{"rewrite":{"id":"r_801cae25a7a8ea1b1f5836a2","clusterId":"c_89daa280a5fb1adb6c3ca3fe","slug":"slime-season-4-third-cour-lands-july-2027-as-clayman-revenge-anime-airs-april-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Slime Season 4 Third Cour Lands July 2027 as Clayman REVENGE Anime Airs April 2027","summary":"The third cour of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 will begin airing in July 2027, and a TV anime of the spinoff Clayman REVENGE starts April 2027, ahead of it. Clayman REVENGE adapts the Monthly Shonen Sirius spinoff starring the Demon Lord Clayman, with Takehito Koyasu voicing Clayman and 8bit on animation production. The Season 4 soundtrack vol.1 went up for distribution on September 26 with 76 tracks.","whyItMatters":"The spinoff arrives a full cour before the main series resumes, so the Clayman story is being used to hold the Slime audience through the gap in a five-cour broadcast plan rather than filling it afterward.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Clayman REVENGE anime sits in the April 2027 slot, a season before Slime\u0026#39;s third cour returns in July. The spinoff adapts the Monthly Shonen Sirius manga starring Demon Lord Clayman, the enemy Rimuru defeated in the main story, and follows a history the main story never showed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKentaro Sugimoto directs, with Yuji Ikuhara on series composition and Asumi Hashimoto and Hideki Sakai on character design. Animation production is by 8bit. Takehito Koyasu voices Clayman. The original work is by Fuse, the manga by Kaji Karu, character drafts by Mitz Vah. Both authors issued comments alongside the announcement.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Slime Season 4's third cour starts July 2027. The Clayman REVENGE spinoff anime airs April 2027, a season earlier, with Takehito Koyasu returning as Clayman and 8bit on animation.","twitterPost":"Slime Season 4 cour 3 begins July 2027. Clayman REVENGE, the Demon Lord Clayman spinoff anime, airs April 2027 ahead of it. Takehito Koyasu voices Clayman; 8bit handles animation.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Slime's split-cour fourth season now has a date for its third cour: July 2027. Before that, in April 2027, the spinoff Clayman REVENGE gets its own TV anime, adapting the Monthly Shonen Sirius manga about the Demon Lord Rimuru defeated. Takehito Koyasu voices Clayman, with 8bit on animation production.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/26/103247.html\",\"title\":\"\\\"Slime\\\" Spinoff \\\"Clayman REVENGE\\\" TV Anime Confirmed! Starts April 2027; Main Series 3rd Cour Begins July 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4872,"outputTokens":671,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791286028,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T11:21:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T11:26:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T11:26:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_89daa280a5fb1adb6c3ca3fe","canonicalTitle":"「転スラ」スピンオフ「クレイマンREVENGE」TVアニメ決定！27年4月スタート 本編第3クールは27年7月開始","representativeArticleId":"a_57aaa7f902b03c9aaa1c7406","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4\",\"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Clayman REVENGE\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-26T02:50:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-26T02:50:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T11:26:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/26/103247.html","title":"「転スラ」スピンオフ「クレイマンREVENGE」TVアニメ決定！27年4月スタート 本編第3クールは27年7月開始"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4","That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Clayman REVENGE"],"manga_titles":["That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}