Information on TV Anime "Slayers REVOLUTION"
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Updated on September 18th, 2008

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Those dates and times are in Japan Standard Time.
Coming SoonSeptember 20thNovember issue of bimonthly magazine Dragon Magazine will be released.
The second book of the series "Slayers Select" will be published.
September 20th/21st"Tokyo Boogie Night" and "Heartful Station" will be aired.
September 25thThe 13th episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" will be aired. This will be the last episode of the first cour.
September 26thNovember issue of monthly comic magazine Kero Kero Ace will be released. The third episode of the manga "Slayers Ligh-Magic" will come out.
September 27th/28th"Tokyo Boogie Night" and "Heartful Station" will be aired.
October 6th/7th"Tokyo Boogie Night" and "Heartful Station" will be aired.
October 8thThe first vcolume of the dvd "Slayers REVOLUTION" will be released. It will contains the episode #1&2 along with the graphics of the OP and ED without the letters. The price will be 3800yen (without tax) and the item number will be KIBA-1562.
October 9thOctober issue of monthly comic magazine Dragon Age will be released. The sixth episode of the manga "Slayers REVOLUTION" will come out.
October 20thThe three books (10, 11, 12) of "Slayers" novel series will be re-published with newly drawn cover art.
New book "Slayers Reading -- All About Magic in Slayers" will be released. (Updated Sep. 18th : Web Kadokawa has removed this title from the list of October release. Probably, they postpone releasing this book.)


DateWhat Happened
Sep. 18th, 2008    It's new!The twelveth episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" - LEGACYt Kessen Seiruun - was aired.
(Spoiler!)In this episode, Sylphiel and Prince Philionel appeared. The voice actress for Sylphiel was Yumi Touma, same as in Slayers and Slayers NEXT. The voice actor for Prince Philionel was Minoru Inaba who played the same character in Slayers TRY. In Slayers and Slayers NEXT, Masahiro Anzai played Prince Philionel but in 1997 he had serious health problem and he couldn't do the job as the voice actor. Now he is almost blind and works for the enlightment of the people on diabetes. Here is his site.

    It's new!The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the twelveth episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the thirteenth episode.
Sep. 16th, 2008    It's new!The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the eleventh episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the twelveth episode.
Sep. 13th, 2008    It's new!"Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day. There was the announcement that they decided to make the second cour with 13 episodes. There was no introduction of the title and the release date.
    It's new!"Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". On that night there was the announcement about the second cour of Slayers TV anime as in TBN. Mr. Nozomu Sasaki will be the next week's guest, and Mr. Naozumi Takahashi will be the guest in the show two weeks later.
Sep. 11th, 2008    It's new!The eleventh episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" - Keep Out Yomigaeru Majuu - was aired.
(Spoiler!)In the TV anime, Zenaffa armor turns into a Zanaffer when it is damaged. But ordinary sword can't damage a Zenaffa armor. Ducris' sword is made of the beam of energy which is created by his Zenaffa armor. One Zanaffer shoots beams from its tentecles and when it is controled by the user, it obey the will of the user and let the beam be in the form of a sword, I guess.
    There was a notice that "we'll start the next episode at 1:50a.m." The twelveth episode, "LEGACY Kessen Seiruun" will be aired 30 minute later than usual.
Sep. 10th, 2008    It's new!The official site of Animate opened the special section for Slayers TV anime. They introduce the Super Slayers Festival at AT-X channel and the TV anime Slayers REVOLUTION with the interviews with two producers from AT-X and Starchild. In the introduction of the Super Slayers Festival, there was the sentence, "Slayers REVOLUTION + Slayers GLORY (temporary titled) (26 episodes)". So, the second cour of new Slayers TV anime will be expected to be titled as "Slayers GLORY". In addition, there was the sentence that "let's enjoy all over Slayers in the second half of the financial year 2008!". In Japan, one financial year starts at April and ends at March. The sentence meant that Super Slayers Festival would be held from October to March, and they announced that they would air the second arc of Slayers new TV anime during the Festival. So, we expect that we will be able to see "Slayers GLORY (temporary titled)" from January to March 2009. But, both the sentences are removed.

    It's new!The October issues of three major anime magazines were released. Animage had the introduction of the first volume of the dvd Slayers REVOLUTION and special post card with the illustration of Lina Inverse.
Sep. 9th, 2008    It's new!The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" in the Starchild's official site is updated. They added a plate with the announcement "the new series is confirmed to be made!" to the top page. There is a notice "detailed information will come soon."
    It's new!The October issue of monthly comic magazine "Dragon Age" was released and the fifth episode of the manga "Slayers REVOLUTION" came out. It is based on the scenario of the tenth and eleventh episodes of TV anime "Slayers REVOLUTION" and is continued to the next issue.
By the way, here I write my thought about the character design for Ducris as a human. You may wonder why the character design for Ducris as human form in manga is different from that in TV anime. When the manga started, I read a comment of the manga author in his blog. He wrote, "I wish that they could pass me the original designs sooner." Probably, the original design for Ducris' human form wasn't completed before the dedline for the fouth episode of the manga. I think that the manga artist had to create Ducris' human form without any suggestions and information.

    There is the special article about Slayers in this issue.
 
    On the edge of the left page, there is the announcement in red letters "New series of TV anime is confirmed to be made!". There is the additional note "The deatailed information will come out in the November issue of Dragon Magazine which will be released on September 20th and in the next issue of Dragon Age."

    Next to the announcement, there is a small white square in which we can see the numbers "12" and "13". These are the spoilers of the 12th and 13th episode of Slayers REVOLUTION's anime. And here they are : (spoiler warning! Click and drag to see.)
Dragon Age October 2008
Full color article about
Slayers REVOLUTION
    The 12th episode : LEGACY Final Battle in Saillune! = Zanaffar and Ducris headed for Saillune. Lina and her friends chased them and finally they caught up with the beast and the beastman. Lina and others began to fight to stop destruction...
    The 13th episode : MISTY The Sword Swung Downward Ducris' Zenaffa armor was damaged and it began to transform into another Zanaffar. Lina and her friends are confronted with two Zanaffars!

    On the bottom of the pages, there are advertisement of the related items which are in stores now or coming soon. From right to left,
    1. Comic Books "Slayers Legend"
    2. Slayers Novels, "Slayers Smash 1" "Slayers Select 2" and book 7 to 9 of Slayers series with new cover art.
    3. CDs "Megumix" and single cd "Plenty of grit"
    4. DVD vol.1 of "SlayersREVOLUTION"
Sep. 8th, 2008    It's new!According to the blog "Slayers NEWS", Broccolli will release the new merchandise for Slayers REVOLUTION. The image is here. It's the fifth series of "Character Sleeve Collections". This isn't especially for Slayers REVOLUTION, and also is the merchandise of other games and visual novels. They print the full colored image of the characters from the series and put 60 peices of sleeves in one box. One box has the sleeves of characters from four series at random. This fifth series of "Character Sleeve Collection" will have the characters from "Slayers REVOLUTION", Al Azif from "Demonbane", Tomoyo Sakagami from "Clannad" and Kudryavka from "Little Busters!". One box is 700yen including tax.
Sep. 6th, 2008    It's new!"Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day. On that night they had a guest, Mr. Eiichi Ikenaga, and it took many time to promote his newly released novel "Tempest". There was no talk about Slayers except that the announcement the winner of the books "Slayers Legend".
    It's new!"Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". On that night there was little talk about Slayers as TBN.
    It's new!The site manager of "Moon Phase" bought October issue of monthly comic magazine "Dragon Age" three days earlier than the official release date and posted information in the blog "Moon Phase Diary". It included the information on the second arc of the new Slayers TV anime. It is already announced that this new Slayers TV anime is created in the style of "separated-two-cours", but this announcement in Dragon Age is the first official one that there will be another 13 episodes of TV anime of Slayers.
    It's new!The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the tenth episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the eleventh episode.
Sep. 4th, 2008    The tenth episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" - Judgement, Yomigaeru Shirogane - was aired.
(Spoiler!)I have expected that Ozer was the "post of Rezo's soul" because its name can be the anagram of "Rezo" and her clothes are red. But in this episode it was destroyed by Lina's Ragna Blade. Does this mean that Ozer isn't the "pot of Rezo's soul" or the pot is hidden in another undamaged part of the doll. By the way, Zuuma finally withdrew losing both of his arms just like in "Battle of Saillune" episode (the 4th book of Slayers novels). He also acted as Zain in "Trick in Solaria" episode (the 10th book). I imagine that the latter cour will have Zuuma again. He would unite with a Mazoku in order to avenge on Lina and Gourry just like Zain. However, there would be another model for his character - King Bergis. And the storyline will let Lina and Gourry get the Blast Sword.
Aug. 30th, 2008
    "Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day.

