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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

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

30 archived facts 3 topics 3 sources Last reviewed Oct 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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30 Interesting Facts About Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    The series first aired on 4 April 2016 on the TV Tokyo and AT-X channels.

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  2. #002

    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.

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  3. #003

    After being summoned to the other world, Subaru is attacked and is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl and her magical cat.

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  4. #004

    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.

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  5. #005

    Emilia and Satella share the same voice actress.

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  6. #006

    The original material of Re: Zero is a light novel that, as of June 19, 2026, has nine completed releases, with a tenth currently publishing chapters. The anime's first season adapts Arc 1, Arc 2 and Arc 3. Its second season adapts Arc 4. Its third season adapts Arc 5, and finally the new fourth season will adapt Arc 6.

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Production Story (16)

  1. #007

    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.

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  2. #008

    Ikemoto suggested that Shō Tanaka read Nagatsuki's web novels as a candidate for animation.

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  3. #009

    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.

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  4. #010

    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.

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  5. #011

    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.

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  6. #012

    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.

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  7. #013

    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.

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  8. #014

    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."

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  9. #015

    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.

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  10. #016

    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.

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  11. #017

    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.

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  12. #018

    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.

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  13. #019

    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.

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  14. #020

    The second opening theme of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is "Paradisus-Paradoxum", performed by Myth & Roid.

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  15. #021

    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".

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  16. #022

    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.

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Behind the Scenes (8)

  1. #023

    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.

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  2. #024

    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.

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  3. #025

    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.

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  4. #026

    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".

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  5. #027

    At Watanabe's direction, Nakamura rewrote Subaru's telling of The Red Ogre Who Cried in episode 6 several times.

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  6. #028

    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.

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  7. #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.

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  8. #030

    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.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb title page (trivia)

Sources for the entries on this page

  1. Wikipedia Re:Zero (TV series) — WikipediaEncyclopedia · accessed 18 Sep 2026

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