TV SERIES · 2016–present · JAPAN
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
- Network
- TV Tokyo, AT-X
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 85
- Studio
- White Fox, KADOKAWA, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
- Original title
- Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
38 archived facts 3 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find…
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All facts (38)
- #001
The idea of adapting Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- as an anime arose early in the light novels' development, when Kadokawa Corporation producer Shō Tanaka asked Ikemoto which properties might suit animation.
- #002
The lead character Subaru Natsuki is voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi, while Emilia is voiced by Rie Takahashi (高橋李依).
- #003
Ikemoto suggested that Shō Tanaka read Nagatsuki's web novels as a candidate for animation.
- #004
The production is backed by companies including White Fox, KADOKAWA, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Tokyo MX, AT-X, Memory-Tech and DAXEL.
- #005
An initial miscommunication left Ikemoto thinking Shō Tanaka had no interest, but discussions about adapting Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- began shortly after the web novels started moving into print.
- #006
The series first aired on 4 April 2016 on the TV Tokyo and AT-X channels.
- #007
During talks about a possible anime adaptation, Ikemoto and Tanaka discussed with Tsunaki Yoshikawa, an animation producer at White Fox, the possibility of the studio animating the series.
- #008
The production consists of 85 episodes in total and is listed as a single season.
- #009
Tanaka wanted an adaptation in the vein of Steins;Gate, another White Fox production, and was impressed by the studio's record of faithful adaptations, so he formally asked White Fox to produce the show.
- #010
The story begins when high school student Subaru is summoned to another world while returning from a convenience store; the reason for the summoning is initially unclear.
- #011
White Fox's president sought Yoshikawa's opinion on the proposal, and Yoshikawa advised accepting it provided the series did not break any broadcasting regulations.
- #012
After being summoned to the other world, Subaru is attacked and is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl and her magical cat.
- #013
Masaharu Watanabe was selected by Yoshikawa to direct Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- because Watanabe had previously done key animation work for the studio.
- #014
After being killed, Subaru awakens with an ability called 'Return by Death'; through this ability, which lets him rewind time from death, Subaru tries to save his rescuer from a fate of death.
- #015
Kyūta Sakai was chosen as character designer and chief animation director for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- because Yoshikawa believed she could do justice to the novel's art while keeping animation quality consistent across the 25-episode run.
- #016
The production's genres include Animation, Mystery, Action & Adventure and Sci-Fi & Fantasy.
- #017
Masahiro Yokotani served as main writer on Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, his first time composing for a "reborn in another world"-type story; Yoshikawa warned him about the series' violence, and Yokotani, having read only the first novel when he agreed to join, was still surprised by the violent and disturbing scenes in novels three and beyond.
- #018
The production team includes names such as Masahito Ikemoto (池本昌仁), Eriko Aoki (青木絵理子) and Aya Iizuka (飯塚彩).
- #019
When it became unfeasible for Masahiro Yokotani and Yoshiko Nakamura to write the scripts alone, White Fox president Gaku Iwasa asked them to hire someone younger, leading Yokotani to suggest Eiji Umehara; Nagatsuki, who had recently played Chaos;Child, approved the choice and suggested letting Umehara write the "painful parts."
- #020
Subaru Natsuki is voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi, Emilia by Rie Takahashi (高橋李依), Puck by Yumi Uchiyama, Ram by Rie Murakawa, Rem by Inori Minase (水瀬いのり) and Beatrice by Satomi Arai (新井里美).
- #021
Original author Tappei Nagatsuki took an active part in producing the Re:ZERO anime, attending script meetings and recording sessions. When the staff hit a problem with a scene, he sometimes wrote lines they could use as reference while scripting.
- #022
Re:ZERO was not planned for 25 episodes at first; the order was expanded so the White Whale battle could grow from two episodes to three and so episode 18 could be covered, with episodes 16 to 18 originally meant to fit into two.
- #023
Watanabe's main instruction to the Re:ZERO staff was to capture the novel's mood as fully as possible. The scriptwriters debated how to condense the dense source material without losing its central elements, and Nakamura recalls composition notes that ran for pages.
- #024
While planning and scripting the Re:ZERO anime, the staff found settling on a proper conclusion one of the hardest tasks and spent considerable time deciding what the final episode would cover, including material the light novel had not yet reached.
- #025
After joining Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Nakamura and Umehara had to revise their view of the main character and rewrite scenes in which they had made Subaru appear "cool".
- #026
At Watanabe's direction, Nakamura rewrote Subaru's telling of The Red Ogre Who Cried in episode 6 several times.
- #027
The staff struggled to choose the song for Subaru's ringtone heard in the closing scene of episode 19, weighing "Kanpaku Sengen", "The Beard Song" and Princess Princess's "M" before selecting "Yoake no Michi" from Dog of Flanders.
- #028
Director Watanabe chose Kenichiro Suehiro to compose the music for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- after being struck by his work on the medical drama Death's Organ and learning he had scored several of Watanabe's favorite anime and drama series.
- #029
For Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Watanabe instructed composer Kenichiro Suehiro to use human voices in the Return by Death sequences, to score emotional scenes as he would for a drama or film, and to go all out on suspenseful scenes.
- #030
Watanabe asked for a suspenseful musical tone in the first cours of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- and a romantic feel in the second, while both he and Suehiro drew on their shared admiration for Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
- #031
Watanabe requested songs echoing Hans Zimmer's score for The Dark Knight, and on several occasions in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, including episodes 7 and 15, he used an entire song, which is unusual for most anime.
- #032
The first opening theme song for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is "Redo", performed by Konomi Suzuki.
- #033
Myth & Roid performs the first ending theme "Styx Helix" for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, as well as "Straight Bet", the ending theme for episode 7.
- #034
The second opening theme of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is "Paradisus-Paradoxum", performed by Myth & Roid.
- #035
Rie Takahashi performs "Stay Alive", the second ending theme of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, while Myth & Roid performs the ending theme for episode 14, "theater D".
- #036
For the fourth season of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, the ending theme "Ender Ember" is performed by Myth & Roid and TK from Ling Tosite Sigure.
- #037
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- had its soundtrack released on CD on 26 October 2016.
- #038
The soundtrack CD for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- contains 21 tracks composed by Kenichiro Suehiro.
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