You know the drill.... Of course, there are tons of shrines out there for the Slayers characters. I was debating whether this would be a useful endeavor, given how accessible the shrines are off anipike. But I figured, why not? Content is king, and I did promise to find you guys some good links. On my first update, I'm going straight off of anipike. What I mention are several things: firstly, content. Information, and then multimedia (scans/screencaps, other images, mp3s/wavs/whatever, movies). Then original stuff, like fanworks. Sometimes I only mention things if a shrine does them exceptionally. For example, a LOT of fanart or fanfics warrents a mention. Three don't.
I'm reviewing all of the shrines on anipike, and then adding more later. The first update is every single working shrine on anipike in the shrine section. Not as hard as it sounds, since so many are down.
While you're listening...no, you're not. I'll put this in a rant later. [here: What I like to see on a webpage] Note also that I am only going to blurb the online shrines, and not the ones that don't work.
Lina Inverse (main character, but oddly not too many shrines)
Inverse
This is quite a good shrine. Layout very nice and quite fastloading
(this is one of those pages made by people who care (TM) about web
design. Plenty of information and pictures. Highly Recommended.
Lina's
World
This shrine (actually, more of an image gallery) has broken links
problems. I couldn't get to the galleries. Some overuse, IMHO of
animated gifs. I suppose the webmaster will eventually fix the
links....
Destructive
Ways (a Lina Inverse Shrine)
Very nice shrine. Includes extensive info and commentary on Lina,
lots of pictures and multimedia. Some sections have yet to be
completed, yet the shrine has so much stuff already that this is not
ver necessary. Recommended.
Fireball!
Lina Shrine
Has profile, around six pictures. Layout makes the site look as if it
has more stuff than it actually does.
Gourry
Gabriev : a mini shrine
For something which pretends to be a mini shrine, has pretty good
info. Some fanfic. No pictures, but the commentary is
interesting.
Chichiri
no da's Shrine to Zelgadis Greywolf
Modest looking, but has quite a bit of content. Contains a fairly
extensive image gallery of screencaps. Also has actuall working wavs
and animated gifs. Also contains some opinions on his love life.
Chimerazel's
Zelgadis Shrine
Information is fairly standard (dollbox type stats). Goodly amount of
pictures. Has list of You Know you like..., a few other short
sections.
Lisie's
Cute Lil' Zelgadiss Shrine!
Small page to Zelgadis. Has pictures, galleries of other characters,
wacky stuff like opinions on his love life and lists.
Mini-Shrine
to the Blue One
Amusing little page dedicated to Zel. Has mostly info/opinion and
some fanstuff.
Silent
Hero: Zelgadis
Shrine contains info, comparison page, two music videos, some
fanstuff.
Step
on Zelgadis
Joke anti-shrine; more of an anti-Zelgadis-fangirl shrine.
The
Ultimate Zelgadis Shrine
Has pictures, Zel info. Fan-oriented, with lots of fanmade toons and
commentary. Interestingly, the webmaster was amused by the above
shrine and wants to talk to the creator.
Zelgadis-
All Zel, All the Time
Lots of Zelgadis pictures, some info and commentary. Site has
animated gif clip on front page.
Zelgadis's
Profile and Gallery
Short profile and gallery. What it says, basically.
Zelgadis's
Sanctuary
Irritating MIDI. Design difficult to read, and crashed my computer.
Has pictures, short movie clips.
Zelgadis
Takes Over the World
Well designed shrine about the chimera. Contains information, very
nice fanart, and multimedia.
Zin-Zang's
Zelgadis Shrine
Basic shrine to Zel. Not much content here. Also seems to serve as
the frontpage for the creator's personal page.
Amelia's
Fortress
Shrine has good, thorough information. Layout easy to navigate, easy
on the eyes, and quick loading. Unfortunately, much of the multimedia
(by which I mean both pictures and wavs) is missing, for some reason.
No matter. This is still a good shrine to visit to learn more about
the Princess of Justice.
The
Amelia Shrine
Shrine has some pictures of Amelia, and a short illustrated list of
reasons why she is cool. That pretty much says it.
