The two-month wait is almost over. White Fox has released the first full trailer for Re:ZERO Season 4’s Recapture Arc — the adaptation of light novel Arc 6, widely regarded by readers as Tappei Nagatsuki’s strongest storyline — confirming that the second cour premieres on Crunchyroll this Wednesday, 12 August. As we covered when the season dates were announced in July, the arc has been one of the most anticipated anime events of 2026 for isekai fans. Now there is a trailer to match the hype.

What the Re:ZERO Season 4 Recapture Arc Is About

Season 4 opened in April with The Loss Arc, eleven episodes built around the shattering aftermath of the battle in Priestella: Rem plunged into an endless sleep, Crusch stripped of her memories, Julius robbed of his very name by the Gluttony Sin Archbishops. Where Part 1 leaned hard into psychological collapse and despair, Part 2 shifts register. Subaru sets out for the Pleiades Watchtower — a forbidden structure rising from the sands of the Auguria Dunes — in search of Shaula, an enigmatic all-knowing sage who may hold the key to reversing what was taken.

Among light novel readers, Arc 6’s Watchtower storyline is consistently placed at the top of the series: a story that pushes questions of identity, memory and personal worth to extremes, wrapped around some of the franchise’s most intense battle sequences. The eight episodes of the Recapture Arc have a lot to live up to — and the trailer makes clear White Fox intends to deliver.

Watch the Official Recapture Arc Trailer

The new promotional video revisits the wreckage of Priestella before pulling out to the Auguria Dunes and the imposing silhouette of the Pleiades Watchtower. New enemies flash through the cut — including glimpses of the Gluttony Archbishop Roy Alphard and what appears to be a confrontation with Reid Astrea, described in the light novels as one of the most formidable swordsmen in the world’s history. Running through it all is the ending theme “Ender Ember” by MYTH&ROID and TK from Ling Tosite Sigure — a collaboration between two names inseparable from Re:ZERO’s musical identity.

New Characters and Voice Cast for the Watchtower Arc

The Recapture Arc introduces a new wave of key characters, each voiced by prominent names in the Japanese anime cast pool. As reported by Final Weapon:

• Shaula — voiced by Fairouz Ai (Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean), the Pleiades Watchtower’s mysterious guardian who holds the answers Subaru is desperately seeking
• Reid Astrea — voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki in Gintama, Joseph Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure), one of the tower’s greatest threats
• Roy Alphard — voiced by Kengo Kawanishi (Rei Kiriyama in March Comes in Like a Lion), a Gluttony Sin Archbishop whose actions drove much of Season 4 Part 1’s tragedy
• Rui Arneb — voiced by Konomi Kohara (Kasumi Toyama in BanG Dream!)

The returning core cast remains intact: Yusuke Kobayashi as Subaru, Rie Takahashi as Emilia, Inori Minase as Rem, Rina Hidaka as Beatrice, and Takehito Koyasu as Roswaal, among others.

New Theme Songs — Konomi Suzuki Meets Ashnikko

Both theme songs are new for the second cour. The opening, “Reconnect,” pairs Konomi Suzuki — who has performed multiple Re:ZERO themes across the seasons — with British-American artist Ashnikko, produced by Giga and Teddyloid. The ending, “Ender Ember,” brings together MYTH&ROID and TK from Ling Tosite Sigure; MYTH&ROID previously gave the series “Paradisus-Paradoxum” in Season 1 and “Warcry” in Season 2, so their return feels like a deliberate callback to the franchise’s roots. A snatch of “Ender Ember” runs through the trailer and already sounds like one of the year’s standout anime themes.

How Singapore Fans Can Watch from 12 August

Re:ZERO Season 4 streams exclusively on Crunchyroll, which is available in Singapore via web, mobile and smart TV apps. Episode 12 — the Recapture Arc premiere — goes live on 12 August, simulcasting alongside the Japanese broadcast. If you’ve been following Season 4 Part 1 on Crunchyroll, no action is needed on your end; the new episodes slot into the same series listing.

If you’re catching up, all prior seasons are on the platform. Seasons 1 through 4 are there, and the eleven Loss Arc episodes from Part 1 are the essential lead-in — the Recapture Arc picks up directly where Episode 11 left off, with no gap in narrative momentum. An English dub for the Recapture Arc has not been confirmed yet; the Loss Arc dub timeline from earlier this year gives a rough guide to how long a dub catch-up is likely to take.

For more anime streaming on Crunchyroll this season, check our ongoing coverage of the Summer 2026 lineup.