Steins;Gate 0: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The dark untold story of Steins;Gate that leads with the eccentric mad scientist Okabe, struggling to recover from a failed attempt at rescuing Kurisu. He decides to give up and abandons his lively scientist alter ego, in pursuit to forget the past. When all seems to be normal, he is seemingly pulled back into the past by meeting an acquaintance of Kurisu, who tells him that they have begun testing a device that stores the memory of a human and creates a simulation of them with their characteristics and personalities. Okabe begins testing and finds out that the simulation of Kurisu has brought back anguish and some new unexpected tragedies. Zero is a side story that explores events from the Beta Attractor Field's future that contribute in making the end of the original story possible.

Series details

• Title: Steins;Gate 0
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Science-Fiction, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2018-04-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 35268
• IMDb ID: tt5514358
• TVDB ID: 339268

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-04-11; final listed air date 2018-12-21; episode order: 23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Steins;Gate 0 on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.