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  • chrollo
    chrollo last edited by Rahul Balaggan

    With the recent acquisition of Orphen, I can surely hope to see the classic Slayers licensed?

    “Slayers follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits.”

    Author - Hajime Kanzaka
    Artist - Araizumi Rui
    Year - 1989
    Status - 15 Volumes (Completed)
    Original Publisher - Fujimi Shobo (Kadokawa)
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    • Terabyte
      Terabyte Premium Member last edited by

      This brings back memories, it was one of the first animes I watched as a kid lol

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      • chrollo
        chrollo @Terabyte last edited by

        @terabyte It's still a fun watch. I true anime classic.

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        • the green death
          the green death last edited by

          Would love to see Slayers released. I’m sure they’ll do another anime for it at some point, that would be when I bet it gets grabbed.

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          • myskaros
            myskaros Staff last edited by

            Slayers is getting its first new book in 18 years!

            https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-08-31/1st-new-slayers-novel-in-18-years-ships-on-october-20-in-japan/.136190

            Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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            • Terabyte
              Terabyte Premium Member last edited by

              Wow, talk about a little pause lol

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                SirGir last edited by SirGir

                Posting to give my support for this potential acquisition/rescue.

                Yes, this series was originally licensed by Tokyopop, but like their other light novel efforts, they ultimately abandoned it only half done (8 of the original 15 volumes). Typical of the time, they did not attempt digital release either.

                As someone who went out-of-my-way to buy these years ago, I would buy these all again to, if nothing else, to get better translations than what we have. Here's a discussion and analysis of the rather odd-ball translation we got.

                Oh, and whatever business Orphen is giving you guys, I pretty much guarantee this series will do better. Slayers will have waaaay more brand recognition. :p

                Thank you for your consideration!

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                • kino
                  kino last edited by

                  I want to see this truly classic series get some love. The anime is still a great watch.

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                  • invayne
                    invayne Member last edited by invayne

                    this is already on Amazon just not in epub formate. it was licensed by Tokyo pop. Amazon paper back

                    i would go for a retranslation if Tokyo pop did drop the license.

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                    • Dr. Neo Cortex
                      Dr. Neo Cortex last edited by

                      As I said before, as I enjoy Kanzaka's work, seeing Lost Universe eventually translated (same companies as Slayers) would be a dream come true.

                      "Hey, Mr. "Everything was Better in the 90's"! Your internet speed is so slow that it took you 8 hours to watch 60 Minutes!"

                      You're so old, you KNEW Shakespeare.

                      I can put M&M's in alphabetical order without color coding.

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                      • Terrence
                        Terrence Premium Member last edited by

                        Bookwalker has a heavy sale on Slayers and other Kadokawa titles right now. Up to 70% off.

                        https://bookwalker.jp/tag/2963/?np=0

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                        • Hyperion
                          Hyperion Member last edited by

                          Spotlight time! A friendly bump to an older post that hasn't had any recent conversation in order to draw attention to it.

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                          • the green death
                            the green death last edited by

                            Slaaaaaayers!!! If there is justice and good in the universe this will be licensed by the end of the year.

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                            • myskaros
                              myskaros Staff last edited by

                              https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-16/hajime-kanzaka-launches-3rd-part-of-slayers-novel-series/.146784

                              A Fantasia Bunko livestream presentation revealed that Slayers novels writer Hajime Kanzaka launched a third part in the series in the July issue of Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Magazine on Friday.
                               
                              The first part of the novel series includes the first eight compiled book volumes, and the second part includes the ninth to 15th volumes. The 16th and most recent volume shipped in October as the first new volume in nearly 18 years.

                              Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                              • Jon Mitchell
                                Jon Mitchell Premium Member last edited by

                                something about that artwork attached is awesome - reminds me of Girl Genius
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                                I read banned books

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                                  binaryb Premium Member last edited by

                                  Would love to see Slayers here. It was a shame that only the first 8 volumes were officially licensed and translated into English by Tokyopop.

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                                  • Jon Mitchell
                                    Jon Mitchell Premium Member @binaryb last edited by

                                    @binaryb
                                    So would that be a “hit the ground running “ or a “this is more work to fix than to just start over” scenario with TokyoPop volumes out there?

                                    I read banned books

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                                    • DoubleMangekyo
                                      DoubleMangekyo last edited by

                                      From the industry panel: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1DXGyNqqdwNJM

                                      (37:27) "Slayers will be rescued if Full Metal Panic! sells. ...if it's profitable, or even breaks even, I'll do it."

                                      My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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                                        paulnamida @DoubleMangekyo last edited by

                                        @doublemangekyo holy shit, my hopes and dreams restored!!

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                                          ephidiel last edited by

                                          @sirgir said in Slayers!:

                                          Posting to give my support for this potential acquisition/rescue.
                                          Yes, this series was originally licensed by Tokyopop, but like their other light novel efforts, they ultimately abandoned it only half done (8 of the original 15 volumes). Typical of the time, they did not attempt digital release either.

                                          Any update so far? Will we be getting a rerelease of Slayers in 2020?

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