The 90-minute special first episode of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- has officially been confirmed today. Re:ZERO Season 3 Episode 1 is set to release in Japanese theaters starting on August 30 JST, ahead of the TV anime's broadcast in October 2024. The first Japanese screening of the first episode will screen earlier, on August 10 JST. Crunchyroll also confirmed yesterday that the special 90-minute premiere will be screened at Anime Expo 2024, with Yusuke Kobayashi, the Japanese voice actor of protagonist Subaru Natsuki.
Check out the new visual for Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3:
A version highlighting Subaru's side was also released:
Additionally, the staff also announced that Chika Anzai, Kotaro Nishiyama, Shoya Ishige, and Kenjiro Tsuda are joining the cast as Sirius Romanée-Conti, Kiritaka Muse, Joshua Juukulius, and Heinkel Astrea, respectively. The opening theme song Reweave is performed by Konomi Suzuki, while the ending theme song NOX LUX is performed by MYTH & ROID. You can check out the preview of the opening theme song in the trailer:
Sirius Romaneeconti (CV: Chika Anzai)
Joshua Juukulius (CV: Shoya Ishige)
Kiritaka Muse (CV: Kotaro Nishiyama)
Heinkel Astrea (CV: Kenjiro Tsuda)
Studio White Fox is in charge of the animation of Re:ZERO Season 3, with Masahiro Shinohara (Is This Order A Rabbit? Bloom assistant director, Trapezium) as the director, Masahiro Yokotani returning as series composer, and Haruka Segawa (Call of the Night) as character designer and chief animation director. Author Tappei Nagatsuki is the script supervisor. Other staff includes:
Monster Design: Keitaro Chiba (Re: Zero Season 2 Episode 37 and 44 co-animation director)
Art Director: Bihou’s Norika Kinoshita (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
Color Designer: Atelier Pontdarc’s Izumi Sakamoto (returning)
Compositing director: T2 Studio’s Miori Miyagi (Uncle from Another World assistant compositing director)
Music composer: Kenichiro Suehiro (returning)
Animation producer: Shinichiro Kato (Sengoku Youko, Utawarerumono Mask of Truth)
The third season of Re:ZERO will stream on Crunchyroll.
What is Re:ZERO Season 3 about?
Re:ZERO-Starting Life in Another World- anime is based on the KADOKAWA-published light novels written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichirou Ootsuka. Studio White Fox animated the first two seasons of the anime, which premiered in 2016 and 2020, respectively, with Season 2 having a split-cour format (the second cour premiered in July 2021). Tsunaki Yoshikawa, the animation producer of the first two seasons, founded Atelier Pontdarc in July 2020.
Here's the official plot description for Re:ZERO Season 3:
A year has passed since the liberation of “The sanctuary”, where Subaru Natsuki defeated Elsa and fulfilled his contract with Beatrice in the battle against the Great Rabbits. Emilia camp was united as they faced the royal election, and Subaru Natsuki was living a fulfilling life, but the peace and quiet came to an end with a single letter delivered by a messenger. The letter was from Anastasia, one of the candidates for the royal selection, to invite Emilia to the Watergate City of Priestella, one of the five largest cities in Lugunica. Accepting the invitation, Subaru and his party set off for Priestella, where a variety of reunions awaited them. One unexpected, one unintended, and one to come. The stirrings of malice writhing beneath the surface of the water and an unprecedented crisis loom over them. Once again, the boy faces a cruel fate.
Re:ZERO Season 3 Cast
The Japanese voice cast of Re:ZERO Season 3 includes:
Yusuke Kobayashi as Subaru Natsuki
Rie Takahashi as Emilia
Satomi Arai as Beatrice
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Garfiel Tinsel
Kohei Amasaki as Otto Suwen
Chinatsu Akasaki as Felt
Yuichi Nakamura as Reinhard Van Astrea
Yuka Iguchi as Crusch Karsten
Yui Horie as Ferris
Kenyu Horiuchi as Wilhelm Van Astrea
Kana Ueda as Anastasia Hoshin
Takuya Eguchi as Julius Juukulius
Yukari Tamura as Priscilla Barielle
Tomokazu Seki as Al
Aya Yamane as Liliana Masquerade
For more information about Re:ZERO Season 3, check out the official website of the anime.
