Edens Zero
{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Edens Zero
| image = Edens Zero Volume 1 Cover.jpg
| caption = First volume of Edens Zero, released by Kodansha on September 14, 2018, in Japan
| genre = {{ubl|Adventure{{cite news|title=Edens Zero|newspaper=Kodansha|url=https://kodanshacomics.com/series/edens-zero/|publisher=Kodansha USA|access-date=June 12, 2020|quote=It's here! The creator of Fairy Tail, manga superstar Hiro Mashima, is back with a high-flying space adventure!|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118050315/https://kodanshacomics.com/series/edens-zero/|url-status=live}}|Science fantasy}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Hiro Mashima
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Kodansha USA}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Magazine
| imprint = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| magazine_en =
| first = June 27, 2018
| last = June 26, 2024
| volumes = 33
| volume_list = List of Edens Zero chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| director = {{ubl|Shinji Ishihira {{small|(Chief)}}|Yūji Suzuki ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Toshinori Watanabe ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}
| writer = Mitsutaka Hirota
| music = Yoshihisa Hirano
| studio = J.C.Staff
| licensee = {{ubl|Netflix (streaming rights; {{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Mediatoon Distribution ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}
| first = April 11, 2021
| last = October 1, 2023
| episodes = 50
| episode_list = List of Edens Zero episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Video games
|content =
- Edens Zero Pocket Galaxy (2022)
- Rebecca and the Mechanical Mansion (2022)
- Edens Zero (2025)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
Edens Zero (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese science fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 2018 to June 2024, with its chapters collected into thirty-three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. Set in a fictional spacefaring universe, the story follows Shiki Granbell, a boy with gravity powers who embarks on a voyage aboard the titular starship in search of a cosmic entity named Mother.
The manga was published digitally in six other languages as they were released in Japan, with Kodansha USA licensing the series for English publication in North America on Crunchyroll Manga, Comixology, Amazon Kindle, and K Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from April to October 2021. A second season aired from April to October 2023. A video game adaptation by Konami has also been announced for release in July 2025.
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Plot
{{Main|List of Edens Zero characters{{!}}List of Edens Zero characters}}
Shiki Granbell, a human boy, lives among robots on the deserted theme park planet Granbell in the Sakura Cosmos. His adoptive grandfather, the benevolent "Demon King" robot Ziggy, teaches him to control gravity with a superhuman power called Ether Gear. Ten years after Ziggy's death, the park is visited by spacefaring content creators Rebecca Bluegarden and Happy, whom Shiki befriends when the dying robots force the three off Granbell before expending their vital Ether energy.
Seeking new friends and adventure, the three set out in search of Mother, the fabled goddess of the cosmos. Early in Shiki's voyage, the space pirate Elsie Crimson gifts him with Ziggy's interstellar warship, Edens Zero. Shiki assembles a crew from Ziggy's android companions, the Four Shining Stars, as well as others he befriends: Weisz Steiner, a criminal from an alternate history created by a time-eating Chronophage; E.M. Pino, Ziggy's memory-impaired EMP android; and Homura Kôgetsu, a young swordswoman and pupil of the deceased Shining Star Valkyrie Yuna. Meanwhile, Rebecca develops her own Ether Gear ability to reverse time and travel between parallel universes to save Shiki after he is killed by the crime lord Drakken Joe.
Before leaving the Sakura Cosmos, the Edens Zero crew encounters a revived, malevolent Ziggy, who wishes for machines to rule the universe by ensuring Mother's death in the near future, which would trigger an extinction event for all human life. Captaining Edens One, an upgraded version of Edens Zero, Ziggy draws Shiki's crew into a war with the neighboring Aoi Cosmos's empire, where he detonates the empire's arsenal of 20,000 antimatter bombs to kill them. Shiki leads his crew to escape, although the Shining Star Witch Regret sacrifices herself to shield Edens Zero from the explosion.
