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| name = Re:Zero −<br />Starting Life in Another World
| image = Re-Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu light novel volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = First light novel volume cover, featuring [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Emilia|Emilia]]
| alt = A silver-haired girl against a medieval-style city. She is wearing a white robe with eagle motifs emblazoned on the sleeves. A gray cat is hovering in the air behind her. The series' title is superimposed across the front in Japanese, with the circled number ① in the upper left-hand corner.
| ja_kanji = Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
| ja_romaji = Ri:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
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*[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 1 (light novel)|url=https://yenpress.com/9780316398398/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-vol-1-light-novel/|publisher=[[Yen Press]]|access-date=April 10, 2023|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204112320/https://yenpress.com/9780316398398/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-vol-1-light-novel/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Dark fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ファン必見!! 大人気の異世界転移系アニメ“リゼロ”と“このすば”がコラボレーション!!|url=https://ddnavi.com/news/350017/a/|website=Da Vinci News|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]|access-date=June 24, 2020|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630065338/https://ddnavi.com/news/350017/a/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Stevens|first1=Josh A.|title=Re:Zero Season 2 Anime Finally Announced|url=http://animeuknews.net/2019/03/rezero-season-2-anime-finally-announced/|website=Anime UK News|access-date=November 17, 2019|date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117073037/https://animeuknews.net/2019/03/rezero-season-2-anime-finally-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Isekai]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chapman|first1=Jacob|title=Subaru Natsuki: The Best and Worst Thing About Re:Zero|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-08-19/subaru-natsuki-the-best-and-worst-thing-about-re-zero/.105556|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 5, 2018|date=August 20, 2016|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206141815/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-08-19/subaru-natsuki-the-best-and-worst-thing-about-re-zero/.105556|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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| type         = novel series
| author       = [[Tappei Nagatsuki]]
| publisher    = [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] ([[Self-publishing|self-published]])
| publisher_en =
| demographic  =
| imprint      =
| first        = April 20, 2012
| last         =
| volumes      =
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = light novel
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka
| publisher    = [[Media Factory]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = [[Yen Press]]
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| demographic  = Male
| imprint      = [[MF Bunko J]]
| first        = January 24, 2014
| last         =
| volumes      = 39 + 5 side stories and 11 short story collections
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Daichi Matsuse
| publisher    = Media Factory
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA           = Yen Press
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine     = [[Monthly Comic Alive]]
| first        = June 27, 2014
| last         = February 27, 2015
| volumes      = 2
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes#A Day in the Capital
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Chapter 2: One Week at the Mansion
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Makoto Fūgetsu
| publisher    = [[Square Enix]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA           = Yen Press
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine     = [[Monthly Big Gangan]]
| first        = October 25, 2014
| last         = January 25, 2017
| volumes      = 5
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes#A Week at the Mansion
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Chapter 3: Truth of Zero
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Daichi Matsuse
| publisher    = Media Factory
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA           = Yen Press
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine     = Monthly Comic Alive
| first        = May 27, 2015
| last         = September 27, 2019
| volumes      = 11
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes#Truth of Zero
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = TV series
| director     = {{ubl|Masaharu Watanabe ({{Abbr|S1–S2|Seasons 1 and 2}})|Masahiro Shinohara ({{Abbr|S3|Season 3}})}}
| producer     = {{ubl|Akihito Ikemoto|Aya Iizuka|Eriko Aoki|Kazuo Ōnuki ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Yoshikazu Beniya ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Shō Tanaka ({{Abbr|S1–S2|Seasons 1 and 2}})|Mitsuhiro Ogata ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})|Satoshi Fukao ({{Abbr|S3|Season 3}})|Naoto Setoguchi ({{Abbr|S3|Season 3}})|Ken Suzuki ({{Abbr|S3|Season 3}})}}
| writer       = [[Masahiro Yokotani]]
| music        = [[Kenichiro Suehiro]]
| studio       = [[White Fox]]
| licensee     = {{ubl|[[Crunchyroll]]{{efn|name=Crunchyroll|Formerly known as [[Funimation]].}}|{{English anime licensee|[[South Asia|SA]]/[[Southeast Asia|SEA]]|[[Muse Communication]]}}}}
| network      = {{ubl|[[TV Tokyo]], [[TV Osaka]], [[TV Aichi]]<!-- do not add TXN, S1 did not air on TVh/TSC while the show did not air on TVQ-->, [[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]] ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|AT-X, [[Tokyo MX]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]], [[Television Hokkaido|TVh]], [[Higashinippon Broadcasting|KHB]], TV Aichi, [[KBS Kyoto]], [[Sun Television|SUN]], [[TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting|TVQ]] ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}
| network_en   = {{English anime network
| SEA = [[Animax Asia]] ({{Abbr|S1 & S2|Seasons 1 and 2}})<ref>{{cite news|title=Animax Asia to Air Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime in January|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-23/animax-asia-to-air-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-in-january/.110272|access-date=December 24, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 23, 2016|archive-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217231403/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-23/animax-asia-to-air-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-in-january/.110272|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| first        = April 4, 2016
| last         =
| episodes     = 58<!--Only increment as a new episode premieres, per the documentation of the template.-->
| episode_list = List of Re:Zero episodes
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ona
| title        = Re:Zero − Starting Break Time From Zero
| studio       = [[Studio Puyukai]]
| licensee     = Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}
| network      = AT-X
| first        = April 8, 2016
| last         =
| episodes     = 52
| episode_list = List of Re:Zero episodes#Break Time
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ona
| title        = Re:Petit ~Starting Life in Another World from Petit~
| studio       = Studio Puyukai
| licensee     = Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}
| network      = AT-X
| first        = June 24, 2016
| last         = September 23, 2016
| episodes     = 14
| episode_list = List of Re:Zero episodes#Re:Petit (2016)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ova
| title        = Memory Snow
| director     = {{ubl|Tatsuya Koyanagi{{efn|name=fn3|Credited as Chief Director (チーフディレクター).}}|Masaharu Watanabe}}
| producer     = {{ubl|Shō Tanaka|Akihito Ikemoto|Aya Iizuka|Eriko Aoki|Yoshikazu Beniya|Satoshi Fukao}}
| writer       = {{ubl|Masahiro Yokotani|Tappei Nagatsuki{{efn|name=fn2|Credited as Series Composition Supervision (脚本監修).}}}}
| music        = Kenichiro Suehiro
| studio       = White Fox
| licensee     = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}|{{English anime licensee|[[South Asia|SA]]/[[Southeast Asia|SEA]]|Muse Communication}}}}
| released     = October 6, 2018 (theatrical)
| runtime      = 60 minutes
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ova
| title        = The Frozen Bond
| director     = {{ubl|Kenichi Kawamura{{efn|name=fn3}}|Masaharu Watanabe}}
| producer     = {{ubl|Shō Tanaka|Akihito Ikemoto|Aya Iizuka|Eriko Aoki|Yoshikazu Beniya|Satoshi Fukao|Ken Suzuki}}
| writer       = {{ubl|Masahiro Yokotani|Tappei Nagatsuki{{efn|name=fn2}}}}
| music        = Kenichiro Suehiro
| studio       = White Fox
| licensee     = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}|{{English anime licensee|[[South Asia|SA]]/[[Southeast Asia|SEA]]|Muse Communication}}}}
| released     = November 8, 2019 (theatrical)
| runtime      = 76 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Haruna Atori
| publisher    = Media Factory
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA           = Yen Press
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine     = Monthly Comic Alive
| first        = September 27, 2019
| last         =
| volumes      = 10
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes#The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Chapter 5: Stars that Engrave History
| author       = Tappei Nagatsuki
| illustrator  = Wakaya Takase
| publisher    = Media Factory
| publisher_en =
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine     = Comic Alive+
| first        = February 19, 2024
| last         =
| volumes      = 1
| volume_list  = List of Re:Zero volumes#Stars that Engrave History
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title         = Video games
|content       =
* ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Death or Kiss'' (2017)
* ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Infinity'' (2020)
* ''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Lost in Memories]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne]]'' (2021)
* ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Forbidden Book and the Mysterious Spirit'' (2021)
* ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Witch's Re;surrection'' (TBA)
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{{Nihongo|'''''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'''''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|lead=yes}}, often referred to simply as '''''Re:Zero''''' and also known as '''''Re: Life in a different world from zero''''',{{efn|This title is seen on the cover of the Japanese version of the light novel.}} is a Japanese [[light novel]] series written by [[Tappei Nagatsuki]] and illustrated by Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka. It started serialization as a [[Web fiction#Web novel|web novel]] on the user-generated website [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] in 2012. 39 light novels, as well as five side story volumes and eleven short story collections have been published by [[Media Factory]] under their [[MF Bunko J]] imprint. The story centers on [[Subaru Natsuki]], a {{Transliteration|ja|[[hikikomori]]}} who suddenly finds himself transported to another world on his way home from the convenience store.
The series' first four arcs have been adapted into separate [[manga]] series. The first, by Daichi Matsue, was published between June 2014 and March 2015. The second, by Makoto Fugetsu, has been published by [[Square Enix]] between October 2014 and January 2017. The third, also by Matsue, was also published between May 2015 and September 2019. The fourth, by Haruno Atori, with composition by Yu Aikawa, has been published since September 2019. Additionally, Media Factory has published two anthology manga with stories by different artists. An [[anime]] television series adaptation produced by [[White Fox]] aired from April to September 2016, starting with an hour-long special. Two [[original video animation]] (OVA) episodes were released in October 2018 and November 2019. In March 2017, game developer [[5pb.]] released a [[visual novel]] based on the series. A second season aired in a split-cour format, with the first half airing from July to September 2020, and the second half airing from January to March 2021. A third season also premiered in a split-cour format, with the first half airing from October to November 2024, and the second half premiering in February 2025.
The novels and all three manga adaptations are published in North America by [[Yen Press]]. The anime adaptation has been streamed by [[Crunchyroll]] outside Asia, which released the anime on home video through [[Funimation]] in the United States and [[Anime Limited]] in the United Kingdom. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, the series is licensed by [[Muse Communication]].
The overall series (light novel and manga volumes) had over 13 million copies in circulation by March 2023 (including [[Digital manga|digital versions]]), while the anime series has sold more than 70,000 copies on home video. The light novels have been praised for their fresh take on the "[[Isekai|another world]]" concept, fleshed-out characters, complex world and lore, and thought-provoking topics and themes. The series received awards at the 2015–2016 [[Newtype#Newtype Anime Awards|Newtype Anime Awards]] and the 2017 [[Sugoi Japan Award]]s, and was nominated for [[Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year|Anime of the Year]] at the [[1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards|Crunchyroll's inaugural Anime Awards]].
== Plot ==
{{See also|List of Re:Zero characters{{!}}List of ''Re:Zero'' characters}}
[[Subaru Natsuki]] is a [[NEET]] who is suddenly summoned to a fantasy-like world. Just after arriving, he is killed while trying to help a young half-elf he befriends, [[List of Re:Zero characters#Emilia|Emilia]], who is a candidate to become the next ruler of the Kingdom of Lugunica, only to revive some hours in the past. After dying a few times, Subaru realizes that he has the power to turn back time after his death. After successfully helping Emilia, Subaru starts living in one of the Mansions of Roswaal L. Mathers as a butler. Out of gratitude and affection for Emilia, Subaru makes use of his newfound ability to protect her and help on her ambition to be successfully appointed as the next queen, also providing assistance to other friends he makes along the way, while suffering due to the pain inflicted on him every time he dies, and carrying along the memories of everything that happened before his power activates, which is forgotten by everybody except for him.
