The anime adaptation of the manga That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime from Fuse and Mitz Vah is coming up on its October 1st, 2018 premiere and a simuldub set not long afterward . With it so close, the official site has now brought out just over half a dozen more actors and their roles in the series that fleshes out the world. The series is being directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi with Atsushi Nakayama as the assistant director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is handling the series composition while Ryouma Ebata is working on the character designs.
The new cast additions include:
- Takaya Hashi as the dwarf king Gazeru
- Kenjiro Tsuda as the minister Besutaa
- Ken Narita as Fyūzu
- Itaru Yamamoto as Beruyaado
- Ryūichi Kijima as Gido
- Akane Kumada as Ellen
- Kengo Takanashi as Kabaru
The Japanese cast includes Miho Okazaki as RimuruTomoaki Maeno as Veldora, Yumiri Hanamori as ShizuMakoto Furukawa as Benimaru, Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna, M.A.O as Shion, Takuya Eguchi as Sōei, Houchu Ohtsuka as Hakurō, Rina Hidaka as Milim, Megumi Toyoguchi as Great Sage, Junichi Yanagita as Kurobee, Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga, Kanehira Yamamoto as Rigurdo, Haruki Ishiya as Rigur, Asuna Tomari as Gobuta, Atsushi Ono as Kaijin, Takuma Terashima as Satoru Mikami, and Rie Tanaka as Trainee.
The manga, which has just under 5 million copies in print in Japan, began in 2013 and a manga adaptation launched in 2015, both of which are being brought out by Yen Press and Kodansha Comics respectively.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm…as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!
