The Isekai Quartet anime is making a highly anticipated comeback with a new movie. Along with this, the film has set an official release window for its premiere. This announcement was made during the “Overlord IV Special” live-stream Saturday morning.
The film will be called Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World. The crossover series will see the return of the original cast members from their own respective anime series. Other crew members and writers will also be making a return to write, direct, and animate the Isekai Quartet movie. The movie’s plot is unknown, though fans have different speculations based on the buildup from season 1 and season 2.
Isekai Quartet the Movie: A Followup to an Out of This World Experience
The original anime Isekai Quartet series is a crossover from popular Isekai anime that all ran in the same year. As of now, the series consists of Re: Zero, Overlord, Konosuba, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. The second season of Isekai Quartet also debuted characters from The Rising of The Shield Hero and The Hero is Overpowered But Overly Cautious franchises. It is unknown if the newly announced season will introduce any more Isekai characters at the moment.
The first season premiered in April 2019. Crunchyroll and Funimation both streamed the first and the second season as it aired in January 2020. The story behind Isekai Quartet is described as,
The button appeared out of nowhere. There weren’t any signs NOT to push it… so the only solution is obvious, right? Is it a trap or the start of something new and exciting? The crew of Re:Zero, Overlord, Konosuba, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil, will find ut when they go from their world to another and get stuck in… class? See what adorable chaos they’ll get up to in this collection of shorts.
The first and second seasons of Isekai Quartet are available in the original Japanese audio and English dub. They are currently available to stream on Funimation and Crunchyroll. The Isekai Quartet movie will open in early summer 2022.