== Production ==
=== Light novel ===
In the late 2000s, the light novel series ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' (''Zero no Tsukaima'') spawned a number of [[fan fiction]] on the website [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] ("Let's Become Novelists"), also known as Narō. [[Tappei Nagatsuki]] initially began writing ''The Familiar of Zero'' fan fiction on Narō, before building on its [[isekai]] ("other world") concept to write his own original [[web novel]] series on Narō, called ''Re:Zero'', which began serialization in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrissy|first1=Kim|title=Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But...|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429|access-date=March 24, 2021|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410085119/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series' editor at MF Bunko J, Masahito Ikemoto, first became aware of the web novel in April 2013, when it began to appear on his [[Twitter]] feed.<ref name="marathon">{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/07/17/rezero-all-night-marathon-and-staff-discussion-what-makes-subaru-tick-everyone-off|title=FEATURE: "Re:ZERO" All-Night Marathon and Staff Discussion – What Makes Subaru Tick (Everyone Off)|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=July 17, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929051924/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/07/17/rezero-all-night-marathon-and-staff-discussion-what-makes-subaru-tick-everyone-off|url-status=live}}</ref> He was immediately impressed by the series' use of Return by Death, and how it was a "depressing, yet surprising, twist on the fantasy genre", and began working with Nagatsuki to adapt the series into a [[light novel]].<ref name="marathon" /><ref name="event">{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/06/26-1/feature-rezero-all-night-screening-event|title=FEATURE: "Re:ZERO" All-Night Screening Event!|last=Jack|first=Er Gin|date=June 26, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 17, 2016|archive-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629055453/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/06/26-1/feature-rezero-all-night-screening-event|url-status=live}}</ref> Most light novels are around 250 pages in length, but Nagatsuki submitted a manuscript of more than 1,000 pages for the first novel, forcing Ikemoto to edit it heavily.<ref name="event" /> While Nagatsuki wanted to engage in [[worldbuilding]] early on, Ikemoto felt that it was more necessary to make the readers feel engaged with the characters. He ended up rearranging the story so that parts focusing on the world and its lore were pushed back to the third arc of the series.<ref name="event" />
[[File:Re-Zero Subaru and Emilia design.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A drawing of Subaru and Emilia side by side, with close-ups of their faces positioned above them. Japanese text on either side of the image.|Early [[concept art]] for the characters [[Subaru Natsuki|Subaru]] and [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Emilia|Emilia]]]]
Prior to his involvement in ''Re:Zero'', illustrator Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka worked on [[video game]]s, which led him to draw the backgrounds first when illustrating the series.<ref name="Emilia vs Rem">{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/08/13/feature-rezero-director-and-composer-discuss-who-the-true-heroine-is-emilia-or-rem|title=FEATURE: "Re:ZERO" Director and Composer Discuss Who The True Heroine Is: Emilia or Rem?|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=August 13, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827075037/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/08/13/feature-rezero-director-and-composer-discuss-who-the-true-heroine-is-emilia-or-rem|url-status=live}}</ref> After reading the web novel, he submitted a number of character designs for the major characters to Ikemoto.<ref name="marathon" /> [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Subaru Natsuki|Subaru]]'s initial design made him look like a delinquent,<ref name="marathon" /> with Otsuka later describing it as "not the face of a boy in his teens",<ref>{{cite book|last=Nagatsuki|first=Tappei|date=July 2016|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Volume 1|publisher=[[Yen Press]]|page=233|isbn=978-0-316-31530-2 }}</ref> leading Ikemoto to request that the character be "more friendly and less fierce" so that the audience could empathize with him during emotional scenes.<ref name="event" /> Originally, [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Emilia|Emilia]]'s character design appeared extremely plain, so a number of features were added to make her more interesting.<ref name="event" /> Ikemoto specified that she must fit the "archetypal heroine" mold.<ref name="marathon" /> Ram and [[Rem (Re:Zero)|Rem]] also underwent significant changes from the first draft: their original designs lacked the characteristic hair parts, and their maid uniforms were longer and more "traditional".<ref name="event" />
=== Anime ===
==== Development and production ====
The possibility of an [[anime]] adaptation came up early in the development of the series; Shō Tanaka, a producer at [[Kadokawa Corporation|Kadokawa]], asked Ikemoto about properties which might lend themselves to being animated, and Ikemoto recommended that Tanaka read Nagatsuki's web novels.<ref name="marathon" /><ref name="event" /> Despite an initial miscommunication which led to Ikemoto believing that Tanaka wasn't interested, talks of adapting the series began soon after the web novels began the transition to print.<ref name="event" />
As part of talks for the potential anime adaptation, Ikemoto and Tanaka spoke to Tsunaki Yoshikawa, an animation producer at studio [[White Fox]], about the possibility of his [[animation studio|studio]] animating the series.<ref name="event" /> Hoping to adapt the series into an anime similar to ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' (which White Fox also produced), and having a positive impression of the studio as one that did faithful adaptations, Tanaka then formally approached them about producing the show. White Fox's president contacted Yoshikawa for his opinion, and Yoshikawa recommended they accept, as long as the series "doesn't violate any broadcasting regulations."<ref name="marathon" />
Production on the anime began sometime after the release of the fifth novel in October 2014.<ref name="Emilia vs Rem" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/bunkoj/book_detail/1229|title=Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活5|trans-title=''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-'' 5|website=[[Media Factory]]|language=ja|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=August 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828095911/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/bunkoj/book_detail/1229|url-status=live}}</ref> Masaharu Watanabe was chosen by Yoshikawa to direct the series because he had previously worked for the studio doing [[Key frame|key animation]], while Kyūta Sakai was chosen to be the series' character designer and chief animation director because Yoshikawa felt that she would be able to do the novel's art justice whilst maintaining a consistent animation quality throughout the series' 25-episode run.<ref name="marathon" /> [[Masahiro Yokotani]] was brought on board as the main writer, with the series being his first time composing for a "reborn in another world"-type story.<ref name="scriptwriters">{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/09/17/feature-the-scriptwriters-of-rezero-episodes-15-and-16-discuss-what-happened-behind-the-scenes|title=FEATURE: The Scriptwriters of "Re:ZERO" Episodes 15 and 16 Discuss What Happened Behind the Scenes|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=September 17, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=September 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920075006/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/09/17/feature-the-scriptwriters-of-rezero-episodes-15-and-16-discuss-what-happened-behind-the-scenes|url-status=live}}</ref> Yoshikawa warned him about the violence in the series, but Yokotani was still surprised by the violent and disturbing scenes in novels three and beyond, having only read the first novel when he agreed to work on the project; he delegated the script writing of those episodes in the second [[:wikt:cour|cour]] to the other two scriptwriters.<ref name="scriptwriters" /> Yoshiko Nakamura joined the project sometime after Yokotani had completed the script for episode 3. When it proved unfeasible for Yokotani and Nakamura to write the scripts alone, the decision was made to bring another scriptwriter on board. Gaku Iwasa, the president of White Fox, asked them to hire someone "younger", leading Yokotani to suggest Eiji Umehara. Nagatsuki had recently been playing ''[[Chaos;Child]]'', which Umehara had written for, and he approved the choice, suggesting that they let Umehara write the "painful parts"; Umehara was invited to join the project around the time that the scripts for episodes 8 and 9 were being written.<ref name="scriptwriters" /> ''Re:Zero'' was the first light novel adaptation that either of the screenwriters had worked on.<ref name="scriptwriters" />
Original author Tappei Nagatsuki was very active in the production of the anime, attending script meetings and recording sessions.<ref name="marathon" /> When the staff would encounter a problem with a scene, he would occasionally write lines for them to use as reference while writing the script.<ref name="scriptwriters" /> The series was not initially intended to have 25 episodes, but was extended to give more time to the battle with the White Whale (which was expanded from two to three episodes) and to the content of episode 18 (episodes 16 to 18 were originally supposed to be covered in two episodes).<ref name="scriptwriters" /> Watanabe's main directive to the staff was to "capture the mood of the novel as much as possible";<ref name="Emilia vs Rem" /><ref name="scriptwriters" /> the scriptwriters had discussions about how to compress the dense source material without losing the central elements of the story, and Nakamura recalls working with composition notes that "went on for pages".<ref name="scriptwriters" /> While planning and scripting the anime, choosing a proper conclusion was one of the most difficult parts for the staff, and a significant amount of time was devoted to choosing what to cover in the final episode,<ref name="marathon" /> which included material not yet covered in the light novel.{{efn|The episode, which was released on September 19, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/program/detail/24023_201609182505.html|title=Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活「ただそれだけの物語」|trans-title=''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-'': "That's All This Story Is About"|website=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja|access-date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914203439/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/program/detail/24023_201609182505.html|url-status=dead }}</ref> included material from the ninth novel, which was released four days later on September 23, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/bunkoj/book_detail/1463|title=Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活 9|language=ja|website=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918122307/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/bunkoj/book_detail/1463|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/12/rezero-anime-overtakes-published-light-novel-material-spoiler-warning|title="Re:Zero" Anime Overtakes Published Light Novel Material (Spoiler Warning)|last=Green|first=Scott|date=September 12, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=September 12, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913154520/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/12/rezero-anime-overtakes-published-light-novel-material-spoiler-warning|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Rezero_official/status/775015022514679808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912011813/https://twitter.com/Rezero_official/status/775015022514679808|archive-date=September 12, 2016|url-status=live|title=文庫「Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活９」の口絵イラストがこちら！ あれ、この状況、台詞、見覚えがあるような……。つまり――現在TVアニメが原作文庫を追い抜いています。ということで来週放送の第25話はまだ原作文庫でも未公開の内容！|author=Rezero_official|date=September 11, 2016|website=[[Twitter]]|language=ja|access-date=September 11, 2016 }}</ref>
After joining the project, both Nakamura and Umehara had to adjust their views of the main character, and were forced to rewrite scenes where they had made Subaru appear "cool". At Watanabe's direction, Nakamura was made to rewrite Subaru's telling of ''The Red Ogre Who Cried'' in episode 6 multiple times.<ref name="scriptwriters" /> The staff also had difficulty deciding on a song to use for Subaru's [[ringtone]] that plays during the closing scene of episode 19, considering songs like "Kanpaku Sengen", "The Beard Song", and "M" by [[Princess Princess (band)|Princess Princess]], before settling on "Yoake no Michi" from ''[[Dog of Flanders (TV series)|Dog of Flanders]]''.<ref name="scriptwriters" />
==== Soundtrack ====
While choosing a composer to produce the series' music, director Watanabe wanted to choose someone who had "hit a nerve" with him. A fan of [[Japanese television drama|drama]] series, Watanabe was struck by a piece of music in the [[medical drama]] ''Death's Organ'', and found that the series' composer, [[Kenichiro Suehiro]], had also worked on a number of his favorite anime and drama series.<ref name="theatrical music">{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/07/31-1/feature-rezero-director-and-composer-discuss-their-fixation-on-theatrical-music|title=FEATURE: "Re:ZERO" Director and Composer Discuss Their Fixation on Theatrical Music|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=July 31, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804065804/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/07/31-1/feature-rezero-director-and-composer-discuss-their-fixation-on-theatrical-music|url-status=live}}</ref> After Suehiro was attached to the production, Watanabe gave him three major guidelines: use human voices during the Return by Death sequences; compose the music like he would for a drama or a movie to capture the emotional scenes; and "pull all the stops" for the suspenseful scenes.<ref name="theatrical music" /> Additionally, for the first cour, Watanabe asked for music with a "suspenseful" vibe, while requesting music with a "romantic" feel for the second cour.<ref name="theatrical music" /> Both Watanabe and Suehiro are fans of Italian composer [[Ennio Morricone]], and Suehiro tried to take inspiration from his works while composing the soundtrack.<ref name="theatrical music" /> Watanabe also requested that there be songs that mimicked [[Hans Zimmer]]'s score from ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.<ref name="theatrical music" /> While Suehiro used music that wasn't very "anime-ish" during most of the series, he was asked to use more traditional anime music during the slice of life scenes.<ref name="theatrical music" /> A number of times during the series, such as in episodes 7 and 15, Watanabe made it a point to use an entire song, something which is unusual in most anime.<ref name="theatrical music" />
