Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: Season 1
2016 · 85 episodes · ★ 9.4
What Season 1 of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Subaru Natsuki is a young man with no job and no education who suddenly finds himself in a fantasy world. As soon as he arrives, he tries to help Emilia, a half-elf who aims to become the next ruler of the Kingdom of Lugunica. Shortly after, he discovers he can turn back time and wake up a few hours earlier with his memories intact. He decides to use that power to support Emilia in her goal, while the dangers surrounding her give him no rest. The season revolves around this protagonist and the throne hopeful who needs him.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End
Natsuki Subaru is summoned to a parallel world on his way home from the convenience store. He's entranced at first by the fantasy world suddenly stretching before his eyes, but the cute girl he believes summoned him is nowhere to be found, and soon enough he's utterly lost. Then a gang of punks surrounds him, but he quickly learns that he doesn't have any of the powers that he thought all people transported to a parellel world should have. Just when he's about to be beaten senseless, a girl appears...
Directing: Masaharu Watanabe · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Mugihito, Kenta Miyake, Hibiku Yamamura
1x02 Reunion with the Witch
After being attacked by someone the first time, sliced open by Elsa the second time, and stabbed in the back by punks the third time, Subaru should have been dead, but found himself back where he started in the same parallel world every time. He finally realizes he’s acquired the power to go back to the time and place he started from, which he calls “Return by Death.” In hopes of changing the fate awaiting Felt, Satella, Old Man Rom, and himself, Subaru takes off for the fourth time.
Directing: Masahiro Shinohara · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Mugihito, Kenta Miyake
1x03 Starting Life from Zero in Another World
Subaru attempts to buy the insignia from Felt and return it to Satella before Elsa arrives at the loot house…but Satella arrives before the negotiations are complete, and Elsa still attacks them.
Directing: Kazuomi Koga · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Mugihito, Mamiko Noto
1x04 The Happy Roswaal Mansion Family
After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of Lugunica.
Directed by: Yoshinobu Tokumoto · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takehito Koyasu
1x05 The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant
Subaru now lives and works in Roswaal’s mansion, working with Ram and Rem, and finally getting Emilia to agree to a date with him. But the day of their promised date never comes as Subaru keeps going back to the day he first awoke in the mansion. He’s confused at the thought that he Returned by Death despite having no memory of experiencing anything deadly, but he’s determined to repeat his previous actions up to the point of fulfilling his promise with Emilia.
Directed by: Daisuke Takashima · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Marika Kouno, Eri Suzuki, Yumiko Kobayashi
1x06 The Sound of Chains
Subaru’s first day at the Roswaal mansion begins for the third time. The first time, he grew weak and died of unknown reasons in his sleep, and the second time, he was killed by an attacker. The sound of chains that he heard as he died the second time replays in his mind, waking him in a terrified, cold sweat. He has no idea what the killer is after, let alone who it is, so he makes a plan to leave the mansion on the fourth night and watch for the attack to happen.
Directing: Hideyo Yamamoto · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu
1x07 Natsuki Subaru’s Restart
Standing before Subaru is someone he never expected. The truth of the attacker’s identity leaves him bewildered, and he feels everything crumbling around him as he dies yet again. Then, for the fourth time, he awakes on his first day at the Roswaal mansion. This time, the night of the fourth day passes without incident, and Subaru is stunned as he greets the morning of the fifth day…but then the situation takes an unexpected turn.
