After the success of the 2011 anime series Steins;Gate, which spawned a theatrical film as well, it’s no surprise that we’d eventually get a new game that would also inspire a new anime adaptation. While details are still light ta the moment, a new game called Steins;Gate 0 is in the works as a true sequel that will work off of stories from the novels and drama CDs and that an anime adaptation got the go ahead as well. The game and anime works along a different time line with familiar faces.
FUNimation has licensed and released the original TV series in North America and also holds the license to the 2013 theatrical film, which has not been released yet.
Original series concept: The eccentric mad scientist Okabe, his childhood friend Mayuri, and the otaku hacker Daru have banded together to form the “Future Gadget Research Laboratory,” and spend their days in a ramshackle laboratory hanging out and occasionally attempting to invent incredible futuristic gadgets. However, their claymore is a hydrator and their hair dryer flips breakers, and the only invention that’s even remotely interesting is their Phone Microwave, which transforms bananas into oozing green gel. But when an experiment goes awry, the gang discovers that the Phone Microwave can also send text messages to the past. And what’s more, the words they send can affect the flow of time and have unforeseen, far-reaching consequences—consequences that Okabe may not be able to handle…
