The first episode of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4’s “The Recapture Arc” will be screened at Anime Expo 2026 as part of the KADOKAWA Anime 10th Anniversary Panel on July 3. The panel will take place from 5 PM to 6:50 PM at the JW Marriott’s Platinum Ballroom.
Its guests are producers from Re:ZERO (Sho Tanaka), KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! (Rie Ogura), and Bungo Stray Dogs (Chiaki Kurakane), who will be at an autograph session hours before the panel (12:15 PM to 1:15 PM at the JW Marriott’s Gold Ballroom, Table 1). Per Anime Expo’s announcement on X/Twitter, there will be “behind-the-scenes stories and announcements for the next decade.”
The first Re:ZERO Season 4 arc, the 11-episode “The Loss Arc,” started airing on April 8. “The Recapture Arc” will begin on August 12. Season 4’s current synopsis reads:
In the deadly battle at the Watergate City of Priestella, Subaru and his allies barely emerged victorious—but their triumph came at a great cost.
Through the “Authority of Gluttony,” Rem remains in an unending sleep, while Crusch’s memories and even Julius’s name were devoured.
As he searches for a way to save them, Subaru learns of the “wise man” Shaula—an all-seeing being said to possess every form of knowledge.
His next destination is the Pleiades Watchtower, home to a wise man, the farthest tower standing in the vast, uncharted desert known as the Auguria Dunes—a place so perilous that even the mightiest “Sword Saint,” Reinhard, failed to conquer it.
The fury of nature, unknown mabeasts, and unimaginable dangers lie ahead.
Together with his friends, Subaru embarks on a life-risking journey to reclaim what was lost.
Re:ZERO is based on the isekai light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichiro Otsuka. The premise sees shut-in teenager Natsuki Subaru getting transported to a fantasy world, where he has to overcome various threats with his new upon-death time loop ability. The first three seasons premiered in 2016, 2020, and 2024, with the latter two having split cours. Season 3’s second arc began airing in February 2025.
The light novels are published under the MF Bunko J label/imprint associated with KADOKAWA’s Media Factory brand, and is available in English from Yen Press. The series began in 2014 and has 44 main volumes as of March 2026. The story started as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel and can also be experienced as a manga.
Production credits (“The Loss Arc”)
• Director: Masahiro Shinohara (reprising, since Season 3)
• Series composer: Masahiro Yokotani (reprising)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Haruka Segawa (reprising, since Season 3)
• Script supervisor: Tappei Nagatsuki
• Monster designer: Keitaro Chiba (reprising, since Season 3)
• Background art director: Bihou’s Norika Kinoshita (reprising, since Season 3)
• Color designer: Izumi Sakamoto (reprising)
• Compositing director: T2studio’s Miyagi Miori (reprising, since Season 3)
• Music composer: Kenichiro Suehiro (reprising)
• Animation production: White Fox
Cast (“The Loss Arc”)
• Yusuke Kobayashi as Subaru Natsuki
• Rie Takahashi as Emilia
• Satomi Arai as Beatrice
• Rie Murakawa as Ram
• Inori Minase as Rem
• Takuya Eguchi as Julius Juukulius
• Kana Ueda as Anastasia Hoshin
• Eri Suzuki as Meili Portroute
• Fairouz Ai as Shaula
Sources: @AnimeExpo, press release
