Slayers: Super-Explosive Demon Story

Slayers: Super-Explosive Demon Story (Japanese: 超爆ちょうばく 魔道伝まどうでん スレイヤーズ Romaji: chōbaku madouden sureiyāzu) is an eight volume manga series illustrated by Shoko Yoshinaka. The series is mostly an adaptation of the first story arc of the main novels, except for the 4th volume which is an adaptation of the second movie, Slayers Return. The anime series also seems to have influenced the manga during the later half of its run.

Trivia

 * The first seven volumes of Slayers: Super Explosive Demon Story were translated into English by CPM Manga between 2002 and 2004. The eighth volume, "King of the Ghost City," was scheduled to be released in English in 2005, but the release was cancelled, along with several other titles by CPM Manga.


 * This series is usually confused to be an adaptation of the two first seasons of the TV series. However, while the influence is indeed traceable, the manga actually follows the novels a lot more closely than the anime.