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Steins; Gate

★ 8.8 98K votes 2011–2015 1 season · 24 episodes Ended Teletama
Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 9/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 9/10Intellectual challengeRewards close attention and theorizing.This show: 8/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Mamoru MiyanoAsami ImaiKana HanazawaAshly BurchJ. Michael TatumTrina Nishimura
Starring
Mamoru MiyanoAsami ImaiKana HanazawaAshly BurchJ. Michael TatumTrina Nishimura
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Goofy time-travel comedy that turns devastating"

A self-styled mad scientist and his ragtag lab members stumble onto a way to send text messages into the past, using a jury-rigged microwave. What starts as goofy sci-fi tinkering and hangout comedy curdles into a tense, emotionally brutal thriller about causality, loss, and how much a person can rewrite before something breaks. The first stretch is talky and meandering by design; patience pays off hugely once the plot's true shape emerges. Carried by sharp character writing and a genuinely inventive time-travel logic that rewards close attention.

Watch it for

the way early gags and worldbuilding pay off in a gut-punch of a back half.

Maybe skip if

you need immediate stakes, since the opening episodes are slow, chatty setup.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12011
8.683K2410h
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Turning Point7.5
4K25 min
▶2Time Travel Paranoia7.5
3K25 min
▶3Parallel World Paranoia7.6
3K25 min
▶4Interpreter Rendezvous7.2
3K25 min
▶5Starmine Rendezvous8.0
3K25 min
▶6Butterfly Effect's Divergence7.6
3K25 min
▶7Divergence Singularity8.3
3K25 min
▶8Chaos Theory Homeostasis I8.1
3K25 min
▶9Chaos Theory Homeostasis II8.3
3K26 min
▶10Chaos Theory Homeostasis III7.9
3K25 min
▶11Dogma in Event Horizon8.3
3K25 min
▶12Dogma in Ergosphere9.3
4K25 min
▶13Metaphysics Necrosis9.2
4K25 min
▶14Physically Necrosis9.2
4K25 min
▶15Missing Link Necrosis8.4
3K25 min
▶16Sacrificial Necrosis9.4
4K25 min
▶17Made in Complex8.4
3K25 min
▶18Fractal Androgynous8.0
3K25 min
▶19Endless Apoptosis8.7
3K25 min
▶20Finalize Apoptosis9.2
4K25 min
▶21Paradox Meltdown8.9
3K24 min
▶22Being Meltdown9.7
6K25 min
▶23Open the Steins Gate9.5
4K25 min
▶24Achievement Point9.7
6K25 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Mamoru Miyano Rintarou Okabe
Asami Imai Kurisu Makise
Kana Hanazawa Mayuri Shiina
Ashly Burch Mayuri Shiina
J. Michael Tatum Rintarou Okabe, Rintaro Okabe
Trina Nishimura Kurisu Makise, Makise, Kurisu Makine
Tomokazu Seki Itaru Hashida
Tyson Rinehart Daru
Cherami Leigh Suzuha Amane, Suzuha
Yukari Tamura Suzuha Amane

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