The
Darling Amelia
Shrine relatively small. Contains pictures and wavs. Unfortunately
gives you cursor and a midi. Color contrast also off-putting.
J
is for Justice
Site somewhat incomplete. Lots of sections lead back to splash page.
By maker of Ground Zeros. Has 11 pictures, 7 sounds.
Project:
Support Amelia
Seems to be a fandom project dedicated to "defending" Amelia. Site
nicely designed, has essays and fanstuff.
Bow
to Xelloss
Um, yeah. Relies on Javascript to navigate, so don't turn it off.
Contains small amount of fanfics, borrowed pics, small amount of
fanart. Text is far too dark to read comfortably in some places. Also
has You know you like... list, opinions on coupledom, slayers
personality quiz, and other misc. fanstuff.
Elmekia's
Shrine to The Trickster Priest
Lots of pictures. A few sounds and fanarts. That pretty much says
it.
Evilgenki
An extremely good shrine to Xelloss. Complete, thorough, very
extensive. Lots of good commentary about Xelloss. Has lots of
screencaps, recently updated. Layout quick loading and nice-looking.
All in all, a must visit. Recommended.
Ground
Zeros
Shrine contains information, selection of Xelloss multimedia, and
lists. Some sections under construction. Simple but nice design.
Kymriana's
Xelloss Shrine
This page has design issues. It forces you to scroll down, and many
of the pics are a bit large. Has a good sized collection of pictures,
and some fanart.
Mazo: So
Cute it's Scary
Extremely cute shrine to Xelloss. Not only is it very cleanly
designed, it has lots of information presented intelligently and lots
of nice pictures (including doujinshi scans. Cheerfully
recommended.
Mission:
KILL Xelloss (anti-shrine)
Rather vulgar anti-Xelloss page (lot of bad taste stuff). Not
recommended for those who hate the very idea of an anti-shrine. (Half
of the purpose of the antishrine is to entertain other antishriners
by watching people who are upset by it, BTW. I suppose it's rather
original to make the visitors the entertainment) Contains altered
pics, anti-reasons, large guestbook where people embarrass themselves
by leaving threats.
Mysterious
Ways
Nicely designed page with lots of Xelloss information. Also contains
humor and multimedia. Recommended. (Why the heck does Xelloss get all
the good pages?)
Namagomi
Info shrine. Pop up window annoying, because it has no back button.
Has fair amount of information.
Slayers
Xellos' Temple: Sore Wa Himitsu Desu!
Rather irritating background on main page. Some sections down.
Contains images, fanstuff.
Sore
wa himitsu desu - Misao's Xellos Shrine
Shrine difficult to read because of text contrast. Lots of
info/commentary on Xelloss. Also has images, some fun stuff.
Sore
Wa Himitsu: The Xelloss Fanclub
Has a large amount of Xelloss screencaps and various images. Also has
large fanart gallery, lots of extras, and amusing personality
test.
Trickster
Xelloss's Hideaway
Terrific Xelloss fanart (also contains other pics, and
fancomics).
Vote
Xelloss 2000
Very amusing humor site centered around Xelloss. Well, guess he'll
have to wait for 2004.
Xelloss
HQ
Has pictures of Xelloss, some MIDIs.
Xelloss's
Abode
Contains a fair amount of fanstuff, particularly X/F stuff.
Filia's
Dragon Lair
Site has loud midi. Also has inconsistent linking; back links keep
leading to splash page. Has the usual information, some
multimedia.
Filia's
Fabulous Fortress
Exactly why I don't like animated GIFs. Page has decent amount of
pictures and stats page.
Filia's
Teahouse
Very good Filia shrine. Contains good amount of information (nice
long profile there), commentary, lots of pictures and fanfiction.
Site itself very nicely planned and organized. Recommended.
Golden
Dragon : Filia Ul Copt
From same person who made Destructive ways, this is a shrine of
similar quality. Contains extensive information on Filia, and a nice
amount of multimedia. Some fanworks. Recommended.
