Slayers Great

1997 1h 1m JA

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6.1

MID

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6.9

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 17★6.9IMDB · 500

AnimationAdventureComedyFantasy

Synopsis

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All Laia Einburg wants for her golem-making father Galia and her equally ambitious brother Huey is to end a long running feud. But her world gets turned upside down when short-stature Lina Inverse and overly endowed Naga the Serpent save Laia from a rampaging golem. A grateful, but smitten, Galia asks Lina to be a model for his work. Not to be outdone, Huey makes a similar request to Naga. The results are towering remote-controlled golems in the image of our favorite sorceresses! Huey gets all the proportions right, but Galia's taste is just weird. Adding insult to injury, Galia turns Lina into a magical battery pack! Officially, Lords Haizen and Granion commissioned these golems for a contest to determine the ruler of the city of Stoner. But the lords are secretly planning to use the golems as prototypes for an army of conquest! Can Lina and Naga save the city from tyranny?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Megumi Hayashibara
Lina Inverse (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Naga the Serpent (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Leia 'Rya' Einburg (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Huey Einburg (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Lord Granion (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Granion's Aid (voice)
Shigezô Sasaoka
Sorcerer (voice)
Minoru Inaba
Storeowner (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroshi Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Slayers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe, shot by Katsuyuki Ootaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kazuhiko Seki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Megumi Hayashibara and Maria Kawamura and Kikuko Inoue carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0161978 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroshi Watanabe directs. Katsuyuki Ootaki behind the camera. Kazuhiko Seki cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Slayers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe, shot by Katsuyuki Ootaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Kazuhiko Seki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Megumi Hayashibara and Maria Kawamura and Kikuko Inoue carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0161978 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.