That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Anime is Set for October

The “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” is officially confirmed to make its debut on October 1. It will be aired on TOKYO MX, BS11, and tvk, then on MBS one day later.

Prior to this report, the anime had its staff and cast confirmed. Directing the series is Yasuhito Kikuchi, the director behind “Macross Frontier.” With him, as the assistant director is Atsushi Nakayama, who worked on the “Absolute Duo” series as a director. Working on the series composition is Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, a writer currently working on the “How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord.” As for the character designs, it will be taken on by “Magical Warfare’s” character designer, Ryouma Ebata.

Other staff for the series includes:

Monster Designer: Takahiro Kishida
Music: Elements Garden
Anime Production: 8-bit

“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” tells the story of Satou Mikami. Lonely and unhappy with his mundane life, things take a big turn for the man when he ends dying at the hands of a robber. Upon waking up, he finds himself not only in a fantasy but has been reborn as a slime of all things! Now, not only does he have to adjust to the life of a slime, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!

The cast for the series includes:

Miho Okazaki as Rimuru
Yumiri Hanamori as Shizu
Asuna Tomari as Gobuta
Houchu Ohtsuka as Hakurō
Kanehira Yamamoto as Rigurdo
M.A.O as Shion
Makoto Furukawa as Benimaru
Rina Hidaka as Milim
Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna
Takuya Eguchi as Sōei
Tomoaki Maeno as Veldora
Atsushi Ono as Kaijin
Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga
Haruki Ishiya as Rigur
Junichi Yanagita as Kurobee
Megumi Toyoguchi as Great Sage
Rie Tanaka as Trainee

“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”, which is also known as “Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken” is based on a light novel series that was written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. Serialized online between 2013 and 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō it was in 2014 that the series was acquired by Micro Magazine, who published the first light novel volume. By July 2018, a total of twelve volumes was released.

Source: Crunchyroll News