and Yoshimatsu Takahiro. is a 1998 film written by Kanzaka and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe. is a 2001 short film written and directed by Junichi Satō. Most of the films were produced by J.C.Staff and licensed for home video release in North America by ADV Films. Slayers Premium was animated by Hal Film Maker. Radio dramas Slayers Extra aka Slayers EX (four episodes, loosely (with Gourry replacing Naga and set after the first season of the anime television series) adapted from Slayers Special novels, 1995–1996) Slayers N'extra (four episodes, adapted from Slayers Special novels, 1997) Slayers Premium (one episode, prologue and epilogue to Slayers Premium movie, 2002) Slayers VS Orphen (one episode, adapted from Slayers VS Orphen novel, 2005) (three episodes, 2006) Games Role-playing games The series was adapted for two role-playing games (RPGs): Slayers became an add-on for the Japanese role-playing game system MAGIUS (Slayers MAGIUS RPG). In 2003, Guardians of Order published a licensed role-playing game, The Slayers d20, using the d20 System rules. Guardians also released three guidebooks for their Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM) game system that included game statistics for the TV series' major characters, spells and weapons. Collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), Slayers Fight (スレイヤーズふぁいと), was developed by ORG and published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1999 and 2001. Video games A series of five Slayers role-playing video games were released exclusively in Japan between 1994 and 1998. Two different 16-bit games titled simply Slayers (including the one for the Super Famicom) were released in 1994. Three 32-bit / CD-ROM games followed in the late 1990s: Slayers Royal in 1997 and Slayers Royal 2 and Slayers Wonderful in 1998. In addition, Lina and other Slayers main characters have been featured in several other video games in crossover and guest appearances, in particular in mobile games since the late 2010s. Reception Including the spin-off series, the Slayers novels had 18 million copies in print by 2015. As of 2018, this number had grown to over 20million copies. Writing in 2020, Iyane Agossah from DualShockers opined Slayers "is still rarely equaled 30 years later, with an incredible mix of comedy and tragedy, an intricate amount of world-building, great story developments and iconic characters." Of the various media which make up the Slayers franchise, the anime has by far reached the largest audience and is considered to be one of the most popular series of