Steins;Gate

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Japanese: STEINS;GATE
English: Steins;Gate
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2011 to Sep 14, 2011
Premiered: Spring 2011
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 02:05 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: White Fox
Source: Visual novel
Genres: DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: PsychologicalPsychological, Time TravelTime Travel
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 9.071 (scored by 13712571,371,257 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #32
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #13
Members: 2,508,425
Favorites: 186,768

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Synopsis

Eccentric scientist Rintarou Okabe has a never-ending thirst for scientific exploration. Together with his ditzy but well-meaning friend Mayuri Shiina and his roommate Itaru Hashida, Rintarou founds the Future Gadget Laboratory in the hopes of creating technological innovations that baffle the human psyche. Despite claims of grandeur, the only notable "gadget" the trio have created is a microwave that has the mystifying power to turn bananas into green goo.

However, when Rintarou decides to attend neuroscientist Kurisu Makise's conference on time travel, he experiences a series of strange events that lead him to believe that there is more to the "Phone Microwave" gadget than meets the eye. Apparently able to send text messages into the past using the microwave, Rintarou dabbles further with the "time machine," attracting the ire and attention of the mysterious organization SERN.

Due to the novel discovery, Rintarou and his friends find themselves in an ever-present danger. As he works to mitigate the damage his invention has caused to the timeline, he is not only fighting a battle to save his loved ones, but also one against his degrading sanity.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Steins;Gate is based on 5pb. and Nitroplus' visual novel of the same title released in 2009. It serves as the second entry in the Science Adventure series.

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"Hacking to the Gate" by Kanako Itou
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Ending Theme

1: "Toki Tsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku (刻司ル十二ノ盟約)" by Yui Sakakibara (eps 1-21)
2: "Fake Verthandi" by Takeshi Abo (eps 22)
3: "Sky Clad no Kansokusha (スカイクラッドの観測者)" by Kanako Itou (eps 23)
4: "Another Heaven" by Kanako Itou (eps 24)




Reviews

Dec 4, 2023
To summarise:
Episode 1 - 11: Teacup rides in amusement park
Episode 12 onward: Hyper rollercoaster that lost its braking capability

It is always surprising thing why this anime is still so unknown to many. The plot is a masterpiece.

Some characters may get annoying but they grow. The characters are not as one-dimensional as one may see them as. There are times the characters feel dumb but the nicest thing to see is when they become so dependable during the right time.

The art-style may feel a little old for most but do take note that this was released close to 15 years back.

Honestly I did doze ...
Mar 22, 2023
Mixed Feelings
A 5 page essay on why Steins: Gate is ridiculously overrated. An anime with a plot that has more holes in it than a cheese grater that was used to shred the protagonists brain at birth.

Across my substantial anime watching history of hundreds of shows and thousands of episodes, I have never met a protagonist as incompetent and straight up stupid, as Okabe. If you look up "failure" in a dictionary, his face would take up the entire page.

But what can you expect from a show where the premise is that a bunch of dudes made a time machine out of their microwave and ...
Jul 4, 2023
Steins;Gate, despite its popularity and acclaim, falls short in several aspects, making it an eh, underwhelming experience for some. Firstly, its pacing can be agonizingly slow, with long stretches of exposition and dialogue that can test the patience of viewers. While building a solid foundation for the plot is important, Steins;Gate often takes it to the extreme, sacrificing momentum and leaving viewers feeling disengaged. Additionally, the characters, although diverse and eccentric, often lack depth and development. Many of them are reduced to mere archetypes, lacking the complexity and growth that would make them truly compelling. Furthermore, the series heavily relies on clichés and tropes, which ...

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