Movies and TV shows like The Slayers

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The Slayers (1995)
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The Slayers (1995)
Original name: スレイヤーズ
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Slayers follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to Lina and Gourry however, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen. Credits to myanimelist.com for overview.
Style: anime, fantasy anime, humorous, semi serious
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, treasure hunt, sorcery, magic, superhero, heroes, supernatural, parallel world, gold, save the world, adventurer, escapades, rivalry, danger, fame, imaginary, good versus evil, young heroes, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, righting the wronged, anti hero, wizard, wizards and magicians ...
Keyword: wizards

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Most similar movies to The Slayers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, semi serious and humorous films and TV series with plots about heroes, imaginary, escapades, danger, rivalry, good versus evil and young heroes mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Slayers: Sailor Moon (1992), Wakfu (2008), Slayers the Motion Picture (1995), Scrapped Princess (2003), Kyo Kara Maoh! (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sailor Moon (1992)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: One day, Usagi Tsukino, clumsy 2nd-year middle school student (8th grader), stumbles upon a talking cat named Luna. Luna tells her that she is destined to be Sailor Moon, "champion of love and justice", and she must search for the fabled ...
Style: anime, exciting, atmospheric, stylized, shoujo ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, superhero, heroic mission, young heroes, save the world, school, good versus evil, princess, supernatural, magical girl, supernatural ability, imaginary ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, tokyo
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Wakfu (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Yogu and his friends Amalia, Evangelyne, Tristepin, Ruel and Az as they try to rescue the world of Wakfu from destruction.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, touching, stylized ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, young heroes, dragon, princess, heroes, imaginary, knight, magic, magical power, youth, sword and sorcery, village ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Slayers the Motion Picture (1995)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story: The first Slayers movie is a prequel to the TV series, following the exploits of a couple of sorceresses with too much time on their hands and too many violent tendencies. The main mage is Lina Inverse, known for her fireballs, love of seafood, and ...
Style: anime, fast, semi serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: sorcery, good versus evil, island, elf, sword and sorcery, female warrior, sorcerer, imaginary, master villain, superhero, danger, space and aliens ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Scrapped Princess (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Pacifica Casull is the most feared and hated person by the followers of the God Mauser. Known as the Scrapped Princess, she is the poison that will destroy the world. To avoid being killed by the zealots of Mauser, Pacifica and her adoptive brother ...
Style: anime, serious, captivating, mecha
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: prophecy, princess, young heroes, save the world, good versus evil, heroic mission, danger, supernatural ability, supernatural, escapades, rivalry, journey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kyo Kara Maoh! (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Shibuya Yuuri, an ordinary high school boy got flushed in a toilet and he saw himself in another world. He was then declared as the 27th maou or the demon king of the Demon world by Gunter von Christ and Konrad Weller . When Yuuri now travels back ...
Style: anime, stylized, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: supernatural ability, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, friends, heroic mission, friendship, good versus evil, betrayal, rivalry, heroes, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Legend of Zelda (1989)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: The Legend of Zelda is an American animated series based on the Japanese video game series The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The plot follows the adventures of Link and Princess Zelda as they defend the kingdom of Hyrule ...
Style: cult classic, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, superhero, sword, warrior, love, princess, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, young heroes, danger, adventurer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thundarr and his companions Ariel and Ookla wander a devastated future Earth and fight evil wherever they find it.
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: post apocalypse, sword and sorcery, sorcery, barbarian, sword, distopia, end of the world, warrior, pop culture, wizard, good versus evil, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time: future, year 1994
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100%
MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Ginta Tiramizu is an average school student but keeps on having weird dreams about an amazing land. One day, something strange happens and Ginta appears in his fantasy. Together with Ginta's friends on the way, he will be able to fight an evil ...
Style: anime, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, adventurer, young heroes, heroic mission, rivalry, heroes, save the world, good versus evil, androids and robots, escapades, superhuman powers, battles ...
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42%
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Niko and the Sword of Light (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ten-year-old Niko, the last of his kind in a strange world, embarks on an epic quest to bring light back to his land. Armed with his magic sword, Niko journeys to the Cursed Volcano, making new friends and powerful foes while uncovering secrets ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, captivating, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: heroic mission, good versus evil, young heroes, child hero, save the world, heroes, supernatural, magic, friendship, rivalry, danger, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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BeyWheelz (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: BeyWheelz: Powered by Beyblade, commonly referred to as BeyWheelz is a anime mini-series based on the, Hasbro toyline, BeyWheelz. It was commissioned by Nelvana and is produced by Synergy SP and d-rights.
Style: exciting, semi serious, anime, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, heroic mission, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, battles, escapades, supernatural ability, danger, youth, supernatural ...
Time: future
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38%
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Supernoobs (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tyler, Kevin, Shope and Roach get their hands on battle balls, granting each of them their own powers like psychic abilities, super strength, transformation, or weather manipulation. They then learn of viruses from space are coming to infect the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, young heroes, heroes, rivalry, save the world, good versus evil, best friend, danger, supernatural, youth, escapades, imaginary ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Leviathan: The Last Defense (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The fantasy world of Aquafall is abound with water and greenery, and populated by dragons and fairies. Meteorites of evil creatures threaten all living things on the planet. The fairy Syrup assembles the Aquafall Defense Force, with three girls of ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, anime, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, wizards and magicians, heroes, supernatural, supernatural ability, rivalry, superhuman powers, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, escapades, save the world, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Record of the Lodoss War (1990)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Born in battle, baptized in fire, it's kingdoms have been ravaged by war for thousands of years. Now, an evil stirs, an ancient goddess of destruction awakened by an evil wizard. A party of six is forged to defeat this threat, or die in the ...
