Fans following That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 will have to wait a little longer for the next regular broadcast on BS11, because the series' May 1 airing has been canceled due to scheduling reasons.
In place of the episode, BS11 will show a special program on May 2 at 10:00 p.m. JST. The special will feature Miho Okasaki, the voice of Rimuru Tempest, together with presenter Haruka Mori. According to the announcement, the program will look back at the story so far and preview what is still coming in the new season.
For anime fans in Malaysia and across SEA, this is the kind of schedule change worth knowing early, especially if you're following weekly episode drops closely or timing your watch around the Japanese broadcast. Even when a franchise is running smoothly overall, a one-week disruption can throw off discussion threads, recap videos, spoiler timing, and fan expectations.
Season 4 first premiered on April 3 on NTV's Friday Anime Night block at 11:00 p.m. JST. It then began airing on BS11 on April 4 at 10:00 p.m. JST, with other streaming services carrying it from 11:00 p.m. JST. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs, so viewers who keep up through simulcast platforms will want to watch for any knock-on changes tied to the skipped TV slot.
This new season is also set up to be a long one. The anime will run for five cours in total, with the first two cours airing continuously. That makes this more of a marathon release than a short seasonal run, and it shows how heavily the franchise is still being backed.
Returning staff and cast should be good news for longtime Tensura fans. 8-Bit is back to handle animation for the fourth season, while Miho Okasaki returns as Rimuru. The opening theme is "Esoragoto" by Eir Aoi, and the ending song is "Katsubō" by CiON.
The bigger picture here is that Slime remains one of the most durable modern isekai properties around. Fuse originally serialized the story on Shosetsuka ni Naro from 2013 to 2016, and the series has since pulled in more than 400 million page views. Micro Magazine started publishing the print version with illustrations by Mitz Vah in 2014. The main novel series ended with volume 23 on November 29, and a side-story volume, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: How to Spend a Certain Vacation, shipped alongside it. A new side-story series is also planned, with its first part scheduled for 2026.
The anime side has been just as active. The first TV anime premiered in October 2018. Season 2 rolled out across 2021, split around The Slime Diaries spin-off, giving the franchise a lengthy TV presence that year. Since then, Slime has kept expanding through Season 3 in 2024, the Scarlet Bond film in 2022, and the Coleus' Dream three-episode anime in 2023.
There's also still movie momentum. The second anime film, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea, opened in Japan on February 27. Outside Japan, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures are also rescreening Scarlet Bond with an exclusive 10-minute sneak peek at the new film on April 20, while Tears of the Azure Sea gets theatrical screenings in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland from May 1.
So while the canceled May 1 TV slot is only a temporary bump, it is another reminder that Slime is still operating like a major franchise event, not just another seasonal anime. For SEA fans, especially the Malaysian anime crowd that follows big simulcast titles week to week, it is worth keeping an eye on the updated release flow rather than assuming the usual schedule.
Source: Anime News Network