We've got that all taken care of.

Nope,everyone here has learned how "Thu'um".

FUS-

Problem?

>DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
>SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE

>Entire city is gone

No thanks Lina.

>>117564489
Aw man, how did they not have a Carrot lookalike come and try to arrest the dragon after it's dead?

99 problems but a dragon ain't one.

>>117564656

No one at Bethesda reads Dragonlance obviously

>>117564599
If such a spell is readily available why the fuck hasn't the world in Slayers been nuked to fuck?

Maybe because only Lina and her sister are strong enough to make that happen?

Magic made no fucking sense in Slayers.

Yeah, better go spook those things.

>>117565021
>Magic made no fucking sense in Slayers.

No, the magic made a lot of sense in Slayers. Shit's deep as fuck.

I've been fighting dragons with my voice before it was cool.

>>117565021
Son, magic in slayers is deep. Not as in the 2deep4u, but as in 'how does onlive work'.

>>117565180
Ok, maybe it's just I was only following from the show and not reading any additional material.

If so where should I go to read?

Also are the newer series any good (Evolution and Revolution) the third season was kind of underwhelming until the final battle (better than 2's, though).

>>117564546
Now is not the time anon

>>117565373
>Also are the newer series any good (Evolution and Revolution)

No, they're horrible abortions and you should stay away from them. That fucking Pokemon mutant will ruin the whole series for you.
Watch the many movies instead. Dat Naga.

>>117564413
>Scrolling down
>See this

>>117565258

>>117565526
Don't fucking make me do it.

>>117565021 Maybe because only Lina and her sister are strong enough to make that happen?
But... no? Everyone in Lina's circle except Gourry and then some has cast Dragon Slave, and its power seems to be a pretty flat expression of Shabranigdu's power more than the caster's.

>>117565526
Hey, They were ok.
Not great that's for sure but honestly the anime wasn't great since the first season.
I just wish I could fucking find a place to get the LN's And while I'm making crazy wishes where is my fucking figma japan.

>>117565710
>but honestly the anime wasn't great since the first season.

I hope you're not implying Next wasn't the best season.

>>117565021
The anime really doesn't explain shit, you need to read the books. Here's the short explanation from the wiki:
>Bucket capacity represents the amount of magical energy a caster can gather at once. (The name comes from the analogy Hajime Kanzaka used to describe how magic works in the Slayers world.)
>A person's bucket capacity determines how powerful spells he can cast, as most spells have a minimal energy requirement: If the caster fails to supply enough, the spell won't work. Supplying more energy than necessary on the other hand increases the spell's power.

>>117565696
Manchild.

>>117565780
I am more then willing to admit it is 90% nostalgia but I really prefer the first season

Who else would play the fuck out of a Slayers game done in the style of Dragon Age: Origins or Baldur's Gate?

>>117565847

Oh, grow up.

>>117565916
Sounds like an orgy waiting to happen.

>>117565916
Don't do this mang. Don't make me depressed again mang.

>>117565916
Mount and Blade/Elder Scrolls style Slayers game is my ultimate game

>>117565957

Looking a little blue there Lina.

>>117565918
You first.

>>117565916

I'd prefer an Action RPG in Demon's/Dark Souls spirit.

All my money.

>>117565916
You mean a variant ruleset where everyone is multiclassed as a Sorcerer?

>>117565872
>>117565780

First was godtier but Next was pretty cool too. It was saved by Xellos' antics.

Fucking master troll.

>>117566028

Alright, I laughed. Let's please not turn this into a shit flinging fest, though.

>>117566020
Da ba dee da ba die.

If you get this reference, good for you.

>>117566065
Novelfag here, my enjoyment of Next was severely diminished when I found out how much was toned down or outright removed. Anime Xellos ain't got shit on Novel Xellos.

>>117566100
We're on the one side of the fence here, I guess, but I couldn't resist.

>>117566038
... I really don't see the thematic overlap. The Slayers win 800:3 fights with AOE spells that level cities and even small countries on occasion. That's kind of the antithesis of the Souls games; where being flanked is being fucked.