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu
1x08 I Cried, Cried My Lungs Out, and Stopped Crying
Subaru’s first day in Roswaal’s mansion begins for the fifth time. Determined to save everyone this time, he makes it a point to keep his best smile on his face in order to earn the trust of the mansion’s staff. But although he works his hardest to make them like him, his body begins to have trouble keeping up with his heart’s intentions. Soon Emilia is unable to bear the sight of him struggling any longer and takes an unexpected action…
Directing: Manabu Okamoto · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takehito Koyasu
1x09 The Meaning of Courage
The scattered pieces of the puzzle finally come together, and Subaru realizes for certain that the shaman who cursed him is in the village at the foot of the mountains. He heads there with Ram and Rem and makes sure all the villagers touch him so that he can find out, with Beatrice’s help, who cast the curse. But the truth he finds is not what he expected, and he finds himself rushing toward the village again…
Directed by: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Eri Suzuki, Yumiko Kobayashi, Shizuka Ishigami
1x10 Demonically Inspired Methods
Subaru risked his life to save the children from a pack of Ulgarm, but he was so powerfully cursed that there could be no saving him. Even Beatrice is unable to undo the complex web of curses on him, and says he’ll grow weak and die within half a day. The only way he can survive is if the entire Ulgarm pack is defeated, but time is not on his side. Subaru is ready to give up when he learns that Rem has gone into the forest by herself…
Directing: Yoshinobu Tokumoto · Starring: Marika Kouno, Yumiko Kobayashi, Shizuka Ishigami, Minami Shinoda
1x11 Rem
Knocked unconscious by Subaru’s attack, Rem dreams of an event in her past that she and Ram would rather forget…a sin for which Rem feels she can never be forgiven. After waking up, she tells Subaru that she’s just committed the same sin again. When the three of them are moments from being cornered by the Ulgarm pack, Subaru takes off to draw their attention so Ram and Rem can escape.
Directing: Daigo Yamagishi · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno, Akiko Kimura
1x12 Return to the Capital
At the order of the council of elders that manages Lugunica in the king’s absence, Wilhelm and Felix visit Roswaal’s mansion as emissaries. Emilia is required in the imperial capital right away, so Subaru asks her to take him along. Emilia tells him this won’t be a pleasure trip, but a push from Rem and Roswaal ends in her agreement, so Emilia and Subaru head to the capital. Now all of the candidates to be Lugunica’s next king are gathered, and the royal selection is underway.
Directing: Daisuke Takashima · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Marika Kouno, Mugihito
1x13 Self-Proclaimed Knight Natsuki Subaru
As Emilia joins Priscilla, Crusch, and Anastasia in a meeting of the royal selection participants, Reinhard enters the hall with Felt. According to a new prophecy seen on the Dragon Stone, there are five priestesses with the potential to be the kingdom’s next ruler. Reinhard announces that Felt is the fifth priestess, meaning it’s time to formally begin the royal selection, but Felt refuses to have any part in it.
Directing: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Mugihito
1x14 The Sickness Called Despair
“I just wanted to protect her. That feeling wasn’t a lie. Where did I go wrong?” Rejected by the one who meant more to him than anything, Subaru is still unable to recognize that he may have done something irreversible. He then finds out that some disturbing movement has been detected within Roswaal’s domain, where Emilia and the others are. He’s certain that he can save them somehow, so in spite of Rem and Crusch’s opposition, Subaru makes his way back to Emilia…
Directed by: Taisuke Mamori · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Kenta Miyake, Yuka Iguchi
1x15 The Outside of Madness
Upon returning to Roswaal’s mansion, Subaru is greeted by an unbelievable sight and wails that this was not what he wanted to happen. Stricken with despair, everything before Subaru starts to go white as, finally, he hears a voice: “You were too late.”
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Nakashige · Writing: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Kenta Miyake, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
1x16 A Pig's Greed
Subaru wakes up in front of the appa shop once again. Feeling boxed in on all sides due to his own lack of power to change the situation, he seeks the help of others. First, he seeks the help of Crush, who flatly declines any further involvement passed her contractual obligation of healing Subaru. His requests to Anastasia and Priscilla similarly go unanswered despite his pleas. Having wasted too much time, Subaru decides to at least try to get Emilia away from Roswaal’s mansion as early as possible. He then takes a dragon car back home with Rem.
Directed by: Yoshinobu Tokumoto · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi
1x17 Disgrace in the Extreme
A mysterious figure appears before Subaru and his traveling companions. As the looming beast attacks with a deafening bellow amidst the darkness and fog, Rem determines that it will be too difficult to escape…
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Marika Kouno, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yumiko Kobayashi
1x18 From Zero
Subaru laments that he could not do anything or save anyone, and has no options left. Exhausted, he suddenly takes off running at full speed as if he’s made a decision…
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
1x19 Battle Against the White Whale
To save Emilia, Subaru approaches Crusch to negotiate the formation of an alliance. His terms are a bit difficult for Crusch to believe, but she can see that Subaru isn’t lying.
