Lost Universe Special - Vol. 1 Ch. 6 - COSMIC DRIVE
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Thanks for the chapter too.
I'm wondering something though. Spoilers about slayers try in my following question.
I'm wondering something though. Spoilers about slayers try in my following question.
But now I'm confused. I was probably misled by Slayers Try, introducing Vorfeed as one of the two deities from this universe, the other one being Dark Star and being the final antagonist of Slayers Try. If Canal can be so easily altered to the point her memory can be wiped out just with a reboot of the system, I see less and less connection between the original deity and that ship.
Maybe it was just Slayers Try being non-canon and reusing the same names for their own convenience. Still the names Vorfeed seems pretty similar to Ceiphied/Ceifeed/whatever_you_spell_it.
Maybe it was just Slayers Try being non-canon and reusing the same names for their own convenience. Still the names Vorfeed seems pretty similar to Ceiphied/Ceifeed/whatever_you_spell_it.
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@Gokudomatic Ah, have you read the chapter after this one? Some pretty shocking revelations were in there.
Anyway, I'm gonna hide my theories on the connection between the two series beneath this spoiler
Anyway, I'm gonna hide my theories on the connection between the two series beneath this spoiler
In the Lost Universe novels (still untranslated into English) it is said that "Darkstar" and "Vorfeed" are gods in the mythology of the ancient alien civilization. These aliens merely named their ships after them. When the author, Hajime Kanzaka, was asked about the connection between Slayers and Lost Universe, he responded that he re-used these names because he found them "cool".
The director who worked on both Slayers TRY and Lost Universe, Takashi Watanabe, decided to run with this, and make TRY into a bridge from fantasy to sci-fi. The silhouette that appears in the last episode of TRY is definitely modeled after adult Canal (in fact, the art on the box for the 6th volume of the Lost Universe DVD has adult Canal holding an "orb", in the same manner as the silhouette that reincarnated Valgaav.)
Now, whether you believe there's an actual connection between these two world, or these are just mere cameos for Watanabe's next anime project after TRY, is really up to you. It's clear to me that Kanzaka gave the anime staff freedom to have fun and decide for themselves on whether they're united or not (after all, the story in Slayers TRY was not based on any novel written by Kanzaka, most of it was written by Watanabe instead). The fact that Kanzaka confirmed the existence of multiple worlds in Slayers, without going into specifying them much, means he clearly wanted the fanbase to create their own theories about this.
The director who worked on both Slayers TRY and Lost Universe, Takashi Watanabe, decided to run with this, and make TRY into a bridge from fantasy to sci-fi. The silhouette that appears in the last episode of TRY is definitely modeled after adult Canal (in fact, the art on the box for the 6th volume of the Lost Universe DVD has adult Canal holding an "orb", in the same manner as the silhouette that reincarnated Valgaav.)
Now, whether you believe there's an actual connection between these two world, or these are just mere cameos for Watanabe's next anime project after TRY, is really up to you. It's clear to me that Kanzaka gave the anime staff freedom to have fun and decide for themselves on whether they're united or not (after all, the story in Slayers TRY was not based on any novel written by Kanzaka, most of it was written by Watanabe instead). The fact that Kanzaka confirmed the existence of multiple worlds in Slayers, without going into specifying them much, means he clearly wanted the fanbase to create their own theories about this.
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