The series makes limited use of its opening and ending themes, and Watanabe has said that he wished he could use them more frequently.<ref name="Emilia vs Rem" />
== Media ==
=== Web novel ===
The ''Re:Zero'' [[Web fiction|web novel]] was initially serialized by Tappei Nagatsuki (writing under the username {{Nihongo3|"Gray Cat"|鼠色猫|Nezumi-iro Neko}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Nagatsuki|first=Tappei|date=July 2016|chapter=Afterword|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Volume 1|publisher=[[Yen Press]]|pages=229–231|isbn=978-0-316-31530-2 }}</ref>) on the user-generated content site [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] from April 20, 2012, onwards.<ref name="1hr premiere">{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3|title="Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu" TV Anime One Hour Premiere Set for April 3|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=March 21, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010153526/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="syosetsu">{{cite web|url=http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2267be/|title=Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活|website=[[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]]|language=ja|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160718101239/http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2267be/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of June 2, 2024, eight story arcs have been completed and five "EX" side stories have been published, with the ninth arc in progress. In total the webnovel has 609 chapters available.<ref name="syosetsu" />
=== Light novels ===
{{See also|List of Re:Zero volumes{{!}}List of ''Re:Zero'' volumes}}
Following the web novel's publication, [[Media Factory]] acquired the series for print publication.<ref name="1hr premiere" /> The first light novel volume, with illustrations by Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka, was published on January 24, 2014, under their [[MF Bunko J]] imprint. As of September 2024, 39 volumes have been published, as well as five side story volumes and eleven short story collections. Nagatsuki and Otsuka began publishing a series of short side-stories focusing on characters from the series in ''[[Monthly Comic Alive]]'', starting with the character [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Elsa Granhiert|Elsa]] in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/26-1/smell-the-entrails-as-elsa-bowel-hunter-granhirte-gets-her-own-rezero-side-story|title=Smell The Entrails As Elsa "Bowel Hunter" Granhirte Gets Her Own "Re:Zero" Side Story|last=Green|first=Scott|date=August 27, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 27, 2016|archive-date=August 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828130033/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/26-1/smell-the-entrails-as-elsa-bowel-hunter-granhirte-gets-her-own-rezero-side-story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rem & Ram side story">{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/26-1/comic-alive-to-offer-new-rezero-rem-ram-side-story-along-with-togther-with-rem-night-poster|title="Comic Alive" To Offer New "Re:Zero" Rem & Ram Side Story Along With "Together With Rem – Night" Poster|last=Green|first=Scott|date=December 26, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228152146/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/26-1/comic-alive-to-offer-new-rezero-rem-ram-side-story-along-with-togther-with-rem-night-poster|url-status=live}}</ref> It was followed with one focused on [[List of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- characters#Petra Leyte|Petra Leyte]] on November 26, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/12-1/petra-gets-her-own-rezero-side-story|title=Petra Gets Her Own "Re:ZERO" Side Story|last=Green|first=Scott|date=November 12, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114181336/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/12-1/petra-gets-her-own-rezero-side-story|url-status=live}}</ref> and one featuring Ram and Rem on January 27, 2017.<ref name="Rem & Ram side story" /> The light novels are published in English by [[Yen Press]], who announced their acquisition of the license via [[Twitter]] on December 2, 2015.<ref name="Yen">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-02/yen-press-licenses-asterisk-war-re-zero-manga-light-novels/.96025|title=Yen Press Licenses Asterisk War, Re:Zero Manga, Light Novels|date=December 2, 2015|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-date=December 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203221058/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-02/yen-press-licenses-asterisk-war-re-zero-manga-light-novels/.96025|url-status=live}}</ref> The publisher has also acquired the license to the ''Re:Zero EX'' side novels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/yen-press-licenses-re-zero-ex-spinoff-novels/.116190|title=Yen Press Licenses Re:Zero EX Spinoff Novels|date=May 16, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619035915/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/yen-press-licenses-re-zero-ex-spinoff-novels/.116190|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Manga ===
{{See also|List of Re:Zero volumes#Manga{{!}}List of ''Re:Zero'' volumes § Manga}}
A [[manga]] adaptation by Daichi Matsue, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:ZERO: -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital''|Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活 第一章 王都の一日編|Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Dai-Ichi-Shō: Ōto no Ichinichi-hen}}, began serialization in the August 2014 issue of [[Media Factory]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Comic Alive]]'' on June 27, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/119905|script-title=ja:「のんのんびより」特製Tシャツ、アライブ8周年で販売|trans-title=''Non Non Biyori'' special T-shirt sold at ''Alive''{{'s}} 8th anniversary|date=June 27, 2014|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|language=ja|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212061554/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/119905|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Yen" /> The final volume was released on March 23, 2015.<ref name="Yen" /> On December 2, 2015, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series.<ref name="Yen" />
A second manga, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 2: One Week at the Mansion''|Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活 第二章 屋敷の一週間編|Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Dai-Ni-Shō: Yashiki no Ishūkan-hen}}, with art by Makoto Fugetsu, began serialization in [[Square Enix]]'s {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} magazine ''[[Gangan Comics|Monthly Big Gangan]]'' on October 25, 2014.<ref name="Yen" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://member.jp.square-enix.com/article/2596/|title=月刊『ビッグガンガン』2014 Vol.11 10月25日(土)発売|trans-title=''Monthly Big Gangan'' 2014 Vol. 11 October 25 (Saturday) release|website=[[Square Enix]]|language=ja|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729073645/http://member.jp.square-enix.com/article/2596|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/12966375/|title=月刊 ビッグガンガン 2014年 vol.11 2014年 11/23号 [雑誌]|trans-title=''Monthly Big Gangan'' 2014 vol.11 2014/11/23 edition [magazine]|website=[[Rakuten]]|language=ja|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208212906/https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/12966375/|url-status=live}}</ref> The final chapter was published on December 24, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/whogets/status/812545193966583808|title=本日発売のビッグガンガンに「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 第二章」最終話「未来の話」掲載されております。これにて二章完！お待たせしました、この続きはマツセ先生の三章で！大好きなリゼロに漫画という形で関わらせて頂けて幸せでした。ありがとうございます！|last=Fugetsu|first=Makoto|date=December 23, 2016|website=[[Twitter]]|language=ja|access-date=March 24, 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105505/https://twitter.com/whogets/status/812545193966583808|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/backnumber/201701/index.shtml|title=017年 Vol.01 最新号情報 {{!}} ビッグガンガン|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=March 26, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912024027/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/backnumber/201701/index.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an extra chapter was published on January 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/whogets/status/824074858434678785|title=本日ビッグガンガン発売日！リゼロ二章本編は先月最終回で今回は特別編。「第一次マヨネーズ騒動」です。思い返せばリゼロの連載が決まり、はじめて長月先生にお会いした時に「マヨ回描かせて下さい！」と頼み込んだ思い出。レムのこの笑顔が描きたかったんだ。#rezero #リゼロ|last=Fugetsu|first=Makoto|date=January 24, 2017|website=[[Twitter]]|language=ja|access-date=March 24, 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105505/https://twitter.com/whogets/status/824074858434678785|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/01/25-1/rezero-manga-adapts-special-mayonnaise-chapter|title="Re:Zero" Manga Adapts Special Mayonnaise Chapter|last=Green|first=Scott|date=January 25, 2017|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 24, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129102756/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/01/25-1/rezero-manga-adapts-special-mayonnaise-chapter|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/backnumber/201702/index.shtml|title=2017年 Vol.02 最新号情報 {{!}} ビッグガンガン|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=March 26, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912024032/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/backnumber/201702/index.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The second adaptation has also been licensed by Yen Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/Re:ZERO-Starting-Life-in-Another-World--Vol-1-(manga)/9780316471886/?yen|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170104140442/http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/Re:ZERO-Starting-Life-in-Another-World--Vol-1-(manga)/9780316471886/?yen|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2017|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 1 (manga)|website=[[Hachette Book Group]]|access-date=December 31, 2016 }}</ref>
A third manga by Matsuse, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 3: Truth of Zero''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 第三章 Truth of Zero|Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Dai-San-Shō: Truth of Zero}} began serialization in ''Comic Alive''{{'s}} July 2015 issue on May 27, 2015.<ref name="Yen" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/148533|script-title=ja:「ノーゲーム・ノーライフ・です！」アライブで獣人種いづな描いたスピンオフ|date=May 27, 2015|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|language=ja|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221184025/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/148533|url-status=live}}</ref> The final chapter was published on September 27, 2019.<ref name="fourth manga">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「リゼロ」コミカライズ第三章が完結、第四章も相川有と花鶏ハルノのタッグで始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/349258|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2024|lang=ja}}</ref> Yen Press also publishes the third adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9780316559461/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-chapter-3-truth-of-zero-vol-1-manga/|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 3: Truth of Zero, Vol. 1 (manga)|website=[[Yen Press]]|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=August 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825110931/https://yenpress.com/9780316559461/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-chapter-3-truth-of-zero-vol-1-manga/|url-status=live}}</ref>
A fourth manga, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 4: The Sanctuary and the Witch of Greed''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 第四章 聖域と強欲の魔女}}, with art by Haruno Atori and composition by Yu Aikawa began serialization in ''Comic Alive''{{'s}} November 2019 issue on September 27, 2019.<ref name="fourth manga"/>
A fifth manga, titled ''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 5: Stars that Engrave History'' began serialization under the ''Comic Alive+'' label on the ''ComicWalker'' website on February 19, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Re:Zero's 5th Arc Manga Adaptation Starts in February|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-06/re-zero-5th-arc-manga-adaptation-starts-in-february/.207271|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 6, 2024|access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref>
A manga [[Comics anthology|anthology]], titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Official Anthology Comic''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活　公式アンソロジーコミック|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Kōshiki Ansorojī Komikku}}, was published by Media Factory on June 23, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/191947|script-title=ja:アニメ放送中の「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活」川上真樹表紙のアンソロ|date=June 23, 2016|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|language=ja|access-date=September 1, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729173235/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/191947|url-status=live}}</ref> A second anthology was published on September 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040694382|script-title=ja:Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 公式アンソロジーコミック Vol.2|website=[[Media Factory]]|language=ja|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105506/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040694382|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Internet radio show ===
