Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate, STEINS;GATE, Steins;Gate

Episodes: 25 / 24

Type: TV

Plot Summary: 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, Okabe 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 Okabe attends a 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, Okabe dabbles further with the 'time machine,' attracting the ire and attention of the mysterious organization SERN.Due to the novel discovery, Okabe and his friends find themselves in an ever-present danger. As he works to mitigate the damage his invention has caused to the timeline, Okabe fights a battle to not only save his loved ones but also to preserve his degrading sanity.

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Psychological, Time Travel

Studios: White Fox

Producers: Frontier Works, Media Factory, Kadokawa Shoten, Movic, AT-X, Kadokawa Pictures Japan, Nitroplus

Licensors: Funimation

Type: TV

Released: Apr 6, 2011 to Sep 14, 2011

Country: Japan

Status: Finished

Tags: #Time Manipulation, #Alternate Universe, #Time Loop, #Conspiracy, #Tragedy, #Memory Manipulation, #Male Protagonist, #Urban, #Dystopian, #Primarily Adult Cast, #Denpa, #Dissociative Identities, #Philosophy, #Chuunibyou, #Tsundere, #Otaku Culture, #Heterosexual, #Kuudere, #Suicide, #Ensemble Cast, #Amnesia, #War, #Post-Apocalyptic, #Gender Bending, #Maids, #Trains, #Shrine Maiden, #Seinen