The final 13 episodes from the fourth season of the 1990s Japanese anime series. Lina Inverse is a fire-throwing sorceress who spends her life robbing the rich. As Lina and her crew search for the Hellmaster's jar they arrive at a village that is being harassed by a headless knight named Hans. Episodes comprise: 'New Comer' 'Oh My Head!' 'Partner!' 'Quality Time' 'Raider' 'Seek' 'Townscape' 'Uncover' 'Voice' 'Wisdom' 'Xeno' 'Yesterday's Memory' and 'Zero Hour'.
Lina, Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadis and their new companion Pokota are all trying to get a hold of the hellmasters jar which holds the spirit of Rezo. Unfortunately it seems they are not the only ones, a dangerous assassin named Zuuma and the demon Xellos are also after the jar.
After a final fight with Zuuma our hero's manage to get a hold of the jar and are joined by Ozzel a servant of Rezo who protects the jar and also acts as its voice. Lina decides to take over as the jars master to finally get some answers but first it has to be unsealed.
At this point we get treated to some classic slayers humour as we see Lina and company doing various odd tasks that don't bring them any closer to unsealing the jar and they are further interrupted by bandits who try and steal the jar before being beaten up. Shortly after Pokota takes the jar and hurries back to his home town to resurrect Rezo.
After some deliberation Pokota and the others decide to bring Rezo back to life with Ozzel's help, Rezo lives up to his word and frees the townspeople as promised and there is some merriment as the town celebrates being freed. However all is not well as something else was sealed in the jar has now been released which leads to a massive final showdown.
Overall the story of the show seemed rather fast paced like they packed most of the plot into the final episodes leaving little room for humour or for the characters to be themselves making me feel a bit detached from the characters. I felt that a bit more time could have been given to everyone in places rather than just the occasional comment in between all the fighting.
The story could have done with a bit better pacing so it didn't feel so squeezed together. In regards to the plot it didn't feel to interesting as it reused some rather old slayers villains thought to be dead though it still managed to keep it interesting and had me watching intently.
Though not perfect Slayers Evolution R is a good watch for both fans of slayers and people in the mood for some light hearted action adventure with some comedy thrown into the mix but also not anything to ground breaking as it is mostly repeating what has been done previously in slayers but it is hard to improve on a classic.
Audio & Video
Having watched the previous slayers series I felt the sound and animation have improved greatly and am glad to see the art-style has been kept the same as it would not be slayers otherwise. The intro and ending song both fit the series quite well and I found myself listening to them both quite often, all in all a good job in regard to sound and animation.
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All 13 episodes from the final season of the Japanese anime series. Lina Inverse (voice of Megumi Hayashibara) is a fire-throwing sorceress who spends her life robbing the rich. The episodes are: 'NEW COMER? A New Adventure Begins!', 'OH MY HEAD! Where Did It Go?', 'PARTNER! They're Sharing a Body?', 'QUALITY TIME? A Loving Life?', 'RAIDER! A Voice from the Darkness!', 'SEEK! Who Is the Target?', 'TOWN SCAPE Because It's a Thing Made By People', 'UNCOVER, the Darkness Unveiled', 'VOICE, What's Inside the Jar?', 'WISDOM, Wishing for Times Lost Forever!', 'XENO, the Master of Resurrection!', 'YESTERDAYS MEMORY: The Regained Days' and 'ZERO HOUR! Those Heading to Destruction!'.
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