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The end credits for the anime series _That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime_
have a unique trait which I am trying to understand. Here is a capture from
the end credits of [episode 2](https://www.crunchyroll.com/that-time-i-got-
reincarnated-as-a-slime/episode-2-meeting-the-goblins-777520):

[![snapshot of end credits showing transition between
alphabets](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MjsIQ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MjsIQ.jpg)

(The end credits of episode 1 are actually the opening credits which had not
been played up until the end. The opening credits are entirely in Japanese
except with an overlay of the series' English title.)

The image captures a transition between the first alphabet shown and the
second. Each of the first two alphabets lasts for less than a second, when
finally Japanese shows up for a few seconds. Originally I thought the first
language was Thai or Georgian or some similar-appearing language. Now that I
have done the screen capture, I'm pretty sure that neither of the first two
are real writing systems. **Are they?**

If not, is there some in game reason to show the credits in three alphabets? I
get that theirs is a multicultural world, but so is ours, and we typically
stick to one language in credits.

(I guess I should qualify that. A number of different anime series will show
multiple languages during the credits, but not transition between them. If a
Korean staff is being credited, that portion will be in Korean, If Filipino
staff then that portion will be in English or Spanish, etc.)


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Reincarnated as a Slime -- Are the alphabets in the end credits real?


Looks like **an original alphabet** , possibly based on [runic
alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes). However, it is a complete
alphabet with known transliteration.

[解読マリィ@happymaryheart
tweeted](https://twitter.com/happymaryheart/status/1050673652604104705) his
work on the complete transliteration of the alphabet.

[![Reincarnated as Slime's
runes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lOx9I.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lOx9I.jpg)

Based on transliteration samples he tweeted, it's basically either:

  * [English words](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eD4K0.jpg), or
  * [Romanization of Japanese words](https://i.stack.imgur.com/roqJv.jpg)

* * *

As for why the credits are shown in three alphabets... **it's actually only
shown in two alphabets: this runic alphabet and Japanese/English**. The runes
are shown for the first time, then they shrink before being replaced by the
original words.

As for why it's done this way... I haven't done any researches for this, but
I'd speculate on artistic impression, or perhaps it's actually the only
alphabet in their universe...


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