>The first series is 8 tapes/26 episodes. At one point SS was going to
>put it out on DVD and canceled out (since the second box of 4 tapes is
>labeled Central Park Media, I suspect that there was a change of company
>ownership/affiliation). The series was excellent IMHO, with a lot of
>very funny humor (both slapstick and voice acting, at least in the
>Japanese version). It also built to an unexpectedly exciting climax,
>rather a la Tenchi Universe, which was very well handled.

SS is owned by CPM.

>The movie supposedly takes place _before_ the series, and as far as I
>know Naga (the top-heavy one) doesn't show up in the three TV series
>(Slayers, Slayers Next, and Slayers Try). That's fine with me, as I
>found her to be irritating, not funny. Overall I was quite disappointed
>in the movie, which seemed pretty infantile compared to the series (a
>nice switch on the usual priorities). ADV's dubbed voices in the movie
>were awful, reminding me of the worst kind of US Saturday morning
>cartoon voices; they usually do a much better job with their dubbings
>than this. I've only heard the sub of the series, which was superb. I
>could listen to Megumi Hayashibara's astonishing voice acrobatics for
>hours without tiring...

The remaining movies arn't worth it. The OVA series is supposed
to be good, but I haven't seen. Slayers Next is by far the
first season. The ending suprises just about everyone. Slayers
TRY is better then the first season, but is a tad to dark...