Steins;Gate (TV series)

Steins;Gate is a Japanese anime television series produced by White Fox based on 5pb. and Nitroplus's 2009 visual novel of the same name. The series aired for 26 episodes, from April to September 2011. It is set in 2010 and follows Rintaro Okabe, who together with his friends accidentally discovers a method of time travel through which they can send text messages to the past, thereby changing the present.

It is part of the Science Adventure franchise along with Chaos;Head and Robotics;Notes. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya Satō, and written by Jukki Hanada, with character design and animation direction by Kyuuta Sakai, and music by Takeshi Abo.

Critics praised its character development and its themes of time travel, human nature and its perspective on PTSD. It is considered one of the best anime series of all time by critics and fans alike. The series has spawned four original net animation episodes and a spinoff film. A sequel anime adaptation titled Steins;Gate 0, based on the visual novel of the same name, premiered in 2018.