“This High Heat is Un-Axe-ceptable…”

Heeere’s Geld, or ゲルド Gerudo.  It’s understandable as to why the English version went with a different localised name, given the existence of these people.  I haven’t heard the Funi-dub so I don’t know if it’s pronounced with a hard G, like guard, or a soft G, like Gerald.

Anyway, from what little I know, Geld is basically one of many side-characters from this series.   Despite its generic light novel-based isekai beginnings (an office worker from this world is reincarnated into a medieval fantasy world and gradually amasses a following of his own), the series sees the main character embark upon an as-of-yet unfinished quest to unite a continent of myriad creeds and species that would otherwise be embroiled in war.   Geld helps play a part towards this by representing the pig-headed orc tribe, and is named after a Great Orc Lord predecessor. 

The first anime adaptation proved popular enough to get a second season, which at the time of posting this, was delayed because… well, you know.

Interestingly, it’s speculated that it’s actually thanks to early editions of Dungeons-and-Dragons which led to the Japanese interpretation of orcs looking like pigs.  This has been suggested by the sprite art/illustrations of early Western-fantasy-inspired Japanese video games like Record of Lodoss War, and more famously Dragon Quest.  Jump forward over 30 years, and given the popularity these days of medieval-fantasy-based or -inspired isekai light novels and manga, it makes sense if people are basing their own works on what they’ve seen beforehand. A game of Chinese Whispers/Telephone based on visual aesthetics on a grander scale?  I wonder if that’s why there’s such a difference between Warcraft-style kobolds and what everyone else is drawing these days? 

Anyway, there you go, now you know.  I’m not a D&D or isekai-harem fan so Slime wasn’t my cup of tea. But if you want to, give the animated version a go, or the now-officially-translated manga, based on the original web/light novels.  Or if not, just enjoy this image!

Thanks again for the support. ✌