Golden Priestess:
Slayers Filia Ul Copt
Small shrine with long profile of Filia, and twenty or so
pictures.
Necrofilia
As one may guess from the name (no, this isn't a Spanish sex site)
this is an antishrine, and a sincere one. The layout and grammar are
superior to most anti-shrines, however. Mostly writings against
Filia.
Naga
2000
Lots of sections down, and I found the usage of DHTML here somewhat
unnecessary. Contains lots of pics.
Naga
the Big-Breasted Wonder
Color sense on this page is a bit hard on the eyes, and the "vote for
me" pics dont' help. Design also extends to invisible text. Has some
content, like opinions.
Thane's
Naga Shrine
Information, pictures with Naga, and Zenki, oddly enough.
The
Ultimate Princess of Power: Naga The White Serpent
Site has info on Naga and lots and lots of pictures of her.
Desperately
Seeking Sylphiel
Well, if you are, I suppose you could go here. But the page loaded
very slowly, and all the sections seemed to be down.
Zoi
'no miko's Shrine to Sylpheel
Short profile of her, and two pics. Very hard to read because of
contrast.
Let's
Fight
Pretty good shrine to Valgaav. Has nice long info sections, good
design, lots of Val images.
Valgaav
no Ryuzoku Shrine
Contains information, multimedia, opinion. Some sections down.
The
Valgaav Shrine
Contains info, images, fanstuff.
Valgaav:
Sparkling Shadows
Information on Valgaav, pictures. Quite a bit of fanart as well.
Other Characters
A-chan's
Shrine to Zangulus
Oooh. Very complete shrine. May not look flashy, but the info and
amount of pictures is solid. If you think Zangulus is just dishy, go
here. Shrine does have midi, but is not overly jarring.
Beast
King (Xelas Metallium)
Nicely done small shrine to the Mazoku Lord. Information mostly
correct, some pics misattributed (some of them are actually fanart).
A bit hard to read at times due to text contrast. Since Xelas is such
a minor character, this is necessarily a modest shrine. Suffers from
the paucity of official pics. Some sections not up yet.
Cursed -
Martina
Shrine has nice layout, but requires DHTML and popups. I thought the
DHTML was somewhat unnecessary, and the little scrollboxes too small.
There are also numerous grammatical problems on the site. The
organization is good, but the pictures are all down. This shrine
needs to be updated.
Eris's
Crypt of Unrest
Very complete page on Eris. Contains pro-Eris commentary, screencaps
and pictures, some fanart. If you like Eris, go here.
Hellmaster's
Temple
Shrine to the NEXT archvillain. Contains fair amount of info, but all
the other sections aren't working yet.
The
Hierarchy of Mazoku
Short info page on the five mazoku lords. Has midi. Just one page,
which seems to be a subsection of a larger site. The pics of the
lords are actually fanart, but this fact isn't known in Western
fandom.
Kopii
Rezo Shrine
Shrine may have simple design, but has lots of good info on both Rezo
and his copy. Has lots of screencaps of them, as well as an info
section on spells and a good selection of fanart.
Lair
of the Demon Dragon King
Shrine to Gaav. Has pictures, extensive fanart collection.
The Lord of
Nightmares
Don't know why there's such a long load time. Page not really shrine
to LoN, though it has a fairly long info section on her. Also
contains L/X fanfiction and humor.
Luna
Inverse's Slayers Page
Small site with Luna info, what little there is of it.
The Martina
Shrine
Amusing shrine to Martina. Has info, reasons why she rules and some
pictures.
Mazoku
University
This isn't really a shrine. It's a web clique/ring.
Phibrizo.com
A nicely designed and extensive shrine to Phibster. Has pretty much
the usual panopoly of stuff a good shrine has. Recommended.
Phibrizzo's
Spectacular Death Orb
This page gave me a Javascript error. Basic info on Phibrizzo, and
lots of images.
Phibrizzo's
Torture Chamber
Not much stuff on this one. More of a personal site.
Poisoned
Candy (Phibrizzo)
Pretty extensive shrine to Phibrizzo. Well organized, has lots of
non-Phibrizzo stuff as well, like animated gif section.
