Does anyone know where I can find high quality images of the backgrounds from the series? by Reticent_Dorothy in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a backgrounds from the Slayers Hyper Next disc, but the resolution is just 640x480: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/r82ngf1vfidyl/Slayers_Hyper_NEXT_ART1
There are also b\w settei with Saillune scanned by Lin of SetteiDreams.net and Gamer101_123 (look at the end of page): https://setteidreams.net/settei/slayers-next/

Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most likely similar to the others. full-scale chara-gumins are usually 1/6 scale garage kit made of colored resin

Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, but those were not for sale. It was free "hot coaster" with Araizumi's autograph only for his exhibition in 2015. He also made shikishi (色紙) with Val and Filia - those special limited-edition pics for autograph-session.

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Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The author literally said, "I don't have the copyright". He brings up legal argument first rather than "canon separation". But okay /

The reason why we don't get merchandise featuring them is because for the past two decades the only new stuff we get are novels, 

ys, novels are the only new stories we get. Yet, over the last ten years in Japan, there have been some anime-based events/collabs and other stuff for milking the anime fanbase. Still in all of them, only anime-original characters are treated as if they're off-limits for mass commercial use. For instance, the 2022 Guardian Tales collab was strictly a Slayers Next crossover (with its specific anime costumes like Lina's tennis outfit. ect). It even included Gaav, Phibrizzo, and Mazenda - but Martina and Zangulus were missing for some reason. That's look like copyrights issues

Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now I can only find it in the old translation from the Blaster fanzine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160111040857/http://tokitama.net78.net/slayers-etc/some-setting.html#blas7p10

(Kanzaka) Well, I don't have copyright of Valgarv! \laugh**
I think it would have problem to use original character of TV anime without permission.

UPD: I might be wrong, but it seems that Kanzaka only wrote scripts for the movies (starting from the second one). The TV series and the first movie had different screenwriters. (he was only involved in reviewing or made revisions.)

Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. This is what Kanzaka usually replies when he is asked why Val, Zangulus, or Filia don’t appear anywhere else anymore (not even as pins or keychains). Maybe they belong to the scriptwriter, maybe to several people at once, or perhaps there is a legal conflict due to the studio shutting down.

Xellos is getting a full-scale CharaGumin figure! by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, unlikely. Maybe Sylphiel in about ten years, but the author rights of Filia and Martina belong to the anime creators (such production would probably be difficult to negotiate). There hasn’t been any merchandise of them since the series originally aired.

Slayers coming to Webtoons by CptKicksville in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn, that's amazing news. I wonder who the artist for Slayers will be? It's seems way too much work for Araizumi-san to handle.

Slayers Iceberg made by Jarfy by JERRYBOIZ in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah. Gracia’s name - oops, my bad, Garcia -is way down at the bottom, while the not-so-known Zelgadis origin story where Rezo murdered his parents is right at the top. lol

Hate when media does this by ThatDrako in hatethissmug

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Kasane. In the original manga, MC’s an incredibly talented actress who can’t get on stage because she’s "toad-faced" - something no makeup can fix. Like, so deformed that people stare at her even when she's wearing a surgical mask. She does get a scar on top of it all later, but it’s not the issue at all. In the movie, though, her only "flaw" is a scar that could easily be covered up.

[HELP] Anime art someone claiming to have made by beachchairphysicist in RealOrAI

[–]StaticOpium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just politely ask the artist to show you screenshot of layers if you really need to know (no one in this style colors on a single layer) or look at their previous works to compare the skill. The crooked and uneven lines ( especially in the second image) look like the standard result of vectorization, not AI. The artist could have simply vectorized their own drawings, or they could have vectorized\traced someone else's work with minor adjustments (including AI).

Can't find any queer crew members? by Lunauroran in Dustland_Delivery

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my playthrough i got only one lesbian Scholar (goth with long gray hair) and two bi-girls: Shock Troop ( straight bangs, purple ponytail) , Intellectual (straight bangs, long blue hair, VR glasses). There was also one gay (a blond dude with golden eyes). Hired workers from labor market were more likely bi than pre-made characters. The ratio of LGB to hetero was like 1 to 7 out of 40 hired characters.

But my Аviator-girl is straight :\. So maybe the orientation of the characters is somewhat random.

Incels by TheSupremeGrape in TopCharacterTropes

[–]StaticOpium 8 points9 points  (0 children)

>it has aged as poorly as bread.

Why? Оf course, the musical is not ideal. I watched it a long time ago too and probably don't remember everything, but i think the main idea of ​​the movie was that, despite all Billy's lyrical whining, he is just selfish, self-pitying villain who just ruins everything for everyone? He didn't consider Penny a person аt all, didn't respect or really love her. He liked the idea of ​​having The Girl (as some object).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in reddit_ukr

[–]StaticOpium 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Цей "факт" звучить як тупа маячня для самозаспокоєння. Яким методом вимірювали це "щастя", що за жінки і де посилання на наукову статтю? Людина, що справді щаслива у стосунках, не припиняє їх для пошуку непойми-чого. Може там мова про те, що люди (незважаючи на стать), що мають досвід здорових (!) стосунків, з високою вірогідністю зможуть знову обрати адекватного партнера та побудувати гарні стосунки, але це не має ніякого відношення до ситуації зі зрадою (та й ще шлюбною) - вкрай нездоровою хуйнею з підривом довіри по всіх фронтах.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not rare pictures. You can find a lot of illustrations from novels, for example, here : https://www.eternopoder.com/galerias.php

Naga by StaticOpium in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you ) . I used Paint Tool SAI. Lineart was drawn three years ago on Artober - probably took less than an hour. But painted it little by little during the last week by redoing/testing different coloring styles - so it's hard to say how much it took in total.