Great, now I have a massive urge to rewatch Slayers.

Thanks /v/, it's not like I have 150gb worth of unwatched series ready on my harddrive.

I've never even watched Slayers, though I do of course recognise the characters. Well, the main two anyway. I'm going to download it now, I've drifted away from anime this season, so it'd be nice to get back into it with a classic I missed.

>>117566189
How many books are there? I might give them a read if there aren't that many.

>>117566290
Do it, enjoy a slight feeling of nostalgia followed by that feel when you notice the series wasn't all that good.

>>117565795
>mfw I only have novels 1-6

Fucking fuck

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4244359

Ignore the seed/peer count, those shitty things can't into DHT.

>mfw I can't find the novels for sale in any stores in my country or any websites based in my country
>mfw they aren't on the internet anywhere

>>117566427
15 in the main series, first 8 were released in English but are fairly rare and expensive nowadays, 9th book is available fully translated online.

>>117566435
>followed by that feel when you notice the series wasn't all that good.

To be honest, I remember I was pretty bored during many episodes when I first watched them years ago, but when shit started to get real, it was the best fucking thing ever.

I'm interested if I get more out of the series now that I'm not expecting it to be perfect all the way trough.

>>117566556
>Look for volume 7
>1 result
>$200

So mad.

SO MAD.

>>117565795
That's actually how it is in Skyrim, coincidentally.

I never finish watching Slayers back then, stopped at the part where Gary/Gourry discovered that his sword is actually a light saber.

Miss, I don't think you want to see /v/'s "dragon problem".

Are there any actual games? A turn based RPG would be pretty cool.

It's a bit funny how damaging the spells are in the books, for instance a fireball blowing someone to bloody bits. Also, Copy-Rezzo is fucking nightmare fuel.

>>117566481

Which sub group are these from?

>>117566790
A snes game was translated by aeon genesis.

>>117566790
I can guarantee there are games, but they're almost certainly Japan-only and quite possibly mainly more like VNs that games, like the Kino no Tabi ones. There may be a few side-scrolling beat 'em ups. That's quite standard for anime series from that era.

>>117566685
I must have gotten incredibly lucky, because the most I spent on a single volume was $25.

Of all of the "This is totally D&D inspired" animes I've seen. I have to say I like Slayers the least. Though that's mostly a result of the anime streamlining basically all of its influence out.

But I say this haven never seen one of the novels.

>>117566837
It varies, but there's a lot of A4E and AX. When it comes to this kind of stuff, I don't really think you can be picky. It's not like current anime where more popular shows will have upwards of 5 or 6 groups.

>>117566790
Heroes Fantasia's coming up.

As far as I understand it; It's Super Anime Wars.

>>117566685
That's odd, it was Volume 6 which was the overpriced one... cost about £20 as opposed to £5 usually.

Though looking at Amazon now, it seems that Volume 5 is £40 and Volume 7 isn't listed at all. Guess I was lucky.

>>117565021
Because the Dragon Slave has the nasty Side effect of potentially destroying the entire goddamn universe. Lina is the only person insane enough to use it.

>>117566837
They are Legit DVD rips for the majority of it
Can't be fucked to plug in my external to check the couple that aren't

>>117565021
I can think of five people that could use the damn thing. Lina, Luna, that moustache magician in the first series that tries to use it on Shabranigdo with hilarious results, Gourry's friend in the second season that tries using it on Fibrizzo with similarly underwhelming results, and the damn stuffed animal in the new series.

It's worth noting that each time someone other than Lina uses it, she has a hard time believing her eyes since it's supposed to be bloody rare.

Medieval pedobait.

>>117567071
That's the Giga Slave
Dragon Slave is just the highest level normal dark magic spell, so while you run into a number of people who can cast it in the series those with enough magic power are kinda rare

>>117567021
I got 1-6 for something like £10 each, but this was back in 2006/7, I think. I wish I could get the rest, but I don't think we even had a proper publisher in the UK, just imports. So if it's hard to find over there, I'd expect it impossible to get over here.

http://www.zophar.net/translations/snes/english/slayers.html

And amazingly, it's actually an RPG rather than something like Street of Rage. And this just reminded me that I completed the Sailor Moon RPG on the SNES despite never having watched any Sailor Moon.

