That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea

2026 1h 45m JA

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★8.1TMDB · 67

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Synopsis

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After concluding the opening ceremony of the Demon Kingdom Federation Tempest, Rimuru and his companions are invited by the Celestial Emperor Hermesia of the great elven nation – the Magi Dynasty Salion – to visit her private resort island. As the group enjoys their brief vacation, a mysterious woman named Yura appears. A new incident unfolds against the backdrop of the boundless azure sea.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Miho Okasaki
Rimuru (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Shion (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno
Veldora (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Benimaru (voice)
Sayaka Senbongi
Shuna (voice)
Hisako Kanemoto
Elmesia (voice)
Koichi Domoto
Zodon (voice)
Saori Onishi
Yura (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuhito Kikuchi
Writers: Fuse, Toshizo Nemoto, Yasuhito Kikuchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, shot by Hiroshi Satou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hitoshi Fujima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Miho Okasaki and Mao Ichimichi and Tomoaki Maeno carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt38650409 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuhito Kikuchi directs. Hiroshi Satou behind the camera. Hitoshi Fujima scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Part of the "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, shot by Hiroshi Satou. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Hitoshi Fujima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Miho Okasaki and Mao Ichimichi and Tomoaki Maeno carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt38650409 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hiroshi Satou
Original score: Hitoshi Fujima
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026)

Part of

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Collection

A collection of movies from the "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" franchise. The story follows Mikami Satoru, an employee of a megacorporation, who is stabbed by an assassin in the street and is reborn in a parallel world... But he is reborn as a slime!

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Yasuhito Kikuchi

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CinemaSerf2026-04-30
★ 6/10
Well if there is no such thing as a free lunch, then there certainly isn't going to be a free holiday! That's what the enthusiastic friends of "Rimuru" discover when they arrive at an idyllic holiday island. A young woman, meantime, is having some problems with a pesky goblin "Gobta" but he turns out to be the least of her problems as she is also being followed by a mysterious group of armed and masked men. Circumstances force the two to unite for some gymnastic combat - but why are are they chasing her? That question is answered fairly swiftly as we discover her true identity and that those pursuing are determined to capture her and her dragon-summoning flute so they can set in train the end of alliances and perhaps provide the whole world with a new and all-powerful ruler. This is a much more self-contained adventure that doesn't really require you to already know so much about the characters or the scenario, which is a plus point for a while. Sadly, though, it doesn't really make much effort to develop any of the characterisations - especially the more nefarious ones, and so comes across as little better than an adequately animated but rather flat story that has too many characters and not really enough meat on it's bones. When you've different timelines and immortalities threading through a storyline, you need to have a stronger purpose to adhere the whole thing. This hasn't, indeed it has a colourful but disappointing inevitability to it that really does pin it's hopes on us engaging with "Gobta", whose prominence will either make the film for you or, as with me, begin to annoy after a while as the narrative gets caught up in a lacklustre whirlwind of it's own. It's not without some humour, thanks to an alcoholic sprite, and it comes alive for ten minutes or so at the end - but for those who stick through the credits we see that this is clearly just another instalment of a theme that really will have to make more of an effort with it's writing if it is to avoid becoming something episodically predictable.

Production companies

Who made it

8bit
JP
Bandai Namco Filmworks
JP
BN Pictures
JP

Key crew

Original StoryFuse
Character DesignerRyoma Ebata
Storyboard ArtistYasuhito Kikuchi
Storyboard ArtistKenji Yasuda
Storyboard ArtistTakaaki Wada
Storyboard ArtistYuji Haibara
Storyboard ArtistMasao Kojima
Storyboard ArtistSatoshi Osedo
Storyboard ArtistNeito Hirohara
Storyboard ArtistTensai Okamura
Storyboard ArtistKen Ootsuka
Supervising Animation DirectorMasayori Komine
Supervising Animation DirectorHideki Yamazaki
Animation DirectorMasahiro Sekiguchi
Animation DirectorKenji Tanabe
Animation DirectorYukiko Watabe
Animation DirectorKazuaki Morita
Animation DirectorTomoko Ito
Animation DirectorShinomin
Animation DirectorSatoshi Ichinokawa
Animation DirectorShinichi Wada
Key AnimationKazunori Ozawa
Key AnimationTetsuro Moronuki
Key AnimationYuu Yoshiyama

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

monster
magic
slime
shounen
anime
isekai

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical2026-05-01PG-13

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International titles

TenSura Movie 2US
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Soukai no Namida-henJP
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Movie 2: Soukai no Namida-henJP
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Blue SeaUS
Gekijouban Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Soukai no Namida-henJP
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure SeaUS
Lúc Đó Tôi Chuyển Sinh Thành Slime: Nước Mắt Đại DươngVN
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Tears of the Azure SeaUS
Meine Wiedergeburt als Schleim in einer anderen Welt - Die Tränen des azurblauen MeeresDE
Jak jsem se reinkarnoval jako sliz : Slzy azurového mořeCZ
Gekijou-ban tensei shitara slime datta ken: Soukai no namida-henJP
剧场版关于我转生变成史莱姆这档事沧海之泪篇CN