Philippine Release Date Announced
Philippine cinema chain SM Cinema is listing That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (Gekijō-ban Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Sōkai no Namida-hen) for a May 23 opening in the Philippines.
About the Film
This movie is the second anime film in the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) franchise.
Distribution
Muse Asia is distributing the film across Southeast Asia, including:
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Philippines
Japanese Box Office Performance
The film opened in Japan on February 27. In its opening weekend it ranked #3, selling 225,000 tickets and earning ¥301,175,600 (approximately US$1.91 million) within the first three days.
Plot Summary
The story takes place after the celebration of the Tempest Federation’s foundation. Elmesia, ruler of the elf nation of Sarion, invites Rimuru and other senior Tempest officials to a resort island in Sarion for a vacation. While enjoying their break, the group encounters a mysterious girl named Yura and senses an approaching darkness, signaling a new threat that Rimuru must face.
Production Staff
- Animation: 8-Bit
- Theme Song: Performed by TRUE – “Utopia” (link)
- Insert Song “Sōkoku” (Blue Moment): Sung by Saori Ōnishi (voice of Yura) (link)
- Insert Song “Renainō” (Talent for Romance): Performed by the six‑member unit ARCANA PROJECT
- Insert Song “Harmonics”: Collaboration between STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION and ASH DA HERO member ASH
Franchise Background
Television Anime
- The fourth season of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime TV anime premiered on April 3, 2026. It will run for five cours (quarters), with the first two cours airing continuously. 8-Bit returns to animate the season, and Miho Okasaki reprises her role as Rimuru Tempest. Muse Asia is streaming the season as it airs in Japan (link).
- The first television anime, based on Taiki Kawakami’s manga (itself an adaptation of the light novel by Fuse and Mitz Vah), premiered in October 2018 (link).
- The second season’s first cours aired in January 2021. The spinoff anime The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime premiered on Tokyo MX in April 2021. After its conclusion, the second cours of the second season began in July 2021, giving fans nine straight months of franchise anime in 2021.
- The third season debuted in April 2024 and ran for 24 episodes (link).
Previous Films and Specials
- The film That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond opened in Japan in November 2022 (link).
- The three‑episode anime That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Visions of Coleus debuted in Japan in November 2023, with all three episodes released together (link). Muse Asia streamed the special (link).
Source: SM Cinema website
