“Anime characters enter the real world, forcing their creators to confront the blurred line between fiction and reality.”
Re:CREATORS
Re:CREATORS 〈レクリエイターズ〉
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Synopsis
Anime characters enter the real world, forcing their creators to confront the blurred line between fiction and reality.
Humans have designed countless worlds—each one born from the unique imagination of its creator. Souta Mizushino is a high school student who aspires to be such a creator by writing and illustrating his own light novel. One day, while watching anime for inspiration, he is briefly transported into a fierce fight scene. When he returns to the real world, he realizes something is amiss: the anime's headstrong heroine, Selesia Yupitilia, has somehow returned with him. Before long, other fictional characters appear in the world, carrying the hopes and scars of their home. A princely knight, a magical girl, a ruthless brawler, and many others now crowd the streets of Japan. However, the most mysterious one is a woman in full military regalia, dubbed "Gunpuku no Himegimi," who knows far more than she should about the creators' world. Despite this, no one knows her true name or the world she is from. Meanwhile, Souta and Selesia work together with Meteora Österreich, a calm and composed librarian NPC, to uncover the meaning behind these unnatural events. With powerful forces at play, the once clear line between reality and imagination continues to blur, leading to a fateful meeting between creators and those they created.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 241 sampled reviews
What 241 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.32 · split reception
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.3
↓ 0.81
Running avg · May 2017 → Jan 2026
- 7 “From the starting episodes Re:Creators looked like a contender for anime of the year with its amazing visuals, intriguing plot and nice music. But somewhere halfway the tension dropped and it...”
- 10 “One of the most memorable anime of the year. I just found my favorite anime of the year and added to my top 10 anime. The heroes are funny and strong. The villain is OP so they must work together...”
- 10 “Srly, this is the best anime this year, the character development is almost beautiful in every single way, the gods ones and the bad guys especially Altair, the music and the background ost......”
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- Format 22 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 8h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2017 – Sep 2017 Spring 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-12104 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Magic Capsule Producer
- Shogakukan Producer
- ABC Animation Producer