Following a three-year conflict, Shiki discovers Ziggy's identity as his own alternate self who tried stopping the bombs, an act resulting in his and Rebecca's Ether Gear creating a spacetime distortion that sent them 20,000 years into the future. Ziggy reveals that Edens Zero was built for him to prevent Mother's multiversal deaths by using Etherion—the ship's secret time travel function made from the future Rebecca's Ether—to reach Universe Zero, the convergence point of all universes. Pino realizes Ziggy is being controlled when he discreetly repairs her memory, allowing her to access an empowered Overdrive state and free him with her EMP. At Ziggy's urging, Shiki destroys him to thwart his controller, the artificially intelligent Edens One.
With Mother's death imminent, the crew activates Etherion, which imparts their memories and abilities onto their past selves in Universe Zero. Upon recalling their future, they find Universe Zero to be an idyllic world where Witch, Valkyrie, Ziggy, and many other deceased figures are alive, and various misfortunes such as the Granbell robots' Ether shortage have never occurred. Edens Zero traces Mother to an uncharted region of space, where Ziggy joins them in destroying Edens One.
When Shiki reaches Mother, she reveals herself as the Overdrive form of planet Earth, Shiki's homeworld, which was transformed to prevent the planet's ruin 20,000 years ago. Learning that simply restoring Mother's power would undo the survival of those who died in previous universes, including himself, Shiki instead lures the Chronophage to revert Mother to her planetary state, inspired by an identical event that allowed Ziggy to discover the infant Shiki on Earth. Shiki successfully restores Earth and vanquishes the Chronophage by appeasing the monster's true form, the amnesiac future Rebecca. The crew disbands after helping revitalize Earth with their technology, later gathering on Granbell for the birth of Shiki and Rebecca's daughter.
Production
Following the conclusion of his series Fairy Tail on July 26, 2017, Hiro Mashima posted a Tweet on December 31, 2017, promising to start a new series sometime in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-31/fairy-tail-creator-hiro-mashima-ill-work-hard-to-launch-a-new-manga-next-year/.122487|title=Fairy Tail Creator Hiro Mashima: 'I'll Work Hard to Launch a New Manga Next Year'|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=December 31, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410210138/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-31/fairy-tail-creator-hiro-mashima-ill-work-hard-to-launch-a-new-manga-next-year/.122487|url-status=live}} After his visit to the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, Mashima revealed that the new series would be "a new form of fantasy", and that the character Plue from his earlier series Rave Master would appear in the manga.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-28/hiro-mashima-teases-more-details-about-planned-new-work/.127025|title=Hiro Mashima Teases More Details About Planned New Work|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=January 28, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410210137/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-28/hiro-mashima-teases-more-details-about-planned-new-work/.127025|url-status=live}} On May 14, 2018, Mashima commented on Twitter that he was becoming "a little confused" due to working simultaneously on this series, a Fairy Tail continuation, and another "secret" project. He also stated that he was coming up with new ideas for the series "one after another".{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-14/fairy-tail-manga-hiro-mashima-teases-secret-project/.131541|title=Fairy Tail Manga's Hiro Mashima Teases 'Secret' Project|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=May 14, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410210138/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-14/fairy-tail-manga-hiro-mashima-teases-secret-project/.131541|url-status=live}} On May 30, 2018, Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed that the series was tentatively titled Eden's Zero.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-29/hiro-mashima-new-manga-gets-tentative-title-simultaneous-release-in-5-languages/.132062|title=Hiro Mashima's New Manga Gets Tentative Title, Simultaneous Release in 5 Languages|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=May 29, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529210116/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-29/hiro-mashima-new-manga-gets-tentative-title-simultaneous-release-in-5-languages/.132062|url-status=live}} Although the title is the name of the main characters' spaceship, Mashima revealed that he thought of a deeper meaning for it, but that its usage would depend on future developments of the story.{{cite book|last=Mashima|first=Hiro|title=Edens Zero, Volume 3|date=June 4, 2019|publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-1-63-236758-7|language=English|chapter=Afterword}}
