Re:ZERO Season 4 Is Airing Now: The Recapture Part, Arc 6, and the Figures Collectors Are Chasing
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 is airing right now, and its second half—the Recapture Part—is streaming weekly on Crunchyroll. The season is White Fox's largest Re:ZERO undertaking yet: 19 episodes split across two parts, adapting Arc 6 of Tappei Nagatsuki's light novels and the Pleiades Watchtower storyline that fans have waited years to see animated. For anyone who followed Subaru's costly victory in Priestella, this is the payoff.
What Re:ZERO Season 4 Actually Covers
Season 4 is built as two cours. The Loss Part ran for 11 episodes from April 8 to June 17, 2026, and the Recapture Part picked up with 8 more episodes beginning August 12, 2026, running weekly on Wednesdays through the end of September. Together that is 19 episodes—a two-cour structure that mirrors the celebrated Season 2 format.
The story leans heavily on Arc 6, following Subaru and his companions as they travel to the remote Pleiades Watchtower in search of the legendary Sage Shaula, hoping to cure the victims of earlier witch-factor attacks. It is a slower, more claustrophobic mystery than the city-wide chaos of Priestella, and it introduces a fresh cast of faces to a series that already has one of anime's deepest character rosters.
The Recapture Part: Schedule and What's at Stake
The Recapture Part covers series episodes 78 through 85 and streams internationally on Crunchyroll the same day it airs on AT-X in Japan, with subtitles and an English dub. The emotional stakes are unusually high: Rem remains asleep due to the Authority of Gluttony, Crusch's memories were stolen, and Julius was deprived of his very name. Inside the tower, Subaru himself is struck by amnesia, forcing him to rebuild trust with allies who suddenly feel like strangers.
The creative team stays remarkably consistent. Masahiro Shinohara directs at White Fox, with Haruka Sagawa on character designs and Masahiro Yokotani handling series composition. New additions to the cast include Shaula, the watchtower's keeper, voiced by Fairouz Ai, and Reid Astrea—the original Sword Saint—voiced by Tomokazu Sugita. For a franchise this heavy on lore, seeing Arc 6's key players finally given voices is a milestone in itself.
Why Collectors Are Watching
Few modern anime move figures the way Re:ZERO does. Rem and Emilia are perennial fixtures on best-selling scale-figure charts, and nearly every major manufacturer has produced multiple versions of them—wedding dresses, kimonos, swimsuits, and battle poses among them. Ram, Beatrice, and the twins' many alternate outfits keep the lineup deep, and prize figures and lottery series make the franchise unusually accessible to newer collectors.
A new season almost always renews demand. As the Recapture Part airs and older fans revisit the earlier arcs, expect Rem and Emilia figures to move quickly on the secondary market, and expect fresh prize and Ichiban Kuji waves to draw attention. If Arc 6 characters like Shaula gain a following, early figures of them can become the ones veterans wish they had grabbed. For collectors, a franchise mid-broadcast is the sweet spot—interest is high, and the classics are still findable.
Start or Grow Your Re:ZERO Shelf
If Season 4 has you wanting Rem, Emilia, or Ram on your desk, browse Akibato's anime figures collection for scale and prize pieces shipped worldwide from Japan. Chasing the thrill of the draw instead? The lottery-style Ichiban Kuji collection is where seasonal figure waves like Re:ZERO's tend to land—worth checking as new series roll out.