>>117567071
You're thinking of Giga Slave. Regular garden variety Dragon Slave is relatively safe, since the being it's drawing power from is literally in pieces and there's little chance of accidentally summoning it.

>>117567071
You're thinking of the Giga Slave

>>117566964

AX has really low scores on anidb, I usually avoid such and it has served me well so far.

A-S seems like it's the best group for Next and Try, but I can't find their versions anywhere, except irc. And I fucking hate downloading from irc bots.

Who Dragon here ?

I have no fucking idea why nobody has scanned the books yet
So fucking mad
I would fucking buy them at this point if I could find the cunting things for sale

The most recent two season are kinda dragged down by the stuff animal character...

But, they're still decent. Though, I only first saw, pretty much all of Slayers animated stuff a few months before Revolution and Evolution-R came out in english... I like Ortiz's squeak... Though, Martinez did the Dragon Slave incantation much better...

Honestly, the TV-Seasons in general aren't strong until it's time to kill another Eldritch Abomination from Beyond the Stars... Hell, they started importing them in Try, iirc...

>>117567425
I would scan mine, but I put way too much effort into getting them to take them apart for scanning.

>My face when I fucking loved Lost Universe

>>117567707
We can wait, just DO IT!

>>117567670
You can say whaetver you want aout Revolution-R, it's still leagues above Try.

>>117567670
The novel plotlines tended to be better than most of the anime-original stuff.

Does anyone have those porn pics of Lina Inverse that were supposedly drawn by Rui Araizumi? They were b&w as far as I remember.

Hympf.

Leave dragons... and their balls to me.

>>117567828
>Google image
>Find Ranma porn
That is also acceptable.

>>117567766
Lost Universe is godly.

So I heard you got a dessert problem /v/?

>>117567425

Here's a extract, hand-typed, 'cos I don't have a scanner:

>Without any time to withdraw his sword, Zelgadiss leapt backward, his sword lodged in Veldur's throat.
>Shakily, Veldur's fingers gripped the hilt of Veldur's sword. He slowly extracted the blade from his neck, then let it fall to the floor with a clang. His body shook as he awkwardly backed away.

>Unreal!

>Zelgadiss and I stared at each other, awestruck. The blade had impaled Veldur right through the throat-that's one of the most fatal strike you can launch, and even the biggest, baddest creatures in the world can't survive without a neck. But Veldur had just pulled the sword out and stalked away to shake it off, like he'd yanked a splinter from his foot. It was completely impossible! Was Veldur spasming in his final death throes or something?

And it's accompanied with a picture of Zel thrusting his sword through some bird-man's throat, with blood splashing everywhere. Shit's hardcore, yo.

I wonder what ever happened to the Action/Comedy anime genre. I fucking loved Ranma, And Dragon Ball.... but then it became Z and it quickly got too monotonous.

>>117568310
It's also highly redundant... goddamn.

>>117568360
>Whatever happened..
They were replaced by moe shit.

>>117568360
It became Modern Shonen.

>>117568360

Well, early Naruto and One Piece were action-y and heavy on the gags, but they went the way of Dragonball Z and started being HURR DURR I MUST BE STRONGER STRONG STRONG STRONG URTIMATE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>117568360

Legend of the Legendary heroes is the only thing I can think that comes close recently.

>>117568587
I remember when One Piece was Plastic Man; the Japanese tales.

>>117568360
One Piece is more an adventure manga than a powerlevel one, Bleach was one until it went into PLOT TWEEEEEEEEEEST field.

>>117568360
They still exist, you just need to look harder.

>>117568479
>tokyopop translations

>>117566140

I I fucking love Eiffel 65.

>>117568872
Ma nigga.

>>117566481
That feel when I seeded about 5tb of that torrent back on the old pc. And another TB on the new one after that.

OTOME NO INORI♪~

Also, am I the only one disappointed that Lina in DotA2 doesn't have Slayers Lina's voice?