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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Film Unveils December Overseas Rollout
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Guren no Kizuna-hen), the franchise's upcoming anime film, announced the film's December rollout overseas. The film's rollout overseas will start in December, and will eventually include the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South and Central America. The staff is planning to screen the film in other countries and regions.
The staff also streamed the film's full trailer, although the stream is only available in Japan, The trailer previews the film's theme song "Make Me Feel Better" by MindaRyn.
The film will open in Japan on November 25. Crunchyroll will screen the film in all major global territories (excluding Asia) in early 2023.
The film will feature new characters original to the film, and include (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.):
Riko Fukumoto as Towa, a queen with mysterious powers
Subaru Kimura as Lacua, a peddler that frequently goes through the realm of Razha
Fuse, the author of the original light novel series, drafted the film's brand-new original story. The story will center on a new country named Raja, located to the west of Tempest. Rimuru and his companions get involved in a long-running conspiracy that swirls around a woman with a mysterious power. Rimuru and his commander Benimaru also encounter another ogre survivor named Hiiro, who used to hold Benimaru in high regard.
TRUE and STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION will perform the insert songs "Jōka" (Purifying Song) and "SPARKLES," respectively. MindaRyn, TRUE, and STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION have all previously performed theme songs for the franchise's television anime.
The first television anime of Taiki Kawakami's manga, itself an adaptation of Fuse and Mitz Vah's light novel series, premiered in October 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the anime, and FUNimation Entertainment streamed an English dub.
The second television anime season premiered its first cours (quarter of a year) in January 2021. The television anime of Shiba's spinoff manga The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura Nikki Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) then premiered on Tokyo MX in April 2021. After The Slime Diaries ended, the second cours of the second season began in July 2021 — for nine straight months of television anime from the franchise last year.
Both Funimation and Crunchyroll streamed the second part. Funimation also streamed an English dub.
Sources: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Guren no Kizuna-hen anime film's website, Comic Natalie