That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Memories has collaborated with the Overlord anime series and announced an online giveaway and in-game collaboration. Aside from seeing the fan-favorite Overlord characters in the world of Tensura, like Ainz Ooal Gown, Albedo, and Demiurge, there will also be game upgrades, new gameplay tricks, skills, and twists.
The That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Memories x Overlord campaign ran from January 22 to 24, while the in-game collaboration begins on January 26. The partnership will feature a voiced in-game scene, custom characters based on the two franchises, an in-game chat function with allies, and special buildings.
Alternatively, the online giveaway campaign gives the two winners an autographed colored paper by Miho Okazaki, who voices That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’s main character, Rimuru Tempest. However, the contents of the gift may change without prior notice, while the delivery will take place in April.
What is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Memories about?
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Memories is a 3D battle RPG developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., WFS. Its genre is the Nation Building 3D Battle RPG, and it is free and available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. It was released on October 27, 2021, and became available to play the next day. As of November 2021, it had 1.5 million downloads globally.
You can read the game’s synopsis below:
Enter the world of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime in a new 3D battle RPG! A new story supervised by Fuse, author of the original light novels! A mysterious girl named Shinsha appears, claiming to be Rimuru’s daughter. What is her relation to Izis, the witch from the ‘mirror land?’
The game is based on the Japanese light novel written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. It was serialized online from 2013 to 2016, later acquired by Micro Magazine, and published its first light novel volume in 2014. As of October 2023, 21 volumes were released. It has been licensed in English by Yen Press.
It was then adapted into manga by Kodansha, while Micro Magazine and Kodansha published five manga spin-offs. Eight Bit produced its anime adaptation, with the first season released in October 2018, the second season in January 2021, and the third season set to be released in April 2024. The anime adaptation of the second spin-off manga was released in April 2021, while an anime film hit the big screen in November 2022, and the three-episode OVA spin-off, titled Visions of Coleus, was released in November 2022.
What is Overlord about?
Alternatively, Overlord features a Full-Dive Massively multiplayer online role-playing game or DMMORPG called YGGDRASIL. After it was released, it surpassed all the games of its kind by letting the players interact with the game. But after its 12-year run, the servers are about to be shut down, and only one character, a skeletal Lich "Overlord" character named Momonga, continues to play as the guild leader out of the 41 members. As the shut-down time arrives, he has been transported into another world.
You can read the synopsis below:
An office worker in a dystopian world logs onto a video game for the last time, only to find out that he, along with his entire guild, has been transported to another reality.
The anime is based on the Japanese light novel written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by So-bin. It started its serialization online in 2010 and was later acquired by Enterbrain. It has collected 16 volumes as of July 2012. It was then adapted into a manga by Satoshi Oshio, with illustrations by Hugin Miyama, and its serialization started in November 2014. The light novel and manga are licensed in English by Yen Press.
In addition, an anime adaptation by Madhouse premiered in July 2015, followed by the second season in January 2018, the third season in July 2018, and the fourth season in July 2022. An anime movie has also been announced.
Tensura and Overlord fans are surely celebrating with these two big anime titles’ collaborations. Are you ready to see your favorite Overlord characters in Tensura? If yes, let the game begin.
