Re:Creators

## Chikujōin-san Hashagisugi

***Re:Creators*** (レクリエイターズ, stylized as *Re:CREATORS*) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Troyca. The series is about a high school student who becomes involved in a battle between several characters from manga, anime, and video games who somehow appear in the real world. It aired from April to September 2017, and was exclusively streamed by Amazon on their Amazon Video service. A manga adaptation by Daiki Kase was serialized in Shogakukan's *Monthly Sunday Gene-X* from April 2017 to November 2019.

## Synopsis

Humans have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories shake our emotions and fascinate us. However, these are only the thoughts of bystanders. But what if the characters in the story have "intentions"? To them, are we god-like existences for bringing their story into the world? Our world is changed. Mete out punishment upon the realm of the gods. In *Re:Creators*, everyone becomes a Creator.

(Source: ANN)

## List of Published Books

### *Manga*

A manga adaptation by Daiki Kase was announced on February 18, 2017 in the March 2017 issue of the *Monthly Sunday Gene-X* magazine published by Shogakukan. It was serialized in the magazine from April 19, 2017 to November 19, 2019.

Another manga adaptation by Yūki Kumagai, served as a spin-off to the main anime series that focused on a different set of characters, titled *Re:Creators One More!* (Re:CREATORS わんもあ！), was serialized in Shogakukan's *Monthly Shōnen Sunday* from June 12 to November 10, 2017. Shogakukan released a compiled *tankōbon* volume on December 19, 2017.

 *ISBN* | E-Book

A spin-off manga by Tatsuhiko Ida, titled *Chikujōin-san Hashagisugi* (築城院さんハシャギ過ぎ, Chikujōin-san is Having Way Too Much Fun), was serialized on Shogakukan's *Sunday Webry* website from August 6 to November 5, 2017. A collected *tankōbon* volume was released on December 19, 2017.

## Altair

### Aliases:

* Military Uniform Princess
* A Story known as Altair

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Michelle Ruff

> "*Passion and despair... Bad wishes and good wishes... They were all contained in that moment. And then the story... takes root in someone's heart... and changes that person's world.*"
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The original TV anime "Re:CREATORS". The biggest key person in this story. The person who brought the creatures, including Selesia, to the realm. At first, her identity was unknown and she was tentatively called a princess in a military uniform, but later she was a character in the secondary creation video "World Étude" produced by Setsuna based on the character "Shirotsumekusa" in "Eternal War Megalosphere" becomes clear. She has the ability "Holopsicon", which uses fan-created settings inspired by Setsuna, produced by third parties and endorsed by many. With this, she has multiple abilities called Movements and can keep her status updated, but since there is a possibility that she will be flipped out of reality by the restorative power of the world, she is free to I can't use it.

She hates the world that rejected his creator, Setsuna and plans a catastrophe by causing unrealistic events with fellow creatures. In the Border World Colosseum, he gained overwhelming power by putting his approval power on his side, driving all creatures hostile to him out of combat with Shinrabansho, and his hidden ball, Sirius. However, after interacting with Setsuna, who has materialized, she travels to another world with Setsuna in Shinrabansho in order to finally create a world for her. From the time the original was written, the design was decided to be a military uniform, and at first, it was covered with a helmet like the old German army, but later settled on a Russian cavalry cap. Also, the appearance of taking over Sirius was originally designed to just make Sirius black, but during the scenario meeting, it was changed to look like the main part of the anime.

In addition to launching sword attacks, they can also be used defensively, and even handle machine guns. The ability that it uses is called "Holopsicon". When activating the ability in the first episode, he holds the machine gun with one hand as if he were placing his stock on his shoulder, and puts the saber on top of it. It looks like it, and it shows an action as if it were pulling it. She has created a faction with Mamika Kouki, Aliceteria February, Blitz Talker, etc. as supporters of the "change of the world" that he preaches, and is based in a certain ruin.

His identity and true purpose are shrouded in mystery, but he seems to know Sota and calls him a "strange coincidence." As for her true purpose, Meteora Österreich sees her plotting a "catastrophic event" that will destroy both the real and false worlds. She seems to be able to handle mysterious powers easily, but according to the original author, "I can't master the technique, and the conditions for appearing are not set." Initially, Souta does not know her, but later remembers her true name and her creator. For more information on her true identity and her actions after her true name was discovered, see her true name article.

### Abilities

> "*I will destroy everything, including you. Destroy, and destroy, and destroy more, until everything in this world disappears. That is the reason I'm standing here today*"
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While she claimed to do this to force their creators to alter their worlds, she actually aims to destroy the real world out of spite over the death of her own creator. It is eventually revealed that she originated from the music video *Altair: World Étude*. Altair was created by Setsuna "Yuna" Shimazaki as a "Sketch" or "Concept Art" for Souta Mizushino as well as for her "World Étude" music video before her final demise (*Abstract Existence and Acausal Nature*). This was stated multiple times in the series that she is nothing more than a sketch/drawing.

However, Altair is a completely different character than any other Creation. Precisely because of the fact that she was born without any Universe or Story and whose existence is sustained by the Creators and their secondary works in the form of Doujins, Artworks, Music Videos, and so on. Aka She is an "Independent Existence". Being a creation without a story, she is able to adopt powers from fan-fictions about her; she calls this ability "Holopsicon". However, overusing these abilities will cause her to fade from the real world, though she can bypass this by getting her viewers' approval.

 Holopsicon is the power of all things. The power of reincarnation of the true reality, the vicissitude of all of creation. It is the power of all things. It is the power of the flux of all things, the power of true world rebirth. Dust becomes life, life becomes ashes. And then, the world will again return to this place." The Holopscicon's concept was created by Setsuna but its status as an infinite power was something that was created by the Audience.
* ***The Third Movement of Cosmos: Representation Exposition*** - the ability to transform matter into flowers. In this case, "Representation" refers to "perceptual representation", in which a perceived image reappears. "Exposition" means to make widely known to many people.
	+ *Modification*: A theory proposed by Altair to the creatures. By rewriting the settings, the creator not only strengthens and adds the abilities of the creatures but also revamps the story of the story and the worldview of the work itself. Realization requires the creator to present the setting to many readers and viewers for approval, and it either fails or lasts only temporarily when presented in informal places such as SNS. A fictional character (*Creation*) is described as a resident of the story world. Altaïr made it materialize (appear) in the real world from multiple popular works that are within Shimazaki Setsuna's observation range and have been approved by many humans. Although he has the appearance of a normal human due to the world's restorative powers,  he has attack power and endurance that surpass ordinary people and can use the setting of the work as it is. He vanishes without a trace when he takes lethal damage, but he never disappears from his creations. In addition, some of the creatures are no longer restricted by the setting of the work world after the materialization, so some hidden sides appear on the surface.
* ***The Ninth Movement of Cosmos: Fate Restoration*** - The ability to pretend that the target's narrative setting never existed.
* ***The Thirteenth Movement of Cosmos: Outline Origin*** - The power to take away the abilities added by altering the setting and dragging it back to the state it was in when the story began (the initial setting).
* ***The Fourteenth Movement of Cosmos: The Vicissitudes of Fortune* *「Causality Reversal」***- The "cause" is the cause, and the "effect" is the result.
* ***The Twentieth Movement of Cosmos: Factor Mimic*** - The word "factor" refers to the elements that make up a thing, and "mimic" refers to the act of imitating or resembling something else.
* ***The Sixty-Sixth Movement of Cosmos: Existence Change*** - The ability to change existence, or being. It is the backbone of Sirius' takeover of Altair.
* ***The Twenty-Third of Cosmos: Fate Reconstruction*** - The power of the audience's approval for Altair and their support for her will raise the value of her ability and make it possible. What has already happened cannot be reversed. It is against the cause and effect of the world for the dead to come back to life. However, "Fate Reconstruction" makes the reason for the world nonexistent and rebuilds it again.

Altair displayed various other Holopsicon abilities that have not been named or numbered. These include, but are not limited to, Flight, teleportation, summoning, BFR, clairvoyance, attack blocking and nullification, and creation.

This is further supported by the fact that she "Transcended the Yoke (aka Causality) of her world which allowed her to go beyond the Storyworlds and come to the Real World. Altair has Enhanced Senses to sense other creations nearby as well as having Superhuman Physical Characteristics which allow them to withstand and survive shenanigans that would destroy or kill normal humans.