 
  • They recorded the voices for the last episode of Slayers REVOLUTION.
  • After the job, Megumi Hayashibara was so exhausted that he spelt for an hour after she came home. Her daughter woke her up.
  • There was no information about the nexr cour, but Megumi said "we can listen 'Plenty of grit' for a few more times in TV", and we can expect that the next cour will come with new OP and ED.

    "Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". Here is the digest of it.

 
  • Megumi Hayashibara was offered an interview for the website "Matanity" which is a pay site for the cell phones.
  • They will post the interview four weeks in a row in September.
  • The theme was childbirth and child care, and there was a small talk about "Plenty of grit".
  • The interviewer (writer?) asked me write an autograph on her MEGUMIX cd.

    The October issue of MEGAMI MAGAZINE was released. There is an article about the climax of the series and the titles of the last two episodes.
  << The Storyline of the Climax of the Series >>
    Finally, Lina and her friends entered the castle of Giocconda, the wirepuller. There was a colloseum where Giocconda enjoyed the games of her victims, and Lina and her friends confronted with the battle agains Giocconda, Ozeru and Zuuma. During the battle, the armor of Giocconda flashed and the magical beast Zanaffer came to alive again! The beast began to attack the cities and Lina and her friends chased it. Can they stop the powerful almost invincible beast? The final battle begins!

Does Giocconda put on an armor? Isn't it Ducris who turned into Zanaffer?

<< Titles of the Last Two Episodes >>
    #12 LEGACY The Final Battle in Saillune!
    #13 MISTY The Sword Swung Downward
Aug. 28th, 2008
    The nineth episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Insider! - That who knows the truth) was aired.

    The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the nineth episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the tenth episode.

    The second book of the comic book "Slayers Legend" was released. The second episode of the manga "Slayers Neo - Falshes' Hourglass" came out. The summary will come soon was uploaded.
Aug. 23rd, 2008
    The official site of Mega Bland Kikaku, the official fanclub of Mr. Hajime Kanzaka was updated. There was an announcement about the release of many Slayers books.
  • There are newly released canon novels book 1--9 with new cover art. They'll release other 6 books (from 10 to 15) some months later.
  • The first book of "Slayers Select" series is in store now. The title of the book is "Naga's Challenge".
  • The second book of "Slayers Select" will be released on September 20th. The title will be "That Maid Might Witness It".
  • The second book of "Slayers Legend" will be released on August 28th.
  • The new book "Slayers Reading - All About Magic in Slayers" will be released on October 20th. It's will be something like an encyclopedia.

    "Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel.

 
  • There was the announcement about the book "Slayers Legend 2" and the exclusive presents.
  • There also was the announcement about the DVD-box of "Sharman King".

    "Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". Here is the digest of it.

 
  • The schedule of recording for the last episode was postponed because of the delay of the graphics. It doesn't mean that the last episode will be unfinished, but the voice actors got a free time. Masami Suzuki (Amelia), Yumiko Kobayashi (Pocota) and Megumi Hayashibara (Lina) had a croquette party in Hayashibara's home.
  • There was a message from a listener who sang all of the songs in "Slayers MEGUMIX" at a Karaoke. It took five hours to finish singing.
  • There was an announcement of the DVD-Box of "Sharman King". Megumi Hayashibara said, "I sang the song 'Over Soul' for this anime, and it was first time for me to record the song together with the guitars, basses, pianos, and drums. When I sang songs for Slayers, I wrote lyrics but I didn't sing with other players, and I didn't ask 'I want the sound of .... here'. I just sang alone."
  • There was an announcement of the second book of "Slayers Legend". Megumi Hayashibara read one and it took about four days to read through it. She recommended it because it was a bood book for those who didn't know the previous TV series or the canon novels. To those who already know the Slayers anime series, this book will recall to them the episodes of Lina's meeting with Gourry and Zelgadiss.
Aug. 21st, 2008
    The eighth episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Hurry up! - Tsukkome! Iya, Tsukkomuna?) was aired.

    The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the eightth episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the nineth episode.
Aug. 20th, 2008
    The first volume of the series "Slayers Select" was published. This series will have five books with the episodes which are selected from the first book to the twentieth book of Slayers Special series.

    On the right, there is the image of the cover art of the book. The illustration of Lina and Naga is made before, and the background is newly drawn. There are characters from each episodes included in this book.

