That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

2018 4 Seasons 96 Episodes ★ 8.4 Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

Corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. But he turns out to be reborn a slime! Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a world that’s welcoming to all races.

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Cast

Miho Okasaki

Rimuru (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Veldora (voice)

Takuya Eguchi

Souei (voice)

Hochu Otsuka

Hakurou (voice)

Asuna Tomari

Gobta (voice)

Chikahiro Kobayashi

Ranga (voice)

Jun Fukushima

Gabiru (voice)

Rie Tanaka

Trainie (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Milim (voice)

Anzu Haruno

Rimiris (voice)

Seasons

16 eps

Specials

2019

24 eps

Season 1

2018

24 eps

Season 2

2021

24 eps

Season 3

2024

24 eps

Season 4

2026

Details

Status

Returning Series

Original Language

JA

Network

Nippon TV, YTV, Tokyo MX, BS11, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, HTV, FCT, STV, KNB, YBS, KTK, NKT, RAB, TVI, MMT, ABS, JRT, TOS, YBC, TSB, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT, KRY

Tagline

"Ascend into your true form."

Production

8bit, Bandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha, MICRO MAGAZINE, Bandai Namco Music Live, Bandai Spirits, BS11, ADK Marketing Solutions, Sony Music Solutions, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Reviews

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ZeBlah

June 29, 2019

★ 10/10

Summarized, a human gets reincarnated as a slime in a new fantasy-like universe => the slime has almost godlike-powers and uses that power to create a stable society of different types of monsters. This sounds absolutely screwed-up (as it often happens in J-anime) but I admit that I absolutely loved the first 66% of the show (something like adapt + forge alliances + grow + learn + some complica...

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DallasBob

July 24, 2021

★ 3/10

It's like a previous reviewer said, this animation, **That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime** (_Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken_) started out ok. And the fact it's an anime and included good comedy at the right time got it a lot of points with me. But my enthusiasm soon boiled down to a simmer. The fan service is okay. But it is not enough to carry the show or hold interest for long. As the...

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iam.biplob

July 3, 2024

★ 10/10

"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" is a consistently beautiful and lively anime that stands out with its excellent pacing. It's rare for an anime to inspire me to read its manga, but this one did, and it even has a Light Novel that the anime enhances remarkably well. The main character, Rimuru, is very expressive and a joy to watch. Rimuru's voice acting is perfect, and despite being a ...