Akiko Seki
Director
ReLIFE (2016)
Season 1
Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with...as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryou Yoake appears. He invites Arata to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year...
Released July 2, 2016
Episode 24 min
10+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: School, Comedy, Drama
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Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: TMS Entertainment
Network: Gunma TV
8.5
S1E1 - Arata Kaizaki (27), Unemployed
Arata Kaizaki is twenty-seven years old and doesn't have a steady job. His parents even threaten to stop sending him money, but that's when he he meets Yoake Ryo, who has a tantalizing offer for him.
July 2, 2016, midnight
8.3
S1E2 - Communication Skills: Zero
Arata meets Chiziru Hishiro, a girl who has zero communication skills but is trying her best to change.
July 9, 2016, midnight
8.8
S1E3 - You're Old Now
Arata receives a grim reminder of his physical age during athletic testing.
July 16, 2016, midnight
8.8
S1E4 - Fall
Rena Kariu is thrown for a loop by what she thinks is Chizuru's spiteful behavior toward her.
July 23, 2016, midnight
8.8
S1E5 - Overlap
Things come to a head between Rena and Chizuru, which reminds Arata about a traumatic experience in his past.
July 30, 2016, midnight
8.8
S1E6 - This Isn't the First Time
An Onoya and Kazuomi Ooga suddenly visit Arata for a study session, after which An puts the moves on Arata?!
Aug. 6, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E7 - Test Subject 001 → 002
Ryou reflects on the year before and his failure supporting test subject no. 001
Aug. 13, 2016, midnight
8.8
S1E8 - Rift
Honoka is distracted by her troubles and inadvertently causes an injury to Rena.
Aug. 20, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E9 - Revenge
The rift between Rena and Honoka grows ever larger as the former decides to retire from high-school volleyball, but Chizuru and Arata decide to fix things.
Aug. 27, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E10 - Everyone's Selfish Desires
Things come to a head as Chizuru and Arata decide to confront Rena over her behavior.
Sept. 3, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E11 - A Trip to the Past
Arata decides to visit a grave and ends up taking a trip down memory lane.
Sept. 10, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E12 - Double Panic
Arata, once and for all, tries to make the dense-as-can-be Kazuomi realize what he has in his hands.
Sept. 17, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E13 - Confession
At the fireworks display, everyone puts their plans into motion and tries to make things work between Kazuomi and Rena. Meanwhile, a different pairing begins to take shape...
Sept. 24, 2016, midnight
Network: Gunma TV
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 312 min.
Released: July 2, 2016
Last Air Date: Sept. 24, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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