Directed by: Daisuke Takashima · Starring: Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kana Ueda
1x20 Wilhelm van Astrea
Subaru has devoted everything he had, and done all he could do. His passion has captured Crusch’s heart, as well as Anastasia’s cooperation, and they all enter into the battle against the White Whale together.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Starring: Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Yukiyo Fujii
1x21 A Wager That Defies Despair
Subaru and Rem are at a loss for words. The battle against the White Whale, which seemed to be going in their favor through attrition, suddenly took on completely different proportions. With their tactical superiority and advantage quickly dwindling, the combined forces all but get tangled up in the threads of despair. That’s when Subaru decides to yell out his next move…
Directing: Yoshinobu Tokumoto · Starring: Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Yukiyo Fujii
1x22 A Flash of Sloth
With the battle against the White Whale now over, the mercenary force setting up the blockade of the road comes back, Julius at the lead. His arrival gives rise to mixed feelings for Subaru, but after Julius sincerely thanks him for ridding the world of the monster, Subaru finds it in himself to apologize for his past behavior. The group now looks forward, ready to enter the Mathers domain…
Directing: Taisuke Mamori · Starring: Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Takuya Eguchi, Yukiyo Fujii
1x23 Nefarious Sloth
The group is making its way in the Mathers domain when suddenly everyone but Subaru disappears and a strange, suffocating atmosphere seeps through the forest. He quickly figures out it is nothing but an illusion, and with help from Julius on the other side, dispels the barrier for everyone caught in it. However, arriving at the village doesn’t make convincing the residents to evacuate easy. Time is running out, and the invisible hand of sloth makes its presence at the back of Subaru’s mind more and more nefarious.
Directed by: Yoshinobu Tokumoto · Starring: Marika Kouno, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Takuya Eguchi
1x24 The Self-Proclaimed Knight and the Greatest of Knights
Subaru devises a new plan to correct the mistake of the blank letter sent to the manor, encourage the evacuation of the villagers and move Emilia away from her current location. With these preparations complete, he enacts the second part of his plan designed to cut off the Fingers before severing the Unseen Hand once and for all.
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Marika Kouno, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi
1x25 That’s All This Story Is About Season Finale
Emilia is hurriedly ushered to the capital along with the villagers under the orders of a mysterious benefactor while escorted by a rag-tag group of individuals from various and opposing factions. She has but one question on her mind: who could this man be and why would he go so far? Meanwhile, Subaru and Julius face off against the Archbishop of Sin Betelgeuse for the ultimate time. Unfortunately, he is very persistent even beyond death, belying his nature of Sloth. Subaru is relentlessly chased while he catches up to Emilia to save her one last time and answer her question.
Directed by: Masaharu Watanabe · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Marika Kouno, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi
1x26 Each One's Promise
Amid dying countless times, Subaru finally led the troops to victory against the White Whale and struck down the schemes of the Sin Archbishop of Sloth. After overcoming a painful ending to his these ordeals, he was reunited at last with his beloved Emilia…only to learn that Rem’s existence had been erased from the world, wiped out by the White Whale somewhere in the middle of his death loop. And now that the White Whale is defeated, Subaru and the others face a crisis no one could have expected.
Directing: Naoko Takeichi, Masaharu Watanabe · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Marika Kouno, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie
1x27 The Next Location
After concluding their talks with Crusch, Subaru and Emilia return to the village of Arlam, intending to report to Roswaal and discuss what to do next. But they find Arlam deserted and learn that the villagers who had taken refuge in the Sanctuary with Ram have not yet returned. When Subaru and Emilia arrive back at Roswaal’s mansion to find out where the Sanctuary is, they are greeted by Frederica, a young woman who used to work as one of Roswaal’s maids.
Directed by: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno, Yuka Iguchi
1x28 The Long-Awaited Reunion
On the way to the Sanctuary, Subaru unwittingly finds himself invited to a witch’s tea party, where the hostess introduces herself as Echidna, the Witch of Greed. Subaru is alarmed, but Echidna encourages him to sit and drink his tea before it gets cold. When he somehow makes it back outside after a conversation with Echidna, he finds Otto lying on the ground, battered and beaten. Then, before he even has a moment to assess the situation, Subaru himself is attacked.
Directed by: Kenichi Kawamura · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Maki Izawa, Maaya Sakamoto
1x29 Parent and Child
It’s supposed to be his own room, a place he’s supposed to be used to seeing, but Subaru can’t shake the feeling that something is off. He’s overcome by an indescribable sense of uneasiness, but being caught in his father Kenichi’s armlock shakes it away. Subaru is stunned, but retaliates with a wrestling move of his own. As the two of them carry on, Subaru’s mother, Nahoko, informs them that she’s hungry and they should all eat breakfast together. Subaru meets his parents again during the trial offered by the greed witch.
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Kohsuke Toriumi, Ryoka Yuzuki, Yuya Murakami
1x30 A Step Forward
Having reached a place he can’t return from, Subaru realizes just how much he has been given and how little he can do to repay any of it. After remembering what he must do, he says goodbye to Kenichi and Nahoko and heads to the school. Steeling his resolve, Subaru opens the door to the classroom, where he’s greeted by Echidna in a school uniform. When Echidna says he arrived much sooner than she expected, Subaru responds that she looks good in the uniform.
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Kouichi Souma
1x31 The Maiden's Gospel
After dying to Elsa’s blade in Roswaal’s mansion, Subaru awakens back in the graveyard, in the moment immediately after he passed the trial that required him to face his past. Just like the first time he returned there, he wakes Emilia and holds her to comfort her, then returns to Ryuzu and the others. He tells them that he passed the trial himself and suggests that he could complete the remaining stages of the trial in Emilia’s place, but Garfiel is opposed.
Directed by: Kazuhiro Ozawa · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno
1x32 Friend
Subaru had reached for the door, determined to save Rem from harm even if his current world would soon end. But instead of Rem, he found himself staring at Beatrice’s library. Beatrice had remained silent throughout Elsa’s attack and saved Subaru’s life just moments before Elsa could claim it. Subaru shouts at Beatrice, demanding to know why she didn’t help before everyone else was killed, and an intense argument ensues. Then Subaru catches sight of a familiar-looking book…
Directed by: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Mamiko Noto, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x33 The Value of Life
Subaru was caught and confined by Garfiel, but Otto shows up to rescue him. Garfiel can’t leave the graveyard while Emilia is undergoing the trial, so Otto says this is their chance to get outside the barrier, but Subaru doesn’t agree. However, after he learns that Ram will be helping them—that she has been ordered by Roswaal to help him, in fact—Subaru puts his escape on hold to have a talk with Roswaal.
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Kouichi Souma
1x34 Love Love Love Love Love Love You
After being eaten alive by a herd of unknown creatures resembling rabbits, Subaru awakens in a half-maddened state next to Emilia in the graveyard. As he pounds his head against the rocky ground over and over in anguish, he finds himself invited once again to a witch’s tea party. There, he tells Echidna about his Return by Death ability, something he has never been able to tell anyone before. Echidna then begins to tell Subaru about the witch who gave him this power and set him on this agonizing path.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Writing: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Misaki Kuno, Maaya Sakamoto, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x35 I Know Hell
Subaru exits the graveyard to find the surroundings engulfed in deep black shadows. With the sudden appearance of the Witch of Envy, everything is swallowed up by darkness. After Garfiel rushes in to save him, Subaru tries to find a way to get them out of danger, but the Witch of Envy is relentless in her pursuit. Subaru finally offers himself as bait to stall her so Garfiel can intercept and attack, but he’s helpless against the Witch of Envy, and everything continues to be engulfed by her shadows.
Directing: Yoshito Mikamo · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno, Kouichi Souma
1x36 The Taste of Death
Subaru heads to Roswaal’s mansion in hopes of finding out what’s going on there and how he can fix it. He has Frederica and Petra evacuate to Arlam Village to protect them from Elsa’s attack, then heads to Beatrice’s forbidden library. He tries to get Beatrice out of the library, but her wishes don’t align with his plans, and their discussion goes nowhere. Then, against all logic, Elsa finds her way into the forbidden library…
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga, Kazuhiro Ozawa · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Mamiko Noto, Eri Suzuki, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x37 The Witches’ Tea Party
Subaru awakens in the graveyard with Emilia lying nearby. This time, he makes up his mind to save not only Emilia, but everyone in the Sanctuary and Roswaal’s mansion from the threats that hang over them. Roswaal makes it clear that he will use Subaru’s power to keep starting over by force if he has to, if it will allow him to achieve his own goal. What is driving Roswaal to go to such lengths? In search of the answer to this and many other questions, Subaru goes to see Echidna once again.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi
1x38 The Sounds That Make You Want to Cry Mid-Season Finale
Subaru is shown several visions of events previously unknown to him during the second phase of the trial. When he feels as if he’s worn away to nearly nothing, the one to stir him is the one who loves him more than anyone else…and is tougher on him than anyone else. When he awakens to see Echidna extending a hand to help him, he tells her he’ll never accept it. Then the Witch of Envy appears, clad in a veil of darkness, and extends her hand to him as well. Subaru refuses again, screaming that he’ll solve everything on his own without any of their help.
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kenyu Horiuchi, Takuya Eguchi
1x39 Straight Bet
Tragedy strikes the Sanctuary, and Elsa takes aim at both Roswaal’s mansion and the village of Arlam. After being told that all these threats are cruel traps, Subaru can’t help but give in to despair. While he’s stuck questioning himself and unable to come up with a way out of the dilemma closing in on him, Otto shows up and punches him. Thanks to the many feelings packed in Otto’s fist, Subaru finds his hope again.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Maaya Sakamoto
1x40 Otto Suwen / A Reason to Believe
Having been born with the “soul of language” divine protection that allows him to converse with non-human creatures, Otto Suwen’s life has truly had its ups and downs. After being run out of his hometown because of his ability, he found his independence as a merchant, was attacked by the Witch’s Cult, met Subaru…and now, his life is literally on the line in a deadly game of tag. To fulfill his part of the plan, Otto must evade Garfiel’s vicious attacks in a desperate effort to buy time.
Directed by: Kazuhiro Ozawa · Writer: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kenji Nomura, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x41 Nobody Can Lift a Quain Stone Alone
The missing Emilia was in the graveyard all along, her lost memories beginning to return due to Puck’s disappearance. Confused and losing heart over the realization that she’s forgotten such important memories, she tries her hardest to convey her feelings to Subaru. When the two of them leave the graveyard, they’re awaited by Garfiel, who’s been battered and beaten by Otto and Ram. He tries to prevent the Sanctuary’s liberation by closing off the graveyard himself, but Subaru won’t let him have his way without a fight.
Directed by: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Aya Endo, Maaya Sakamoto
1x42 A Journey Through Memories
As she attempts the first trial, Emilia finds herself in Elior Forest, where she lived when she was younger. Echidna snidely remarks on her audacity to set foot here after so thoroughly disgracing herself before, but Emilia responds with a bold smile and tells her she won’t cave to the malice of a fellow witch. As they proceed deeper into the forest, they come upon a massive tree towering over its surroundings. At its base is a small, barred door, which Emilia identifies as the Princess Room where she was often sent to play as a child.
Directed by: Takashi Sakuma · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Akira Ishida, Maaya Sakamoto, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x43 The Day Betelgeuse Laughed
Despite a few inconveniences, like being unable to go outside when she wanted, young Emilia lived a happy life in a settlement of elves with Fortuna, whom she lovingly called “Mother.” However, their peace was threatened by the arrival of the Sin Archbishop of the Witch’s Cult representing Greed, Regulus Corneas. In the present, Shima appears before Subaru and the others as they wait outside the graveyard for Emilia to complete the trial, and she tells them of the events leading up to the birth of the Sanctuary.
Directed by: Yoshito Mikamo · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Akira Ishida, Rie Kugimiya, Maaya Sakamoto
1x44 The Permafrost of Elior Forest
Pandora, the Witch of Vanity, stands before Geuse and Fortuna. They both face her with all the strength they have. Meanwhile, young Emilia runs toward the place where the seal is, believing that everyone will be saved if she gives Pandora what she wants. But when she arrives, Pandora is already there, insisting that she hand over the key to opening the seal.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Rie Kugimiya, Maaya Sakamoto
1x45 The Beginning of the Sanctuary and the Beginning of the End
When Roswaal happily tells the story of how his romance with Echidna began 400 years ago, Beatrice rebukes him for casually calling it a “romance.” Ryuzu interrupts to comment that Echidna saved her, as well. The one thing these three very different people share is their gratitude toward Echidna. But their days spent in both amicable and argumentative conversation about Echidna are brought to an end by one man’s arrival.
Directing: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Takehito Koyasu, Aimi Tanaka
1x46 Reunion of Roars
Subaru tries to prevent the attack on the mansion by talking to Roswaal, but Roswaal refuses to let go of the wish he has clung to for 400 long years. Subaru takes Garfiel and Otto along as he hitches up the carriage to Patrasche and heads for the mansion as quickly as he can. Meanwhile, now that Emilia has completed the first trial, Ram asks her for a favor. Touched by the strength of Ram’s feelings, Emilia reaches out to help her.
Directed by: Takashi Sakuma · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno
1x47 Happiness Reflected on the Water's Surface
Frederica is gradually backed into a corner by Elsa’s attacks. Then Garfiel rushes to the scene with a silver shield on each arm. The siblings’ reunion after so many years is cut short when Elsa’s knife violently clashes against Garfiel’s shield. Meanwhile, Subaru heads to the forbidden library where Beatrice is. She’s surprised when he enters the library and tells her that, after she spent 400 years there under a contract that might as well have been a curse, he’s going to get her out.
Directed by: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno
1x48 Love Me Down to My Blood and Guts
After witnessing an unrealized present, Emilia completes the second trial and begins the third and final one. Ram and Puck are fighting their hardest to stop Roswaal. Each of them is doing it all for the sake of realizing their own goals. The battle between Garfiel and Elsa at Roswaal’s mansion is also growing more and more intense. As Subaru is being chased by a guiltylowe, he declares that it’s time to make use of his unparalleled knowledge of the modern world and lures it into a closet…
Directing: Kazuomi Koga · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki
1x49 Choose Me
After completing the final trial, Emilia emerges from the graveyard into a blizzard heavy enough to block her vision. The people of the Sanctuary and the villagers of Arlam huddle together behind a giant wall of ice, created to shield them from the bitter cold by none other than the great spirit who was once contracted to Emilia. When Emilia touches the ice wall, something flows into her from within it. With a nod of acknowledgement to the voice she hears, she finally takes action.
Directed by: Kazuhiro Ozawa · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno
1x50 Offbeat Steps Under the Moonlight Season Finale
The magic Roswaal is using to control the weather generates enough mana to attract the Great Rabbit, which draws closer to the Sanctuary in a massive horde. Emilia takes Roswaal and Ram to shelter in the graveyard with everyone else, but the Great Rabbit horde has already grown enough to engulf their surroundings. Just when all hope seems lost, Subaru and Beatrice appear before Emilia. So begins Subaru and Beatrice's first battle against the Great Rabbit, one of the Three Great Mabeasts.
Directing: Masaharu Watanabe · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno, Nobuhiko Okamoto
1x51 Theatrical Malice
A year has passed since the battle at the Sanctuary, and Subaru has been spending fulfilling days united with Emilia's camp. However, his peaceful everyday life ends with the arrival of a single letter.
Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Writer: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki
1x52 A Showdown of Fire and Ice
Subaru desperately tries to fend off the attack from Sin Archbishop Sirius. But then, other Archbishops appear...
Directed by: Ichinosuke Akikaze · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Genki Muro, Yukari Tamura, Aya Yamane
1x53 Gorgeous Tiger
After the incident in the main square, Priestella has fallen into chaos and Emilia has been kidnapped. Now it's up to Subaru and the others to rescue Emilia and the city.
Directing: Takashi Nagayoshi · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kohei Amasaki, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi
1x54 Operation: Take Back the Government Office
Subaru and his comrades find themselves in a dire situation after the city was taken over by the Sin Archbishops. Now, they are devising a plan to first reclaim the city hall...
Directed by: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Writer: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie
1x55 A Dark Torrent
The attack on the city hall enters its second phase. Subaru and Crusch breach the interior, but there they are awaited by Capella, who has some sneaky tricks up her sleeve...
Directed by: Kazue Otsuki · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Yuka Iguchi
1x56 Conditions of the Knight
Bishop Regulus of the Seven Deadly Sins wants to force Emilia to marry him, even though he already has hundreds of wives. While he is having the wedding hall prepared, Subaru and the others are planning to rescue Emilia and reclaim the city...
Directing: Masahiro Shinohara · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Yui Horie, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kana Ueda, Takuya Eguchi
1x57 The Newest of Heroes and the Most Ancient of Heroes
Through a Witch's Cultist's conference mirror, Emilia tells Al where the Sin Archbishops are and asks him to protect Beatrice. Al relays Emilia's message to Subaru, and the gang begins to devise a strategy to win back the control towers.
Directing: Masato Goto · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Kana Ueda, Takuya Eguchi
1x58 The One I'll Love Someday
Subaru and the others hold a meeting in the city hall to develop a strategy against the four Sin Archbishops. However, Emilia is slowly running out of time...
Directed by: Hidekazu Hara · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Yuka Iguchi, Yui Horie
1x59 City Scramble
While the others deal with the other Archbishops, Subaru puts his plan to stop Regulus into action.
Directed by: Ichinosuke Akikaze · Writer: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Yui Horie
1x60 The Plan to Conquer Greed
Subaru thinks long and hard about how Regulus's Authority should work...
Directing: Yasuaki Fujii · Writing: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Yui Horie, Kana Ueda, Yukari Tamura
1x61 Liliana Masquerade
Liliana gives the performance of her lifetime to help Priscilla defeat the Sin Archbishop of Wrath.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Yukari Tamura, Aya Yamane, Koutaro Nishiyama, Akira Ishida
1x62 Regulus Corneas
Emilia seeks the aid of Regulus's wives in dethroning the little king once and for all.
Directed by: Kazue Otsuki · Writer: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Akira Ishida, Aoi Koga, Akari Tadano
1x63 The Warrior's Commendation
Capella uses Al's admiration for Priscilla against him, and Garfiel fights the legendary "Eight-Arms" Kurgan.
Directing: Masahiro Shinohara · Writing: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Kohei Amasaki, Kenyu Horiuchi, Tomokazu Seki
1x64 Theresia van Astrea
Wilhelm finds himself face to face with his beloved wife who died years ago.
Directed by: Hinako Masaki · Writer: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kenyu Horiuchi, Kenjiro Tsuda, Minami Takahashi
1x65 A Hideous Dinner Party
While battling Lye Batenkaitos, Otto discovers the secret to the Sin Archbishop's power.
Directing: Ichinosuke Akikaze · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Yui Horie, Kana Ueda
1x66 The Result of the Battle for Priestella Season Finale
Otto and Beatrice battle Gluttony, the last of the Sin Archbishops terrorizing Priestella.
Directing: Mamiko Sekiya · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Kohei Amasaki, Yui Horie
1x67 The Reason I'm Taking You with Me / Gorgeous Tiger Reloaded
Subaru sets out for the Pleiades Watchtower in hopes of saving his friends and the people of Priestella.
Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Kohei Amasaki
1x68 Overcome Sand Time
Subaru and company struggle to cross the Auguria Dunes on the way to the Pleiades Watchtower.
Directed by: Hinako Masaki · Writer: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Kaori Nazuka, Marika Kouno, Kouichi Souma
1x69 The Keeper of the Watchtower
The party is separated just before reaching the Pleiades Watchtower. Subaru awakens to find he's underground.
Directing: Hidekazu Hara · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Kana Ueda, Masashi Nogawa, Fairouz Ai
1x70 A White Sky Asterism
Subaru and company meet Shaula, keeper of the Pleiades Watchtower, who leads them to the first of its trials.
Directing: Tamaki Nakatsu · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Akira Ishida, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki
1x71 Stick Swinger
The Great Pleiades Library doesn't seem to have the answers Subaru seeks, so he decides they must go further.
Directed by: Takashi Nagayoshi · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki, Fairouz Ai
1x72 Julius Juukulius
Subaru and crew attempt to get past the second floor of the tower, but its examiner poses a tough challenge.
Directed by: Daisuke Eguchi · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki, Fairouz Ai
1x73 Walking Out of the Convenience Store and into a Wondrous World
Julius overhears Anastasia and Subaru talking about Anastasia's current condition.
Directed by: Kazuhiro Ozawa · Writer: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Takuya Eguchi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki
1x74 Who Are You?
Subaru wakes up in the green room, remembering absolutely nothing about the world he is in.
Directed by: Hinako Masaki · Writer: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Takuya Eguchi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki
1x75 Empty Shell
Maddened by fear and distrust, Subaru attempts to escape the watchtower... only to end up lost underground.
Directed by: Shinya Kawabe · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Takuya Eguchi, Eri Suzuki, Fairouz Ai
1x76 Murder Is a Habit
Shortly after Subaru discovers Meili's corpse, Beatrice finds a book with Meili's name on it in the archive.
Directed by: Masato Goto · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Mamiko Noto, Aoi Yuki, Kana Ueda
1x77 Re: Life Starting in Another World From Zero Mid-Season Finale
Subaru tries desperately to convince the others that he's lost his memories, but they aren't convinced.
Directed by: Yudai Ishikawa · Written by: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki, Tomokazu Sugita
1x78 From Now On
After waking up without his memories yet again, Subaru makes up his mind to save Meili this time.
Directed by: Tamaki Nakatsu · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Mamiko Noto, Aoi Yuki, Kana Ueda
1x79 Stand Up
Subaru decides to read Reid's book of the dead in hopes of finding a way to defeat him.
Directed by: Hinako Masaki · Writer: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kengo Kawanishi, Konomi Kohara, Kana Ueda
1x80 Five Obstacles
Subaru returns from the corridor of memories to find the tower under attack by mabeasts.
Directing: Shinya Kawabe · Writing: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kengo Kawanishi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki
1x81 A Single-Minded Star
Subaru searches for a way to deal with Reid, Gluttony, mabeasts, and a giant scorpion attacking the tower.
Directed by: Hidekazu Hara · Writer: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Takuya Eguchi, Kengo Kawanishi, Kana Ueda, Eri Suzuki
1x82 Natsuki Subaru
With his mental state already in tatters, Subaru finds a book in the archive with his name on it.
Directed by: Kazuhiro Ozawa · Writer: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takehito Koyasu, Kenta Miyake
1x83 Good Loser
Subaru's two sets of memories have merged, and he leads the others in an all-out war to conquer the tower.
Directed by: Hinako Masaki, Akihisa Shibata · Written by: Eiji Umehara · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Kana Ueda, Takuya Eguchi, Kengo Kawanishi
1x84 Ram
While Emilia faces the final trial in the tower, Ram faces off against Rye.
Directed by: Tamaki Nakatsu · Writer: Yoshiko Nakamura · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Kengo Kawanishi, Eri Suzuki, Masashi Nogawa
1x85 Shaula / Hero Season Finale
As the battle to conquer the tower nears its climax, Subaru faces the giant scorpion that was once Shaula.
Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara, Yusuke Maruyama · Written by: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Kouichi Souma, Kana Ueda, Takuya Eguchi, Eri Suzuki
Season 1 Cast
Kohei AmasakiOtto Suwen (voice)35 episodes
Kana UedaAnastasia Hoshin (voice)33 episodes
Kenyu HoriuchiWilhelm van Astrea (voice)24 episodes
Eri SuzukiMeili Portroute (voice)24 episodes
Yuichi NakamuraReinhard van Astrea (voice)21 episodes
Marika KounoPetra Leyte (voice)20 episodes
Kouichi SoumaTeam Member (voice)18 episodes
Yuka IguchiCrusch Karsten (voice)17 episodes
Kaori NazukaFrederica Baumann (voice)15 episodes
Fairouz AiShaula (voice)15 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does season 1 of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- have?
Season 1 of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- has 85 episodes.
When Did Season 1 of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Premiere?
It premiered on April 4, 2016.
Where to Watch Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 1
Available with a subscription on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience rating on TMDB, episode 1x44, “The Permafrost of Elior Forest,” has a 9.8.