When developing the idea for his next series, Mashima originally anticipated using another sword and sorcery setting similar to his previous manga, but decided on creating a "space fantasy" adventure due to a lack of such contemporary shōnen manga; he coined the term "space fantasy" from his own misinterpretation of "SF", the abbreviation of science fiction in Japan, as a child.{{cite book|last=Mashima|first=Hiro|title=Edens Zero, Volume 1|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-1-63-236756-3|language=English|chapter=Afterword}} He also cited the genre's unpopularity in shōnen manga as an influence, viewing it as a challenge he wanted to overcome.{{cite web|script-title=ja:迷ったら読者を取れ――漫画家・真島ヒロを「仕事の鬼」に変えたクリエイティブの原点|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17873827/|website=Livedoor|access-date=March 18, 2021|language=Japanese|date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312231819/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17873827/|url-status=live}} Mashima has described his approach to writing Edens Zero as being in between those of Rave Master and Fairy Tail, combining predetermined story elements with ideas that he draws "just from momentum" while writing on a weekly basis to give the manga a "real time" feeling. He also expressed an intention to end Edens Zero when its number of collected volumes is in between those of the two previous series. In 2021, Mashima stated that Edens Zero would continue the themes of friendship, family, and battles from Fairy Tail, but that it may change slightly by the end when the mystery of the character Mother is revealed.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『EDENS ZERO』アニメ化記念 原作者・真島ヒロ先生インタビュー|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1610500602|publisher=Animate Times|access-date=March 18, 2021|language=Japanese|date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423053230/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1610500602|url-status=live}}
Media
=Manga=
{{Main|List of Edens Zero chapters{{!}}List of Edens Zero chapters}}
Edens Zero is written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series began in Kodansha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on June 27, 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-05/hiro-mashima-launches-new-manga-on-june-27-also-plans-fairy-tail-sequel-and-spinoff-manga/.129988|title=Hiro Mashima Launches New Manga on June 27, Also Plans Fairy Tail Sequel & Spinoff Manga|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 5, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2018|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324180847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-05/hiro-mashima-launches-new-manga-on-june-27-also-plans-fairy-tail-sequel-and-spinoff-manga/.129988|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:真島ヒロ最新作「EDENS ZERO」が週マガで始動、6カ国語で世界同時配信|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/288518|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 12, 2021|language=ja|date=June 27, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410210138/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/288518|url-status=live}} and ended on June 26, 2024.{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-21/edens-zero-manga-ends-in-5-chapters/.211034|title=Edens Zero Manga Ends in 5 Chapters|date=May 21, 2024|last=Mateo|first=Alex|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 21, 2024|archive-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623005206/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-21/edens-zero-manga-ends-in-5-chapters/.211034|url-status=live}} Kodansha has collected its chapters into thirty-three individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes released from September 14, 2018 through August 16, 2024.{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000314220|script-title=ja:EDENS ZERO (1)|website=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=September 8, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420072439/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000314220|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000395904|script-title=ja:EDENS ZERO (33)|website=Kodansha|language=Japanese|accessdate=August 16, 2024}}
The series was published simultaneously in seven languages: English, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai, German and Brazilian Portuguese.{{Cite news|url=https://henshin.com.br/2018/06/22/novidadejbc-edens-zero/|title=#NovidadeJBC: Edens Zero!!! - Henshin|date=June 22, 2018|work=Henshin|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=pt-BR|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103830/https://henshin.com.br/2018/06/22/novidadejbc-edens-zero/|url-status=live}} North American publisher Kodansha USA has released chapters of the series on digital platforms such as Crunchyroll Manga and Amazon Kindle. This was replaced with the K Manga app service that was released on May 10, 2023.{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-10/kodansha-new-k-manga-app-reveals-tickets-points-system-for-accessing-manga-chapters/.197649|title=Kodansha's New 'K Manga' App Reveals Tickets, Points System for Accessing Manga Chapters|date=May 10, 2023|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 21, 2024}}
=Anime=
{{See also|List of Edens Zero episodes{{!}}List of Edens Zero episodes}}
