Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu
Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu (Japanese: 劇場版 シュタインズ・ゲート 負荷領域のデジャヴ, Hepburn: Gekijōban Shutainzu Gēto: Fuka Ryōiki no Dejavu) is a 2013 Japanese animated science fiction film produced by White Fox. It is a follow-up to the 2011 anime television series Steins;Gate, which was based on the video game of the same name, and is part of the Science Adventure franchise. The film premiered in Japanese theaters in April 2013.
| Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu | |
Theatrical release poster, featuring Kurisu Makise and Rintaro Okabe | |
| 劇場版 シュタインズ・ゲート 負荷領域のデジャヴ (Gekijōban Shutainzu Gēto: Fuka Ryōiki no Dejavu) | |
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| Anime film | |
| Directed by |
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| Produced by | Kenjirō Gomi |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by |
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| Studio | White Fox |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 20, 2013 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Reki Kugayama |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 26, 2013 – November 26, 2013 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Tatsuya Hamazaki |
| Illustrated by |
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| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | May 1, 2013 – June 1, 2013 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Plot edit
The film takes place in August 2011, one year after the events of the anime series. After going through a painstaking journey across multiple 'World Lines' due to the invention of 'D-Mail', text messages that can be sent to the past, Rintaro Okabe has assumedly landed in the "Steins Gate" World Line, in which he was able to prevent the deaths of both Mayuri Shiina and Kurisu Makise, as well as prevent a future ruled by CERN due to the invention of a time machine that no longer exists. On August 3, Kurisu arrives in Japan for a press conference and reunites with all the members of the Future Gadget Laboratory. Meanwhile, Rintaro starts having intense side effects from his time travels, seeing visions of alternate Worldlines. The next day on August 4, a mysterious visitor shows up at Kurisu's hotel, telling her to remember three things: a cell phone, a microwave oven, and CERN. Later that day, as Kurisu is talking to Rintaro about how her own instances of déjà vu may be similar to Rintaro's 'Reading Steiner' ability to remember things from other World Lines, Rintaro suddenly disappears before Kurisu's eyes. Furthermore, no one else seems to remember Rintaro ever existed, with Kurisu barely retaining a faint memory of someone.
A week later on August 11, as Kurisu finds a fork that Rintaro left behind and remembers the words the stranger left her, she learns Itaru "Daru" Hashida had for some reason hacked CERN, suddenly giving her the urge to build a Time Leap machine. Using the machine, Kurisu leaps back to the night of August 3, where she observes Rintaro disappearing and reappearing from existence, with everyone's memories of him changing accordingly. She is then contacted by the visitor from before, revealed to be Suzuha Amane, who came from the future using a time machine Kurisu built. She explains to both Kurisu and Rintaro that all the memories of World Lines Rintaro had visited is overloading his Reading Steiner, causing him to fluctuate between the current world line and the "R" world line, the only other world line where neither Mayuri nor Kurisu die. Suzuha states the only way to save him from vanishing completely is to use a time machine to travel to the past, but Rintaro ostensibly refuses, as he feels neither time machines nor time leap machines should exist and doesn't want Kurisu to go through the same suffering he went through, saying he would rather disappear to allow her and Mayuri to live in peace. He instead urges Kurisu to forget about him, leaving her with a kiss.
As Rintaro disappears once again the next day, Kurisu breaks down in tears before grudgingly deciding to accept his wish and try to forget him. Later, on August 13, as the Future Gadget Lab gets word that it might have to close up, Kurisu is once again approached by Suzuha, who tells her that she is not being honest with her own feelings, eventually convincing Kurisu to go with her in her time machine. In order to keep Rintaro in the Steins Gate world line, he must be implanted with a powerful memory that helps distinguish it from other world lines. The two travel back to June 30, 2005, where Kurisu attempts to talk with the young Rintaro, only to result in him getting into a car accident instead, leaving her too afraid to attempt another trip to the past. Back in the present, Kurisu discovers Mayuri and the others also possess faint memories of Rintaro, which are soon awakened when she does an imitation of his persona, Kyouma Hououin. Encouraged by everyone's feelings, Kurisu returns to the past, this time succeeding in her mission by implanting the concept of Kyouma Hououin into Rintaro's mind and giving him his first kiss, which led him to take on his 'mad scientist' persona to protect Mayuri. With this, Kurisu manages to bring Rintaro back to the Steins Gate world line and the movie ends with Rintaro asking Kurisu if she will return his first kiss to him. Smiling, Kurisu says "Never".
Production edit
Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu was first announced at the end of the anime television series on September 13, 2011.[3] The opening theme is "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki o" (あなたの選んだこの時を, The Moment You Made Your Decision) by Kanako Itō while the ending theme is "Itsumo Kono Basho de" (いつもこの場所で, Always in this Place) by Ayane.