An Internet radio show to promote the series, named {{nihongo|''Re: Radio life in a different world from zero''|Re：ゼロから始める異世界ラジオ生活}}, began broadcasting on March 27, 2016.<ref name="Radio">{{cite web|title=Re：ゼロから始める異世界ラジオ生活|url=http://www.onsen.ag/program/rezero/|website=Onsen|access-date=August 27, 2016|language=ja|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822140041/http://www.onsen.ag/program/rezero/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Re:ゼロから始める異世界ラジオ生活 第１回|url=http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv257170823|website=Nicovideo|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2016|language=ja|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111102652/http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv257170823/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was aired every Monday and was hosted by [[Rie Takahashi]], the voice actress for Emilia.<ref name="Radio" /> Guests that appeared on the show included [[Yūsuke Kobayashi (voice actor)|Yūsuke Kobayashi]] (Subaru Natsuki), [[Inori Minase]] (Rem), [[Yumi Uchiyama]] (Puck), [[Rie Murakawa]] (Ram), [[Satomi Arai]] (Beatrice), [[Chinatsu Akasaki]] (Felt), [[Kana Ueda]] (Anastasia Hoshin), and [[Yui Horie]] (Felix).<ref name="Vol 1" /><ref name="Vol 2" /> The show ran for 33 episodes and concluded on December 19, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Re:ゼロから始める異世界ラジオ生活 results|url=http://live.nicovideo.jp/search?track=&sort=comcreated_r&date=&keyword=Re%3A%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E5%A7%8B%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B%E7%95%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB&filter=:closed:&kind=|website=Nicovideo|access-date=August 27, 2016|language=ja|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105505/http://live.nicovideo.jp/search?track=&sort=comcreated_r&date=&keyword=Re%3A%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E5%A7%8B%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B%E7%95%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB&filter=:closed:&kind=|url-status=live}}</ref> The first radio CD, which contains episodes 1–8 of the show, was released on June 27, 2016.<ref name="Vol 1">{{cite web|title=Radio CD, Vol. 1|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol1|website=Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (official site)|access-date=August 27, 2016|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024031718/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol1|archive-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> The second, which contains episodes 9–16 of the show, was released on September 28, 2016.<ref name="Vol 2">{{cite web|title=Radio CD, Vol. 2|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol2|website=Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (official site)|access-date=August 27, 2016|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024031718/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol2|archive-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> The third, containing episodes 17–24, was released on November 30, 2016,<ref name="Vol 3">{{cite web|title=Radio CD, Vol. 3|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol3|website=Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (official site)|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024031718/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol3|archive-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> and the fourth, containing episodes 25–33, was released on March 29, 2017.<ref name="Vol 4">{{cite web|title=Radio CD, Vol. 4|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol4|website=Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (official site)|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024031718/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/radio-cd.html#vol4|archive-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>
=== Anime ===
{{Main|List of Re:Zero episodes{{!}}List of ''Re:Zero'' episodes}}
{{See also|Isekai Quartet{{!}}''Isekai Quartet''}}
An [[anime]] television series adaptation was announced by Kadokawa in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-19/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-light-novels-get-tv-anime-adaptation/.90629|title=''Re: Life in a different world from zero'' Light Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 19, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-date=July 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721160108/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-19/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-light-novels-get-tv-anime-adaptation/.90629|url-status=live}}</ref> The series is directed by Masaharu Watanabe and written by [[Masahiro Yokotani]], with animation by the studio [[White Fox]]. Kyuta Sakai is serving as both character designer and as chief animation director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-18/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-anime-cast-staff-april-premiere-revealed/.96643|title=Re: Life in a different world from zero Anime's Cast, Staff, April Premiere Revealed|date=December 18, 2015|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 22, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231174849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-18/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-anime-cast-staff-april-premiere-revealed/.96643|url-status=live}}</ref> Music for the series is composed by [[Kenichiro Suehiro]].<ref name="Staff & Cast">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/staffcast.html|title=STAFF&CAST|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028181004/http://re-zero-anime.jp/staffcast.html|archive-date=October 28, 2016 }}</ref> Kentaro Minegishi is the series' director of photography, and Yoshito Takamine serves as art director. Jin Aketagawa handled sound direction for the anime, and sound effects were produced by Yuji Furuya. Other staff members include Hitomi Sudo (editing), Yu Karube (3D director), Saaya Kinjō (art configuration), Izumi Sakamoto (color design), and Noritaka Suzuki and Gōichi Iwabatake (prop design).<ref name="Staff & Cast" />
The 25-episode series premiered on April 4, 2016,{{efn|The series is listed to have premiered on April 3 at 25:35, which is the same as April 4 at 1:35.}} with an extended 50-minute first episode. It was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]], [[TV Osaka]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TV Aichi]], and [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3|title="Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu" TV Anime One Hour Premiere Set for April 3|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=March 21, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 22, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010153526/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="25 episodes">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-04-04/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-listed-with-25-episodes/.100658|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime Listed With 25 Episodes|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 4, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2016|archive-date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405141205/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-04-04/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-listed-with-25-episodes/.100658|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was simulcast by [[Crunchyroll]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/crunchyroll-to-stream-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime/.100086|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 22, 2016|date=March 22, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729054446/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/crunchyroll-to-stream-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime/.100086|url-status=live}}</ref> Episode 14 and 18 ran 2 minutes longer than a typical anime episode, clocking at 25 minutes and 45 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/25/a-standard-length-episode-couldnt-contain-all-rezero-18-has-to-offer|title=A Standard-Length Episode Couldn't Contain All "Re:ZERO" 18 Has To Offer|last=Green|first=Scott|date=July 25, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=July 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726132548/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/25/a-standard-length-episode-couldnt-contain-all-rezero-18-has-to-offer|url-status=live}}</ref> The final episode ran 3 minutes longer, clocking at 27 minutes and 15 seconds.
A series of anime shorts featuring [[chibi (slang)|chibi]] versions of the characters, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero ~Starting Break Time From Zero~''|Re:ゼロから始める休憩時間(ブレイクタイム)|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Break Time}}, were produced by Studio Puyukai to accompany the series.<ref name="ANN SD">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-07/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-gets-sd-spinoff-shorts/.100771|title=Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Anime Gets SD Spinoff Shorts|date=April 7, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407182624/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-07/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-gets-sd-spinoff-shorts/.100771|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Studio Puyukai">{{cite web|url=http://puyukai.com/archives/info/rezero_160407|title=ミニアニメ「Re:ゼロから始める休憩時間(ブレイクタイム)」放送決定！|website=Studio Puyukai (official site)|language=ja|access-date=May 24, 2016|archive-date=May 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515045149/http://puyukai.com/archives/info/rezero_160407|url-status=live}}</ref> The shorts ran for eleven episodes before being replaced by a new series of shorts, titled {{nihongo|''Re:PETIT ~Starting Life in Another World from PETIT~''|Re:プチから始める異世界生活|Re:Puchi kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu}}, which began airing on June 24, 2016, and ran for 14 episodes.{{efn|The shorts are aired every Friday after the main episode on AT-X, and then streamed online four days later.}}<ref name="New shorts">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/news/#news-111|title=ミニアニメ「Re:プチから始める異世界生活」第1話公開！|date=June 28, 2016|website=Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai (official anime site)|language=ja|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703084940/http://re-zero-anime.jp/news/#news-111|url-status=live}}</ref> The shorts are directed, written, and produced by Minoru Ashina, with character designs by Minoru Takehara, who also animated the series alongside Sumi Kimoto and Chisato Totsuka. Kenichiro Suehiro reprised his role as composer for the shorts, while Tomoji Furuya of Suwara Pro produced the sound effects. Jin Aketagawa directed the sound at production company Magic Capsule.<ref name="ANN SD" />
The shorts aired on AT-X after each episode of the regular series, starting on April 8, 2016.<ref name="ANN SD" /> Crunchyroll acquired the streaming rights to both shorts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-23/crunchyroll-adds-2-series-of-re-zero-anime-shorts/.104611|title=Crunchyroll Adds 2 Series of Re:Zero Anime Shorts|date=July 23, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=July 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724162224/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-23/crunchyroll-adds-2-series-of-re-zero-anime-shorts/.104611|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Animax Asia]] later aired the series starting on January 13, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-23/animax-asia-to-air-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-in-january/.110272|title=Animax Asia to Air Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime in January|date=December 23, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517004918/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-23/animax-asia-to-air-re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-anime-in-january/.110272|url-status=live}}</ref>
An [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was announced at the "MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2017" event on September 10, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-10/re-zero-anime-new-episode-revealed-in-promo-video/.121162|title=Re:Zero Anime's New Episode Revealed in Promo Video|date=September 10, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911181617/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-10/re-zero-anime-new-episode-revealed-in-promo-video/.121162|url-status=live}}</ref> All of the main staff and cast returned for the OVA, with Tatsuya Koyanagi joining as chief director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-29/re-zero-memory-of-snow-ova-2nd-key-visual-returning-staff-revealed/.134820|title=Re:Zero Memory of Snow OVA's 2nd Key Visual, Returning Staff Revealed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=July 29, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729102615/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-29/re-zero-memory-of-snow-ova-2nd-key-visual-returning-staff-revealed/.134820|url-status=live}}</ref> Titled ''Memory Snow'', the OVA was screened in Japanese theaters starting on October 6, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-08/re-zero-ova-visual-japanese-theatrical-release-revealed/.128722|title=Re:Zero OVA's Visual, Japanese Theatrical Release Revealed|date=March 8, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625132852/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-08/re-zero-ova-visual-japanese-theatrical-release-revealed/.128722|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-19/re-zero-ova-reveals-subtitle-visual-fall-2018-theatrical-release/.129204|title=Re:Zero OVA Reveals Subtitle, Visual, Fall 2018 Theatrical Release|date=March 19, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319221852/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-19/re-zero-ova-reveals-subtitle-visual-fall-2018-theatrical-release/.129204|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-06-20/re-zero-orignal-video-anime-slated-for-october-6-screenings/.133131|title=Re:Zero {{sic|Orignal|hide=y}} Video Anime Slated for October 6 Screenings|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=June 20, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 20, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626124227/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-06-20/re-zero-orignal-video-anime-slated-for-october-6-screenings/.133131|url-status=live}}</ref> A second OVA, titled {{Nihongo|''The Frozen Bond''|Hyōketsu no Kizuna|氷結の絆|}}, was announced on September 23, 2018. The OVA is an adaptation of the prequel novel {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Zenjitsu-tan: Hyōketsu no Kizuna''|Re:ゼロから始める前日譚 氷結の絆|}} which was included with the first Japanese Blu-ray release of the television series, and focused on the meeting of Emilia and Puck.