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Slayers: The Book of Spells (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Slayers - Storie di Specchi, Chimere e Mammoni (Italian)
Slayers Special
スレイヤーズすぺしゃる (Japanese)
Themes: monsters, sorcery
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In these three self-contained half-hour stories, Lina Inverse and her partner, Naga The Serpent, take on a variety of jobs for quick cash, food, and/or their own skins. The first episode, "The Scary Chimera Plan," pits them against a lunatic magician who intends to use Lina to create a fearsome, spell-slinging monster. Then, in "Jeffry's Knighthood," they're hired by an overprotective mother to see that her son - a young man barely capable of holding a sword - becomes a respected knight, by "helping" him fight off the marauding soldiers terrorizing the area. Finally, "Mirror, Mirror" puts the two in a race to hunt down and capture (for bounty, of course) a rogue sorceror who's found an ancient artifact that can create loyal duplicates of anything or anyone, including his enemies.
User Ratings: 464 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:8, dub:7, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 65 votes (dub:31, sub:31, raw:1, others:2
2 French subtitled
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 Very good: 115 votes (sub:71, dub:37, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 156 votes (sub:106, dub:43, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:5
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 71 votes (sub:42, dub:24, others:5
2 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:3)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:10, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1043 users, rank: #1082 (of 6514)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.222 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4755, rank: #1904 (of 6514)
Weighted mean: 7.207 (Good+), rank: #1824 (of 6514) (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 7.19)
Bayesian estimate: 7.216 (Good+), rank: #1609 (of 4913)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 1996-07-25 to 1997-05-25
Ending Theme:
"Kagirinai Yokubou no Naka ni" by Megumi Hayashibara
Comment:
Takes place 2 years before the original Slayers TV series.
Originally released on VHS by ADV under the titles Slayers Dragon Slave and Slayers Explosion Array. Then released as Slayers Book of Spells on DVD.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Slayers - OVA Collection (DVD) 2007-10-23 (from $306.07)
    Slayers - Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-10-28
    Slayers: The Book of Spells (DVD) 2001-01-09
    Slayers: The Book of Spells [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) 2005-01-25 (from $169.86)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Watanabe
Original story: Hajime Kanzaka
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Character Conceptual Design: Rui Araizumi
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Executive producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Producer: Kiminori Sato

Chief Producer: Takeshi Tamiya
Key Animation:
Hirofumi Masuda (eps 1, 3)
Nao Tajima
Production producer: Tomoko Kawasaki
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Performance: Megumi Hayashibara
Maria Kawamura as Naga the Serpent
Megumi Hayashibara as Lina Inverse

Akira Ishida as Jeffrey-kun
Rihoko Yoshida as Josephine
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Dark Knight

Banjou Ginga as Lagan
Hidekatsu Shibata as Goldias
Kaneto Shiozawa as Vista
Takeshi Aono as Diol
Urara Takano as boy
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield
Executive producer: John Ledford
Producer: Matt Greenfield

DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
DVD Post Production: Jay Charean
DVD Producer: David Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
Trailer: Dan Rockwell
Cynthia Martinez as Lina Inverse
Kelly Manison as Nahga the Serpent

Brett Weaver as Jeffrey
Marcy Rae as Josephine

Brett Weaver as
Goldias
Old Man
Bryan Bounds as
Beast Man C
Vista
Chris Corey as
Bandit 2
Bartender
Doug Smith as
Bandit
Beast Man D
Wimpy Soldier
Guil Lunde as Galda
Lew Temple as Bandit
Matt Greenfield as Beast Man E
Melinda DeKay as
Old Lady
Old Woman
Randy Fox as Bandit Boss
Rob Bundy as Lagan
Rob Mungle as Beast Man A
Stuart Krohn as
Bandit 1
Beast Man B
Tiffany Grant as
Kid
Mother

English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: ADV Films
Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Federico Danti

Dialogues: Benedetta Brugia

Caterina Rochira as Josephina
Federico Danti as Dark Night

Emanuela Pacotto as Ombra di Rina
Giorgio Bonino as Uomo Lupo
Marcella Silvestri as
Copie di Naga
Ombra di Naga
Marco Balbi as Goldias
Marco Balzarotti as Lord Vista
Mario Zucca as Dior
Riccardo Peroni as Uomo Mascherato 1
Sergio Romano' as Boss dei banditi
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
Distributor: Yamato Video (1999)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Shandra Schadt as Lina Inverse
Veronika A. Neugebauer as Naga, the Serpent

Florian Bauer as Jeffrey
Gisela Matt as Josephine

Alex Wangler as Vista
Claus Brockmeyer as
Maskierter Räuber
Werwolf 1
Thomas Rauscher as
Galdar
Lagan
Torsten Münchow as
Goldias
Großer Räuber
Ulf Söhmisch as Werwolf 2
Willi Röbke as Diol

German companies
Distributor: OVA Films

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