Slayers is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi.
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11 Facts About Slayers
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Slayers inspired several spin-off novel series and has been adapted into numerous manga titles, anime television series, anime films, OVA series, role-playing video games, and other media.
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Protagonist of Slayers is Lina Inverse, a teenage wandering genius sorceress with many nicknames and much infamy attached to her that she refuses to acknowledge.
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Slayers began serialization in Dragon Magazine in 1989 as a short story series written by Hajime Kanzaka and with artwork by Rui Araizumi.
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The four-volume series Slayers Special was published between October 12,2002, and June 25,2003.
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Finally, Slayers Premium was published in North America on July 5,2005.
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The second season, Slayers NEXT, adapts volumes 2,4,5,7, and 8 of the light novels.
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However, a fourth season, Slayers AGAIN, was rumored following the success of TRY, but early scheduling conflicts caused interest in the project to dissipate.
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Collectible card game, Slayers Fight, was developed by ORG and published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1999 and 2001.
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Slayers Next took the third place as the overall best anime of 1996 in the Anime Grand Prix '97 awards, while the next year's series Slayers Try placed second but technically third in 1998.
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Slayers was sometimes compared with Record of Lodoss War, another hit Japanese fantasy franchise that began around the same time.
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