The film was released in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc home video versions in Japan on December 13, 2013.[4] Several versions were released; a standard DVD edition, a standard Blu-ray Disc edition, a five-disc combo pack containing several radio dramas, and a six-disc combo pack containing the radio dramas in addition to the film's soundtrack. Additional items were shipped depending on the retailer. The Japanese release also includes English subtitles.[5] Funimation released the film on Blu-ray Disc/DVD in North America on March 28, 2017.[6]
Release edit
The film premiered in Japanese theaters on April 20, 2013 and was released on BD/DVD on December 13, 2013.[3][7][8] The film has been licensed in North America by Funimation,[9] and it was released in English in March 2017.[10]
Reception edit
The film debuted as the number 7 movie of the weekend; making 86,822,800 yen ($874,130 USD) across 18 theaters in Japan.[11] It later went on to make 319,125,723 yen ($3,142,750 USD) at the box office, but dropped to the number 12 spot by its third weekend.[12] Chiyomaru Shikura later reported via his Twitter page that the movie had grossed over 500 million yen ($5,000,000 USD). He additionally revealed that he had accepted only a single yen as a royalty fee from the film.[13] During their coverage of the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release, Famitsu reported that the film had grossed over 550 million yen ($5,600,000 USD).[14]
Richard Eisenbeis and Toshi Nakamura of Kotaku stated, "This movie really lives or dies on how well you connect to Kurisu and Okabe— and given the amazing performances of their voice actors, I can't imagine not being able to," and proceeded to call it, "An excellent epilogue to the Steins;Gate story."[15]
Other media edit
A manga adaptation by Reki Kugayama was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine between the May and December 2013 issues, released on March 26 and October 26, 2013, respectively.[16] The series was collected in two volumes, released on April 24[17] and December 26, 2013.[18] A two-volume novel series, written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and illustrated by Huke, Kyūta Sakai, and Bun150, was published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. The two volumes were released on May 1 and June 1, 2013.[19][20]
References edit
- ^ Santos, Carlo (April 3, 2011). "Carlo Santos - The Spring 2011 Anime Preview Guide". Anime News Network. from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
Anime adaptations of visual novels would probably get a better rap if more of them were like Steins;Gate, a psychological thriller from the same studio that gave us Chaos;HEAd a few years back.
- ^ Vincent, Brittany (May 22, 2019). "7 Anime to Watch While You Wait for Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix". IGN. from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (September 13, 2011). "Steins;Gate Science-Fiction Game/Anime Franchise Gets Film (Updated With Teaser)". Anime News Network. from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ^ Green, Scott (July 12, 2013). ""Steins;Gate" Anime Movie Home Video Release Scheduled". Crunchyroll. from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ First, Rae (July 12, 2013). "Steins;Gate Film Blu-ray/DVD Includes English Subs, New Drama CD". Anime News Network. from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (December 15, 2016). "Funimation Schedules Steins;Gate Movie BD/DVD for March 28". Anime News Network. from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ Loveridge, Lyenzee (October 19, 2012). "Steins;Gate Film to Open in 17 Theaters". Anime News Network. from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ Loo, Egan (February 1, 2013). "Steins;Gate Film Slated for April 20". Anime News Network. from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ Karen, Ressler (August 9, 2014). "Funimation Licenses Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Strike Witches, Steins;Gate Films". Anime News Network. from the original on April 18, 2015.
- ^ Loo, Egan (October 29, 2016). "Funimation to Release Steins;Gate Movie in 2017". Anime News Network. from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ Lyenzee, Loveridge (April 22, 2013). "Steins;Gate Film Opens at #7 With 86 Million Yen on 18 Screens". Anime News Network. from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 12, 2013). "Japanese Box Office, May 4–5". Anime News Network. from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ Loveridge, Lyenzee (June 2, 2013). "Steins;Gate Film Box Office Totals 500 Million Yen". Anime News Network. from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 12, 2013). "Steins;Gate Film Earns 550 Million Yen at Box Office". Anime News Network. from the original on July 14, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ^ Eisenbeis, Richard (April 23, 2013). "The Steins;Gate Movie is an Emotional Ride Through Time". Kotaku. from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "「劇場版 STEINS;GATE」エースで先行コミカライズ開始" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. March 26, 2013. from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "劇場版 STEINS;GATE (1) 負荷領域のデジャヴ" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "劇場版 STEINS;GATE (2) 負荷領域のデジャヴ" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "劇場版 STEINS;GATE 負荷領域のデジャヴ 上" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "劇場版STEINS;GATE 負荷領域のデジャヴ 下" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu at IMDb