New updates on the third season of the “Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World” (Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) anime adaptation have been released to the public, following the previous confirmation of an October premiere.
The first episode of ReZero’s third season will surprise fans with a runtime of 90 minutes, essentially making it a feature-length film.
This news was announced through the official channels of the monopolistic Crunchyroll platform. Sony’s subsidiary is notorious for colonizing Japanese animation with censorship and progressive localized “translations.”
However, in a series of announcements regarding their upcoming “Crunchyroll Anime Expo 2024,” they confirmed that on July 5 there will be a world premiere of the first episode of the third season of the anime Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World, which will have a runtime of 90 minutes.
Naturally, one has to wonder if this early premiere will lead to episodes being leaked online, allowing those who refuse to support such a corporation to download them for free. This happened with several titles from Crunchyroll’s Spring 2024 anime lineup after they screened episodes at the Puerto Rican Comic Con.
I certainly hope this will be the case, as I’d gladly welcome any tangible reason to laugh at Crunchyroll’s fuckups.
Fans attending the Crunchyroll event however will be thrilled to witness the premiere featuring Yusuke Kobayashi, the voice of Natsuki Subaru, alongside Nobuhiko Okamoto, the voice of Garfield Tinsel. The event will also include appearances by director Masahiro Shinohara, character designer Haruka Sagawa, and Kadokawa producer Sho Tanaka.
It’s worth noting that the third season of Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World has chosen to revamp the attire and designs of several characters, particularly focusing on Liliana and Capella.
Both characters, who are short in stature, will be depicted in very revealing outfits, which will play a significant role in the upcoming story arcs.
They’re lolis essentially, with Capella in particular being depicted as the sin archbishop of lust which would explain her alluring attire. These loli characters have undergone significant makeovers compared to the source material. Their revealing attires have been toned down to make the series more appealing to global audiences.
Haruka Sagawa, the character designer for the upcoming season, has stated that these changes were implemented to reach a broader audience. As western tourists are too delusional to differentiate between fiction and reality as they perceive such characters as sexualizing minors and therefore promote pedophilia.
I did observe a significant increase in the size of Emilia’s breasts compared to previous seasons. Unfortunately, Haruka faced insults on Twitter from people who were puzzled by the censored designs for Capella and Liliana. Additionally, there were insults from the very “global audience” who were upset over Emilia’s enlarged tits.
This harassment led Haruka to temporarily limit their account as a response.
This highlights the futility of self-censorship to attract and retain a globalized audience. By appeasing their demands and downplaying themes and designs, creators will simply face complaints on other matters instead. Such fans are insatiable, acting as professional victims who demand everything be the same monotonous content, devoid of female sexualization.
Such global audiences aren’t genuine fans and don’t contribute significantly to the financial success of properties they engage with. This is evident when comparing the commercial success of “Gushing over Magical Girls” to the global fan favorite “Solo Leveling” in terms of DVD volume sales, similarly a significant portion of Chainsaw Man “fans” expressed outrage over the main protagonist Denji experiencing sexual satisfaction with a woman instead of being teased and left unsatisfied.
Despite this, the highly anticipated third season of Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World is set to air in October this year. However, its first episode will premiere much earlier, as Crunchyroll uses early premieres as a carrot on a stick to entice more fans and audiences to subscribe to bolster their globalized agenda.
