"Having lost the Sword of Light in the previous battle, Lina and Gourry continue their journey in search of a replacement weapon. On the way, the two of them meet up with Amelia and Zelgadis in the kingdom of Luvinagard while taunting some pirates. Lina is happy to reunite with her old friends, but appearing before her is Luvinagard's Inspector of the Special Investigative Unit; a man called Wizer. However, Lina is amazed at his unusual behavior..." -ANN

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Episode 1 h264 - SS-Eclipse
Episode 1 xvid - SS-Eclipse


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Slayers is a familiar title for great many people who have seen anime from 90's. Indeed, it has been some ten years since the last Slayers title. Slayers was a 90's anime, through and through, and thus it was doubly interesting to see whether they kept the old feeling and atmosphere or modernized it. I was glad to see they retained it, while obviously using modern methods for smoother animation and clearer picture. Even the particular, more...how should I say it, artificial (not robot like but kind of high-strung and overly stereotypical and emotional) sounding voice acting is still there. That trait pretty much started to disappear with the modern 00's anime. I haven't always been a fan of that, having dropped some series because I couldn't bear listening to some high-pitched high-school heroines, but it fits Lina Inverse & co perfectly.

Other than that, it seemed like a promising start for a series. Not much to say yet about the story but no doubt it will surface before long.

There was one sub release before SS-Eclipse as well, by Tadashi-wyvern, and I found it funny how there were so many differences between SS-Eclipse and them. Some lines were translated totally differently. Well, it's not like I'd need to think twice which one to support...