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This is a list of songs associated with the anime adaptations of the Slayers light novel series.
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This is a list of songs associated with the anime adaptations of the Slayers light novel series.
| Title | Season | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Get Along | The Slayers |
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| Give a Reason | Slayers NEXT |
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| Breeze | Slayers TRY |
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| Plenty of Grit | Slayers Revolution |
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| Front Breaking | Slayers Evolution-R |
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| Title | Season | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kujikenaikara ! (Because I'll never give up!) | The Slayers |
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| Jama wa Sasenai (邪魔はさせない) (Don't Interfere) | Slayers NEXT |
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| Don't be Discouraged | Slayers TRY |
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| Somewhere | Slayers TRY |
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| Revolution | Slayers Revolution |
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| Sunadokei | Slayers Evolution-R |
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| Just Begun | Slayers Evolution-R |
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| Song title | Movie/OVA | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Feel Well | Slayers Premium (ova) |
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| Gloria ~kimi ni todoketai~ (Gloria ~I want to deliver to you~)) | Slayers Great (movie) |
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| I & Myself | Slayers Royal 2 (game) |
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| Just be Conscious | Slayers Return (movie) |
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| Kagirinai Yokubou no Naka ni (Unlimited Desire) | Slayers Special (ova) |
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| Midnight Blue | Slayers: the Motion Picture |
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| Never Die | Slayers Excellent (ova) |
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| Raging Waves | Slayers Gorgeous (movie) |
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| Reflection | Slayers Great (movie) |
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| Rumba Rumba | Slayers Premium (ova) |
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| Run all the Way | Slayers Return (movie) |
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| Touch Yourself | Slayers Royal (game) |
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| Song title | Radio drama | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Going History | Slayers EXTRA |
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| Majime na Kikkake (Serious Chance) | Slayers EXTRA |
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| Naked Mind | Slayers EXTra |
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| Niji no Youni (Like a Rainbow) | Slayers NEXTra |
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| Process | Slayers EXTra |
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| Saikou no Gamble (Risky Gamble) | Slayers EXTRA |
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| Senjou no Madonna (Madonna of the Battlefield) | Slayers EXTRA |
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| Shakunetsu no Koi (Scorching Love) | Slayers EXTra |
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| Song Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sekai Ichiban no Victory (The Best Victory in the World) | Amelia |
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| Stand up! | Amelia |
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| Otome no Inori (A Maiden's Prayer) | Amelia & Lina |
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| Uso no nai Game - Set Me Free (A Game Without Lies -Set Me Free) | Gourry |
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| So in this World | Gourry |
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| Kono Sekai no Dokoka de | Filia |
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| Somewhere | Filia |
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| Exit -> Running | Lina |
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| Shining Girl | Lina |
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| Never Never Give Up | L.O.N |
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| Brave Souls -Give a Reason- | L.O.N |
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| Power of Infinity | L.O.N |
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| Take Your Courage | L.O.N |
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| Ame no Far Away | Martina |
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| Datte Koishitara (When I'm in Love) | Martina |
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| Nō Aru Raibaru wa Tsume ō Kakusu!! (A Skilled Rival Conceals Her Claws) | Naga |
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| Honki!! (Serious!!) | Naga |
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| Pink Typhoon | Naga |
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| Anata wa Takogo (You Speak the Octopus Language) | Ruma |
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| Alone | Sylphiel |
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| Fair Wind | Valgarv |
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| WARU -Bad Blood- | Valgarv |
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| But But But | Xellos |
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| Secret ~dareka no message~ (Secret - Someone's Message) | Xellos |
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| We Are.. | Zelgadis |
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| More Than Words | Zelgadis |
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Slayers is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in Dragon Magazine since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits.
The Legend of Heroes, known in Japan as Eiyū Densetsu, is a series of role-playing video games developed by Nihon Falcom. First starting as a part of the Dragon Slayer series in the late 1980s, the series evolved into its own decade-spanning, interconnected series with seventeen entries, including several subseries. All games in the franchise released since 2004 are part of the Trails subseries, known as Kiseki in Japan. The most recent entry, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II, was released in 2022.
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