Re:Zero Anime's 3rd Season Unveils More Cast, Theme Song Artists and More
Kadokawa revealed on Thursday four more characters and theme songs for the 3rd season of the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime. Kadokawa also announced via a trailer that the anime's 3rd season will start a limited two-week advance theater screening run throughout Japan, on August 30:
Trailer
New Announced Characters
- Shōya Ishige as Joshua Juukulius
- Kōtarō Nishiyama as Kiritaka Muse
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Heinkel Astrea
- Chika Anzai as Sirius Romanée-Conti
Konomi Suzuki, 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 as heard in the trailer above. Music unit MYTH & ROID is performing the ending theme song "NOX LUX."
The anime's staff also announced that the third season's first episode titled "Gekijō-gata Akui" (Theatrical Malice) will air as a 90-minute (equivalent to four regular episodes) special.
Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will premiere the 90-minute first episode at Anime Expo on July 5. Yūsuke Kobayashi will be in attendance.
The 3rd season of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- will premiere in October. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director's Cut, an updated version of the anime's 1st 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. Crunchyroll is currently streaming the anime.
The 2nd 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 2nd season's latter half premiered in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the second season as it aired in Japan.