Bandai Namco Arts and Eight Bit have announced an official business partnership!
Having collaborated on many projects in the past, including the anime adaptation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, the two companies will also team up for Season 2 and spin-off anime The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime under the new deal.
The partnership's objective is to create specialist production pipelines, advance projects by young producers and share personnel. Bandai Namco Arts aims to make use of Eight Bit’s existing franchises to strengthen their production capabilities, while Eight Bit hopes to expand its business with the aid of Bandai Namco’s knowledge and connections.
[ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime](](https://otakumode.com/shop/label/That%20Time%20I%20Got%20Reincarnated%20as%20a%20Slime) Season 2 Part 1 airs in Jan. 2021, with Part 2 airing the following July. The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime airs in Apr. 2021.
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