The Japan Food Product Overseas Promotion Center (JFOODO)
2024-11-23
The hit series “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” based on an online novel adapted
into various mediums including a comic book and television animation has been widely popular both in Japan and overseas.
“Slime x Little Tokyo - The One Who Devours All J-Food” is a collaboration food festival to promote Japanese food culture by collaborating with Little Tokyo, Los Angeles! In 2022, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond” premiered in Japan and was released globally, debuting in 8th place on the US weekend box office rankings. The third season of this acclaimed series was released this year and has ranked high in US streaming viewership numbers.
Order a selected dish from the participating 11 restaurants in Little Tokyo to receive one random, exclusive button pin. Additionally, gather more than 3 stamps from the participating restaurants to also receive a festival-exclusive T-shirt at Entertainment Hobby Shop JUNGLE in Little Tokyo. Plus, life-sized cut-outs of the characters will be displayed at the participating restaurants! Visit our campaign website to learn more.
Stamp Rally Campaign:「Slime x Little Tokyo - The One Who Devours All J-Food」
Duration: Phase 1:November 23 ~ December 8, 2024
Phase 2:Early 2025
Location:Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA 90012
About the Series
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” (abbreviated as “TenSura”) follows a protagonist reincarnated into a slime monster in an alternate universe as they use their acquired skills to make friends and allies with their wit and courage.
Based on the novel series of the same title written by author Fuse for a web novel site, the series has become a multimedia franchise with over 45 million copies of related books, including comics, novels and spin-offs published worldwide.
Season 1 of the TV animation series was aired in 2018. From January to September 2021, season 2 and the spin-off series “The Slime Diaries” was aired over 9 consecutive months.
In November 2022, their first movie “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond” was released. The film was a major hit, bringing in more than 1 million audiences and grossing 1.4 billion yen in revenue.
Their second feature film and season 4 of the TV series has been announced in production.
