© Fuse / Mitz Vah / Kodansha
The anime adaptation of the manga That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime from Fuse and Mitz Vah got underway in Japan with its October 1st, 2018 premiere, and it’s done well with a second season, a feature film, and a spinoff project. The show has done well enough that a third season was announced in November 2022, and it debuted in spring 2024.
We learned at the end of the two-cour third season that a fourth season is in the works and that a second film is in production as well. The fourth season is planned for two consecutive seasons, as there’s an ambitious plan for five cours for the project going forward. What comes after the first two consecutive ones will be detailed later, as to when they arrive and potentially naming conventions, as that is a lot of anime.
While we’re currently engaged with the fourth season, the first season is getting some new attention as Netflix has added the twenty-four-episode run to its service here. It’s available in Japanese and English with English subtitles while additional dubs include French, LATM Spanish, German, Italian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. A dozen subtitle options are also available.
The Japanese cast includes Miho Okazaki as Rimuru, Tomoaki Maeno as Veldora, Yumiri Hanamori as Shizu Makoto Furukawa as Benimaru, Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna, M.A.O as Shion, Takuya Eguchi as Sōei, Houchu Ohtsuka as Hakurō, Rina Hidaka as Milim, Megumi Toyoguchi as Great Sage, Junichi Yanagita as Kurobee, Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga, Kanehira Yamamoto as Rigurdo, Haruki Ishiya as Rigur, Asuna Tomari as Gobuta, Atsushi Ono as Kaijin, Takuma Terashima as Satoru Mikami, Rie Tanaka as Trainee, Takaya Hashi as the dwarf king Gazeru, Kenjiro Tsuda as the minister Besutaa, Ken Narita as Fyūzu, Itaru Yamamoto as Beruyaado, Ryūichi Kijima as Gido, Akane Kumada as Ellen, and Kengo Takanashi as Kabaru.
The additional third season cast includes Inori Minase as Maribel (Mariabell) Rosso, Kenji Nojima as Renard (Leonard), Eiji Takemoto as Arnaud, Hajime Iijima as Bacchus, Haruka Aikawa as Ritus, Wataru Komada as Garde, Taishi Murata as Fritz, Shōya Chiba as Saare, Mari Hino as Glenda, and Masashi Yamane as Grigori.
The English dub has Austin Sisk is the ADR director working from the adaptation by Alex Mai. The English cast includes Rimuru voiced by Brittney Karbowski, Raphael voiced by Mallorie Rodak, Veldora voiced by Chris Rager, Shion voiced by Michelle Rojas, Rigurd voiced by Kent Williams, Haruna voiced by Megan Shipman, Diablo voiced by Daman Mills, Youm voiced by David Matranga, Milim voiced by Kristen McGuire, Grucius voiced by Nazeeh Tarsha, Ramiris voiced by Jad Saxton, Beretta voiced by Morgan Lauré, Treyni voiced by Jamie Marchi, Guy voiced by Anthony Bowling, Mizeri voiced by Kara Edwards, Daggrull voiced by Jarrod Greene, Deeno voiced by Dallas Reid, Leon voiced by Christopher Wehkamp, Edomalis voiced by Doug Jackson, Shogo (Razen) voiced by Matt Shipman, Reyheim voiced by Ben Phillips, Muller voiced by June Yoon, and Carlos voiced by Frank Todaro.
The third season features the new opening theme song will be “PEACEKEEPER” as performed by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION.
The manga, which has just under 5 million copies in print in Japan, began in 2013 and a manga adaptation launched in 2015, both of which are being brought out by Yen Press and Kodansha Comics respectively.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm…as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!
© Fuse / Mitz Vah / Kodansha
© Fuse / Mitz Vah / Kodansha
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