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-23/re-zero-anime-gets-2nd-ova-episode-about-emilia-pack-1st-meeting/.137207|title=Re:Zero Anime Gets 2nd OVA Episode About Emilia, Pack's 1st Meeting|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=September 23, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923180722/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-23/re-zero-anime-gets-2nd-ova-episode-about-emilia-pack-1st-meeting/.137207|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released in Japanese theaters on November 8, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-03-21/re-zero-anime-2nd-ova-project-slated-to-debut-in-theaters-this-fall/.144807|title=Re:Zero Anime's 2nd OVA Project Slated to Debut in Theaters This Fall|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=March 21, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143642/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-03-21/re-zero-anime-2nd-ova-project-slated-to-debut-in-theaters-this-fall/.144807|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-28/re-zero-hyoketsu-no-kizuna-anime-2nd-promo-video-reveals-november-8-debut-in-theaters/.149448|title=Re:Zero Hyōketsu no Kizuna Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals November 8 Debut in Theaters|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=July 28, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 28, 2019|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728060150/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-28/re-zero-hyoketsu-no-kizuna-anime-2nd-promo-video-reveals-november-8-debut-in-theaters/.149448|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series is licensed by [[Crunchyroll]] outside of Asia and by [[Muse Communication]] in Southeast Asia and South Asia. [[Funimation]] announced during their [[Katsucon]] 2018 panel that they will release it on home video with an English dub in North America as part of the two companies' partnership.<ref>{{cite web|title=Funimation Announces Re:Zero Home Video Release|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-17/funimation-announces-re-zero-home-video-release/.127900|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 18, 2018|date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218104901/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-17/funimation-announces-re-zero-home-video-release/.127900|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-04/funimation-announces-re-zero-anime-english-dub-cast/.128497|title=Funimation Announces Re:Zero Anime's English Dub Cast|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 4, 2018|archive-date=March 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304140445/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-04/funimation-announces-re-zero-anime-english-dub-cast/.128497|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/03/15/check-out-the-june-2018-crunchyrollfunimation-home-video-release-slate-now-available-for-pre-order|title=Check Out The June 2018 Crunchyroll/Funimation Home Video Release Slate, Now Available For Pre-Order!|last=Saabedra|first=Humberto|date=March 15, 2018|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214224/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/03/15/check-out-the-june-2018-crunchyrollfunimation-home-video-release-slate-now-available-for-pre-order|url-status=live}}</ref> Funimation released the first part of the first season on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] in North America on June 19, 2018,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1-part-1|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- - Season 1 Part 1 - Blu-Ray + DVD|work=Crunchyroll Store|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170907/https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1-part-1|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second part on February 5, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1-part-2|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- - Season 1 Part 2 - Blu-Ray + DVD|work=Crunchyroll Store|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170905/https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1-part-2|url-status=live}}</ref> Funimation later released all of season 1 on one Blu-ray on June 9, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- - Season 1 - Blu-Ray|work=Crunchyroll Store|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170907/https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-1|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom,  the series is distributed by [[Anime Limited]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-28/anime-limited-updates-from-london-mcm-comic-con/.102602|title=Anime Limited Updates from London MCM Comic Con|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 28, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530083113/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-28/anime-limited-updates-from-london-mcm-comic-con/.102602|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://animeuknews.net/2017/12/anime-limited-news-podcast-update-on-stock-xmas-sales/|title=Anime Limited News: New Podcast Episode, Update on Stock, Xmas Sales Updates|author=NormanicGrav|date=December 24, 2017|website=Anime UK News|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620173650/https://animeuknews.net/2017/12/anime-limited-news-podcast-update-on-stock-xmas-sales/|url-status=live}}</ref> who released the first part of the first season on DVD on June 25, 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-1-dvd|title=Re:ZERO Part 1 - DVD|work=All the Anime|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170905/https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-1-dvd|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second part on May 20, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-2-dvd|title=Re:ZERO Part 2 - DVD|work=All the Anime|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207113915/https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-2-dvd|url-status=live}}</ref> Anime Limited later released both parts on Blu-ray on August 19, 2019,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-1-blu-ray|title=Re:ZERO Part 1 - Blu-ray|work=All the Anime|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170906/https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-1-blu-ray|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-2-blu-ray|title=Re:ZERO Part 2 - Blu-ray|work=All the Anime|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170907/https://www.alltheanime.com/collections/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world/products/re-zero-part-2-blu-ray|url-status=live}}</ref> with a complete collection being released on February 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.alltheanime.com/products/re-zero-season-1-blu-ray-complete-collection|title=Re:ZERO Season 1 - Blu-ray Complete Collection|work=All the Anime|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170906/https://www.alltheanime.com/products/re-zero-season-1-blu-ray-complete-collection|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Funimation and Anime Limited's Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray releases received negative attention after it was discovered that they showed visible [[color banding]] and [[compression artifact]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-22/re-zero-western-blu-rays-show-color-banding-artifacts-companies-respond/.133243|title=Re:Zero's Western Blu-rays Show Color Banding Artifacts, Companies Respond|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=June 22, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623055313/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-22/re-zero-western-blu-rays-show-color-banding-artifacts-companies-respond/.133243|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Madman Anime]] released the first part of the first season in Australia on Blu-ray on May 8, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/46712/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-part-1-bluray|title=Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World Part 1 (Blu-Ray)|work=Madman Entertainment|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170907/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/46712/re-zero-starting-life-in-another-world-part-1-bluray|url-status=live}}</ref>
On March 23, 2019, it was announced that a second season was in production.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXlrNYghHs|title= 『Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活』TVアニメーション《第2期》製作決定|website= YouTube|author= KADOKAWAanime|date= March 23, 2019|access-date= March 23, 2019|archive-date= March 23, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190323080703/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXlrNYghHs|url-status= live}}</ref> The cast and staff would reprise their roles for the second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-23/re-zero-anime-video-reveals-2nd-tv-anime-season/.144910|title=Re:Zero Anime's Video Reveals 2nd TV Anime Season|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=March 23, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323065634/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-23/re-zero-anime-video-reveals-2nd-tv-anime-season/.144910|url-status=live}}</ref> It was scheduled to premiere in April 2020, but was delayed to July 2020 due to production complications caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Hodgkins">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-09/re-zero-tv-anime-2nd-season-delayed-to-july/.157306|title=Re:ZERO TV Anime's 2nd Season Delayed to July|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=March 9, 2020|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 9, 2020|archive-date=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311113002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-09/re-zero-tv-anime-2nd-season-delayed-to-july/.157306|url-status=live}}</ref> Before the arrival of the second season's initial premier date, an edited version of the first season premiered on January 1, 2020, on [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]] and other channels, with the edited version recapping the first season through one-hour episodes. It also included new additional footage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-10/re-zero-anime-season-2-slated-for-next-april-after-updated-1st-season/.154180|title=Re:Zero Anime's Season 2 Slated for Next April After Updated 1st Season|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 10, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 10, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612185229/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-10/re-zero-anime-season-2-slated-for-next-april-after-updated-1st-season/.154180|url-status=live}}</ref> The OVA "Memory Snow" was also broadcast in between the episodes 5 and 6 of the edited version.
The second season was announced to be in a split-cour format, with the first half airing from July 8 to September 30, 2020, and the second half airing from January 6 to March 24, 2021.<ref name=p2music>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-10/re-zero-anime-season-2-2nd-half-unveils-january-6-debut-theme-song-artists-more-mini-anime/.167287|title=Re:ZERO Anime Season 2's 2nd Half Unveils January 6 Debut, Theme Song Artists, More Mini Anime|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=December 10, 2020|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 10, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615000948/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-10/re-zero-anime-season-2-2nd-half-unveils-january-6-debut-theme-song-artists-more-mini-anime/.167287|url-status=live}}</ref> The English dub for Season 2 Part 1 began airing from August 26 onwards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Dub Is in the Works at Crunchyroll|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-2-english-dub-anime/|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=Comic Book|date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027125428/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-season-2-english-dub-anime/|url-status=live}}</ref> There is no standard length for each episode and the runtime is varying from 24 to 30 minutes.
A third season of the anime series was announced at [[AnimeJapan]] 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Re:Zero Anime Gets 3rd Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/re-zero-anime-gets-3rd-season/.196399|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 25, 2023|date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325054318/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/re-zero-anime-gets-3rd-season/.196399|url-status=live}}</ref> The season is animated by White Fox and directed by Masahiro Shinohara, with Haruka Sagawa serving as character designer. It premiered in October 2024 with a 90-minute special, titled {{nihongo|"Gekijō-gata Akui"|劇場型あくい||{{lit|Theatrical Malice}}}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 3rd Season Anime Reveals New Trailer, October 2024 Premiere|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/3/24/re-zero-season-3-anime-trailer-october-2024-premiere|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=March 24, 2024|date=March 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name="3rdseason-themesongs">{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Re:Zero Anime's 3rd Season Unveils More Cast, Theme Song Artists, 90-Minute 1st Episode With Theatrical Run|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-06/re-zero-anime-3rd-season-unveils-more-cast-theme-song-artists-90-minute-1st-episode-with-theatrical-/.211597|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 6, 2024|date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>
The series also became part of ''[[Isekai Quartet]]'', a crossover comedy series with characters drawn in a {{Transliteration|ja|[[chibi (style)|chibi]]}} style. It also features characters from the [[light novel]] series ''[[KonoSuba]]'', ''[[Overlord (novel series)|Overlord]]'', and ''[[The Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'', all published by [[Kadokawa Corporation]]. The anime premiered on April 9, 2019. A second season aired in 2020, while a [[Isekai Quartet: The Movie – Another World|theatrical film]] premiered in 2022.
