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{{Short description|Japanese light novel series and its franchise}}
{{About|the Japanese light novel and media franchise|the American rugby league team|Washington D.C. Slayers|other uses|Slayer (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Slayers light novel vol 1.jpg
| caption         = First light novel volume cover, featuring [[Lina Inverse]]
| ja_kanji        = スレイヤーズ
| ja_romaji       = Sureiyāzu
| genre           =  {{ubl|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Slayers|url=https://www.funimation.com/shows/the-slayers/|publisher=[[Funimation]]|access-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181749/https://www.funimation.com/shows/the-slayers/|archive-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref>|[[Fantasy comedy]]<ref name="about.com"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Yegulalp|first=Serdar|title=Anime 102: Course of Anime For Newcomers|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/course-of-anime-for-newcomers-145007|website=[[Dotdash|ThoughtCo.]]|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014124501/https://www.thoughtco.com/course-of-anime-for-newcomers-145007|archive-date=14 October 2017|date=21 March 2017}}</ref>|[[Sword and sorcery]]<ref name="about.com">{{cite web|url=http://anime.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/Best-Sword-Sorcery-Anime.htm|title=Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Anime (Top Best List)|first=Serdar|last=Yegulalp|website=[[About.com]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812195120/http://anime.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/Best-Sword-Sorcery-Anime.htm|archive-date=August 12, 2014|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = [[Hajime Kanzaka]]
| illustrator     = Rui Araizumi
| publisher       = [[Fujimi Shobo]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| NA = {{ubl|[[Tokyopop]] (former)|[[J-Novel Club]]}}}}
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = [[Fujimi Fantasia Bunko]]
| magazine        = [[Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo)|Dragon Magazine]]
| first           = 1989
| last            = 
| volumes         = 17
| volume_list     = List of Slayers light novels
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Takashi Watanabe]]
| producer        = {{ubl|Noriko Kobayashi ({{Abbr|S1–3|Seasons 1–3}})|Yumiko Yazaki ({{Abbr|S1–3|Seasons 1–3}})|Yuji Matsukura ({{Abbr|S4 & 5|Seasons 4 and 5}})|Go Shukuri ({{Abbr|S4 & 5|Seasons 4 and 5}})}}
| writer          = {{ubl|[[Takao Koyama]] ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Jiro Takayama ({{Abbr|S2–5|Seasons 2–5}})}}
| music           = {{ubl|Osamu Tezuka|Vink}}
| studio          = {{ubl|E&G Films ({{Abbr|S1–3|Seasons 1–3}})|[[J.C. Staff]] ({{Abbr|S4 & 5|Seasons 4 and 5}})}}
| licensee        = [[Crunchyroll]] {{English anime licensee| UK = [[MVM Films]]}}
| network         = [[TX Network|TXN]] ([[TV Tokyo]])
| network_en      = {{English anime network| US = [[Funimation Channel]], Colours TV ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}}), [[AZN Television|International Channel]] ({{Abbr|S1–3|Seasons 1–3}})}}
| first           = {{start date|1995|04|07}}
| last            = {{end date|2009|04|06}}
| episodes        = 104
| episode_list    = List of Slayers episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Anime series seasons
| content         = 
# ''Slayers'' (1995, 26 episodes)
# ''Slayers Next'' (1996, 26 episodes)
# ''Slayers Try'' (1997, 26 episodes)
# ''Slayers Revolution'' (2008, 13 episodes)
# ''Slayers Evolution-R'' (2009, 13 episodes)
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| title           = Slayers Special
| author          = Hajime Kanzaka
| illustrator     = Rui Araizumi
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
| magazine        = Dragon Magazine
| first           = {{Start date|1991|07|25}}
| last            = {{End date|2008|01|25}}
| volumes         = 30
| volume_list     = List of Slayers light novels#Slayers Special
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers: Medieval Mayhem
| author          = Hajime Kanzaka
| illustrator     = Rui Araizumi
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| NA = [[Central Park Media]]}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine        = Dragon Magazine
| published       = 1995
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers: Super-Explosive Demon Story
| author          = Hajime Kanzaka
| illustrator     = Shoko Yoshinaka
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    ={{English manga publisher| AUS = [[Crunchyroll Store Australia|Madman Entertainment]]|NA = Central Park Media}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine        = Comic Dragon, Dragon Junior
| first           = 1995
| last            = 2001
| volumes         = 8
