Series synopsis
Steins;Gate is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy mystery comedy television series that premiered on Teletama on April 6, 2011. It ended on September 14, 2011. It stars Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa and Tomokazu Seki.
A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.
Premise
A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.
Premise: Changing the past only makes the future worse.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mamoru Miyano as Rintaro Okabe (voice)
- Asami Imai as Kurisu Makise (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Mayuri Shiina (voice)
- Tomokazu Seki as Itaru Hashida (voice)
- Yukari Tamura as Suzuha Amane (voice)
- Haruko Momoi as Faris Nyan-Nyan (voice)
- Yu Kobayashi as Luka Urushibara (voice)
- Saori Goto as Moeka Kiryuu (voice)
Supporting cast
- Masaki Terasoma as Yuugo Tennouji (voice)
Guest cast
- Naoko Sakakibara as Newscaster (voice)
- Mitsuru Ogata as Dr. Nakabachi (voice)
- Hiroshi Tsuchida as John Titor (voice)
- Ikumi Hayama as Maid (voice)
- Hiroko Ushida as Clerk (voice)
- Mitsuaki Hoshino as Eisuke Urushibara (voice)
- Daiki Soeda as Man (voice)
- Takayuki Saito as Rounder (voice)
- Ayano Yamamoto as Nae Tennouji (voice)
- Takuya Sato as Reporter (voice)
- Taira Kikumoto as Yukitaka Akiha (voice)
- Shinya Fukumatsu as Butler (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | February 22, 2012 | December 3, 2015 |
| Season 1 | 24 | April 6, 2011 | September 14, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Egoistic Poriomania A few months after the events of Steins;Gate, Rintarou Okabe and his group of friends are invited to tag along with their acquaintance Faris NyanNyan, who is participating in a Rai-Net battle event in the United States. There, they meet up with an old colleague: Kurisu Makise, who has been recalling fragmented memories of events that happened in the other world lines in the form of dreams. She confronts Okabe, questioning him as to whether these events—particularly the incidents between the two of them—did indeed happen. |
February 22, 2012 |
| 2 |
The Sagacious Wisdom of Cognitive Computing: Cooking Chapter Mayuri and Kurisu attempt to make some fried chicken with help of a cognitive computing-based Upa terminal, only to find they lack the actual ingredients they need. Thus, with Upa's help, they find something they can make with what they have in the lab. |
October 14, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Sagacious Wisdom of Cognitive Computing: Navigation Chapter After Rintaro and Kurisu get into an argument with each other, they both use Upa to try and navigate their way home without bumping into each other. Instead, Upa arranges them to take the long route so they can make up with each other. |
October 21, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Turning Point A self-described mad scientist attends a lecture on time travel, stumbles upon the dead body of a familiarly unfamiliar woman, and discovers that his text messages are no longer bound by the rules of space and time. |
April 6, 2011 |
| 2 |
Time Travel Paranoia Okabe is surprised to see Makise up and about after she was killed. |
April 13, 2011 |
| 3 |
Parallel World Paranoia Okabe suspects his microwave oven is behind the recent unusual events. |
April 20, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Teletama |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 6, 2011 |
| Last aired | September 14, 2011 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 02:05:00 |