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GenreAdventure, Animation & Fantasy
RatedPG-13
Runtime1 hr 45 mins
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2026
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorYasuhito Kikuchi
StarringMiho Okasaki, Saori Ōnishi, Nao Kosaka
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026)
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| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea's Details | |
| Genre | Adventure, Animation & Fantasy |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 02/27/2026 (Japan) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime by Fuse |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea's Interests | |
| General | Undersea kingdoms, magic flutes, resort islands, water dragons, vacations that go sideways. |
| Music | Hitoshi Fujima, from Elements Garden. TRUE sings the theme, "Eutopia". |
| Movies | The 2022 first movie, Scarlet Bond. Same slime, first trip to the big screen. |
| Television | The Slime anime. This film slots in between seasons three and four. |
| Heroes | Gobta. Hobgoblin, fighter, absolute hype man. |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea's Crew | |
| Director | Yasuhito Kikuchi |
| Writers | Yasuhito Kikuchi, Toshizo Nemoto, Fuse (story) |
| Music | Hitoshi Fujima (Elements Garden) |
| Production | Eight Bit |
| Distributed By | Bandai Namco Filmworks |
Rimuru Tempest is a demon lord who runs a whole nation, and he still spends half this movie on vacation, which tells you how much is really at stake. Tears of the Azure Sea is built to connect the show’s third and fourth seasons, so nothing that happens here can change much, and if you haven’t kept up with those seasons, you’ll be lost early. The story is simple. Yura, a woman from the underwater Kingdom of Kaien, runs off with the Dragon’s Fang, a magic flute that controls a giant water dragon, and a scheming minister wants it back to aim that dragon at the surface world. The best choice is handing the spotlight to Gobta, the goofy hobgoblin, who teams up with Yura and gets the closest thing to a real arc. The water dragon fights are big and splashy. The rest feels like a long episode. A 5.0 because it’s pleasant, pretty and weightless. $1,582 says you finish it and immediately look up when the next season drops.
What works: Gobta finally gets a spotlight, and the water dragon battles look big and splashy.
What doesn’t: Because it’s a bridge between seasons, nothing here can really change, and newcomers get almost no help keeping track of who anyone is.
Who it’s for: Slime fans who’ve watched every season and want one more hangout with Rimuru’s crew.
Spoilers
Zodon, the minister’s own henchman, turns out to be the real villain, and Gobta snaps Yura out of his trance before Rimuru ends the fight with an attack from the sky. Yura reveals she is the water dragon’s core and dissolves into bubbles, and a post-credits scene shows a baby water dragon hatching on the shore.
Deep in the underwater Kingdom of Kaien, a priestess named Yura (Saori Ōnishi) runs off with the Dragon's Fang, a magic flute that can control a giant water dragon. Up top, Rimuru Tempest (Miho Okasaki), demon lord and the most laid-back slime alive, takes the crew on a vacation to a private island resort, courtesy of the Celestial Emperor Elmesia. Yura turns up on that island, teams up with the hobgoblin Gobta (Asuna Tomari), and fights off the men sent to drag the flute back. Somebody in Kaien wants that dragon awake. Yasuhito Kikuchi directs. One hundred five minutes, no lifeguard on duty.
Anyone who can swim, fight and keep track of a flute. Slimes welcome.
| Miho Okasaki | |
| Saori Ōnishi | |
| Nao Kosaka | |
| Kaho Fujishima | |
| Makoto Furukawa | |
| M.A.O | |
| Takahiro Sakurai |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +280 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $7.4M; Domestic box office $1.4M; Opening weekend $947K; profit note now waits on a budget; box office chart updated; IMDb users 6.2 / 10 (1,326 votes); movie.guru score 4.2.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 18 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.