Slayers Evolution-R: Season 5 |  | Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
Actors: Michael Sinterniklaas, Veronica Taylor, Lisa Ortiz
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
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Format: Widescreen, Color, Box set, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 312 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: 704400059766
UPC: 704400059766
EAN: 0704400059766
ASIN: B003CP62D4
Release Date: June 1, 2010
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Product Description
Lina's gang and their new ally Pokota seek the Hellmaster's Jar, which holds the soul of Rezo the Red Priest and is the only hope Pokota has of saving
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Slayers Evolution-R (2009) more or less picks up where Slayers Revolution left off, with maladroit sorceress Lina Inverse and her gang casting spells, overeating, and getting involved in slapstick misadventures. Lina's foes from the previous season, Inspector Wizer and Marquess Giocanda, fall by the wayside and Pokota takes on a larger role. Although he looks like a cross between a Pokémon and a plush bunny, Pokota is really Prince Polen of the Kingdom of Taforashia. The only one who can awaken the slumbering citizens of his realm is Rezo the Red Priest. Lina defeated Rezo and Dark Lord Shabranigdo at the end of season 1, but Rezo's soul has been preserved within the Hellmaster's Jar. Pokota wants to resurrect Rezo to save his people; chimera Zelgadis, who once served Rezo, wants the priest to restore his human body; and Lina's smirking nemesis Xellos has an interest in Rezo's fate, although he won't say why. The earlier episodes are devoted to comic adventures, but the story takes a more serious turn in episode 23. Pokota displays an increasingly noble character, and director Takashi Watanabe cranks up the visuals as the ghost of Shabranigdo reappears. Naturally, Lina and her friends come through in the end, and everything ends reasonably happily. Lina, Gourry, Zelgadis, and Amelia are ready for another adventure, and this popular fantasy-farce will probably continue--to the delight of fans on both sides of the Pacific. (Rated TV PG: suitable for ages 13 and older for cartoon violence, occasional profanity and risqué humor) --Charles Solomon (14. Newcomer? A New Journey! 15. Oh My Head! Where's My Head? 16. Partner! Sharing Mind and Body? 17. Quality Time? A Home Life with Love? 18. Raider! Voice from the Darkness! 19. Seek! Who's Being Targeted?! 20. Townscape! Because It's Manmade! 21. Uncover! The Exposed Darkness, 22. Voice! What's Inside the Jar? 23. Wisdom! Seek the Time That Will Never Return! 24. Xeno! The Price of Revival! 25. Yesterday's Memory! Days Regained! 26. Zero Hour! The Destroyed One!)
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 More Revolutionary than its counterpart July 2, 2010
L. Johnson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Slayers Evolution-R absolutely 100% redeems the previous Slayers Revolution of its mediocrity. Slayers Revolution wasn't terrible, but it was disappointing, and seemed mostly pointless. Evolution-R is another story. It is exciting, funny, and in some ways more revolutionary than its counterpart.
Evolution-R follows the tried and true Slayers formula closely. It starts with silly episodes and later moves on to more serious ones. The silly episodes here are still a little weak, but they are better than the silly episodes in Revolution, and some of them even advance the story and develop the characters a little, so they are not entirely pointless. The serious episodes are where this season shines.
The Zuuma subplot is interesting, and managed to make me like the character quite a bit more. In Revolution, I found Zuuma very annoying and found it hard to believe the Slayers would even have a problem dealing with him. In this new season, Zuuma gets an interesting plot that puts the Slayers in a unique situation, which allows for some good character development on Lina's part. It was good to see the Slayers in a situation where they had to show a little self-control and reasoning, rather than just blasting everything in sight.
Many have complained that the climax of this season feels recycled and uninspired. I disagree. Yes, the finale is reminiscent of Season 1's finale, but there are enough differences to make it interesting, and the updated drawing style helps too. In season 1, I felt that it ended very abruptly, and they never really gave ample time to wrap up and provide closure for Rezo the Redpriest. This season provides us with that closure, and gives us some insights into Rezo's mind. Plus, we get to see Rezo fight Xellos, and we get to see Lina fire off a freaking volley of Dragon Slaves. She's never done that before, and it was fun to witness.
The best part of this season was the character development. Slayers is generally lacking in the character development department (mostly because they like to focus on humor) especially when it comes to developing characters besides Lina. But this season gave at least 1 episode to each of the other 3 main characters. Amelia and Gourry both got rather silly episodes, but they did build their characters a little nonetheless.
By far the most interesting and exciting part of the season is the episode that focuses on Zelgadis. This episode alone is worth the purchase in my opinion. After 4 seasons and eleven years, Zel finally gets one episode that builds his character and gives us insights into his conflicted mind. The part where Zel confronts Rezo is absolutely priceless.
So, is this season perfect? No, definitely not. It certainly has its flaws. The anti-climactic resolution to the Zuuma subplot comes to mind. But it has greatly improved everything that we saw in the Slayers Revolution, and it has surprised me with good character development, and an exciting story. Nothing will ever beat Slayers NEXT in my mind, but this season does a good job nonetheless. I give it a perfect score because it is the PERFECT addition to every Slayers fan's collection.
