Slayers

Darkness beyond twilight,

Crimson beyond blood that flows,

Buried in the flow of time,

In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness!

Let all the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess!

Dragon Slave!

Status

Anime: complete. (5 seasons, 26*3+13*2=104 episodes.)

Thoughts

Slayers is a very fun anime, albeit in a manner different from, say, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Slayers does not opt for an epic, beyond-the-impossible feel, but rather simply chronicles the adventures of Lina Inverse and her friends, with an array of different atmospheres - but most prevalent among them fun. Slayers never loses its fundamental sense of humor or tries to take itself too seriously (and characters will break the fourth wall randomly), yet, unlike TTGL, it explores the various characters (especially the main four) in depth and makes them all feel quite real - yet never making the character development overly blatant (Amelia never loses her strong moral sense, Zelgadis always maintains his cool jerkass demeanor, etc.). And damned if Xellos/Filia isn't entertaining, regardless of the fact that the pairing is canonically impossible.

Favorites

Plot

Next/Try > Revolution/Evolution-R > Slayers

Characters

Try > Revolution/Evolution-R > Next > Slayers

Shipping

Try > Revolution/Evolution-R > Slayers > Next

Opening Themes

Revolution > Next > Slayers > Try > Evolution-R

Ending Themes

Evolution-R > Slayers > Next > Revolution > Try

Overall

Next/Try > Slayers/Revolution/Evolution-R