The spring 2016 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. Ahead of the release of the ninth and final volume in a few days, they’ve now brought out a look at the packaging for the series – though we’re still waiting on a larger version of the cover itself. The twenty-five episode series is getting a nine-volume release that began on June 24th, 2016. The Blu-ray releases are priced at 7,560 yen each while the DVDs are at 7,560 yen each.
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.”
| Volume | 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 |
[Source: Re: Life in a different world from zero]
