Editing Slayers (section)

===Original video animations===
*The first [[Original video animation|OVA]] series, {{nihongo|''[[Slayers Special (OVA)|Slayers Special]]''|スレイヤーズスペシャル}}, consists of three individual episodes directed by [[Hiroshi Watanabe (animator)|Hiroshi Watanabe]]. The first episode was released in Japan on July 25, 1996 by Kadokowa Shoten and [[J.C.Staff]], approximately 10 months following broadcast of the final episode of the original anime series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ex.org/1.1/18-releases_japan.html|title=Releases:Japan|publisher=ex.org|access-date=June 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729142846/http://www.ex.org/1.1/18-releases_japan.html|archive-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> 
*A second three-episode OVA series, {{nihongo|''[[Slayers Excellent]]''|スレイヤーズエクセレント}} followed in 1998, also directed by Watanabe and produced by J.C.Staff.

In North America, ''Slayers Special'' was initially sold as two separate titles, ''Slayers: Dragon Slave'' and ''Slayers: Explosion Array'' on VHS by licensee [[ADV Films]].<ref name="Anime encyclopedia"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Slayers: Dragon Slave!|url=http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/catitem.html?c=all&k=sl002|publisher=[[ADV Films]]|access-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990909182355/http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/catitem.html?c=all&k=sl002|archive-date=September 9, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Slayers: Explosion Array!|url=http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/catitem.html?c=all&k=sl003|publisher=[[ADV Films]]|access-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990909183323/http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/catitem.html?c=all&k=sl003|archive-date=September 9, 1999}}</ref> All three episodes were later compiled into ''Slayers: The Book of Spells'', shipped on November 21, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/slayers-book-spells_article_73956.html|title=Slayers:The Book of Spells - Mania.com|publisher=Mania.com|access-date=June 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628090546/http://www.mania.com/slayers-book-spells_article_73956.html|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref>