2024 is set to be an exciting year for isekai anime fans, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 is one of the most highly-anticipated titles premiering soon. The series is based on author Fuse and illustrator Mitz Vah's light novel series of the same title (Japanese: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) or simply known as Tensura, which begins with a 37-year-old salaryman named Satoru Mikami, who's stabbed by a robber and wakes up in another world. However, the hero is reincarnated as a Slime, one of the weakest Monster classes in this strange world.
The first season of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime premiered in Fall 2018, and after some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Season 2 premiered in January 2021. It was split into two cours, with 12 episodes each, with the final episode broadcasting in September of that year. Fans have been anticipating the third season, and the good news is that Season 3 will arrive soon.
Check out all the details we know so far about That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3, including its release window, plot, cast, staff, and trailer.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Release Date
During an early screening of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond movie in November 2022, it was announced that the third season of the isekai anime series will premiere on Japan's Nippon Television in Spring 2024.
With the release window approaching soon, the production team revealed more information regarding Season 3's release date, confirming that the third season will premiere in April 2024. In addition to that, they also confirmed that the next season will be running for two consecutive cours, so fans can expect Season 3 to have approximately 24 new episodes to arrive this year. This information was announced in December 2023, during a special stage named Tensura 10th Live to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the anime.
The announcement came with a visual showing protagonist Rimuru facing off against Hinata Sakaguchi of the Ten Great Saints. An exact release date hasn't been revealed yet, but we can expect the production team of the anime to reveal that soon.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Trailer
On December 16, 2023, a new trailer for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 was released on the anime's official website. The trailer shows various shots of Hinata attacking and riding on horseback as battles get heated up, but it doesn't reveal much of the plot. The trailer confirms the new season's release window, which is enough to get fans hyped for the isekai anime's return.
However, there were a few complains about the quality of the animation shown in the trailer. Season 3 is animated by studio Eight Bit, which also worked on the The Irregular at Magic High School and Blue Lock anime projects, but fans online criticized how some of the shots in the trailer are not impressive.
"The characters are barely moving and the animation looks stiff as hell. Tensura deserves way more than this," YouTuber @PCVP4729 said, while Redditor u/_Velgrynd wrote: "I'm really hoping they picked the worst shots and frames out of the season to be in this trailer cause where the hell is the movement."
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Plot
Warning: Minor spoilers from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novels ahead.
That Time I Got Reincarnated a Slime is based on the light novel series by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. Season 2 of the anime is based primary on the Volumes 5 and 6 of the light novel series, and the third season will likely cover the events of the next few volumes. In the seventh volume, tensions escalate when Hinata Sakaguchi — the captain of the Crusader forces and the chief knight of the nation's Imperial Guard — sets her sights on the heroic Rimuru. Things get complicated when a priest that Rimuru sends to Lubelius is killed, but in Volume 8, which focuses mainly on a festival that's happening in Tempest.
Besides the trailer, the staff of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime also revealed a key visual that shows Rimuru Tempest's team on the left side and Hinata's team on the other. The Tensura visual evokes the theme of battle, as Rimuru's goal will be to defeat the leader of the Western Saint Church's Ten Great Saints.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Cast & Staff
The fan-favorite Japanese voice actors from the first two seasons of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime are expected to return in Season 3. That means Mihio Okasaki will reprise the lead role of Rimuru, Megumi Toyoguchi will return as the Great Sage, as well as Makoto Furukawa as Benimaru and Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna. It's also confirmed that Manami Numakura will return to voice Hinata Sakaguchi.
Here are other voice actors confirmed to return:
Takahiro Sakurai as Diablo
Takuya Eguchi as Souei
Asuna Tomari as Gobta
Mao Ichimichi as Sion
Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga
As for the main staff, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 will be directed by Atsuhi Nakayama while Toshizo Nekomoto is in charge of the series composition. Ryoma Ebata is the character designer, and Hitoshi Fujima is the music composer.