Pyrofire's
Selena Shrine
Has screencaps of the character.
Queen
Megumi's Lei Magnus Shrine
Has pretty much all the info you can get about the mage. And pretty
much all the pictures. Also has some short movie clips.
Rezo
Shrine
Some info and some pictures, around 30 or so.
Serius
Mini-shrine
Has information and screencaps. Nice design.
Sherra.Grauschellar
Small shrine to Sherra with images, fanart, and some info.
Shrine
to Vrummy's Cute Little Nose
Well, it is cute.
Wolf
Pack Island (Xelas Metallium)
Design somewhat strange. Has info on Xelas, and fanart.
Zoamel
Gustav Shrine
Cute little page dedicated to the nonexistent deity. Has a little
banner you can put on your page to show that it has been blessed by
the god.
More than One Character
Obsessive
Peoples' Shrine to the Swordsmen of Slayers (Joint Gourry and
Zangulus shrine, not yaoi)
Shrine has information, galleries, and a fairly large collection of
sounds.
Couples
[Lina and Gourry]
Doubledate:
A Gourry/Lina and Zel/Amelia Shrine
Good place to go for people who like either of these couples.
Includes commentary, a lot of fanart, and an forum. Site officially
not being updated.
The
Dynamic Duo, Lina and Gourry
This page is, er, one picture and a very short list of scenes with
the couple. Not really worth an anipike submit, IMHO.
The
Gourry and Lina Couple Shrine
Organization somewhat confusing to navigate. Images down. Some of the
links seem to be dead/lead to the wrong place. All of the links made
me open a new naviagation window, which was irritating.
[Lina and Zelgaldis]
Bean's
Page of her Favorite things--A Lina/Zel Shrine
This shrine contains the webmaster's fanfiction, and a few pictures.
Still under construction. The navigation is somewhat confusing...I
think all the pictures could have been on one page, given how many
there are, but perhaps that's just me. Small personal shrine worth
visiting if you like this couple.
Sakura's
Lina and Zelgadis Shrine
Contains lots of commentary about the couple, a very large collection
of fanfics, some fanart and edited pics. Very recommended for L/Z
fans.
Takashi's
Lina and Zelgadis Shrine
Background blinking gif and MIDIs on lots of the pages. Contains
fanart, fanfic, pictures and commentary.
Zelgadis
and Lina-Whispers of Love
Whoa. This shrine is hard to read. I recommend hitting the select all
button. Contains commentary, fanfic, and webmaster's fanart.
[Zelgaldis and Amelia]
Doubledate: A Gourry/Lina and Zel/Amelia Shrine (info under Lina/Gourry section)
The
Princess and the Chimera: A Zelgadis and Amelia Couple Shrine
This is a very thorough, extensive Z/A shrine, containing pics, lots
of fanfics, and lots of interesting commentary. Recommended for A/Z
fans.
[Xelloss and Filia]
Xelloss
and Filia's Space
Contains commentary on couple, fanfic by webmaster, and a very
extensive section of links related to the couple.
Masked
Love
Nicely designed, aesthetically pleasing layout. Contains commentary,
many fanworks about couple. Essays about X/F are of special interest.
Recommended.
[Xelloss and Zelgaldis]
Silk
and Stone
YAOI, like you didn't know from the couple. Just don't want to have
the creators flamed. Good design, and lots of material. Contains huge
fanart collection, doujin scans, lots and lots of fanfiction.
Definitely recommended for yaoi fans.
[Misc Others]
Lina
and Valgaav Site
What it says. Nice design, but doesn't have lots of content (yet, as
mostly dependent on submissions). Some fanfiction, but many other
sections down.
The
Priestess and the Mazoku: A Xelloss and Shilfiell Shrine
The one, the only. Has profiles, commentary, fanfiction.
The
Xellos and Amelia Couple Page
Now this is rather original. Contains comments on the couple,
pictures, and fanfiction.
Xeros to Rina no
kawaii kawaii
Shrine contains lots of illustrations, including a few doujin scans,
lots of interesting commentary and fanfic.