Slime Boukenki: Wolf-kun Ganbaru no Maki is a one-episode special adapted from Osamu Kaneko's Slime Boukenki manga. Mizuho Nishikubo directed the short, with Production I.G handling the animation, and it premiered as part of the V Jump Festival '98 lineup. The special mixes action, adventure, comedy and fantasy in a brief festival-length package.