On June 12, 2020, Mashima announced on Twitter that the manga would be adapted into an anime television series.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hiro Mashima's Edens Zero Manga Gets TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-12/hiro-mashima-edens-zero-manga-gets-tv-anime/.160557|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 12, 2020|date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418070232/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-12/hiro-mashima-edens-zero-manga-gets-tv-anime/.160557|url-status=live}} At the Tokyo Game Show livestream on September 26, 2020, it was revealed that the anime would be produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yūji Suzuki, with Shinji Ishihira serving as chief director, Mitsutaka Hirota overseeing scripts, Yurika Sako designing the characters, and Yoshihisa Hirano composing the music.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Edens Zero Anime's Teaser Video Reveals More Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-12/edens-zero-anime-teaser-video-reveals-more-staff/.168323|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 13, 2021|date=January 12, 2021|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214201705/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-12/edens-zero-anime-teaser-video-reveals-more-staff/.168323|url-status=live}} The series aired on Nippon Television and other channels from April 11 to October 3, 2021.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=J.C. Staff Produces Edens Zero TV Anime for April 2021 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/j.c-staff-produces-edens-zero-tv-anime-for-april-2021-debut/.164514|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 26, 2020|date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422154716/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/j.c-staff-produces-edens-zero-tv-anime-for-april-2021-debut/.164514|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Edens Zero Anime Premieres on April 10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-01-12/edens-zero-anime-premieres-on-april-10/.168317|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 13, 2021|date=January 12, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008162914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-01-12/edens-zero-anime-premieres-on-april-10/.168317|url-status=live}}{{efn|name=fn1|The series premiered on April 10, 2021, at 24:55 (effectively, April 11 at 12:55 a.m. JST).}} Netflix acquired streaming rights to the series, which was released globally on August 26, 2021.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Netflix Streams Edens Zero Anime Outside Japan on August 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-10/netflix-streams-edens-zero-anime-outside-japan-on-august-26/.173793|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 10, 2021|date=June 10, 2021|archive-date=June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610202331/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-10/netflix-streams-edens-zero-anime-outside-japan-on-august-26/.173793|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "Eden Through the Rough" by Takanori Nishikawa, and the ending theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Bōken no Vlog"|冒険のVLOG||{{lit.}} "A Vlog of the Journey"|group=Jp.}} by CHiCO with HoneyWorks.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Edens Zero Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, T.M.Revolution Song, Netflix 2021 Streaming|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-11/edens-zero-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-t.m.revolution-song-netflix-2021-streaming/.170519|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 11, 2021|date=March 11, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312033207/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-11/edens-zero-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-t.m.revolution-song-netflix-2021-streaming/.170519|url-status=live}} The second opening theme is "Forever" by L'Arc-en-Ciel, and the second ending theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Sekai no Himitsu"|世界の秘密||{{lit.}} "Secret of the World"|group=Jp.}} by Sayuri.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Edens Zero Anime Reveals New Cast Member, 2nd Ending Theme Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-29/edens-zero-anime-reveals-new-cast-member-2nd-ending-theme-song/.174583|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 29, 2021|date=June 29, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704085541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-29/edens-zero-anime-reveals-new-cast-member-2nd-ending-theme-song/.174583|url-status=live}}
