village on the island of Mipross, creating an impenetrable mist that only clears for a few days a year.

synchronization

The dubbing was recorded on behalf of OVA Films at the Circle of Arts studios , with dubbing directed by Susanna Sandvoss.

Voice actor
role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Lina Inverse Megumi Hayashibara Shandra Schadt
Naga, the white snake Maria Kawamura Veronika Neugebauer
Joyrock Genda Tessho Torsten Münchow
Rowdy Gabriev (alt) Han Keiko Willi Roebke
Rowdy Gabriev (Young) Minami Takayama Ben Münchow
Meliroon Yuri Shiratori
Juliano Jubiblié Claus Brockmeyer
King of Mipross Mahito Tsujimura Ulf J. Söhmisch
Queen of Mipross Miyuki Ichijou Bettina Kenter
Lagos Norio Wakamoto Thomas Rauscher

Tolilah Jolas , Angelika Höller , Katrin Filzen and Dirk Meyer can also be heard in other roles .

Publications

Video or DVD version

The movie was for the following after the theatrical release published on video or DVD to an approximately eight-minute OVA - prologue in 4: 3 expanded format, which is the meeting of Lina and Naga. This prologue was also used for the German-language DVD version released by OVA Films in 2004. The OVA material was adapted to the image format of the cinema film, but does not come from the same source as the higher quality samples of the rest of the cinema film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film, composed by Hattori Takayuki, was released by King Records in Japan on September 6, 1995. It is not available in Germany.

The final credits song is titled "Midnight Blue" and is sung by Megumi Hayashibara .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compiled list of speakers for Anime on DVD
  2. ^ The cast list of the speakers for all Slayers films at synchroworld.de
  3. ↑ Bonus material on the German DVD