Slayers Gorgeous

1998 1h 4m JA

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 21

AnimationAdventureComedyFantasy

Synopsis

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Lina Inverse and her sidekick Naga the Serpent are happily enjoying lunch when the entire town ducks under cover before an invasion of Marlene Culvert and her legion of bloodthirsty dragons. The cause of the invasion? Marlene is in a feud with her father, the king, over her allowance. Lina leaps into action to defend the village against Marlene, her tetrad knights and her dragons, but her dependable Dragon Slave spell fails her. Right when she thinks she has won, the real battle has just begun.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Megumi Hayashibara
Lina Inverse (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Naga the Serpent (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Lord Culvert (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi
Gaizno (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Thornfort (voice)
Kyoko Hikami
Marlene (voice)
Asako Dodo
Mother 1 (voice)
Hiroshi Naka
Soldier 2 (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroshi Watanabe
Writers: Hajime Kanzaka, Hajime Kanzaka, Hiroshi Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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28 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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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroshi Watanabe, shot by Katsuyuki Ohtaki. 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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Original score by Osamu Tezuka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Megumi Hayashibara and Maria Kawamura and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1796619 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Hiroshi Watanabe directs. Katsuyuki Ohtaki behind the camera. Osamu Tezuka scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
228 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 Ohtaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Osamu Tezuka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Megumi Hayashibara and Maria Kawamura and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1796619 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.