Slayers Return

Slayers Return
Poster art
Directed byKunihiko Yuyama
Hiroshi Watanabe
Screenplay byHajime Kanzaka
Based onSlayers
by Hajime Kanzaka
Rui Araizumi
Produced byKiminobu Sato
StarringMegumi Hayashibara
Maria Kawamura
Akiko Hiramatsu
Kenji Utsumi
Kazuki Yao
Music byTakayuki Hattori
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • August 3, 1996 (1996-08-03)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Slayers Return (Japanese: スレイヤーズ RETURN, Hepburn: Sureiyāzu Ritān), also known as Slayers Movie 2 - The Return, is a 1996 Japanese comic fantasy anime film written by Hajime Kanzaka and directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Hiroshi Watanabe. It is the second film released in the Slayers saga and a sequel to 1995's Slayers Perfect that was itself followed by Slayers Great in 1997.

In Slayers Return, the mercenary heroines Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent are hired to rescue a village girl from an evil wizard who is searching there for a legendary treasure that might be an invincible magical weapon instrumental for his plan of world domination. The film was met with a positive reception and was also adapted into a manga version by Kanzaka and Shoko Yoshinaka.