Retailer Amazon is listing nine Blu-ray and DVD volumes for the Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- anime with a total of 25 episodes. Only the first episode is listed with a runtime that is twice as long as the other episodes.
The series premiered on Crunchyroll on Sunday at 2:35 p.m. EDT.
The anime is inspired by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrator Shinichirou Otsuka's light novel series of the same name, which Yen Press will publish in North America along with a manga adaptation. Crunchyroll describes the story: