The summer 2020 anime series Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is getting its home video release handled by Media Factory, and they’ve set the pace for what’s to come. The two-cour season is being done as a split cour with the first half arriving on October 28th, 2020, for four volumes and then starting on April 28th, 2021, with four more volumes. The final volume of this two-cour season arrived on July 28th, 2021. All volumes are 6,000 yen on DVD and 7,000 yen on Blu-ray, except for the first volume, which is 1,000 yen higher.
Previously, the third season was getting its home video releases scheduled, which kicked off in 2025. There’ll be five releases on DVD and Blu-ray that covers episodes 51 through 66 – noting that episode 51 is a 90-minute episode. DVDs are priced at 8,000 yen each and Blu-rays at 9,000 yen. Each release has four episodes except the first that has the 90-minute extended episode 51.
I had missed the packaging for the fifth and final set recently, but have now updated it with the full packaging spread below.
Based on the light novels from writer Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrator Shinichirou Ootsuka, the series has seven volumes to its name so far and was announced as being a part of the spring season back in December 2015.
The series was directed by Seiji Watanabe working off of series composition by Masahiro Yokotani. Character designs were done by Kyuta Sakai with White Fox handling the animation production. The cast includes Yuusuke Kobayashi as Subaru Natsuki, Rie Takahashi as Emilia, Yumi Uchiyama as Pack, Chinatsu Akasaki as Felt, Rie Murakawa as Ram, Inori Minase as Rem, Satomi Arai as Beatrice and Yuuichi Nakamura as Lineheart.
Plot concept: Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, encounters a beautiful silver-haired girl from another world. Subaru wants to stay by her side and help her, but the burden she carries is far beyond anything Subaru imagined. They’re faced with one attacking monster after another, betrayal, irrational violence… and finally death. Subaru doesn’t want to see her get hurt, so he vows to take down any enemy, any fate that comes his way, to protect her. And so this powerless boy obtains “Return by Death,” a unique ability that allows him to turn back time by dying. It becomes the potential to guide all people to a world where everyone can always be smiling, dependent on Subaru’s life and loneliness. By using his power, the past can be lost, and memories can be rewritten. Subaru must now fight the fate that dooms him to keep all those forgotten memories hidden within, to be perpetually beaten, to see his own heart wearing down, to wager his life… all to protect the people he cares about. To get back the precious times that he’s sure must have happened.
“Even if you forget me, I will never forget you.”
Season 1
Date
Extras
1
06/24/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Clean Closing
2
07/27/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary, Promo Collection
3
08/24/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
4
09/28/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
5
10/26/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening 2, Clean Closing 2
6
11/25/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
7
12/21/16
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
8
01/25/17
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
9
02/24/17
Bonus Short, Audio Commentary
Season 2
Date
Extras
1
10/28/20
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Clean Closing
2
11/25/20
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
3
12/23/20
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
4
01/27/21
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
5
04/28/21
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
6
05/26/21
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
7
06/30/21
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
8
07/28/21
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
Box Set
10/25/24
Combined Booklet, TBA
Season 3
Date
Extras
1
01/24/25
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Clean Closing
2
02/26/25
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
3
03/26/25
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
4
05/28/25
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
5
06/25/25
Novel Short, Booklet, Bonus Short, Web Previews, Audio Commentary, Promos, Commercials
Season 4
Date
Extras
1
07/24/26
Booklet, Mini Chibi Anime, Audio Commentary, Web Previews, Clean Opening, Clean Close
2
08/26/26
Booklet, Mini Chibi Anime, Audio Commentary, Web Previews, Promos, Commercials
3
09/25/26
Booklet, Mini Chibi Anime, Audio Commentary, Web Previews, TBA
4
10/28/26
Booklet, Mini Chibi Anime, Audio Commentary, Web Previews, TBA
5
11/27/26
Booklet, Mini Chibi Anime, Audio Commentary, Web Previews, TBA
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[Source: Re: Life in a different world from zero]
Chris Beveridge
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