Anime continues its global takeover, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Anime Returns for 3rd Part in July 2027, Clayman's Revenge Spinoff Anime Debuts in April is the latest title making waves. Whether you follow the manga, the anime, or both, this news changes the picture in a big way.
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The staff for the fourth That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) anime run disclosed on Friday that the anime will return for its third cours (quarter of a year) in July 2027. In addition, the staff disclosed that Wataru Kajika's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Clayman's Revenge (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Clayman Revenge) spinoff manga will get a television anime that will launch in April 2027.
Takehito Koyasu is returning to the universe to voice Clayman. KentarΕ Sugimoto (installment filmmaker for Blue Lock, Laid-Back Camp TV 3) is directing the spinoff anime at 8-Bit. YΕ«ji Haibara, who handled graphic design for previous entries in the universe, is overseeing the series scripts.
Asumi Hashimoto (sub-part design for The irregular at magic high school TV 3) and Hideki Sakai (chief animation filmmaker for previous entries in the universe) are designing the characters. Kajika launched the spinoff manga in April 2022. Kodansha's K MANGA service is releasing the manga in English digitally, and it describes the narrative: Kodansha published the manga's ninth compiled volume on August 7.
The anime's fourth run will air for a total run of five cours, with the first two cours airing continuously. 8-Bit is returning once again to animate the fourth run, and Miho Okasaki makes a comeback to voice protagonist Rimuru Tempest. Fuse serialized the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime narrative on the "ShΕsetsuka ni NarΕ" (Let's Become Novelists) website from 2013 to 2016, and the series has since garnered over 400 million page views.
Micro Magazine began publishing the series in print with illustration by Mitz Vah in 2014. The novel series ended with its 23rd and final volume on November 29. A spinoff side narrative volume titled Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Toaru KyΕ«ka no Sugoshi-kata (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: How to Spend a Certain Vacation) shipped alongside the final volume.
The novels will get a side-narrative series, with the first part slated for arrival in 2026. Yen Press releases the novel series in English. The first television anime of Taiki Kawakami's manga, itself an adaptation of the light novel series, made its launch in October 2018.
Crunchyroll streamed the anime, and FUNimation Entertainment streamed an English dub. The second television anime run made its launch 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 made its launch on Tokyo MX in April 2021.
After The Slime Diaries ended, the second cours of the second run began in July 2021 β for nine straight months of television anime from the universe in 2021. The three-installment That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Coleus' Dream anime made its launch in Japan in November 2023 with all three episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime with subtitles anβ¦
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely β and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for complete coverage.