    Phil & Randy from "Prince of the City of White Magic"
    Diol, Guran and Limera from "Fear of the Chimera"
    Josephine & Jeffrey from "Lina Inverse as a member of the board of Education"
    Mathew and Madock from "Fight on! Your Cooks!"
    Wizer from "The Charge without Cause"
    Shadow Lina, Shadow Naga and Lagen from "Menace of Reflections"
Slayers Select 1
    They added one image for the idle screen of the cell phones to the site "FUJIMI All Stars", the web site for the cell phones.
Aug. 16th, 2008
    "Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day.

 
  • There were many post cards about their "plenty of grit". One person made a cloth bag with the letters "dokonjo (plenty of grit)".
  • Megumi Hayashibara had a dinner with Mr. Kanzaka and Mr. Araizumi before the TV anime was aired. There Mr. Kanzaka talked about his experience. One day he went to the hospital but it was closed on the day. He was at a loss and he kept thinking, "what shall I do? What shall I do?" and finally he realised "I'm kept thinking 'what shall I do', but I haven't done nothing for this situation." The three members agreed "it's important to do something not to keep thinking." This is one style of "plenty of grit" for them.
  • There is only one episode was left to be recorded the voices. Megumi Hayashibara said "it will never end".

    "Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". Here is the digest of it.

 
  • There was a question from a listener : "I hear that you (Megumi Hayashibara) and Akira Ishida had a quarrel over the "Tongari Corn". Do you and Mr. Ishida get along well now?" And Megumi-san answered "I'm taking care not to offend him and we are getting along well lol. The place where we record the voices has a dining space next to the recording booth, and we have lunch there. Sometimes, I ask him if he will have a lunch with us, he always says 'I have to go today'. He has another job just after the job with us."
  • There came many experienced voice actors and actresses. In the sixth episode, there were Mr. Toru Oohira who played Hukuzo Moguro in "the Laughing Salesman (Warau Seerusuman)" and Mrs. Hisako Kyoda who played Obaba in "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", and more. In the episode just before the last, there is the scenes of the conference and the voice characters for the members were famous experienced people. Mr. Seizo Kato who played the father of Hyuuma Hoshi (in "the Star of Giants"). That episode has a conference and he plays one of the members. To our surprise, his characters doesn't have a name. There also is Mr. Kazuya Tatekabe who is the previous actor for "Gian" in "Draemon". He also plays a character without a name. Their conversation was like a merry talk in a salon for the old friends. They talked over the aches, the sick and the hospitals. (QP's note : Mr. Oohira is 78 years old, Mrs. Kyoda is 73 years old, Mr. Kato is 81 years old and Mr. Tatekabe is 74 years old.)
  • Mr. Tatekabe talked to Megumi Hayashibara, "I saw your name in the single ranking which was in the newspaper. I'm pleased to know that you are doing your best."
  • There is only one episode left to be recorded. (QP's note : The story about the magical tanks and the Sword of Light of Taforusia will end in September, making the story has 13 episodes. And I guess that they will start the new story with 13 episodes in April next year.)

    It's the second day of Comic Market 74. Mega Bland Kikaku sold the new fanbook "Blaster XII" which contained the interview with Mr. Kanzaka. Here is the digest of the interview.
Aug. 14th, 2008
    The seventh episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Gorgeous - Nerawareta Gouka Kyakusen?) was aired.

    The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the seventh episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the eighth episode.
Aug. 13th, 2008
    The official site of Mega Bland Kikaku was updated. They would air the interview of Mr. Hajime Kanzaka on August 16th and 23rd in the radio program of Wakayama Housou. The representative of Mega Bland Kikaku wrote that he would upload the interview later.
Aug. 10th, 2008
    The September issue of three major anime magazines were released. The Animage has 4 pages of article about Slayers REVOLUTION.

    The Mainichi Shougakusei Shinbun had the interview of Megumi Hayashibara.

