Slayers Return (1996)

Lina Inverse and Naga the White Serpent are back! What begins as a routine bandit-stomping turns into the adventure of a lifetime involving magical golems, an ancient Elven weapon and even someone bent on destroying the world. It's a predicament only Lina and Naga could get themselves in to.

Animation Comedy Fantasy based on novel or book sorcery sorcerer anime hand drawn animation

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Classical in form, epic, unpretentious and resolved.

classical in formformally daring
intimateepic
unpretentiousprestige
resolvedopen-ended
effortlessdemanding

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Cast

Megumi HayashibaraLina Inverse (voice)
Maria KawamuraNaga the Serpent (voice)
Akiko HiramatsuSelena Biatz (voice)
Akio OtsukaSelena's Father (voice)
ChafurinBecker (voice)
Minoru InabaElderly Sorcerer (voice)
Maya OkamotoFemale Martial Arts Master (voice)
Kenji UtsumiGalev (voice)
Kazuki YaoZahhard (voice)
Daisuke GoriWarrior (voice)

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Hiroshi WatanabeDirector
Katsuyuki OotakiDirector of Photography
Naoyuki MasakiEditor
Kiminobu SatoProducer

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