=== Music ===
The first opening theme song was "Redo" by [[Konomi Suzuki]], and the first ending theme was "Styx Helix" by [[Myth & Roid]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-25/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-anime-theme-songs-character-designs-revealed/.99064|title=Re: Life in a different world from zero Anime's Theme Songs, Character Designs Revealed|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 22, 2016|archive-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320183813/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-25/re-life-in-a-different-world-from-zero-anime-theme-songs-character-designs-revealed/.99064|url-status=live}}</ref> while for episode 7 the ending theme was "Straight Bet", also by Myth & Roid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rezero_official/status/734022296273227778|title=第7話の最後に流れた挿入歌は、MYTH & ROIDの『STRAIGHT BET』です！ 5月25日発売のEDテーマ『STYX HELIX』のCW曲ですよ。|author=Rezero_official|date=May 21, 2016|website=[[Twitter]]|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105505/https://twitter.com/rezero_official/status/734022296273227778|url-status=live}}</ref> The second opening theme song, titled "Paradisus-Paradoxum", was performed by Myth & Roid, while the second ending theme, "Stay Alive", was performed by [[Rie Takahashi]].<ref name="New Theme Songs">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-11/myth-roid-rie-takahashi-perform-re-zero-anime-new-theme-songs/.103069|title=MYTH&ROID, Rie Takahashi Perform Re:Zero Anime's New Theme Songs|date=June 11, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611211351/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-11/myth-roid-rie-takahashi-perform-re-zero-anime-new-theme-songs/.103069|url-status=live}}</ref> Myth & Roid also performed the ending theme for episode 14 titled "theater D".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/193400|script-title=ja:MYTH & ROID「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活」の新OPテーマをYouTube公開|trans-title=MYTH & ROID launch the new OP theme for "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" on YouTube|date=July 6, 2016|website=[[Music Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810094543/http://natalie.mu/music/news/193400|url-status=live}}</ref>
The second season's first opening theme song was "[[Realize (Konomi Suzuki song)|Realize]]" by Konomi Suzuki, while the second season's first ending theme song was "Memento" by [[Nonoc]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Re:ZERO TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals Video, More Cast, July 8 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-11/re-zero-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-video-more-cast-july-8-premiere/.160523|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624222509/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-11/re-zero-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-video-more-cast-july-8-premiere/.160523|url-status=live}}</ref> The second season's second opening theme song was "Long Shot" by [[Mayu Maeshima]] (former vocalist of Myth & Roid), while the second season's second ending theme song was "Believe In You" by [[Nonoc]].<ref name=p2music/>
The third season's opening theme song was "Reweave" by Konomi Suzuki, while the third season's ending theme song was "Nox Lux" by Myth & Roid.<ref name="3rdseason-themesongs"/>
The series' soundtrack was released on [[Compact disc|CD]] on October 26, 2016. The disk contains 21 tracks composed by [[Kenichiro Suehiro]].<ref name="soundtrack CD">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#strac|title=サウンドトラックCD|trans-title=Soundtrack CD|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161029032236/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#strac|archive-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline     = ''Re: Life in a different world from zero Original Sound Track''<ref name="soundtrack CD" />
| total_length = 52:45
| title1  = Rondo of Love and Darkness – Main Theme –
| note1   = {{Nihongo2|愛と漆黒の輪舞曲 – MainTheme -}} ''Ai to Shikkoku no Rondo – MainTheme -''
| length1  = 3:49
| title2  = Takt of Heroes – Origin –
| note2   = {{Nihongo2|英雄のタクト – 起源 -}} ''Eiyū no Takuto – Kigen -''
| length2  = 2:53
| title3  = Hymne of Despair and Atonement
| note3   = {{Nihongo2|絶望と贖罪のヒュムネ}} ''Zetsubō to Shokuzai no Hyumune''
| length3  = 3:11
| title4  = Dragon Kingdom Lugunica
| note4   = {{Nihongo2|親竜王国ルグニカ}} ''Shinryū Ōkoku Rugunika''
| length4  = 2:43
| title5  = Otherworld March
| note5   = {{Nihongo2|異世界行進曲}} ''Isekai Kōshinkyoku''
| length5  = 1:59
| title6  = Memories of Time and Sky
| note6   = {{Nihongo2|時と空の想い出}} ''Toki to Sora no Omoide''
| length6  = 1:39
| title7  = Promenade of Whistles and Creation
| note7   = {{Nihongo2|笛と創造の散歩道}} ''Fue to Sōzō no Sanpomichi''
| length7  = 2:06
| title8  = Re:verse
| note8   =
| length8  = 2:32
| title9  = Heartbeat of Determination
| note9   = {{Nihongo2|決意の心音}} ''Ketsui no Kokone''
| length9  = 2:05
| title10  = Fantasy Lied
| note10   = {{Nihongo2|幻想リート}} ''Gensō Rīto''
| length10  = 3:41
| title11  = Echt of Sorrow
| note11   = {{Nihongo2|哀しみのエヒト}} ''Kanashimi no Ehito''
| length11  = 3:51
| title12  = Chain of Memories
| note12   = {{Nihongo2|記憶の鎖}} ''Kioku no Kusari''
| length12  = 3:31
| title13  = Roar of Malice
| note13   = {{Nihongo2|悪意の咆哮}} ''Akui no Hōkō''
| length13  = 2:56
| title14  = Sloth
| note14   = {{Nihongo2|怠惰}} ''Taida''
| length14  = 2:05
| title15  = Call of the Witch
| note15   = {{Nihongo2|魔女の呼び声}} ''Majo no Yobigoe''
| length15  = 2:46
| title16  = Activation of Fate
| note16   = {{Nihongo2|運命の起動}} ''Unmei no Kidō''
| length16  = 2:23
| title17  = Requiem of Silence
| note17   = {{Nihongo2|沈黙のレクイエム}} ''Chinmoku no Rekuiemu''
| length17  = 7:03
| title18  = Death Ballet
| note18   =
| length18  = 2:47
| title19  = Waltz of Rage
| note19   = {{Nihongo2|激昂の円舞}} ''Gekikō no Enbu''
| length19  = 2:12
| title20  = Overture of the Final Battle
| note20   = {{Nihongo2|決戦の序曲}} ''Kessen no Jokyoku''
| length20  = 3:01
| title21  = Wish of the Stars
| note21   = {{Nihongo2|星の願い}} ''Hoshi no Negai''
| length21  = 3:32
}}
"Redo", Suzuki's 10th [[Single (music)|single]], was released on CD on May 11, 2016.<ref name="Redo RE">{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156443|script-title=ja:TVアニメ「Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活」オープニングテーマ「Redo」【通常盤】|trans-title=TV anime "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" opening theme "Redo" [Regular Edition]|website=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105506/https://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156443|url-status=live}}</ref> The single was also released as a limited edition with a DVD featuring a [[music video]], a live concert video, and a "making of" video.<ref name="Redo LE">{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156436|title=TVアニメ「Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活」オープニングテーマ「Redo」【初回限定盤】|trans-title=TV anime "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" opening theme "Redo" [First Press Limited Edition]|website=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105506/https://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156436|url-status=live}}</ref> The songs were performed by Suzuki, with lyrics by Genki Mizuno and [[arrangement]] by Makoto Miyazaki.<ref name="Re-zero op Redo">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#op|title=オープニングテーマ 鈴木このみ 10thシングル「Redo」|trans-title=Opening theme: Konomi Suzuki's 10th single "Redo"|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161029032236/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#op|archive-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline     = ''Redo''<ref name="Re-zero op Redo" />
| total_length = 22:54
| title1  = Redo
| note1   =
| length1  = 4:18
| title2  = Mebius
| note2   = {{Nihongo2|メビウス}} ''Mebiusu''
| length2  = 4:16
| title3  = The Continuation of Dreams
| note3   = {{Nihongo2|メビウス}} ''Yume no tsuzuki''
| length3  = 5:46
| title4  = Redo
| note4   = (Instrumental)
| length4  = 4:18
| title5  = Mebius
| note5   = {{Nihongo2|メビウス}} ''Mebiusu'' (Instrumental)
| length5  = 4:16
}}
The CD for "Styx Helix", the series' first ending theme, was Myth & Roid's 3rd single. Written, arranged, and performed by the group, it was released on May 25, 2016, and included both regular and [[instrumental]] versions of "Styx Helix" and "Straight Bet".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156450|script-title=ja:TVアニメ「Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活」エンディングテーマ「STYX HELIX」|trans-title=TV anime "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-" ending theme "STYX HELIX"|website=[[Media Factory]]|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105506/https://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=4935228156450|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#ed|title=エンディングテーマ MYTH & ROID 3rdシングル「STYX HELIX」|trans-title=Ending theme: MYTH & ROID's 3rd single "STYX HELIX"|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161029032236/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#ed|archive-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref>
"Stay Alive", the second ending theme, was released as a single on August 24, 2016. The songs were performed by Takahashi (Emilia) and Minase (Rem). The songs were written and arranged by Heart's Cry.<ref name="Re-zero ed 2">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#ed2|title=第2クール エンディングテーマ エミリア(CV：高橋李依) 「Stay Alive」|trans-title=Second cour ending theme: Emilia (CV: Rie Takahashi) "Stay Alive"|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161029032236/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#ed2|archive-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline     = ''Stay Alive''<ref name="Re-zero ed 2" />
| extra_column = Performer<ref name="Re-zero ed 2" />
| total_length = 27:52
| title1  = Stay Alive
| note1   =
| extra1  = [[Rie Takahashi]]
| length1  = 4:26
| title2  = Wishing
| note2   =
| extra2  = [[Inori Minase]]
| length2  = 6:00
| title3  = Dream of a Boy
| note3   = {{Nihongo2|ぼうやの夢よ}} ''Bōya no Yumeyo''
| extra3  = Rie Takahashi
| length3  = 3:30
| title4  = Stay Alive
| note4   = Instrumental
| extra4  =
| length4  = 4:26
| title5  = Wishing
| note5   = Instrumental
| extra5  =
| length5  = 6:00
| title6  = Dream of a Boy
| note6   = {{Nihongo2|ぼうやの夢よ}} ''Bōya no Yumeyo'' (Instrumental)
| extra6  =
| length6  = 3:30
}}
Myth & Roid released the second opening theme as a single on August 24, 2016. The CD included regular and instrumental versions of "Paradisus-Paradoxum" and "Theater D".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#op2|title=第2クール オープニングテーマ MYTH ＆ ROID 「Paradisus-Paradoxum」|trans-title=Second cour opening theme: MYTH & ROID "Paradisus-Paradoxum"|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=August 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20161029032236/http://re-zero-anime.jp/product/music.html#op2|archive-date=October 29, 2016 }}</ref>
For ''Memory Snow'', three pieces of theme music were used: the ending theme "Memory Memory Snow" and the image song "Relive" by [[Nonoc]], and the insert song "Memories" by [[Riko Azuna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1538789466|title=『Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 Memory Snow』イメージソング＆EDテーマはnonocさん、挿入歌は安月名莉子さんが担当！ アーティスト情報公開|date=October 6, 2018|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|language=ja|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806211409/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1538789466|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline     = ''Memory Snow Original Sound Track''<ref name="Re-zero ova">{{cite web|url=http://re-zero-anime.jp/music/#alb|title=OVA「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 Memory Snow」Memory Album|trans-title=OVA "Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Memory Snow" Memory Album|website=Re-zero-anime.jp|language=ja|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331195024/http://re-zero-anime.jp/music/#alb|url-status=dead }}</ref>
| extra_column = Performer<ref name="Re-zero ova"/>
| total_length = 1:08:17
| title1  = Takt of Heroes – Origin –
| note1   = {{Nihongo2|英雄のタクト -起源}}
| extra1  =
| length1  = 2:55
| title2  = Fantasy Clap
| note2   = {{Nihongo2|空想クラップ}}
| extra2  =
| length2  = 1:41
| title3  = Timbre of the Beginning
| note3   = {{Nihongo2|始まりの音色}}
| extra3  =
| length3  = 2:06
| title4  = Fur Craftsman
| note4   = {{Nihongo2|毛並み職人}}
| extra4  =
| length4  = 1:58
| title5  = Fool
| note5   = {{Nihongo2|おたんこナス}}
| extra5  =
| length5  = 1:35
| title6  = Waking up with Rem
| note6   = {{Nihongo2|寝起きとレム}}
| extra6  =
| length6  = 1:47
| title7  = Yoake no Michi
| note7   = {{Nihongo2|よあけのみち}}
| extra7  =
| length7  = 0:23
| title8  = Relive
| note8   = {{Nihongo2|イメージソング}}
| extra8  = nonoc
| length8  = 4:01
| title9  = Appa
| note9   = {{Nihongo2|リンガ}}
| extra9  =
| length9  = 1:33
| title10  = Emilia's secret
| note10   = {{Nihongo2|エミリアの隠し事}}
| extra10  =
| length10  = 1:54
| title11  = Roswaal
| note11   = {{Nihongo2|ロズワール}}
| extra11  =
| length11  = 2:25
| title12  = Departure
| note12   = {{Nihongo2|発魔期}}
| extra12  =
| length12  = 2:37
| title13  = Walker of whistle and creation
| note13   = {{Nihongo2|笛と創造の散歩者}}
| extra13  =
| length13  = 2:07
| title14  = Subaru Concerto
| note14   = {{Nihongo2|スバル協奏曲}}
| extra14  =
| length14  = 1:53
| title15  = March from Another World
| note15   = {{Nihongo2|異世界行進曲}}
| extra15  =
| length15  = 1:59
| title16  = Discussion
| note16   = {{Nihongo2|相談中}}
| extra16  =
| length16  = 2:05
| title17  = Eclipse of Macht
| note17   = {{Nihongo2|侵食のマハト}}
| extra17  =
| length17  = 2:29
| title18  = Start of Fate
| note18   = {{Nihongo2|運命の起動}}
| extra18  =
| length18  = 2:24
| title19  = Chikichiki
| note19   = {{Nihongo2|チキチキ}}
| extra19  =
| length19  = 1:46
| title20  = Memories
| note20   =
| extra20  = [[Riko Azuna]]
| length20  = 4:15
| title21  = Memories of Time and Sky
| note21   = {{Nihongo2|時と空の思い出}}
| extra21  =
| length21  = 1:42
| title22  = Snow Festival
| note22   = {{Nihongo2|雪まつり}}
| extra22  =
| length22  = 1:55
| title23  = EMT!!
