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Muse Asia Licenses Re:Zero Anime's 3rd Season
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The third season's "Shūgeki-hen" (Attack Arc) will premiere on October 2 on TOKYO MX, AT-X, and other channels, with a 90-minute special. The anime will also stream on the ABEMA and d Anime Store streaming services in Japan. The "Hangeki-hen" (Counterattack Arc) will premiere on February 5, 2025. Each arc will have eight episodes.
Previously announced new cast members for the season include:
- Aya Yamane as Liliana Masquerade
- Shōya Ishige as Joshua Juukulius
- Kōtarō Nishiyama as Kiritaka Muse
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Heinkel Astrea
- Chika Anzai as Sirius Romanée-Conti
- Aoi Yūki as Capella Emerada Lugunica
Konomi Suzuki, who performed the opening theme songs for the series' first two seasons, is performing the new season's opening theme song "Reweave." Sabō Karasuya wrote the lyrics, and Tom-H@ck scored the guitar rock number's music. Music unit MYTH & ROID is performing the ending theme song "NOX LUX."
The 25-episode first anime season of Tappei Nagatsuki's Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- light novel series premiered in April 2016. Animax Asia premiered the anime in January 2017. The anime has inspired two original video anime (OVA) volumes, titled Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow and Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World - The Frozen Bond. Animax Asia aired both anime in July 2020.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director's Cut, an updated version of the television anime's first season, premiered in January 2020. The new edit of the first 25-episode season adds some new footage and reworks the episodes to run in a one-hour timeslot. Animax Asia began airing the anime in June 2020. Muse Asia added the anime in January 2021.
The anime's second season premiered in July 2020, delayed from its original April 2020 premiere date due to the effect of COVID-19 on the show's production. The second season's latter half premiered in January 2021. Animax Asia aired the second season as it aired in Japan.
