A new trailer was revealed on Wednesday for the upcoming anime movie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bonds. The film is set to premiere on November 25 in theaters across Japan while Crunchyroll will release it worldwide sometime in 2023. The trailer features the main theme song for the film “Make Me Feel Better” performed by MindaRyn, who also performed the hit opening theme song “Like Flames” for Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2. MindayRyn describes the track “Make Me Feel Better” as “the invigorating feeling of the bonds formed with the comrades after an adventure is over.”
Crunchyroll also released both an English and Spanish subbed version of the first official trailer back in July you can also watch below.
Staff
- Director: Yasuhito Kikuchi
- Screenplay: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
- Music: Hitoshi Fujima
- Character Design: Ryōma Ebata
- Art Director: Ayumi Satō
- Chief Animation Director: Yūichi Tanaka
- Art design: Masahiro Satō, Rémy Boisseuil
- Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Director of Photography: Hiroshi Satō
- CG Producer: Masaya Machida
- Color design: Maki Saitou
- Concept Art: Kenichiro Tomiyasu
- Editing: Yumi Jinguji
- Monitor Graphics: Yūji Haibara
- Monster Design: Takahiro Kishida
Cast
- Miho Okasaki as Rimuru
- Asuna Tomari as Gobta
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga
- Houchu Ohtsuka as Hakurō
- Jun Fukushima as Gabiru
- Junichi Yanagita as Kurobe
- Kanehira Yamamoto as Rigurd
- M.A.O as Shion
- Makoto Furukawa as Benimaru
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Raphael
- Riko Fukumoto as Towa
- Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna
- Subaru Kimura as Lacua
- Takahiro Sakurai as Diablo
- Takuya Eguchi as Sōei
- Tarô Yamaguchi as Geld
- Tomoaki Maeno as Veldora
- Yūma Uchida as Hiiro
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is based on the original light novel series Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. It originally ran from 2013 to 2016 on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. Not too long after its initial release, Micro Magazine acquired the series and began publishing it in 2014 and has since released 20 volumes of the ongoing light novels. US-based publisher Yen Press acquired the English license for the series in 2017 and has since released the first 14 volumes. The light novels eventually received an award-winning manga adaptation with artwork by Shō Okagiri. The manga adaptation has released 21 volumes so far (20 in English). As of October 2022, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novels have reached over 30 million copies in circulation.
Synopsis
Studio 8bit, who also animates the television anime series, returns to animate the upcoming movie. This will be Reincarnated as a Slime‘s first theatrical release since the anime series began airing in October 2018. Crunchyroll describes the plot of the movie as such:
A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power known as “Queen” in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bonds will be put to the test!
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