| note23   =
| extra23  =
| length23  = 1:42
| title24  = Lively days
| note24   = {{Nihongo2|賑やかな日々}}
| extra24  =
| length24  = 1:55
| title25  = Train of Thought
| note25   = {{Nihongo2|思考回路}}
| extra25  =
| length25  = 2:50
| title26  = Festive night
| note26   = {{Nihongo2|宴の夜}}
| extra26  =
| length26  = 2:47
| title27  = Fascinating alcohol
| note27   = {{Nihongo2|魅惑の酒}}
| extra27  =
| length27  = 2:53
| title28  = Memory Snow
| note28   =
| extra28  =
| length28  = 4:49
| title29  = White White Snow
| note29   =
| extra29  = nonoc
| length29  = 3:53
}}
=== Video games ===
[[File:Re-Zero PS4.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Subaru and Emilia face each other in front of a blue sky background with their hands pressed together, with Puck between them.|The cover of the [[PlayStation 4|PS4]] release of the first visual novel]]
In August 2016, game developer [[5pb.]] announced that they were developing a [[visual novel]] based on the series, titled {{Nihongo|''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Death or Kiss''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 -DEATH OR KISS-|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu -Death or Kiss-}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-25/5pb-games-develops-re-zero-video-game/.105748|title=5pb. Games Develops Re:Zero Video Game|date=August 25, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826024739/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-25/5pb-games-develops-re-zero-video-game/.105748|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/25-1/5pb-reveals-rezero-visual-novel-plans|title=5pb. Reveals "Re:ZERO" Visual Novel Plans|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=August 25, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826181714/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/25-1/5pb-reveals-rezero-visual-novel-plans|url-status=live}}</ref> The game follows an original story that differs from the light novel and the anime, and allows the player to choose between routes featuring Emilia, Rem, Ram, Felt, Beatrice, Crusch, Priscilla, or Anastasia.<ref name="Rem Ram Emilia">{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/27/rem-ram-and-emilia-put-on-swimsuits-for-rezero-kiss-or-death-visual-novels-original-story|title=Rem, Ram and Emilia Put On Swimsuits For "Re:ZERO – Kiss or Death" Visual Novel's Original Story|last=Green|first=Scott|date=August 27, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=August 27, 2016|archive-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829120445/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/27/rem-ram-and-emilia-put-on-swimsuits-for-rezero-kiss-or-death-visual-novels-original-story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-31/re-zero-ps4-vita-game-story-details-screenshots-unveiled/.105944|title=Re:Zero PS4/Vita Game's Story Details, Screenshots Unveiled|date=August 31, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 31, 2016|archive-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718022936/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-31/re-zero-ps4-vita-game-story-details-screenshots-unveiled/.105944|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Downloadable content|DLC]] allows players who pre-ordered the game to replace the character's costumes with swimsuits.<ref name="SD, DLC">{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/11-1/rezero-games-limited-edition-contents-make-you-choose-between-rem-ram|title="Re:ZERO" Game's Limited Edition Contents Make You Choose Between Rem & Ram|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=October 11, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=October 11, 2016|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012142329/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/11-1/rezero-games-limited-edition-contents-make-you-choose-between-rem-ram|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/19/limited-edition-swimsuit-dlc-and-goods-announced-for-rezero-early-adopters|title=Limited-Edition Swimsuit DLC and Goods Announced for "Re:Zero" Early Adopters|last=Dennison|first=Kara|date=December 19, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 20, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221013045/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/19/limited-edition-swimsuit-dlc-and-goods-announced-for-rezero-early-adopters|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme, {{Nihongo|"yell! magic starts with a kiss"|yell！～くちびるからはじまる魔法～|Yell!~ Kuchibiru kara Hajimaru Mahō ~}}, was performed by Suzuki, who sung the anime's first opening theme, while the ending theme, {{Nihongo|"Dai Dai Daisuki"|ダイ・ダイ・ダイスキ}}, was performed by Minase and Murakawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/21/anison-singer-konomi-suzuki-and-rem-ram-voice-actress-return-for-rezero-death-or-kiss-visual-novel-themes|title=Anison Singer Konomi Suzuki And Rem & Ram Voice Actresses Return For "Re:Zero -Death or Kiss" Visual Novel Themes|last=Green|first=Scott|date=October 21, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022141305/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/21/anison-singer-konomi-suzuki-and-rem-ram-voice-actress-return-for-rezero-death-or-kiss-visual-novel-themes|url-status=live}}</ref> The game has received a generally positive score of 30/40 on Famitsu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2017/04/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1479|title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1479|first=Sal|last=Romano|work=Gematsu|date=April 4, 2017|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122191553/https://www.gematsu.com/2017/04/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1479|url-status=live}}</ref>
In Japan, the game was originally scheduled to be released for [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation Vita]] on March 23, 2017,<ref name="Rem Ram Emilia" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-30/re-zero-game-slated-for-march-23-for-ps4-ps-vita/.105918|title=Re:Zero Game Slated for March 23 for PS4, PS Vita|date=August 30, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 30, 2016|archive-date=August 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831023204/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-30/re-zero-game-slated-for-march-23-for-ps4-ps-vita/.105918|url-status=live}}</ref> but was delayed to March 30, 2017, due to certain circumstances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-02-28/re-zero-death-or-kiss-ps4-vita-game-delayed-1-week-to-march-30/.112784|title=Re:Zero -Death or Kiss- PS4/Vita Game Delayed 1 Week to March 30|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228074502/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-02-28/re-zero-death-or-kiss-ps4-vita-game-delayed-1-week-to-march-30/.112784|url-status=live}}</ref> The limited edition of the game came with a soundtrack CD and either a Ram (for the PS4 version) or Rem (for the PSVita version) [[super deformed|SD]] figure.<ref name="SD, DLC" />
A [[virtual reality]] [[Mobile app|app]] that allows the user to interact with the character Rem was released for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] on May 26, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-04-05/re-zero-vr-app-lets-you-sleep-in-rem-lap/.114367|title=Re:Zero VR App Lets You Sleep in Rem's Lap|last=Whalen|first=Amanda|date=April 5, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=October 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028090525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-04-05/re-zero-vr-app-lets-you-sleep-in-rem-lap/.114367|url-status=live}}</ref> A version featuring the character Emilia was released on June 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-05-28/re-zero-vr-app-gets-emilia-version-on-june-6/.116664|title=Re:Zero VR App Gets Emilia Version on June 6|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=May 28, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027122231/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-05-28/re-zero-vr-app-gets-emilia-version-on-june-6/.116664|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/05/25/rezero-vr-game-launches-on-psvr-in-japan|title="Re:ZERO" VR Game Launches on PSVR in Japan|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=May 25, 2018|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529002127/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/05/25/rezero-vr-game-launches-on-psvr-in-japan|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was later ported to both [[PC game|PC]] and to the [[PlayStation VR]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-10-20/re-zero-vr-apps-gets-pc-psvr-ports/.122928|title=Re:Zero VR Apps Gets PC, PSVR Ports|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=October 20, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-date=October 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028030614/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-10-20/re-zero-vr-apps-gets-pc-psvr-ports/.122928|url-status=live}}</ref>
A [[role-playing]] [[mobile game]] called ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Infinity'' that was made by Tianjin Tianxiang Interactive Technology and authorized by White Fox was released on January 14, 2020, in [[China]]. Another mobile game that made by [[Sega]] titled {{Nihongo|''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Lost in Memories]]''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 Lost in Memories|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Lost in Memories}} was released for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] on September 9, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/04/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-adventure-rpg-for-ios-and-android-subtitled-lost-in-memories|title=Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World adventure RPG for iOS and Android subtitled Lost in Memories|date=April 6, 2020|website=Gematsu|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122191556/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/04/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-adventure-rpg-for-ios-and-android-subtitled-lost-in-memories|url-status=live}}</ref> In the game, the player can become protagonist Subaru Natsuki and relive the story of the anime. From there, the player can branch into “What If” stories. Furthermore, a new story original to the game was produced under the full supervision of original author Tappei Nagatsuki.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/03/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-adventure-rpg-announced-for-ios-android|title=Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World adventure RPG announced for iOS, Android|date=March 23, 2020|website=Gematsu|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212150244/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/03/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-adventure-rpg-announced-for-ios-android|url-status=live}}</ref>
A tactical adventure video game was developed by Chime and published by [[Spike Chunsoft]] titled {{Nihongo|''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne]]''|Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 偽りの王選候補|Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Tsuwarino-ō-Sen kōho}} and was released for [[PlayStation 4]], [[Personal computer|PC]], and [[Nintendo Switch]] in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Rezero_official/status/1266212830090428418|title=PS4/Switch/PC対応のゲーム化決定|date=May 28, 2020|website=Twitter|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530000038/https://twitter.com/Rezero_official/status/1266212830090428418|url-status=live}}</ref> The game has an original story and was produced under the full supervision of original author Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by the series' illustrator Shinichiou Otsuka. It is the first official ''Re:Zero'' game to have an English release.
