‘That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime’ Season 4 Episode 16 Release Date and Time, When Rimuru Returns Next

Rimuru Tempest has spent this current stretch of episodes navigating one of the more politically charged chapters of the series yet, as the Jura Tempest Federation pushes deeper into its ambitious plan for a world where humans and monsters can coexist. That vision has already put Rimuru at odds with Granville Rozzo and his granddaughter Maribel, who see the demon lord’s rise as a genuine threat to be contained rather than an alliance worth pursuing.

Episode 15, titled ‘An Unsettling Feeling’, premiered on July 17 as part of the season’s consistent weekly rollout, continuing the slow-burn tension between Tempest and the Rozzo family while events in El Dorado keep Leon’s own agenda simmering in the background. With that installment now airing, attention naturally shifts to when fans can expect the next chapter in Rimuru’s story.

Episode 16 of ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’ Season 4 is scheduled to release on Friday, July 24, 2026, following the franchise’s established weekly Friday pattern. The episode is set to premiere at 2 p.m. UTC, which breaks down to 7 a.m. Pacific Time and 10 a.m. Eastern Time for viewers in the United States.

For international fans checking their own local schedules, that same 2 p.m. UTC release time lands in the early afternoon across most of Europe and stretches into the evening for viewers in South and Southeast Asia. The season has held to this Friday release rhythm consistently since it premiered back in April, giving fans a reliable weekly appointment to catch up with Rimuru and the rest of the Tempest Federation.

In Japan, new episodes continue to air domestically as part of NTV’s Friday Anime Night programming block, the same broadcast slot the series has used since its earlier seasons. Crunchyroll then picks up the episode for international distribution, holding streaming rights across North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS region, and Southeast Asia.

Crunchyroll’s release for episode 16 will include both English subtitles and a full English dub, continuing the same dual release approach the platform has used consistently throughout the season, giving fans the flexibility to watch however they prefer without waiting for a separate dub rollout.

This fourth season is structured differently than previous installments, running across five total cours rather than a standard single or double cour format. The first two cours began airing consecutively starting in April, while release windows for the remaining three cours have not yet been confirmed, meaning fans should expect this current stretch of weekly episodes to eventually pause before the season resumes later on.

With Granville’s plans still in disarray and Leon’s next move very much an open question, episode 16 looks positioned to push the political tension between Tempest and the Rozzo family even further, while the looming awakening of a new Hero continues to hang over the broader season.

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