“Elite gamer Shinya, trapped in VR game, defeats boss but awakens in identical world, seeking escape and truth.”
The New Gate
THE NEW GATE
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Synopsis
Elite gamer Shinya, trapped in VR game, defeats boss but awakens in identical world, seeking escape and truth.
Trapped with thousands of people in The New Gate, a virtual reality game, the elite player Shinya Kiritani resolves to clear the game and finally return home. However, after he manages to single-handedly defeat the final boss, Shinya is transported to a new world—seemingly indistinguishable from the one he just escaped. Shinya discovers that as long as the game menu and his skills are unchanged, he cannot leave this oddly familiar world. In his search of a way to break out from this new dimensional prison, Shinya encounters Tiera Lucent, a hotel receptionist who happens to be a protégée of Schnee Raizar—one of Shinya's former party members. With this glimmer of hope, Shinya strives to reunite with Schnee and find out the truth about The New Gate.
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Derived from 49 sampled reviews
What 49 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.82 · split reception
3.6 pts
Recommenders 7.6 · others 4.0
↓ 0.45
Running avg · Apr 2024 → Jan 2026
- 7 “It is bad, the story is that of any trashy isekai anime, same goes for the character designs and the animation is bad too, however, once I got past episode 1, I was pleasantly surprised. It is...”
- 7 “Airing at 4 EPs right now. Really enjoying this so far. Take SAO, replace Kirito, give all players companion NPCs and then let the world go on after the players log out. Now enter OP years later...”
- 7 “The story itself is solid and the original manga was enjoyable, but the anime adaptation fails to deliver. Poor color choices and notably bad animation undercut the fantasy-isekai magic, wasting...”
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A Tv Production · Spring 2024
Yokohama Animation Laboratory.Mainichi Broadcasting System · KlockWorx
- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2024 – Jun 2024 Spring 2024
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-25405 catalog
Produced by
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- King Records Producer
- MAGNET Producer
- CTW Producer
- AlphaPolis Producer
- Studio Bus Producer