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| title           = Slayers Delicious
| author          = Hajime Kanzaka
| illustrator     = Rui Araizumi
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
| magazine        = Dragon Magazine
| first           = {{Start date|1997|03|10}}
| last            = {{End date|1999|07|25}}
| volumes         = 4
| volume_list     = List of Slayers light novels#Slayers Delicious
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Special
| author          = Tommy Ohtsuka
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| AUS = Madman Entertainment}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = Dragon Junior
| first           = 2000
| last            = 2001
| volumes         = 4
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Knight of the Aqualord
| author          = Tommy Ohtsuka
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = {{ubl|Dragon Junior|Monthly Dragon Age}}
| first           = 2003
| last            = 2005
| volumes         = 6
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Premium
| author          = Tommy Ohtsuka
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| AUS = Madman Entertainment}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = Dragon Junior
| first           = 2004
| last            = 2005
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| title           = Slayers VS [[Sorcerous Stabber Orphen|Orphen]]
| author          = {{ubl|Hajime Kanzaka|Yoshinobu Akita}}
| illustrator     = {{ubl|Rui Araizumi|Yuuya Kusaka}}
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
| magazine        = Dragon Magazine
| published       = 2005
| volumes         = 
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| title           = Slayers Smash
| author          = Hajime Kanzaka
| illustrator     = Rui Araizumi
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| publisher_en    =
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         =
| magazine        = Dragon Magazine
| first           = 2008
| last            = 2011
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = List of Slayers light novels#Slayers Smash.
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Legend
| author          = Issei Hyōji
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = Monthly Dragon Age
| first           = 2008
| last            = 2009
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Light Magic
| author          = [[Slayers#Manga|Yoshijirō Muramatsu]]
| illustrator     = [[Slayers#Manga|Shin Sasaki]]
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = [[Kerokero Ace]]
| first           = {{start date|2008|07|26}}
| last            = {{end date|2009|04|26}}
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Revolution
| author          = Issei Hyōji
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = [[Monthly Dragon Age]]
| published       = 2008
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Slayers Evolution-R
| author          = Issei Hyōji
| illustrator     =
| publisher       = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = Monthly Dragon Age
| published       = 2009
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Related works
| content         =
* ''[[Slayers The Motion Picture|Slayers Perfect]]'' (1995 film)
* ''[[Slayers Return]]'' (1996 film)
* ''[[Slayers Special (OVA)|Slayers: The Book of Spells]]'' (1996 OVA)
* ''[[Slayers Great]]'' (1997 film)
* ''[[Slayers Gorgeous]]'' (1998 film)
* ''[[Slayers Excellent]]'' (1998 OVA)
* ''[[Slayers Premium]]'' (2001 short film)
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Slayers'''''|スレイヤーズ|Sureiyāzu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[light novel]] series written by [[Hajime Kanzaka]] and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in ''[[Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo)|Dragon Magazine]]'' since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow the adventures of teenage sorceress [[Lina Inverse]] and her companions as they journey through their world.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Slayers DVD Collection|id={{ASIN|1578004861|country=ca}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explodedgoat.com/animereview.php?num=9|title=Anime Review|access-date=May 1, 2007|publisher=Exploded goat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927042521/http://www.explodedgoat.com/animereview.php?num=9|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits.

''Slayers'' inspired several spin-off novel series and has been adapted into numerous [[manga]] titles, [[anime]] television series, anime films, [[original video animation|OVA]] series, role-playing video games, and other media. Including the spin-off series and digital copies, the novels have sold over 22 million copies. The anime series is considered to be one of the most popular of the 1990s.<ref name="Anime encyclopedia" />