<P> On July 25, 2010, Chiyomaru Shikura announced on his Twitter account that Steins; Gate would be adapted into an anime . Further details about the adaptation were revealed in the September 2010 issues of Newtype and Comptiq . The adaptation was produced by White Fox and aired in Japan between April 6, 2011 and September 14, 2011 . The entire series was released in Japan on nine DVD / Blu - ray combo packs . Each set features 2--3 episodes, an art book, and a bonus disc containing music and radio dramas by the Japanese voice cast . An OVA episode was released with the final DVD / BD volume on February 22, 2012 . The adaptation was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya Satō, with series' composition by Jukki Hanada and music by Takeshi Abo and Murakami Jun . Funimation has licensed the series in North America and released the series in two Blu - ray / DVD combo sets, on September 25, 2012 and December 18, 2012 respectively . Both box sets were compiled into a complete series Blu - ray / DVD box set as part of Funimation's "Anime Classics" line of releases . It was released on September 30, 2014 . Manga Entertainment have licensed the series in the United Kingdom and released it in two parts on July 15, 2013 and September 30, 2013 respectively . A series of original net animation shorts, titled Steins; Gate - Sōmei Eichi no Cognitive Computing (シュタイン ズ ゲート 聡明 叡智 の コグニティブ ・ コンピューテ ィング, Steins; Gate Cognitive Computing of Intelligent Wisdom), were released between October 14, 2014 and November 11, 2014 as part of a collaboration with IBM to promote cognitive computing . </P> <P> An anime adaptation of Steins; Gate 0 is currently in production . To celebrate its release, an alternate version of episode 23 of the first season aired on December 2, 2015 as part of a rebroadcast of the series, depicting an alternate ending which leads into the events of Steins; Gate 0 . </P> <P> A film, titled Steins; Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu, was announced at the end of the series . The movie, featuring an original storyline taking place after the events of the series, was released in Japanese theaters on April 20, 2013, and later on Blu - ray Disc and DVD on December 13, 2013 . </P> <P> Steins; Gate has four main theme songs, the opening theme "Sky Clad Observer" (スカイ クラッド の 観測 者, Sukai Kuraddo no Kansokusha), the first ending theme "Another Heaven", the second ending theme "Unmei no Farfalla" (運命 の ファルファッラ, Unmei no Farufarra), and the insert song "Technovision". The third song is sung by Yui Sakakibara while the other ones are sung by Kanako Itō . Itō's "Technovision" was included in her "Stargate" album which was released on August 26, 2009 . "Sky Clad Observer" was composed by Chiyomaru Shikura and "Another Heaven" was composed by Yoshihiro Suda . The "Sky Clad Observer" single was released on October 28, 2009 . Sakakibara's "Unmei no Farufarra" was composed by Tatsuhi Hayashi and the single was released on November 25, 2009 . The PC version received a brand new opening song, "AR" sung by Kanako Itō . Similarly, the PSP and PS3 versions featured new songs as well, all sung by Itō . The opening songs were "Space Engineer" (宇宙 エンジニア, Uchuu Engineer) and "Hisenkei Jeniakku" (非線形 ジェニアック, Hisenkei Jeniakku), respectively . The PSP version received a new ending theme titled "In the Moonlit Night of Preghiera" (プレギエーラ の 月夜 に, Preghiera no Tsukiyo Ni) sung by Yui Sakakibara . All these songs were released as separate singles, then eventually as a vocal collection on June 26, 2013 . The composers for the background music consisted of Chiyomaru Shikura, AKIRASTAR, Takeshi Abo, Tatsushi Hayashi, and Yoshihiro Suda; all whom had previously worked with 5pb on other titles . A soundtrack of the game was released on February 3, 2010 across two discs in a bundle of three that includes recorded episodes of the Internet radio show . All the background music of the game was included as well as shortened versions of the original Xbox 360 vocal tracks . The piano score for one of the tracks, "Gate of Steiner", was also included in the soundtrack . In episode 4, the song "Watashi ☆ LOVE na ☆ Otome!" by Afilia Saga East, who also sings the opening to the sequel game of Steins; Gate, can be heard . The PS3 Double Pack Collector's Edition, which contained the original Steins; Gate and Hiyoku Renri no Darling, shipped with a special bonus soundtrack entitled "Steins; Gate Symphonic Material ." It collects ten arranged tracks from the game performed by a studio orchestra and was released on May 24, 2012 . This release was later expanded upon and released commercially on a 2 - disc set, as "Steins; Gate Symphonic Reunion" on September 25, 2013 . </P>

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