Re:ZERO Announces Season 5 at 10th Anniversary Event
The franchise has more than 16 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital editions.
Kadokawa announced a fifth Re:ZERO season on Saturday at the anime’s 10th anniversary event, unveiling an early teaser visual.
Kadokawa announced a fifth season of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) at the anime’s 10th anniversary event on Saturday. An early teaser visual carries the tagline “For you, as many times as it takes.”
The TV anime adapts Tappei Nagatsuki’s light novel series. Its four previous seasons span the following releases:
- Season 1 premiered in April 2016 with 25 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired in Japan.
- Season 2 premiered in July 2020, with its latter half arriving in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the season as it aired in Japan.
- Season 3 opened its “Shūgeki-hen” (Attack Arc) in October 2024 with a 90-minute special. Its “Hangeki-hen” (Counterattack Arc) followed in February 2025. Each arc contained eight episodes, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.
- Season 4 contained 19 episodes across two arcs. “The Loss Arc” debuted on April 8, followed by “The Recapture Arc” on August 12. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director’s Cut (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Shin Henshū-ban) premiered in January 2020. It updates the first season’s 25 episodes with new footage and edits them for one-hour timeslots. Crunchyroll is streaming it.
Crunchyroll also streams the short anime spinoffs Re:Zero Starting Break Time From Zero (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Break Time) and Re:PETIT Starting Life in Another World from PETIT (Re:Petit kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu).
Funimation released the TV anime on home video with an English dub in June 2018.
The anime also inspired two original video anime (OVA) volumes, both streaming on Crunchyroll:
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Memory Snow).
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Hyōketsu no Kizuna).
Nagatsuki launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2012. Yen Press publishes the following in English:
- The original light novel series.
- Daichi Matsuse’s manga adaptation.
- The Re:Zero Ex (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Ex) spinoff light novel series.
The overall franchise has more than 16 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital copies.
Sources: Press release via ANN
