Slayers Premium

Infobox Film
name = Slayers Premium


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writer = Junichi Satō
director = Junichi Satō
music = Takayuki Hattori
producer = Kōji Asano
Seiichi Hachiya
Tomoko Kawasaki
Seiji Koezuka
cinematography = Kōichi Shimomura
editing = Shigeru Nishiyama
distributor = Toei
released = December 22 2001 (Japan)
runtime = 30 min.
language = Japanese, English
series = "Slayers"
imdb_id = 0462717|

nihongo|"Slayers Premium"|スレイヤーズぷれみあむ|Sureiyāzu Puremiamu is a anime film written and directed by Junichi Satō. "Premium", the fifth and latest "Slayers" film, was first released in Japan on December 22, 2001, along with "", "DiGi Charat" and "Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie".

This is the only "Slayers" movie so far to feature the characters of Lina (Megumi Hayashibara), Gourry Gabriev (Yasunori Matsumoto), Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun (Masami Suzuki), Zelgadis Greywords (Hikaru Midorikawa) and Xellos (Akira Ishida). Naga the Serpent (Maria Kawamura) also has a small role, as "the octopus sorceress". It should be noted, however, that as is the tradition with all of the anime movies and series published thus far, Naga does not actually meet or interact with any of the other main characters.

ynopsis

In this movie, Lina and Gourry travel to the town of Acassi, known for its tasty octopus. However, the octopus meat is cursed, causing the person who eats it to only be able to speak takogo (タコ語, octopus language). Sorcerers and sorceresses cursed by this also cannot cast spells, since the spells have to be spoken in the common language in order to work.

Gourry just happened to eat one of those cursed octopuses (after fighting for it with Lina), which now caused him to speak in takogo. This often caused very hilarious and awkward situations during the film (the phrase "How horrible" was translated into "Flat Chested", which offended Lina greatly). But soon, everyone in the town began to speak takogo, even though they haven't eaten octopus - including Amelia and Zelgadis, who had just arrived in town. Xellos is also there... and he seems to know what's going on... but he's not telling.

It soon became evident that the octopuses had planned to use the accumulated anger from the villagers of Acassi to release a demon that was sealed many years before. Lina and friends have to stop these plans before they came to fruition. However, it becomes complicated when Lina is infected with the takogo affliction, which negates much of her magic... including the Dragon Slave!

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