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List Of Slayers Characters
The ''Slayers'' light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship, they battle difficult overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' has been adapted into several manga series, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations, and five anime films where events and characters differ significantly from the original novels. Major characters Lina Inverse : is the main protagonist and central figure of the ''Slayers'' franchise. Although still a teenager, she is a powerful and well-known sorceress with nicknames such as the "Bandit Killer" and "Black Witch". Born to a merchant family, she has a great love of money, treasure, and food. After meeting in the first novel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Stuart
Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for 4Licensing Corporation, 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media. Among some of his prominent roles, he is best known for being the voice of Brock (Pokémon), Brock and List of Pok%C3%A9mon anime characters#Team_Rocket, James from seasons 1–8 of the original Pokémon (TV series), ''Pokémon'' anime, as well voicing Seto Kaiba in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' anime series. Early life Stuart was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York to a modern dancer mother and a criminal attorney father. Voice acting career He provides voices for English Dubbing (filmmaking), dubs of anime, Animated cartoon, cartoons, and video games. Some of his most prominent roles include Brock (Pokémon), Brock and Team Rocket#Team Rocket, James in ''Pokémon'' from seasons 1–8, Seto Kaiba in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', and Gourry Gabriev in ''Slayers''. Music career As a stage performer, he and his band, Eric Stuart Band, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astral Body
The astral body is a subtle body posited by many philosophers, intermediate between the intelligent soul and the mental body, composed of a subtle material. In many recensions the concept ultimately derives from the philosophy of Plato though the same or similar ideas have existed all over the world well before Plato's time: it is related to an astral plane, which consists of the Planets in astrology, planetary heavens of astrology. The term was adopted by nineteenth-century Theosophy (Boehmian), Theosophists and Rosicrucianism, neo-Rosicrucians. The idea is rooted in common worldwide religious accounts of the afterlife in which the Soul (spirit), soul's journey or "ascent" is described in such terms as "an ecstatic.., mystical or out-of body experience, wherein the spiritual traveller leaves the physical body and travels in his/her subtle body (or dreambody or astral body) into 'higher' realms". Hence "the "many kinds of 'heavens', 'hells', and purgatorial existences believed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamanism
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way. Beliefs and practices categorized as shamanic have attracted the interest of scholars from a variety of disciplines, including anthropologists, archeologists, historians, religious studies scholars, philosophers, and psychologists. Hundreds of books and academic papers on the subject have been produced, with a peer-reviewed academic journal being devoted to the study of shamanism. Terminology Etymology The Modern English word ''shamanism'' derives from the Russian word , , which itself comes from the word from a Tungusic language – possibly from the southwestern dialect of the Evenki spoken by the Sym Evenki peoples, or from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copy Rezo
The ''Slayers'' light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship, they battle difficult overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' has been adapted into several manga series, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations, and five anime films where events and characters differ significantly from the original novels. Major characters Lina Inverse : is the main protagonist and central figure of the ''Slayers'' franchise. Although still a teenager, she is a powerful and well-known sorceress with nicknames such as the "Bandit Killer" and "Black Witch". Born to a merchant family, she has a great love of money, treasure, and food. After meeting in the first novel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golem
A golem ( ; ) is an animated Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague. According to ''Moment (magazine), Moment'' magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. It can be a victim or villain, man or woman—or sometimes both. Over the centuries, it has been used to connote war, community, isolation, hope, and despair."Cooper, MarilynJewish Word , Golem" ''Moment (magazine), Moment''. 17 July 2017. 24 August 2017. In modern popular culture, the word has become generalized, and any crude anthropomorphic creature devised by a sorcerer may be termed a "golem". There may be metal golems, such as Talos, or stone golems, e.g., in ''Dungeons and Dragons''. Etymology The word ''golem'' Hapax legomenon, occurs once in the Bible, in Psalm 139:16, which uses the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera (mythology)
According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira ( ; ) was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. Typically, it is depicted as a lion with a goat's head protruding from its back and a tail ending with a snake's head. Some representations also include dragon's wings. It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling. In other words, a chimera can be any hybrid creature. In figurative use, derived from the mythological meaning, "chimera" refers to an unrealistic, or unrealisable, wild, foolish or vain dream, notion or objective. Family According to Hesiod, the Chimera's mother was a certain ambiguous "she", wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philosopher's Stone
The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be used to make an elixir of life which made possible rejuvenation and immortality. For many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, divine illumination, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). Antiquity The earliest known written mention of the philosopher's stone is in the ''Cheirokmeta'' by Zosimos of Panopolis (). Alchemical writers assign a longer history. Elias Ashmole and the anonymous author of ''Gloria Mundi'' (1620) claim that its history goes back to Adam, who acquired the knowledge of the stone directly from God. This knowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rezo The Red Priest
The ''Slayers'' light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship, they battle difficult overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' has been adapted into several manga series, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations, and five anime films where events and characters differ significantly from the original novels. Major characters Lina Inverse : is the main protagonist and central figure of the ''Slayers'' franchise. Although still a teenager, she is a powerful and well-known sorceress with nicknames such as the "Bandit Killer" and "Black Witch". Born to a merchant family, she has a great love of money, treasure, and food. After meeting in the first novel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispin Freeman
Crispin Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Graywords in ''Slayers'', Kyon in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Togusa in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' franchise, Alucard in ''Hellsing'', Kirei Kotomine in '' Fate/Zero'' and '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Itachi Uchiha in ''Naruto'', Gyomei Himejima in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Hagi in ''Blood+'' and Shizuo Heiwajima in '' Durarara!!''. Early life Freeman was born in Chicago. His father is Jewish. He is the oldest of three children. His sister Cassidy is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. He then earned an MFA in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikaru Midorikawa
is a Japanese voice actor from Otawara, Tochigi who is represented by Aoni Production. He is best known for the roles of Softon in '' Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', Tamahome in '' Fushigi Yûgi'', Seiran Shi in '' Saiunkoku Monogatari'', Gridman in '' Gridman the Hyper Agent'', Heero Yuy in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Kaede Rukawa in ''Slam Dunk'', Ayato Sakamaki in ''Diabolik Lovers'', Rantaro Amami in '' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony'', Zelgadis Greywords in ''Slayers'', Ryuho in '' s-CRY-ed'', Ein/ Hayate from the ''Dead or Alive'' series, Marth from the ''Fire Emblem'' series, Akihiko Sanada from ''Persona 3'', Lancer from '' Fate/Zero'', Kyōsuke Natsume from '' Little Busters!'', Sakamoto from '' Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto'', Zora Ideale from '' Black Clover'', Kouga from '' Saint Seiya Omega'', Ensign Nogami from '' The Cockpit'', Garou from '' One-Punch Man'', Cherry Blossom from '' SK8 the Infinity'', and Lilia Vanrouge from '' Disney: Twisted-Wonderland''. Profile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
