Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. This week my house finished off our rewatch of Slayers’ original three seasons, which we then followed up with the first Slayers film. This unfortunately proved a total disappointment; the film basically butchers Lina’s character, the tone shifts from fantasy adventure to outright farce, and Lina’s reliable adventuring party has been replaced by one obnoxious co-lead. Considering the other films all apparently follow this same formula, I’m now debating whether we should jump to the more recent Revolution seasons or just consider the franchise finished. I know those are generally less highly regarded than the original series, but it’s frankly hard to say goodbye to Lina and the gang – particularly knowing that with this, we’ve basically burned through anime’s apparent catalog of tabletop-reminiscent fantasy adventures. Anyway, our Slayers travels were accompanied by plenty of the usual film screenings, so let’s break down some movies in the Week in Review!

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