Re:Zero Season 3 Episode 1 Anime Preview Images Revealed

The official websites and accounts of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- has revealed preview images for the first anime episode of Season 3, which is titled Theatrical Malice. The movie-length (90-minute) premiere episode is scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, October 2, with studio White Fox returning to produce its animation. Just like the previous couple of seasons, Re:Zero Season 3 will be available to stream on Crunchyroll with English subtitles. This episode was previously leaked back in August.

Check out the preview stills for Re:Zero Season 3 Episode 1 in the image gallery below:

The staff of Re:Zero Season 3 Episode 1 are listed below:

Episode Directors: Masahiro Shinohara, Risa Suzuki, Gouichi Iwahata
Script: Masahiro Yokotani
Storyboard: Masahiro Shinohara, Risa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Animation Directors: Chie Mishima, Takashi Yokoyama, Kana Niimura, Risa Suzuki

Studio White Fox animated the first two seasons of the isekai 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. The opening theme song is titled Reweave, performed by Konomi Suzuki; the ending theme song NUX LOX, is performed by MYTH & ROID ED.

Re:Zero Season 3 Cast

The main cast are confirmed to reprise their roles for Re:Zero Season 3, and it was recently announced that Aoi Yuuki is voicing Capella Emerada Lugunica. The Japanese voice cast members of Re:Zero Season 3 are listed below:

Rie Takahashi as Emilia
Yuusuke Kobayashi as Subaru Natsuki
Kouhei Amasaki as Otto Suwen
Satomi Arai as Beatrice
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Garfiel Tinsel
Takuya Eguchi as Julius Euclius
Chinatsu Akasaki as Felt
Yui Horie as Felix Argyle
Kenjiro Tsuda as Heinkel Astrea
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Wilhelm van Astrea
Yuka Iguchi as Crusch Karsten
Yukari Tamura as Priscilla Barielle
Aoi Yuuki as Capella Emerada Lugunica
Aya Yamane as Liliana Masquerade
Chika Anzai as Sirius Romanée-Conti
Kana Ueda as Anastasia Hoshin
Koutarou Nishiyama as Kiritaka Muse
Shouya Ishige as Joshua Juukulius
Tomokazu Seki as Al
Yuuichi Nakamura as Reinhard van Astrea

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. The third season will consist of 16 episodes, adapting the Attack arc and Coutnerattack arc with 8 episodes each. The Counterattack arc is scheduled to premiere on February 5, 2025.

The official plot synopsis for Re:Zero Season 3 reads:

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.

You can watch the latest trailer for Re:Zero Season 3 below: