Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu

Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu (劇場版 シュタインズ・ゲート 負荷領域のデジャヴ?), translated as Steins;Gate Burdened Region/Domain of Déjà vu, is an animated film based on the visual novel Steins;Gate. The film opened in at least 30 theaters across Japan on April 20, 2013 and earned 199,445,318 yen (US$2,013,799) by its second weekend. Film-goers between May 11 and the 24th will be given one of two new short novels as side stories to the movie. A novelized version of the film itself has also been released.



Plot
The film will have an original story set after the "true end" of the earlier story.

Cast
The cast of Steins;Gate is returning for the movie:
 * Mamoru Miyano as Rintarō Okabe
 * Kana Hanazawa as Mayuri Shiina
 * Tomokazu Seki as Itaru Hashida
 * Asami Imai as Kurisu Makise
 * Saori Goto as Moeka Kiryū
 * Yu Kobayashi as Ruka Urushibara
 * Halko Momoi as Faris Nyannyan
 * Yukari Tamura as Suzuha Amane

Production
Kanji Wakabayashi is directing the film with supervisor Tarou Deji and chief directors Takuya Satō and Hiroshi Hamasaki. Tatsuya Matsubara and Naotaka Hayashi are supervising the story scenario, and Jukki Hanada is writing the screenplay.

Kyuuta Sakai is once again adapting huke's original character designs for anime and overseeing the animation process at WHITE FOX.

Media




Novel version


A novelized version of the movie has been released via Kadokawa as an e-book. The novel is written by Hamasaki Tatsuya (浜崎達也) ISBN 978-4-04-100809-6-C0193. The teaser text on Kadokawa confirms what many have suspected after seeing the film trailers.

Teaser text: 幼なじみの椎名まゆり、そして最愛の人・牧瀬紅莉栖を救うため幾多の過去改変（世界線移動）を繰り返した 岡部倫太郎は、ついに理想とする「シュタインズゲート世界線」に到達した. Osananajimi no Shiina Mayuri, soshite saiai no hito・Makise Kurisu wo sukuu tame iuta no kako kaihen (seikaisen idou) wo kurikaishita Okabe Rintarou wa, tsuini risou tosuru "Shutainzugeeto seikaisen" ni toutatsushita. In order to save his beloved one, Makise Kurisu, and his childhood friend, Shiina Mayuri, Okabe Rintarou has changed the numerous pasts (moving [through the] world lines) over and over. Finally he has reached the ideal Steins Gate world line. その代償に紅莉栖は岡部との記憶を失ってしまうが、秋葉原の雑踏で偶然の再会を果たした二人はもう一度絆 を深めていく. Sono daishou ni Kurisu was Okabe to no kioku wo utsuteshimau ga, Akihabara no zattou de guussen no saikai wo hatashita futari wa mouchido kizuna wo fukamete iku. The cost of which was Kurisu losing her memories(kioku) of Okabe, but in the hustle and bustle of Akihabara their sudden reunion played out in their bonds deepening once again. しかし、いくつもの世界戦を超えた岡部の脳には、多大な“負荷”がかかり始めていて！ ？ 完全新作の劇場 版がまさかのノベライズ！ ！ Shikashi, iktsumo no seikaisen wo kouta Okabe no nou ni wa, tadai na "fuka" ga kakari hajimeteite!? Kanzen shinsaku no gekijouban ga masakano noberaizu!! However, by overcoming numerous world lines Okabe's brain has begun to bear a great "burden"(fuka)!? A great surprise! The all new movie has been novelized!

Promotional goods given to movie-goers


Movie-goers between April 20 and 26, 2013 received one of 8 lab-mem stickers.



Movie-goers between May 11 and 17, 2013 will receive the short novel STEINS;GATE 承認共鳴のパードン (shouninkyoumei no paadon - Pardon of recognized resonance/sympathy?). Written by scenario supervisor Naotaka Hayashi. The story centers around Kiryuu Moeka. Its preview text reads: ラボメンになって1年. ・・・萌郁の日常 Labomem ni natte 1nen. …Moeka no nichijou The first year as a lab-mem. …Moeka's everyday 「いずれ意味が分かるときが来る」 岡部くんは私にそう言った. "Izure imi ga wakaru toki ga kuru" Okabe-kun wa watashi ni souiita. "Eventually, the time to understand the meaning will come." That's what Okabe-kun told me.

Movie-goers between May 18 and 24, 2013 will receive the short novel STEINS;GATE 承認共鳴のスーヴェニア (shouninkyoumei no suuvuenia - Souvenir/token of recognized resonance/sympathy?). Written by scenario supervisor Naotaka Hayashi. The story centers around Kiryuu Moeka and Shiina Mayuri. Its preview text reads: それは、悔やまれる 萌郁のデジャヴ Sore wa, kuiyamareru Moeka no dejyavu That is, Moeka's déjà vu filled with regret. 「なぜ私は、椎名さんの厚意を 無下にしてしまうのだろう」 "naze watashi wa, Shiina-san no koi wo mugeni shiteshimau no darou" "Why did I, completely refuse/reject/disregard Shiina-san's kindness?"