A [[role-playing]] [[browser game]] called ''Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Forbidden Book and the Mysterious Spirit'' that was made by [[DMM Games]] released on July 14, 2021, in Japan. On March 14, 2022, DMM Games has announced the game will be shut down on July 14, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/re_zero_kinsho/status/1503265915172888578|title=Re:Zero Kinsho Service Termination|date=March 14, 2022|website=Twitter|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314070510/https://twitter.com/re_zero_kinsho/status/1503265915172888578|url-status=live}}</ref>
A mobile game called ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Witch's Re;surrection'' was announced at the series' stage in [[AnimeJapan]] 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Re:Zero Gets New Witch's Re:surrection Smartphone Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/re-zero-gets-new-witch-re-surrection-smartphone-game/.196401|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 27, 2023|date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327094456/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/re-zero-gets-new-witch-re-surrection-smartphone-game/.196401|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Other media ===
Kadokawa published a 272-page guide to the series' first three arcs, titled ''Re:zeropedia'', alongside the 10th volume of the novels on October 24, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/03/fans-to-be-schooled-by-rezeropedia-book|title=Fans To Be Schooled By "Re:zeropedia" Book|last=Green|first=Scott|date=October 3, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005190237/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/03/fans-to-be-schooled-by-rezeropedia-book|url-status=live}}</ref> An official {{Transliteration|ja|[[dōjinshi]]}} art book was published at [[Comiket]], with art by Ponkan 8 (''[[Shirobako]]'' and ''[[My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected]]''), Yuka Nakajima (''[[Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!]]'', ''[[Amagi Brilliant Park]]''), and TakayaKi (''[[Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou]]'').<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/08/rezero-continues-to-prepare-for-comiket-with-official-fan-book-cover-preview|title="Re:Zero" Continues To Prepare For Comiket With Official Fan Book Cover Preview|last=Green|first=Scott|date=December 8, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211145331/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/08/rezero-continues-to-prepare-for-comiket-with-official-fan-book-cover-preview|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] with Natsume Akatsuki's light novel series ''[[KonoSuba]]'', titled ''Re:Starting Life Blessing This World'' was published on December 21, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/27/rezero-and-konosuba-creators-meet-in-crossover-book|title="Re:ZERO" And "Konosuba" Creators Meet In Crossover Book|last=Green|first=Scott|date=November 27, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204214241/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/27/rezero-and-konosuba-creators-meet-in-crossover-book|url-status=live}}</ref> The book featured interviews with each series' authors and illustrators, as well as the principal voice actors in their respective anime adaptations. A [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] crossover manga by Daichi Matsuse and Masahito Watari (illustrator of the ''KonoSuba'' manga adaptation) was also included.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/23-1/rezero-and-konosuba-heroines-change-their-costumes-on-collaboration-book-cover|title="Re:ZERO" and "Konosuba" Heroines Change Their Costumes on Collaboration Book Cover|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=December 23, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224133942/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/23-1/rezero-and-konosuba-heroines-change-their-costumes-on-collaboration-book-cover|url-status=live}}</ref> A fanbook containing commentary on the episodes of the anime, as well as the collected ''Animate Times'' cast and staff interviews, was published on December 31, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040687872|script-title=ja:Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 ファンブック|trans-title=Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Fan Book|website=[[Media Factory]]|language=ja|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222105506/https://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040687872|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bushiroad]] released a Booster Pack set and Trial Deck+ of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- for [[Weiß Schwarz]] on December 28, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.ws-tcg.com/products/bp-rz|title=Booster Pack Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-|website=[[Weiß Schwarz]]|date=December 28, 2018|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525192919/https://en.ws-tcg.com/products/bp-rz|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Reception ==
According to Japanese light novel news website LN News, the series had 1 million copies in print by June 2016;<ref name="1 Million">{{cite web|title=Re:Zero Novels Have 1 Million Copies in Print|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-06-11/re-zero-novels-have-1-million-copies-in-print/.102906|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 12, 2016|date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612181037/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-06-11/re-zero-novels-have-1-million-copies-in-print/.102906|url-status=live}}</ref> over 2 million by September of the same year;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-09-19/re-zero-novel-ad-tv-anime-sequel-is-in-the-novels/.106628|title=Re: Zero Novel Ad: 'TV Anime's Sequel' is in the Novels|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=September 19, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 19, 2016|archive-date=September 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920190718/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-09-19/re-zero-novel-ad-tv-anime-sequel-is-in-the-novels/.106628|url-status=live}}</ref> and over 3.1 million by May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/25/rezero-novel-illustrators-1st-art-book-is-set-for-release-on-september-23|title="Re:Zero" Novel Illustrator's 1st Art Book is Set for Release on September 23|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=May 25, 2017|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=August 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803222556/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/25/rezero-novel-illustrators-1st-art-book-is-set-for-release-on-september-23|url-status=live}}</ref> It had over 11 million copies in circulation by January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活』がシリーズ累計1,100万部を突破|url=https://ln-news.com/articles/113071|website={{ill|Light Novel News Online|ja|ラノベニュースオンライン}}|access-date=March 29, 2023|language=ja|date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317053326/https://ln-news.com/articles/113071|url-status=live}}</ref> The overall series (light novel and manga adaptations volumes) had over 13 million copies in circulation by March 2023 (including [[Digital manga|digital versions]]).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活』10周年記念、新作公式ゲーム『Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活 Witch’s Re:surrection』が製作決定！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000012389.000007006.html|website=PR Times|access-date=March 29, 2023|language=ja|date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326053524/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000012389.000007006.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The light novel series was the tenth best-selling light novel series in Japan between November 2015 and May 2016, selling 263,357 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-29/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2016/.102641|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2016 (First Half)|date=May 29, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530220150/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-29/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2016/.102641|url-status=live}}</ref> During that period, the first and second volumes were the 35th and 48th best-selling light novel volumes, selling 49,194 and 41,617 copies, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-29/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.102642|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2016 (First Half)|date=May 29, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630200039/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-29/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.102642|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was the fourth best-selling series in 2016, selling 1,007,381 copies between November 2015 and November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2016/.109355|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2016|date=November 30, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 8, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203152518/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2016/.109355|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first three volumes were the fourteenth, 21st, and 30th best selling volumes of the year, selling 155,363, 127,970, and 110,574 copies, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109357|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2016|date=November 30, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 8, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203161318/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109357|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the series was the third best-selling series, with 925,671 copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2017/.124897|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2017|date=December 6, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328164708/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2017/.124897|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth volumes respectively ranked nineteenth (60,135 copies), 25th (56,001 copies), seventh (101,480 copies), and twelfth (79,431 copies) in the period between November 2016 and May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-01/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.116867|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2017 (First Half)|date=June 1, 2017|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805083720/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-01/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.116867|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the series sold 550,202 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-27/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2019/.153764|title=Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 13, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611051951/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-27/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan-by-series-2019/.153764|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series was the 21st best selling anime series on home video during 2016, selling approximately 68,791 Blu-ray and DVD sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-28/top-selling-animation-in-japan-on-blu-ray-disc-dvd-by-series-2016/.110415|title=Top-Selling Animation in Japan on Blu-ray Disc/DVD by Series: 2016|date=December 28, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190416111628/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-28/top-selling-animation-in-japan-on-blu-ray-disc-dvd-by-series-2016/.110415|url-status=live}}</ref> The OVA, "Memory Snow", released in 2018, sold a total of 10,429 Blu-ray and DVD copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/japan-animation-blu-ray-disc-ranking-june-3-9/.147726|title=Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 3–9|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611120448/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/japan-animation-blu-ray-disc-ranking-june-3-9/.147726|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/japan-animation-dvd-ranking-june-3-9/.147727|title=Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, June 3–9|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611122313/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/japan-animation-dvd-ranking-june-3-9/.147727|url-status=live}}</ref>
Theron Martin of ''[[Anime News Network]]'' reviewed the first book, praising it for being a somewhat fresher take on the "transported to another world" concept, but leveled criticism at it for bumpy and awkwardly timed dialogue and a tendency for redundancy.<ref name="Theron Martin 1">{{cite web|author1=Theron Martin|title=Re:ZERO Novel 1 – Review|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/re-zero/novel-1/.104935|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|date=August 4, 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805200637/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/re-zero/novel-1/.104935|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series ranked first in a poll of 820 people conducted by the Japanese website ''Anime! Anime!'', to determine the best show of spring 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-07-05/japanese-poll-ranks-re-zero-best-anime-of-spring-2016/.103990|title=Japanese Poll Ranks Re:Zero Best Anime of Spring 2016|last=Whalen|first=Amanda|date=July 5, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 7, 2016|archive-date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707150858/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-07-05/japanese-poll-ranks-re-zero-best-anime-of-spring-2016/.103990|url-status=live}}</ref> Andy Hanley from ''UK Anime Network'' considered the anime adaptation as one of 2016's best series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/Why_Re%3AZERO_is_2016%27s_biggest_hit.html|title=Time looping and character building – why Re:Zero is 2016's biggest hit|last=Hanley|first=Andy|website=UK Anime Network|access-date=July 20, 2016|archive-date=July 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717223254/http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/Why_Re%3AZERO_is_2016%27s_biggest_hit.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Managing Editor from ''Anime Now!'', Richard Eisenbeis lists the anime as one of his top picks from 2016 for its "culturally complex" world and characters that have "their own plans, faults, and motivations." He praised Subaru as the "most complex character of the year" due to provoking the audience to "cheer him and despise him" in a world that portrayed him as the "least special person in it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/01/01/000041|title=The Best Anime of 2016|author=Eisenbeis, Richard|website=Anime Now!|date=January 1, 2017|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195129/http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/01/01/000041|archive-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
The series took second place in the 2015–2016 [[Newtype#Newtype Anime Awards|Newtype Anime Awards]]. Additionally, director Masaharu Watanabe took first place, as did Subaru, Rem, and Puck (in the best male, female, and mascot character categories, respectively). Masahiro Yokotani's screenplay took second place, while the series' character designs (by Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka and Kyuta Sakai) took third place. The series' soundtrack and second opening theme both took fourth place in their categories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-09/shinkai-your-name-kabaneri-win-top-newtype-anime-awards/.107437|title=Shinkai's 'your name.,' Kabaneri Win Top Newtype Anime Awards|date=October 9, 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108034024/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-09/shinkai-your-name-kabaneri-win-top-newtype-anime-awards/.107437|url-status=live}}</ref> The light novels and the anime both took first place in their respective categories in the 2017 [[Sugoi Japan Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/03/16/rezero-conquers-two-categories-in-the-sugoi-japan-award-2017-competition|title="Re:ZERO" Conquers Two Categories in the SUGOI JAPAN Award 2017 Competition|last=Chapman|first=Paul|date=March 16, 2017|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 19, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319022256/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/03/16/rezero-conquers-two-categories-in-the-sugoi-japan-award-2017-competition|url-status=live}}</ref>
In a survey of (primarily female) Otamart users, the series was ranked second on a list of the most successful anime/manga/light novel franchises of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/17-1/otamart-research-japanese-fans-pick-osomatsu-san-as-the-most-successful-otaku-franchise-of-2016|title=Otamart Research: Japanese Fans Pick "Osomatsu-san" as The Most Successful Otaku Franchise of 2016|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|date=November 16, 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118222942/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/17-1/otamart-research-japanese-fans-pick-osomatsu-san-as-the-most-successful-otaku-franchise-of-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Re:Zero'' was nominated for "[[Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year|Anime of the Year]]" at the [[1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards|Crunchyroll's inaugural Anime Awards]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theanimeawards.com/anime_of_the_year.html|title=ANIME OF THE YEAR|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222449/https://theanimeawards.com/anime_of_the_year.html|archive-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> and was also the service's most-watched series of 2016, topping ''[[Yuri on Ice]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/29/14114196/top-anime-of-2016-crunchyroll|title=Crunchyroll's biggest anime of the year isn't the obvious choice|last=Frank|first=Allegra|date=December 29, 2016|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231031010/http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/29/14114196/top-anime-of-2016-crunchyroll|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/yuri-ice-loses-rezero-crunchyrolls-most-popular-anime-2016-list-2467379|title='Yuri On Ice' Loses To 'Re:Zero' In Crunchyroll's Most Popular Anime Of 2016 List|last=Victorino|first=Corazon|date=December 29, 2016|website=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=December 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230125626/http://www.ibtimes.com/yuri-ice-loses-rezero-crunchyrolls-most-popular-anime-2016-list-2467379|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* {{Official website|http://re-zero.com/|Official light novel website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2267be/|Official web novel website}} at [[Shōsetsuka ni Narō]] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://re-zero-anime.jp/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/introduction/re-zero/|Official manga website}} at ''[[Gangan Comics|Big Gangan]]'' {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://5pb.jp/games/re-zero/|Official video game website}} at [[5pb.]] {{in lang|ja}}
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