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Re:Zero (2016)

Re:Zero poster
Original title
Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
Genre
fantasy anime and manga, isekai, coming-of-age anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 85 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 713 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man is summoned to a fantasy world and discovers he has the ability to return to a previous point in time after dying. He must use this power to prevent disasters and save people while enduring repeated painful deaths.

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What happens

Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Japanese: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活, Hepburn: Ri:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu), often referred to simply as Re:Zero and also known less commonly as Re: Life in a Different World from Zero, is a Japanese isekai anime television series based on the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichirou Otsuka. It premiered on 4 April 2016 and has aired three seasons across television networks such as TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, and AT-X. A fourth season premiered on 8 April 2026. The series has been streamed by Crunchyroll outside Asia, which released the anime on home media in the United States and through Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, the series is licensed by Muse Communication. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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