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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Anime Adds Yoshimasa Hosoya to Cast
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the television anime of author Fuse and artist Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken or Regarding Reincarnated to Slime) light novel series revealed a new promotional video and a new cast member for the anime on Monday. The video recounts the anime's story up to the eighth episode, and previews the upcoming story.
Yoshimasa Hosoya joins the cast as the character Youmu, the leader of a Farmus Kingdom scouting mission into the Jura Forest that will investigate the reports of an Orc Lord.
The anime premiered on October 1. Crunchyroll is streaming the series, and FUNimation Entertainment is streaming an English dub. The show will have 24 episodes.
Yasuhito Kikuchi (Infinite Stratos, Macross Frontier, Busou Shinki) is directing the anime at 8-Bit, with Atsushi Nakayama (Absolute Duo) as assistant director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Girls' Last Tour, Recovery of an MMO Junkie) is in charge of series composition. Ryōma Ebata (Busou Shinki, Magical Warfare) is adapting the character designs for animation. Takahiro Kishida (Spring and Chaos, Serial Experiments Lain, Knight's & Magic) is in charge of monster design. Elements Garden is composing the music.
Takuma Terashima is performing the anime's opening theme song "Nameless story." TRUE is performing the anime's ending theme song "Another colony."
Sources: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime's website, Comic Natalie
