description Steins;Gate Overview
Eccentric scientist Rintarou Okabe has a never-ending thirst for scientific exploration. Together with his ditzy but well-meaning friend Mayuri Shiina and his roommate Itaru Hashida, Okabe founds the Future Gadget Laboratory in the hopes of creating technological innovations that baffle the human psyche. Despite claims of grandeur, the only notable "gadget" the trio have created is a microwave that has the mystifying power to turn bananas into green goo. However, when Okabe attends a conference on time travel, he experiences a series of strange events that lead him to believe that there is more to the "Phone Microwave" gadget than meets the eye.
Apparently able to send text messages into the...
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Steins;Gate ranks #11 of 4125 in the Anime ranking, behind Gintama Season 5, ahead of March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season.
info Steins;Gate Specifications
| Year | 2011 |
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What is the PhoneWave in Steins;Gate?
The PhoneWave is the Future Gadget Laboratory's modified microwave that sends messages into the past. Those D-mails become the core time-travel mechanic of the 2011 anime.
Who are the main lab members in Steins;Gate?
The key lab members are Rintarou Okabe, Mayuri Shiina, Itaru Hashida, and Kurisu Makise. Their Akihabara experiments pull them into conflict with SERN and the consequences of changing world lines.
How does Steins;Gate relate to the visual novel?
The anime adapts the 2009 visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus. The visual novel has multiple endings, while the anime follows the main route leading toward the Steins Gate world line.
Should Steins;Gate 0 be watched before or after Steins;Gate?
Steins;Gate 0 should be watched after the original Steins;Gate. It expands on the alternate path connected to Okabe's failure and the events around the Beta world line.
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