Director Yūji Suzuki died on September 9, 2021, before the series' broadcast was completed.{{Cite Tweet|number=1444337771795996675|user= EDENSZERO_PJ|date= October 2, 2021|accessdate= October 2, 2021|script-title=ja:【大切なおしらせ】アニメ「EDENS ZERO」の鈴木勇士監督がお亡くなりになりました。謹んでご冥福をお祈り申し上げると共に、ご遺族の方には心よりお悔やみを申し上げます。|trans-title= [Important News] Director Yūji Suzuki of the anime "EDENS ZERO" has passed away. We sincerely pray for the souls and extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved family.}} Although he had worked in the industry as a key animator and episode director since the mid-2000s, Edens Zero was the first and only full series Suzuki directed.{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-02/edens-zero-anime-director-yushi-suzuki-passes-away/.178095|title= Edens Zero Anime Director {{sic|Yū|shi|nolink=y}} Suzuki Passes Away|website= Anime News Network|author= Loo, Egan|date= October 2, 2021|accessdate= October 2, 2021|archive-date= October 3, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211003074833/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-02/edens-zero-anime-director-yushi-suzuki-passes-away/.178095|url-status= live}}
On February 9, 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a second season,{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Edens Zero Anime Gets 2nd Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-08/edens-zero-anime-gets-2nd-season/.182261|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 8, 2022|date=February 8, 2022|archive-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212052052/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-08/edens-zero-anime-gets-2nd-season/.182261|url-status=live}} which aired from April 2 to October 1, 2023,{{efn|The series premiered on April 1, 2023, at 24:55 (effectively, April 2 at 12:55 a.m. JST).{{cite web|script-title=ja:「EDENS ZERO」第2期追加キャストに八代拓・大久保瑠美ら、OPテーマは西川貴教|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/512920|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 15, 2023|date=February 15, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216130019/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/512920|url-status=live}}}} with Toshinori Watanabe replacing Suzuki as the director.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Edens Zero Anime Season 2's Teaser Reveals April 2023 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-16/edens-zero-anime-season-2-teaser-reveals-april-2023-premiere/.189726|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 16, 2022|date=September 16, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021065647/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-16/edens-zero-anime-season-2-teaser-reveals-april-2023-premiere/.189726|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:アニメ「EDENS ZERO」第2期のティザー映像到着、放送は来年4月から|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/493942|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 16, 2022|date=September 16, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916040731/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/493942|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "Never say Never" by Takanori Nishikawa, and the ending theme is {{Nihongo foot|"Rinne"|リンネ||{{lit.}} "Reincarnation Cycle"|group=Jp.}} by Asca.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=ASCA Performs Ending Song for Edens Zero Anime Season 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-13/asca-performs-ending-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.195911|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 13, 2023|date=March 13, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401194446/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-13/asca-performs-ending-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.195911|url-status=live}} The second opening theme of season 2 is {{Nihongo foot|"Kaibutsu"|械物||a Japanese portmanteau of {{Nihongo|kai|械||"machine"}} and {{Nihongo|kaibutsu|怪物||"monster"}}|group=Jp.}} performed by Tani Yuuki, and the second ending theme is "My Star" by Lozareena.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Tani Yuuki Performs New Opening Theme Song for Edens Zero Anime Season 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-02/tani-yuuki-performs-new-opening-theme-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.198737|date=June 2, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023|archive-date=June 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609142836/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-02/tani-yuuki-performs-new-opening-theme-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.198737|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Lozareena Performs New Ending Theme Song for Edens Zero Anime Season 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-16/lozareena-performs-new-ending-theme-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.199294|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616142718/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-16/lozareena-performs-new-ending-theme-song-for-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.199294|url-status=live}} The second season was licensed internationally by Mediatoon Distribution and streamed by Crunchyroll in various regions.