News Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime Listed With 25 Episodes. 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.