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Muse Asia Streams That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Visions of Coleus Anime

Muse Asia began streaming all three episodes of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Coleus' Dream (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Coleus no Yume) anime based on Fuse and Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series on Tuesday.

The anime debuted in Japan on Wednesday with all three episodes.

Muse Asia describes the series:

Having saved the kids in the Kingdom of Engrassia, Rimuru's days as their teacher are coming to an end. One day, Yuuki, the Guildmaster of the Free Guild, comes up to Rimuru with a request. The request is to look up inside information about the conflict for the succession of the throne in the Kingdom of Coleus, a nation right in between the Kingdom of Engrassia and the Holy Empire of Lubelius. Rimuru began his undercover mission in the Kingdom of Coleus under the name of "Satoru." However, the situation turned out not to be a mere conflict for the succession of the throne, but a chaotic one where the demons and vampires are involved!

Atsushi Nakayama returned as director for the anime at 8 bit. Toshizo Nemoto (Macross Delta, Super Cub) was in charge of series composition. Ryōma Ebata again designed the characters, and Takahiro Kishida was again in charge of monster design. Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden) returned from the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond movie to compose the music.

Takuma Terashima, who voices Satoru and has previously performed theme songs, performs the opening. Miho Okasaki, the voice of Rimuru, performs the anime's ending theme song.

Coleus no Yume was a text story included in a bonus extra booklet with the Blu-ray Disc release of the second That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season. It became a major story inspiration for the Scarlet Bond film. The "epic spectacle story" is set between the first two television seasons when Rimuru faces intrigue swirling around the Coleus Kingdom.

Fuse serialized the story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (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 in 2014. The novels entered their final arc in the 18th volume in March 2021. Fuse also previously announced that he is considering writing side stories (spinoffs) after the current series is complete. Fuse is planning to end the series by its 22nd volume. Yen Press publishes the novel series in English.

The first television anime of Taiki Kawakami's manga, itself an adaptation of the light novel series, premiered in October 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the anime, and Funimation streamed an English dub.

The second television anime season premiered 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 premiered on Tokyo MX in April 2021. After The Slime Diaries ended, the second cours of the second season began in July 2021 — for nine straight months of television anime from the franchise that year.

Both Funimation and Crunchyroll streamed the second part. Funimation also streamed an English dub.

The franchise's latest film titled That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond premiered in Japan in November 2022.

Source: Muse Asia's YouTube channel