That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond

劇場版転生したらスライムだった件紅蓮の絆編 (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Movie: Guren no Kizuna-hen)

7.6(113,538)

MAL Score

Ranked #1675

Popularity #1135

Action
Comedy
Fantasy
Isekai
Reincarnation

Episodes: 1
Duration: 1 hr 48 min
Aired: Nov 25, 2022
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Set in Raja, a small nation west of Tempest, Rimuru and his allies are drawn into an old conspiracy tied to the queen and the enigmatic power surrounding her. What begins as a visit quickly turns into a tangled struggle with secrets that have been brewing for years.

Amid the escalating conflict, Rimuru and commander Benimaru cross paths with Hiiro, another surviving ogre who was once Benimaru’s brother. His appearance adds a personal stake to the unfolding events as the group works to uncover what’s really happening in Raja.

Otaku Consensus

Scarlet Bond lands as a sturdy fan-first Slime movie: Yasuhito Kikuchi's series-continuity direction, 8bit's polished action, and the Benimaru/Hiiro ogre thread give it more identity than a disposable theatrical detour. Critics and viewers most often praise it as a cinema-friendly extension for invested Tempest loyalists, with comedy, politics, and strong-violence fantasy spectacle balanced across a 114-minute run. The recurring complaint is equally consistent: Rimuru's overwhelming power and a typical isekai endgame soften the suspense, while casual viewers may find the film too dependent on franchise familiarity.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Scarlet Bond if you want a theatrical Slime installment that leans into the franchise's best comfort zone: magical statecraft, loyal monsters, sudden banter, and power-fantasy battles without the grimness of Overlord or the parody-first chaos of KonoSuba. It is built for viewers who already enjoy Tempest as a living political project, not for anyone hunting a clean entry point. The film's appeal is the way it gives Benimaru more emotional weight than usual while still preserving Rimuru's relaxed, near-unshakable command of the room. At 1 hour and 54 minutes, it feels closer to an expanded prestige side arc than a recap movie, with enough court intrigue, demon-adjacent magic, and ogre-clan tension to reward fans who track the series' wider fantasy ecosystem.

Key Characters

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Rimuru
Rimuru remains the franchise's unusual power-fantasy anchor: a reincarnated slime ruler whose appeal comes less from danger and more from effortless diplomacy, deadpan comedy, and monster-nation confidence.
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Benimaru
Benimaru gets one of the film's most fan-pleasing spotlights, shifting him from elite Tempest commander into a character with a more personal connection to the conflict.
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Hiiro
Hiiro is the movie's key new ogre presence, interesting because his bond with Benimaru gives Scarlet Bond a clan-memory angle that the main series usually leaves in the background.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The movie is an original theatrical story credited to Fuse and Taiki Kawakami rather than a direct adaptation of a TV arc, which helps explain why fans often debate how essential it is to the main continuity.
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8bit handles the animation production, with Bandai Namco Filmworks listed as a production company; the film was released in a 1.85:1 flat theatrical aspect ratio rather than simply resembling an extended TV episode.
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Yasuhito Kikuchi directs, giving Scarlet Bond continuity with the established Slime anime style: broad comedy beats, clean fantasy action staging, and political exposition that assumes viewers already understand Tempest's hierarchy.
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The film's tag profile is unusually dense for an isekai movie, combining Magic, Demons, Reincarnation, Kingdom Management, Politics, Tragedy, Shapeshifting, and Creature Taming at high AniList tag percentages.
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Its most distinctive structural choice is shifting emotional emphasis toward Benimaru and Hiiro, using the ogre-survivor connection to add a character-specific hook to a franchise usually centered on Rimuru's nation-building momentum.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Scarlet Bond opened in Japan on November 25, 2022, and later received a limited theatrical release in the United States on January 20, 2023.
Fun fact 2: The film carries a PG-13 rating for partial nudity, suggestive material, and sequences of strong violence, with a listed runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Fun fact 3: On MyAnimeList, the movie sits at a 7.63 score from 113,538 votes, with a rank of #1675 and popularity placement of #1135; on AniList, it has a 77/100 score and 2,002 favourites.
Fun fact 4: The visual design pipeline includes Mitz Vah on original character design, Ryouma Ebata on character design, and Yukiko Watabe on both sub-character and prop design.
Fun fact 5: The production credits list three prop designers, Yukiko Watabe, Hiroaki Motoigi, and Rémy Boisseuil, plus Kiyotaka Yokoo specifically for the title logo design.