Short Slayers Summary

Slayers is an anime about Lina Inverse (image above and background), a short, red-haired girl (often called "under developed") who is a very powerful black magic user. The story begins with Lina Inverse destroying bandits (and taking their gold). After she eliminates them, she walks down a road. One of the bandits follows her and tries to bargain with her (while the others are hidden in the bushes). Lina refuses so they respond by coming out of the bushes to attack her. Gourry Gabriev, a tall blond-haired swordsman comes to her rescue, thinking that she is a pretty maiden being robbed. Gourry takes care of the bandits and takes a good look at Lina...muttering to himself how she's "only a little kid".  He decides to accompany her to Atlas City, her destination.  After a lot of explaining/coughing/stupid looks/pointing at clothing (and a long speech of screams and curses by a village elder) Gourry figures out she's a sorceress.  And so the anime is about their adventures and the problems they meet with.   There are three "Slayers" series: Slayers, Slayers NEXT, and Slayers TRY.   "Lost Universe" was on in Japan during the fall of 1998 and also has the same voice actors/actresses and artist.   Software Sculptures has released most, if not all, of the Slayers series. So, anyone can rent it at blockbuster or buy it at a video store. A.D. Vision released the Slayers Perfect movie. .  There are curently a few OAVs, and 2 Movies: Slayers Perfect and Slayers RETURN.  Slayers also has Radio dramas, 3 television seasons, and manga.