Originally posted by Q99
She specifically stepped down after seeing Gourry's devotion in *both* versions.
Wrong. See Slayers! Vol. 8: King of the City of Ghosts, pages 164-165.
Originally posted by Q99
The creator was quite likely to be joking when he said that- Here, read the interview transcript for context.
No, it wasn't a joke. It was one of the main plot twists of Slayers! Vol. 7: Gaav's Challenge, as well as Phibrizzo's main motive in Vol. 8.
Originally posted by Q99
Yes he was, LoN-via-Gigaslave obliterated him.
No. It's never specified that the Lord of Nightmares used the Giga Slave to kill Phibrizzo.
Originally posted by Q99
It's not described as being limited to Mazoku in any sense. Rather, as it's chaos magic, ragna blade is supposed to work on everything (at least, given sufficient power).Lina specifically searched for it because she wanted a power greater than that of the Dragon Slave, by searching for a spell from a lord greater than Ruby Eyes, to deal with her powerful enemies. It was never mentioned or implied to be a kryptonite type situation.
That's not what I said. What I said was that the Mazoku were resistant to Black Magic because Black Magic spells draw power from the Mazoku. I can't find the exact quote, but Lina expressed it along the lines of: it's like trying to drown a fish in water.
Originally posted by Q99
We're talking he had direct episode approval,
No. If he did then NEXT wouldn't contradict the novels.
Unless there's evidence of the author specifically pointing out that the canonicity of the anime adaption of Slayers! supersedes that of the original series then it isn't canon.
Originally posted by Q99
If Akira Toriyama gave interviews on who the strongest characters in his DB universe are and he specifically included Broly and such, then that'd count. But he's never done so, so it's not.
In Daizenshū Vol. 6 Akira Toriyama points out that Trunks got his sword from Tapion. That still doesn't make the movies canon.