Date A Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Fujimi Shobo published 22 volumes from March 2011 to March 2020 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. Yen Press holds the license to publish the li ...

'' is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by

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. The first season was produced by

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and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, covering volumes 1 to 4 of the light novel. It was broadcast on

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from April 6 to June 22, 2013. The second season was produced by

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, which ran from April 12 to June 14, 2014, covering volumes 5 to 7 of the light novel. The third season was produced by

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, which ran from January 11 to March 29, 2019, covering volumes 8 to 12 of the light novel. The fourth season produced by

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was set to premiere in October 2021, but was delayed to 2022 for "various reasons", which ran from April 8 to June 24, 2022, covering volumes 13 to 16 of the light novel. A fifth season, also produced by Geek Toys, is set to premiere in 2024. The series has been licensed by

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for streaming and home video release in North America and by

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in Australia. Following Sony's acquisition of

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, the series was moved from Funimation to Crunchyroll. __TOC__

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Season 2 (2014)

Season 3 (2019)

Season 4 (2022)

OVAs

Notes

References

External links

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English release website from Funimation
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