Kadokawa announced on Saturday, at a 10th anniversary event for the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime, that the series will receive a fifth season. The company also unveiled an “ultra teaser visual” for the upcoming season, carrying the tagline “For you, as many times as it takes.”

Season 4 Recap

The most recent fourth season ran for 19 episodes split across two arcs. “The Loss Arc” kicked things off on April 8, followed by “The Recapture Arc” beginning August 12. Crunchyroll is streaming the season.

The Road to Season 5

The franchise began when author Tappei Nagatsuki published the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2012. The first 25-episode anime season premiered in April 2016, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired in Japan. A revised Director’s Cut of that first season followed in January 2020, adding new footage and reformatting episodes into one-hour blocks.

The second season debuted in July 2020, with its latter half airing from January 2021. Season 3 opened with a 90-minute special for the “Shūgeki-hen” (Attack Arc) in October 2024, then continued with the “Hangeki-hen” (Counterattack Arc) in February 2025 — each arc comprising eight episodes.

Spinoffs and Other Media

The franchise also includes two short spinoff anime — Re:Zero ~Starting Break Time From Zero~ and Re:PETIT ~Starting Life in Another World from PETIT~ — as well as two OVA entries: Memory Snow and The Frozen Bond, all available on Crunchyroll. Funimation released the first TV season on home video with an English dub in June 2018.

In print, Yen Press publishes the English-language light novels, Daichi Matsuse‘s manga adaptation, and the Re:Zero Ex spinoff novel series. The overall franchise has surpassed 16 million copies in circulation worldwide, including digital editions.