Crunchyroll removes Spring isekai regionally

Crunchyroll users in parts of South and Southeast Asia appear to have lost access to Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 in the middle of its spring run, according to reports published on May 16 and listings cited by fan accounts. ComicBook.com reported the change on Saturday, saying the series had been removed for some regions while remaining available elsewhere. Crunchyroll had promoted Re:ZERO Season 4 as part of its Spring 2026 lineup and said on April 7 that the new season would begin streaming on April 8, with the English dub launching the same day. The company’s release posts and guide pages still describe the season as streaming on the service, and Crunchyroll’s public series page continues to list the franchise broadly. (comicbook.com) ### Which show was affected, and why did fans notice so quickly? Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 was the title at the center of the complaints. ComicBook.com described it as one of the biggest isekai releases of the Spring 2026 season and said some viewers found it suddenly unavailable in their regions on May 16. (crunchyroll.com) Infobae’s May 16 weekly Crunchyroll ranking put Re:ZERO Season 4 at No. 2 among the platform’s most-watched anime, behind Witch Hat Atelier. That ranking offered a snapshot of the show’s visibility at the time the regional access issue surfaced. ### Which regions appear to be affected? Reports cited South Asia and Southeast Asia as the areas where access changed. (comicbook.com) A search result summarizing the ComicBook.com report said listings spotted by the X account @animeupdates indicated the series had been removed for select South Asian and Southeast Asian regions, while earlier seasons remained available. (infobae.com) Additional secondary reports named India, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines among the affected markets. Crunchyroll has not, in the material reviewed here, published a public notice explaining the regional change or listing affected territories. That makes the country-by-country scope an inference from outside reporting rather than a formal company disclosure. (newsbreak.com) ### What had Crunchyroll promised when the season launched? Crunchyroll said on April 7 that Re:ZERO Season 4 would premiere on April 8. A separate Crunchyroll announcement said the English dub would stream alongside the Japanese version from the same date. Crunchyroll’s guide page for the season says the new installment continues Subaru’s story and points viewers to the platform as the streaming home. (animesweet.com) Earlier company announcements from Anime Expo 2025 had also said Season 4 would stream on Crunchyroll in 2026. ### Is the season still on schedule outside those regions? Published release schedules still show weekly Wednesday episodes for the first cour. (crunchyroll.com) Radio Times and other schedule roundups list Episode 7 for May 20, Episode 8 for May 27 and Episode 11 for June 17, with the second cour, titled Recapture Arc, set to begin on August 12. (crunchyroll.com) Crunchyroll’s own April posts have not been updated in the search results reviewed here to say the series was canceled or delayed globally. Based on those materials, the disruption appears regional rather than platform-wide. ### Has Crunchyroll explained the removal? Crunchyroll had not issued a public explanation in the sources reviewed by May 17. (radiotimes.com) ComicBook.com framed the change as a sudden regional removal, while other reports pointed to licensing as a possible factor, but no company statement was cited in those accounts. (crunchyroll.com) May 20 is the next listed episode date for the current weekly run, and August 12 is the scheduled start of the second cour, according to published release schedules. Fans looking for confirmation are likely to be watching Crunchyroll’s series page, simulcast calendar and news posts for any region-specific update. (crunchyroll.com) (comicbook.com)