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Line 16: The series alternates between serious fights and quests to save the world and silly slapstick humor. There is one [[Crossdresser\|Cross Dressing]] episode per season, and they will sometimes take breaks in the middle of serious story arcs or fights for [[Breather Episode\|semi-plot-related silliness]]. It manages to find a nice balance, and is one of the must-see series for [[Medieval European Fantasy]]. This show has the first two seasons up legally on [~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20171124031320/https://www.hulu.com/slayers?c=Animation-and-Cartoons~~/Anime~~%2FAnime hulu], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110114193512/http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=89 Funimation's video portal], and [http://www.youtube.com/show?p=7B469gIRVcM YouTube] (though Hulu and Funimation's site can't stream these outside the US, their [[YouTube]] channel may be under the same restriction). All five seasons are currently available on DVD. The English translations of the first eight novels are out of print, but still relatively easy to find used. The manga are slightly harder to come by outside of Japan: while seven volumes of the manga following the main TV series arc were translated, they've been largely neglected, although fan translations have covered a lot of ground on the various manga miniseries, including [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102032618/http://www.turtle-paradise.net/manga/slayers-knight-of-aqua-lord/ Knight Of Aqua Lord] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707034211/http://www.turtle-paradise.net/manga/slayers-the-hourglass-of-falces/ Hourglass of Falces]. Not to be confused with the band [[Slayer]] or [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]. Line 127: * [[Catch Phrase]]: Xellos's "Sore wa himitsu desu" or "That... is a secret". * [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: By roughly the eighteenth episode of ''all'' of the anime seasons, the battles suddenly get more violent, with the plot reaching its height and bloodier battles creating a rather scary twist. The most jarring example may be by the 20th episode and beyond of ''NEXT,'' when, after nearly three episodes of hilarious slapstick, {{spoiler\|a mazoku nearly kills Amelia, Zelgadis is severely wounded (for the first time) protecting Amelia from the Mazoku Lord Gaav, and Gourry is kidnapped and [[Brainwashed and Crazy\|brainwashed]] to kill Lina and the others}}. * [[Chaos Entity]]: The Lord of Nightmares, creator of the four worlds. She is also the Sea of Chaos that makes up the universe, meaning she's omnipotent. There are even spells that use her power but are so powerful that a misfire can destroy the world. * [[Chef of Iron]]: There's such thing as ''Dragon Cuisine''. * [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler\|Hureika}} from ''Knight of the Aqua Lord'' fancies herself one of these, even treating the entire thing as her "game." Line 620 ⟶ 621: [[Category:Anime of the 2000s]] [[Category:Thirteen-Episode Anime]] ~~[[Category:Cult Classic]]~~