That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is an anime television series based on the light novel series of the same title written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. The anime is produced by studio Eight Bit. The series follows a man who is killed and reincarnated in another world as a slime named Rimuru. The second season was announced to be split-cour anime, with the first part originally set to premiere in October 2020, but it was instead delayed to January 2021 due to production complications resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The second part was also delayed from April to July 2021.[1][2][3] The first part aired from January 12 to March 30, 2021, while the second part aired from July 6 to September 21, 2021.[