Slayers Special - The Book of Spells

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Movie
German title Slayers Special - The Book of Spells
Original title ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ す ぺ し ゃ る
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year July 25, 1996 to May 25, 1997 ( VHS , J)
2004 ( DVD , D )
length about 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Hiroshi Watanabe
script Kazuo Yamazaki
synchronization

Slayers Special - The Book of Spells (also Slayers Special or Slayers: The Book of Spells ) is the first of two three-part OVAs for the light novel , manga and anime series " Slayers " and isbased ona prequel the Slayers Special books, into the plot structure, whichilluminatesthe history of the protagonist Lina Inverse . In Germany the OVA appeared synchronized with some bonuses on DVD . The three parts were produced by Kadokawa Shoten and JCStaff .

action

Episode 1

German title: The terrifying Kimera plan
Original title: 恐怖 の リ メ ラ 計画 , Kyōfu no Rimera Keikaku

Lina is invited to his castle by the researcher Diol, where he suggests that she transform her into a kimera . But the magician does not enjoy this idea. When her jealous, buxom friend Naga appears, who takes Diol's side, Lina destroys Diol's castle.

A gang of robbers ambushes Lina and Naga for a month, but fails because Lina blows them up together with Naga. When Lina chases after the last of the bandits, leaving Naga behind, she suddenly faces Diol. He made a number of Homunculus copies of Naga and wants to defeat Lina with her annoying laughter. This collapses unconscious and is taken to the hideout of Diol and his partner Vista.

Naga is looking for her friend and soon meets Diol and the Homunculus copies he made. Unlike Lina, she not only manages to resist her own laugh, but also to use it in her favor. Diol and his partner then flee, but do not escape their just punishment by Lina.

Episode 2

German title: Jeffery's Path to Knight
Original title: ジ ェ フ リ ー 君 の 騎士 道 , Jefurī-kun no Kishidō

Lina and Naga are hired by Josephine to help their son, the skinny, naive and clumsy Jeffrey . This is to become a knight of the royal guard. The three go to a fictitious attack on a bandit hideout, but it quickly becomes apparent that the budding knight is mostly in his own way. Again and again Josephine appears, who as a masked passerby beats everyone who speaks badly about Jeffrey . In the hiding place Lina, Naga and Jeffrey suddenly face real bandits, which the masked Josephine has nothing to counter. However, it is easy for Lina and Naga to defeat them.

Together, the three finally set out to attack the Dark Knight Galdar, who is terrorizing the country with his orcs . Josephine quickly defeats the dark knight with her strength and makes him work for her son. After the masked passer-by has disappeared again, Galdar leads Lina, Naga and Jeffrey to Lord Goldias, his former master. This is Jeffrey's father and Josephine's husband , who shows up shortly afterwards to punish him for staying so long.

Episode 3

German title: Mirror Mirror
Original title: 鏡 よ 鏡 , Kagami yo Kagami

Lina and Naga are given the task of finding and destroying the Shadow Reflector , which is considered the ultimate weapon by the Mages Association . The reflector is a magical mirror that has the power to create an exact image of whoever looks into it. This likeness has the powers and abilities of the original, but reverses its essence into the opposite. The reflector is now owned by the renegade vice chairman of the Magicians' Association, Lagas, who does everything possible to stop Lina and her friend.

The two finally find it, but are suddenly confronted with their counterparts created by the reflector. However, these show that the reflector is a failure. Because the copies are not able to fight because of their character. When Lagas realizes this during the test on Lina and Naga, he tries to escape, but is caught by the two magicians. Contrary to what Lina assumed, the copies do not disappear when the mirror is destroyed.

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
Diol Takeshi Aono Willi Roebke
Galdar Thomas Rauscher
Goldias Torsten Münchow
Big robber Torsten Münchow
Jeffrey Akira Ishida Florian Bauer
Josephine Rihoko Yoshida Gisela Matt
Lagan Banjou ginga Thomas Rauscher
Vista Kaneto Shiozawa Alex Wangler

Publications

The three individual episodes of the OVA were originally first published in Japan on a total of three VHS cassettes from July 25, 1996 to May 25, 1997 . Translated into English, the OVA was then released, also licensed by ADV Films , on two VHS cassettes with the titles " Explosion Array " and " Dragon Slave ", later on DVD with the title " The Book of Spells ".

In 2004 a German version was published by OVA Films .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Subtitle of the German DVD edition by OVA Films
  2. ↑ Compiled list of speakers for Anime on DVD
  3. ^ The cast list of the speakers for all Slayers films at synchroworld.de
  4. ↑ http://jasms.de/anime/slayers/slayers_start.html

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