The novelization of the anime states the same but also elaborates that while Altair was born without any Story and does not belong to any story, Altair herself is an "*Infinite Existence*" alluded to being a story itself which is *Immortal*, *Eternal*, and *Changeless*/*Immutable*. This would also explain the different "Altairs" drawn by the creators in the real world only contributed to her Holopsicon powers (which we will come to later on), but never her character personality or features since she is the "Archetype" based on which the different "Altairs" with different features and characteristics are drawn.

Altair's RegenerationAltair's 13th MovementAltair's 9th MovementAltair's 3rd MovementAltair's 20th Movement

## Opening Theme

### OP Title:

* gravityWall (eps 2-11,13)
* sh0ut (eps 14-22)

## Ending Theme

### ED Title:

* NEWLOOK (eps 2-12)
* world Étude (eps 13)
* Rubikon (ルビコン) (eps 14-21)

### ED Composer:

* Mashiro Ayano
* Aki Toyosaki
* Sangatsu no Phantasia

The series' original concept is by Rei Hiroe and directed by Ei Aoki. Hiroe provided the original character designs, Ryuichi Makino provided the adapted character designs and Hiroyuki Sawano composed the music for the anime. Hiroe's original story for the anime was published on Shogakukan's *Sunday Webry* website, under the title *Re:Creators Naked*. The series aired in Japan from April 8 to September 16, 2017 on Tokyo MX and other television networks, and was simulcast exclusively on Amazon's Amazon Video service. The first opening theme is "gravityWall" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie, and the ending theme song is "NewLook" by Mashiro Ayano. The second opening theme is "sh0ut" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle & Gemie, and the ending theme song is "Rubicon" (ルビコン, *Rubikon*) by Sangatsu no Phantasia. Episode 13 features an ending song by Aki Toyosaki under her character name Altair titled "World Étude". The anime ran for 22 episodes with 3 special programs.

* ***Staff***:
	+ Original / Character draft - Rei Hiroe
	+ Director - Ei Aoki
	+ Deputy Director - Makoto Kato
	+ Series composition - Ei Aoki, Rei Hiroe
	+ Character Design - Ryuichi Makino
	+ Chief animation director - Ryuichi Makino, Jun Nakai
	+ Main animators - Masako Matsumoto, Midori Yamamoto
	+ Mechanical Design - I-IV
	+ Effect Animation - Takashi Hashimoto
	+ Art Director - Koki Nagayoshi
	+ Art setting - Masahiro Sato, Tomoyasu Fujise
	+ Color design- Mariko Shinohara
	+ Art direction - Tomoyuki Arima, Takuya Sejima
	+ CG Director - Miki Yoshida, Mitsutaka Iguchi
	+ Visual Effects - Ryosuke Tsuda
	+ Cinematographer - Yusuke Kato
	+ Editing - Shota Uyama
	+ Acoustic Director - Hitoshi Aketagawa
	+ Sound Production - Magic Capsule
	+ Music - Hiroyuki Sawano
	+ Music Producer - Yasushi Horiguchi
	+ Animation Producer - Toshiyuki Nagano
	+ Chief Producer - Hironori Toba, Junya Okamoto, Mikio Uezuki
	+ Producer - Shizuka Kurosaki
	+ Animation Production - TROYCA
	+ Production - Shogakukan, Aniplex, ABC Animation

1. ENTER THE WORLD OF Re:CREATORS
2. Re:CREATORS Summer Special Spending Time with the Girl Creations!
3. Re:CREATORS Summer Special Continued It's Summer! It's Yukata! It's a Girls Party!

## External Links

* *Re:Creators* ─ Official Manga Website | Monthly Sunday Gene-X
* *Re:Creators One More!* ─ Official Manga Website
* *TV Anime "Re:Creators"* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Re:Creators"* Official (@recreators\_tv) - Twitter
* *TV Anime "Re:Creators"* Official Website - Anisata | Asahi Broadcasting
* *Re:Creators* ─ Wikipedia **JP**
* *Re:Creators* ─ Wikipedia **EN**