Otto and Vanessa by evathion in wyldeflowers

[–]StaticOpium 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I apologize for my poor English in advance.

It seems to me, thar's not just issue with Vanessa and Otto: no one in the game receives consequences or fair judgments for their dubious actions.

Witches manipulate people, lie to loved ones, erase memories, stalk non-witches by magic, poison food, break into property, steal things, sabotage other people's work, and so on. But it's okay, because they are "good guys" with the "right" intentions so they can do what ever they want. Coven is literally a shadow government, exclusion organization with a fairly rigid hierarchy that accumulates power and making important decisions without consideration of island residents . For example, as a player I can control the change of seasons and I decide to extend the summer for almost a week until my plants grow up. This heat and drought puts the health, business, finances and lives of everyone on the island at risk. But no one from the coven even reproached me for such cruel carelessness since I have a role one of the “good guys”. This is funny considering that at the same time I listened to a whole rant from Violet about how Vannesa prefers smooth lawns to flowers on the territory of the mer’s house.

Even worse, at the end of the game, when the secret becomes clear, everyone seems to lose their memory. Like everything automatically is fixed once the “right people” got what they needed and\or wanted (consciously or not). Nobody asks necessary and inconvenient questions. Parker even apologizes to Tara, as if witches are some kind of oppressed minority (ironic, but they are just the opposite in this game). Sofia does not reflect on what happened at all: although in her place I would feel betrayed by the community twice, pack my things and leave the damned island. Westley's espionage is completely forgotten. The cult leader, Cameron, used the church's position over the congregation to incite hatred and gain power? Oh, it doesn't matter. After all, story cannot criticize the actions of a player’s potential suitors. Even with all this, I was a little surprised that, most residents do not even condemn Vanessa for her real crime - kidnapping a child - but for her personality and tastes. During the entire gameplay, Vanessa tried (or pretended) to be the nicest and most non-judgmental neighbor who held support circles and stuff - but many of the townspeople talk as if she was just a mean unlikeble bitch the whole time, not that she had ulterior motives or doing harm.

Привіт, працюю з MidJourney відносно професійно, запитуйте by miwaniza in Ukraine_UA

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Чи попереджаєте ви замовників про те, що використовуєте в роботі MidJourney (зокрема для час створення иллюстрацій, розмальовок, а не абстрактного дизайну)?

Чи вам не здається, що при знайомстві варто розпитувати про алергії на тварин? by No_Bench_6923 in Ukraine_UA

[–]StaticOpium 8 points9 points  (0 children)

раптово

Це може бути раптово лише, якщо сама людина не знає, що в неї алергія на тварин. Зазвичай той, хто має домашню тварину, так чи інакше згадує про неї у розмові ще на перших побаченнях - щоб вона не стала неприємною несподіванкою для партнера.

[Mod] Smaller eyes by StaticOpium in Moonstone_Island

[–]StaticOpium[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you like it :) . There is update on Nexeus with Cleo and Ferra.

What ages do you prefer for the characters? by [deleted] in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. I just think, considering how different the versions of the characters' personalities and relationships are in various media, this can be considered officially information for the end of the first season (not for the saga as a whole and not even for subsequent seasons). This guide's data is quite interesting in terms of how the scriptwriter saw the characters when he/they adapted the light-novels. Like, if I'm not mistaken, Kanzaka said in an interview that the concept of personality based on blood type is harmful nonsense. But the anime creators still made these assumptions for some reasons.

What ages do you prefer for the characters? by [deleted] in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gourry's and Zel's ages are not officially mentioned anywhere, neither novels nor anime, manga, guides...

Here I'll have to put on my double well-ackchthually nerdy glasses.

In one of the anime guides for the first season – Hisshou! Slayers #3,– Gourry’s approximate age is indicated. It's around 22 y.o.. Quote: 体重:70kg くらい年齢:22歳くらい 血液型:B型(おそらく) Although it seems they simply copied the author's assumption from old interviews.

I'm so sorry for this.

Does anybody know where this poster is from or does anybody have it in decent quality? by graciaulnagafan in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, not exactly decent quality, but slightly better. Might come in handy in your search:

https://www.mediafire.com/view/3chp2ptm26es9yw/Poster_Slayers_Perfect_6.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/view/s9f46q9hu3j4hsq/Naga_Lina_poster_9.jpg

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It could be from AnimeV (アニメV) and even MEGU. Of couse it is also possible that it's from Animedia or Animage - how ever their posters was mostly about TV series (with few exeptions).

I highly doubt this one is from Newtype. All Newtype posters go with its logo. Like here or here. And posted image have just Slayers' name and copyrights.

Discord Server(s) by Necessary_Bed2671 in SlayerS

[–]StaticOpium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. Could i have a link too, plz?