For those of you that haven't watched Slayers (as if they'd ever be reading this review), go watch it, NOW! For Slayers fans, I guarantee you will greatly enjoy watching this season. A must buy for all slayers fans.
Show of Pure awesomeness! July 11, 2010
April Archuleta (Colorado Springs, CO USA)
I love this show so much. Happy they made another season. Not that happy about Zelos and voice change though. And it seems like they were bored or lost on what to do so they brought back some old characters. But Lena and Gourie still rock!
Slayers Evolution-R Season 5 July 11, 2010
Washuchan
Slayers is the one of the better anime series out there. From the 1st Season to 5th Season its a great anime. Lots of Magic and Sword fighting in this anime with lots of running gags from calling Lina Ms Flat Chest to Prince Phil being called a troll. Its a Must for any anime fan out there. There is 5 seasons and OVA/OAV Movie boxset to. I have been watching The Slayers Series from day one and I have really enjoyed the series
Fantastic August 15, 2010
E. Myers
Revolution and Evolution-R are a fantastic addition to the Slayers series. The two series are advertised as separate seasons in their own right, but must be owned together to enjoy to their fullest.
A 10 year gap between Try and Revolution, as well as a strange animal character, had originally unsettled me from the idea of purchasing this series. I should learn to have more faith in the teams that work on this series as it turned out to prove me wrong every step of the way. With only one episode I only didn't care for (not bad, however, not fantastic) the series settled in nicely with a feeling that it had never left off (Except for the gorgeous artwork and animation boosted by a higher budget). At times it almost feels like a rehash of the first season but I'm torn over thinking of this negatively since it takes all of the best moments from the first season and turns them around to be far more epic than they could have ever been.
The new additions to the cast were surprisingly enjoyable, in particular the Pokemon-like Pokota. There are several nods and in-jokes to past seasons, novels and movies for the loyal fans to enjoy while also being humorous simply for the sake of being so (Nama particularly comes to mind as a great example of this). A delightful and fun watch every step of the way... who can argue with more of a loved classic, especially when done so well?
The subbing job done by Funimation is a high step above the old muddled and guess-work subs done by Central Park Media. The only strange part I noticed was deciding to no longer try to translate the term "Mazoku" and leaving it as-is. It was always a little strange to see a Japanese word, albeit likely familiar to many Slayers fans, in the middle of a sentence when all other -zoku races had been translated. Still, this is better than the central park media translations by large and by far.
 Evolving "Slayers" April 16, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
"Slayers Evolution-R" is billed as the fifth season, but it's actually more like the second half of the fourth season -- it wraps up all the dangling plot threads and deals with the whole Taforashia disaster. And unsurprisingly, things get a lot darker in these episodes -- as you'd expect for the Slayerverse, things start lighthearted and goofy (soap opera!), but slowly become apocalyptic and explosive.
Lina and her friends focus their efforts on finding the Hellmaster's Jar, a magical item that transfers souls -- and currently holds the spirit of Rezo the Red Priest. With the assistance of a living suit of armor named Nama, the gang launches off into their latest quest... only to get tangled in a bizarre scheme of Zuuma's. He's sent Ozzel and the Hellmaster's Jar to a wealthy merchant named Radock, and lures Lina and Co. to the same town.
Of course, nothing is that simple: Radock isn't all he appears to be, monsters are attacking, and Xellos is trying to get his hands on the jar. However, getting the jar isn't the end of the Slayers' problems, especially since Pokota is determined to resurrect Rezo so the priest can restore his homeland of Taforashia -- and he trusts Rezo a lot more than the rest of the gang does. What is the Red Priest keeping hidden from them?
"Slayers Evolution R" pretty much does what the second half of every "Slayers" story arc does -- all the various loose plot threads (Ozzel, the jar, Taforashia) are tied up neatly, and Lina ends up getting roped into a potentially apocalyptic struggle that somehow stems from everything else in the plot. All that, and we get some nice nostalgia moments with Rezo and "Nama" (who seems strangely familiar to Amelia and Lina).
There's still plenty of hilarious stuff woven in, especially in the hilarious "soap opera" episode that mocks all the melodramatic stuff ("The shock of the accident's given me amnesia!" "I have amnesia too!"). But things get much darker after the gang encounters Zuuma again, resulting in some gruesome deaths, creepy monsters (hair tentacles!) and a horrific flashback where we see how poor Zelgadis became a chimera.
The biggest flaw is that the Epic Climactic Battle feels like a copy of a previous Epic Climactic Battle from way back in the first season. Seriously, come up with something new!
Lina is still bombastic and a little crazy, but she also seems more intelligent this time around, since she's apparently able to unravel people's nefarious plots. There's also fun episodes for Gourry (dumb and good-hearted) and Amelia (who gets stuck inside Nama), and poor Pokota is driven to desperate measures to save his people. And poor Zelgadis is forced to relive the horrors of his transformation into a chimera -- the scene where he finally confronts Rezo's soul is hauntingly powerful.
"Slayers Evolution R" isn't an independent season -- instead, it finishes up the stories begun in "Slayers Revolution," and winds up being a rollicking, dark-tinged adventure/comedy with a deja-vuey ending.
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