Style: anime, serious, fantasy anime, brutal, adult anime ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens
Plot: good versus evil, rescue, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, monster, creature, medieval, elf, chaos, escapades, supernatural ability, island ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Deltora Quest (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The evil Shadow Lord has taken control of the kingdom of Deltora and has driven the land and its people into misfortune and suffering. Lief, the son of a blacksmith, has just turned sixteen and is entrusted, along with his two companions Barda and ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized
Audience: kids
Plot: rivalry, danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, youth, supernatural, friends, good versus evil, heroes, master villain, imaginary kingdom, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Chaotic (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Chaotic is an American-Canadian animated fantasy television series produced by 4Kids Entertainment and animated by Bardel Entertainment. It is based on the Danish trading card game of the same name. Much of the plot is based on the original ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, anime, dark fantasy
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: supernatural ability, supernatural, good versus evil, heroes, imaginary, danger, imaginary kingdom, young heroes, rivalry, parallel world, escapades, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Monster Rancher (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Genki is a boy who loves playing the Monster Rancher games and one day he's somehow transported into the world of the video game where he meets the girl Holly and the monsters Mochi, Suezo, Golem, Tiger and Hare. Together, they are searching ...
Style: anime, feel good, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: objects come to life, escapades, danger, heroes, rivalry, getting home, friends, imaginary, farm, creature, magical creature, monster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Yozakura Quartet (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Yozakura Quartet is a Japanese manga created by Suzuhito Yasuda that began publishing by Kodansha in 2006, and was then published in the US by Del Rey in 2008. The series was animated in Japan and aired from October 2 to December 18, 2008; it ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, young heroes, heroes, rivalry, good versus evil, supernatural ability, youth, supernatural, escapades, teenage life, superhuman powers, danger ...
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36%
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Slugterra (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Following his father's death, 15-year-old Eli Shane embraces his destiny to follow in his dad's footsteps to a secret, subterranean world called Slugterra where he is determined to be the greatest Slugslinging hero of them all!
Style: exciting, semi serious, captivating, anime, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, friendship, master villain, young heroes, heroes, super weapon, escapades, danger, youth, imaginary, supernatural, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The show follows two brothers, Nick and Toby, who discover that they have the power to transform into powerful creatures known as Gormitis. Now it's up to them and their friends to save their world, and many others, from destruction.
Style: exciting, entertaining, captivating, suspense, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: good versus evil, save the world, supernatural ability, young heroes, friendship, supernatural, youth, curses spells and rituals, parallel world, danger, rivalry, fight scenes ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Twelve Kingdoms (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before she could properly register what was happening, demon-like creatures attack Youko and her friends, ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, serious, stylized, manga ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: parallel world, isekai, young heroes, good versus evil, ancient mystery, self esteem, heroic mission, magic, escapades, imaginary kingdom, stranger, imaginary ...
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35%
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InuYasha (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated ...
Style: exciting, anime, stylized, semi serious, adult cartoon ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: magic, good versus evil, time travel, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, parallel world, imaginary, heroic mission, mission, isekai, demon, youkai ...
Time: middle ages, 90s, 16th century, 15th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Battle of the Planets (1978)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Battle of the Planets cast five young people as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects Earth from planet Spectra and other attacks from beyond space. The most prominent field commander of the Spectra forces ...
Style: anime, adult animation, semi serious, stylized, vintage
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: superhero, space travel, robot, alien, space, outer space, heroes, danger, escapades, good versus evil, rescue, youth ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Kekkaishi (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Kekkaishi is a supernatural manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It was serialized in Japan by Shogakukan in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 2003 to 2011, and licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz ...
Style: anime, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: young heroes, good versus evil, save the world, escapades, danger, supernatural, imaginary, youth, supernatural ability, heroes, save the kingdom, imaginary kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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InuYasha: The Final Act (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: InuYasha's story draws to a close but not before finding Naraku and the Sacred Jewel, and facing new enemies and new dangers.
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, atmospheric
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, heroic mission, heroes, young heroes, master warrior, battles, escapades, master villain, danger, imaginary, ghost, uninhibited rivalry ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After five years apart, searching the world of Krynn for proof of the existence of the true gods, a group of adventurers reach their goal in the form of a barbarian woman carrying a miraculous blue crystal staff. Soon they are thrust into war as an ...
Style: captivating, exciting, entertaining, suspense, tense ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: sword and sorcery, good versus evil, save the world, heroic mission, danger, supernatural, rivalry, rescue, friendship, imaginary kingdom, escapades, wizard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Sailor Moon Crystal (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be a guardian of justice and is sent on a quest to locate a Silver Crystal before the Dark Kingdom invades the Earth.
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, mahou shoujo, adult anime ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, magical girl, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, save the world, young heroes, magic, danger, curses spells and rituals, girl, supernatural power ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The daughters of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time! In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders ...
Style: anime, exciting, psychological, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: demon, supernatural, battles, destiny, supernatural ability, heroic mission, rivalry, violence, master warrior, uninhibited rivalry, danger, imaginary ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
DragonBlade : The Legend of Lang (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A town is attacked by a deadly creature, it can only be stopped with the Dragon Blade. The one person who knows where the blade is won't tell Lang, and even if he did, untold peril will fall on anyone who dares to find this legendary weapon.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, good versus evil, obsessive quest, heroic mission, heroes, ancient mystery, daring rescue, rivalry, deadly creature, escapades, wizards and magicians, legends and myths ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: In the Japanese modern era, almost all people have forgotten about Youkai.
Style: anime, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: supernatural, demon, escapades, determination, team, friends, youth, friendship, imaginary, heroes, buddies, good versus evil ...
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34%
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Dragon Hunters (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, 3d animation ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: dragon, obsessive quest, heroic mission, save the world, imaginary, knight, good versus evil, legends and myths, young heroes, misfit partners, heroes, giant monster ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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