 Q: Please tell us why you became a voice actress.
Megumi: I wanted to be a voice actress for a long time, because whey I play the voice of one character, I can express what I can't do with my own body. In addition, I can be anything and this is impossible in the real world.
Q: What was your first work as a voice actress?
Megumi: I narrated a radio CM. My first job for the TV anime was the voice of a kindergarten pupil in "Maison Ikkoku" with only one part. I also did the voice of a character in "the Castle in the Sky".
Q: What is the main point of "Slayers"?
Megumi: The previous seasons were created more than ten years earlier. And they are making the new series now because "Slayers" is a very exciting, funny and good story. The heroine is Lina who can use magic and is very powerful. Even when she is defeated or has a terrible experience, she will do her best in the next time. That is the main point of the story.
Q: How different is "Slayers REVOlUTION" from the previous seasons?
Megumi: There is little difference. Slayers doesn't change and therefore it is interesting.
Q: How do you practice your part?
Megumi: I read the script first and then I consider "how does this character feel?" For example, when I play Ai Haibara in Detective Conan, I think "how she know this fact?" because she knows many things that I don't know.
Q: You sing the theme songs for "Slayers REVOLUTION". How do you practice to sing?
Megumi: You remember your favorite songs as you listen to them again and again, don't you? I'm mastering the songs in that way. I listen the songs in my life again and again, and when I like them, I sing them naturally. I can't say "how long to master the songs" or "how many times I practice them".
Q: What character is most imressive for you to play?
Megumi: All of them! If I would say "it's Lina in Slayers", then Ai-chan in Conan and Musashi (Jessi) in Pokemon would have said "why not me?". I like all of my characters and I can't leave any of them.


    They added two images for the idle screen of the cell phones to the site "FUJIMI All Stars", the web site for the cell phones.
Aug. 9th, 2008
    "Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day.

 
  • There was no special talk about Slayers.
  • They aired the first part of "Plenty of grit" and almost all of the long version of "Revolution".

    "Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". Here is the digest of it.

 
  • CD single "Plenty of grit / Revolution" was placed #6 in the weekly single ranking of Oricon". There are many celebrating messages from the listeners.
  • Megumi Hayashibara read many opinions in the internet. Someone gave it the full marks and someone gave zero points. Someone said "the impression is a little bit old" but Megumi Hayashibara was pleased because it was what she wanted.
  • About ten years ealier, Megumi Hayashibara and other voice actors of Slayers went to eat grilled meat. Megumi liked (and still likes now) "harami" and they ordered "harami" again and again until there was no stock of "harami" in the restaurant.
  • One listener wrote a post card with a topic about the savins bank "Ikemen Bank". Megumi Hayashibara said "I don't want 'the Evangelion Bank' to be made because I have to play many types of words... When they would make 'Slayers Bank', you would lose your money as soon as you save your money in the savings bank."
  • There was a talk about the motion picture "Slayers Gorgeous". One morning, Megumi Hayashibara, Maria Kawamura (voice actress for Naga), Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi had to have a speech at the movie theater at six or seven o'clock. The four persons stayed the night before at the hotel, and in the morning, all of them rose late. When Megumi ran for the theater, she found other three also ran just like a scene of a cartoon.

    The September issue of monthly comic magazine Dragon Age was released, and the fourth episode of the manga "Slayers REVOLUTION" came out. Here is the summary of it.
Aug. 7th, 2008
    The sixth episode of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Fall on - Kisai! Chinsai? Ano Tama wo Oshiagero!) was aired.
    Spoiler! The old priestess was the parody of "Obaba" in "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". The voice actress was the same.

    The official site of "Slayers REVOLUTION" (Starchild / TV Tokyo) were updated. Starchild uploaded the storyline of the sixth episode, and TV Tokyo uploaded the trailer of the seventh episode.
Aug. 4th, 2008
    The official site of Megumi Hayashibara, "Megumi House" is updated. This site if a part of the official site of Star Child label. In the news section, they uploaded the article about taking the photo for the cover art of "Plenty of grit" cd, the report of Oricon, and the merchandise of the single "Plenty of grit".

  << "Plenty of grit" - the secret of the blue sky >>
    Do you see the cover art of the single cd "Plenty of grit / Revolution"? The background is the clear blue sky, and some of you may think that it is a computer graphic or a composite. Actually, they took that photo under the blue sky. In order to take the photo of Megumi Hayashibara and the blue sky, they let her standing on the roof of the microbus.

<< Oricon's weekly single cd ranking >>
    "Plenty of grit / Revolution" was ranked No.6 in the ranking up to August 4th.

<< Merchandise of "Plenty of grit" >>
    They would sell T-shirts and tank-tops of "Plenty of grit" at Comiket 74 (August 15th -- 17th).
Aug. 2nd, 2008
    "Tokyo Boogie Night" was aired in Ehime, and someone reported about the show in the thread about Slayers REVOLUTION in the bbs in 2 channel. Hamariya from the blog "Slayers NEWS" also posted the digest of the same program which was aired on the next day.

