[Anime Classics]

Release Info

Released in 1995. Produced by Bandai Visual, Kadokawa Shoten, Marubeni, Slayers Sponsorship Committee, and King Records. Animation by J.C. Staff.

Plot Summary

In this prequel movie to the Slayers televison series, Lina Inverse travels to Mipross Island with her rival/traveling companion Naga the Serpent. While they originally came for the hot springs, they soon find them selves mixed up in a conspiracy involving a mazoku named Joyrock. Years ago, he killed all of the elves that inhabited the island and absorbed their power. They are soon joined by an old mage named Rowdy Gabriev, who was in love with one of the elves slaughtered and also wants to defeat Joyrock.

My Thoughts

I love this movie! It has all the hilarious antics we love about Lina Inverse and her obnoxious rival Naga. Since this is a prequal to the TV series, the usual main characters Gourry, Zelgadis, and Amelia do not make an appearance. If you want to watch something fun and full of high fantasy, this Slayers movie is for you!

Video Quality Notes

The video for the subtitled version is Blu-ray quality and this dubbed version is DVD quality. I haven't been able to find a dubbed version in Blu-ray quality.

Buy From Amazon

You can buy this movie from Amazon. It goes for around $40-100 (US).

Download

Slayers Perfect: The Motion Picture can be watched or downloaded from Archive.org (Internet Archive), or downloaded via torrents from Nyaa. These sites are the best, safest, and most dependable resources to get anime for free.

Watch on Archive.org

Notes

• To cast the videos to your TV using AirPlay or Chromecast, press the button. This button becomes available when you start playing the video.
• The playable video is English dubbed. If you want Japanese language with subtitles, you need to download Slayers Perfect: The Motion Picture from Nyaa.
• Archive.org tends to be slow. Downloading Slayers Perfect: The Motion Picture from Nyaa is better. Additionally, Nyaa most likley offers a higher quality video, or even a Blu-ray quality video.

Download from Nyaa

Notes

• If you don't know what torrents are, YouTube has tutorials. Be mindful that torrent downloads aren't instant. Depending on your Internet speed and number of seeds, it could take up to 24 hours for an anime to download.
• If you need a torrent client, these are the best (they're all free).
• The majority of video downloads from Nyaa are in “MKV” format, and less commonly in “AVI”. If you need a good video player to play these formats, VLC Media Player is the best (and it's free). It's available on every OS, including iOS and Android.

Is the MKV too big?

If you download a large Blu-ray quality MKV from Nyaa, it is possible that your computer or phone/tablet isn't fast enough to play it at full speed. In this case, you can use HandBrake. It's a free video converter; use it to shrink down the video. If you need help using HandBrake, YouTube has tutorials. Another option is to use Plex (mentioned below) because it automatically downsamples large videos when it streams them to your TV.

Playing on your TV

The easiest way to play MKV and AVI videos on your TV is with Plex. It streams movies from your computer to your TV through your Wi-Fi. It's a free app. Install it on your Windows or Mac, then install it on your set-top box (Apple TV, Roku, Fire sticks, etc.). Just note that Plex will only detect these movies in an Other Videos library because the “Movies” library doesn't detect rare/obscure anime classics. If you need help, YouTube has tutorials.