 
  • Hamariya's message was read by Megumi Hayashibara. Hamariya wrote about the impression on "Plenty of grit" and the interpretation of the lyrics.
  • "Plenty of grit" was ranked #6 in the single cd ranking in Oricon.
  • Some fans didn't know that there was new TV anime of Slayers, and they watched "Slayers REVOLUTION" thinking that it was re-broadcasting of old series.
  • When they took the photo for the cover art of "Plenty of grit" cd, they wanted only the blue sky as the background. They didn't want any buildings and streetlamps to appear. Therefore Megumi Hayashibara climbed up to the roof of the microbus on which they drove to the suitable places.
  • The ladder of the microbus was too narrow and it took time to climb it up and down at each places. So, Megumi Hayashibara stayed on the roof while they drove one place to another. She stuck fast to the handrails on the roof.
  • It was announced that they would sell T-shirts and tank-tops of "Plenty of grit" at Comik Market 74. Someone made a joke that the tank-top would be for those who have flat chest and Megumi Hayashibara complained, "I'm not a flat chest".

    "Heartful Station" was aired in Iwate. And Hamariya posted the digest of the radio show in the blog "Slayers NEWS". Here is the digest of it.

 
  • Report about the single ranking of Oricon.
  • When they were talking about the cover art of "Plenty of grit", Megumi Hayashibara said "I want only the blue sky as the back ground. I don't want anything else." The staff discussed hard because they didn't know how to take the photo of only blue sky in this big city Tokyo.
  • They had a microbus to bring the model, the staff and many devices. On the roof of the microbus was the big flat rack for the devices and they decided to let Megumi stand on the roof of the microbus.
  • Still it's very hard to find the suitable place to take photos. While they drove through the city looking for the suitable place, Megumi Hayashibara stayed on the roof.

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Tokyo Boogie Night    The radio show which Megumi Hayashibara does the personality. It is aired on fifteen radio stations at different times.
Nankai Housou (1116kHz in Ehime Prefecture): on every Saturday 22:00--22:30
KBC Radio (1413kHz in Fukuoka / 1485kHz in Oomuta): on every Saturday 24:00--24:30
KBS Kyoto (1143KHz in Kyoto / 1215 in Shiga): on every Sunday 22:00--22:30
Chugoku Housou (1350kHz in Hiroshima): on every Sunday 22:25--22:55
Hokuriku Housou (1107KHz in Kanazawa): on every Sunday 22:30--23:00
Tohoku Housou (1260kHz in Sendai): on every Sunday 23:00--23:30
Niigata Housou (1116kHz in Niigata / 1530 in Jo-etsu): on every Sunday 23:00--23:30
Sin-etsu Housou (1098kHz in Nagano / 1485kHz in Karuizawa): on every Sunday 23:00--23:30
Sanyou Housou
(1494kHz in Okayama Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture)
: on every Sunday 23:30--24:00
Tokai Radio (1332kHz in Nagoya): on every Sunday 23:30--24:00
Kumamoto Housou (1197kHz in kumamoto): on every Sunday 23:30--24:00
Shizuoka Housou (1404kHz in Shizuoka): on every Sunday 23:30--24:00
HBC Radio (1287KHz in Sapporo): on every Sunday 24:00--24:30
TBS Radio (954kHz in Tokyo)    The station I'm listening.: on every Sunday 24:00--24:30
IBC Iwate (684kHz in Iwate): on every Sunday 24:30--25:00
Heartful Station    The radio show which Megumi Hayashibara does the personality. There also is Souichiro Hoshi, who did the role of Kane Blueriver in Lost Universe, as the sub-personality. It is aired on fifteen radio stations at different times.
    IBC Iwate (684kHz in Iwate): on every Saturday 22:00--23:00
Ibaraki Housou (1197kHz in Mito / 1458kHz in Tuchiura): on every Saturday 22:30--23:30
Radio Kansai (558kHz in Kobe): on every Sunday 23:00--24:00
Gifu Radio (1430kHz in Gifu): on every Saturday 24:00--25:00
Tochigi Housou
(1530kHz, 864kHz or 1062kHz in Tochigi Prefecture)
: on every Saturday 24:00--25:00
HBC Radio (1287KHz in Sapporo): one every Saturday 25:00--26:00
Ryukyu Housou (738kHz in Okinawa): on every Saturday 26:00--27:00
FM Fuji (78.6MHz in Tokyo)    The station I'm listening.: on every Sunday 19:00--20:00
RKB Radio (1278kHz in Fukuoka /
1197kHz in Kitakyushu / 1062 in Omuta&Yukuhashi)
: on every Sunday 25:00--26:00