{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll Streams Edens Zero Anime Season 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-07/crunchyroll-streams-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.196895|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=April 7, 2023|access-date=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407184147/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-07/crunchyroll-streams-edens-zero-anime-season-2/.196895|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=France's Mediatoon Acquires Edens Zero Anime Season 2's Global Rights|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-01/france-mediatoon-acquires-edens-zero-anime-season-2-global-rights/.196674|website=Anime News Network|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401160033/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-01/france-mediatoon-acquires-edens-zero-anime-season-2-global-rights/.196674|url-status=live}} A 72-minute recap original net animation of the first season aired in Japan on the same day as the second season premiere, and was streamed by Crunchyroll from April 29, 2023.{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Crunchyroll Adds Edens Zero Anime's 1st Season Recap Movie|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-28/crunchyroll-adds-edens-zero-anime-1st-season-recap-movie/.197610|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 28, 2023|date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429005110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-28/crunchyroll-adds-edens-zero-anime-1st-season-recap-movie/.197610|url-status=live}}
=Video games=
On September 16, 2020, Konami announced that they are developing an Edens Zero video game.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|title=Konami announces Edens Zero game|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/konami-announces-edens-zero-game|website=Gematsu|access-date=September 16, 2020|date=September 16, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415020158/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/konami-announces-edens-zero-game|url-status=live}} It was later revealed at the Tokyo Game Show 2020 livestream that two separate action role-playing games were being developed, one being a 3D game for consoles, and the other being a top-down game for mobile devices.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Edens Zero Game Project Includes Both 3D Action RPG for Consoles, Mobile RPG|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/edens-zero-game-project-includes-both-3d-action-rpg-for-consoles-mobile-rpg/.164513|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 26, 2020|date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518102317/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-26/edens-zero-game-project-includes-both-3d-action-rpg-for-consoles-mobile-rpg/.164513|url-status=live}} In February 2022, the latter was revealed as Edens Zero Pocket Galaxy and was released on February 24 for iOS and Android.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Edens Zero: Pocket Galaxy Smartphone Game's Trailer Reveals February 24 Launch|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-10/edens-zero-pocket-galaxy-smartphone-game-trailer-reveals-february-24-launch/.182487|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 10, 2022|date=February 10, 2022|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210160445/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-10/edens-zero-pocket-galaxy-smartphone-game-trailer-reveals-february-24-launch/.182487|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerbraves.com/edens-zero-pocket-galaxy-first-impressions-gearing-up-for-an-adventure/ | title=Edens Zero Pocket Galaxy First Impressions – Gearing up for an Adventure | date=February 24, 2022 | access-date=September 19, 2022 | archive-date=September 20, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920175601/https://www.gamerbraves.com/edens-zero-pocket-galaxy-first-impressions-gearing-up-for-an-adventure/ | url-status=live }} The game ended its service on February 29, 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.konami.com/games/edens_zero/mo/en/notice_240229 | title=EDENS ZERO Pocket Galaxy | access-date=March 6, 2024 | archive-date=October 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005025223/https://www.konami.com/games/edens_zero/mo/en/notice_240229 | url-status=live }} In October 2024, the 3D game for consoles was revealed and titled Edens Zero. The game is expected to be released on July 15, 2025 for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/edens-zero-action-rpg-launches-in-2025-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc|title=EDENS ZERO action RPG launches in 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC|work=Gematsu|date=October 20, 2024|access-date=October 21, 2024}}{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/edens-zero-launches-july-15|title= EDENS ZERO launches July 15 |work=Gematsu|date=March 26, 2025|access-date=March 26, 2025}}
On December 17, 2021, Mashima announced that he was developing an Edens Zero video game by himself using RPG Maker. Describing it as a "hobby project" that he worked on in his free time. He released the game, {{Nihongo foot|Rebecca and the Mechanical Mansion,{{cite book|last=Mashima|first=Hiro|title=Edens Zero Volume 26|date=December 26, 2023|publisher=Kodansha USA|isbn=978-16-4-651889-0|language=English|chapter=Afterword}}|レベッカと機械ノ洋館|Rebekka to Kikai no Yōkan|group=Jp.}} for free on PC on March 16, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://gamerant.com/edens-zero-anime-season-2/|title=Second Season of Edens Zero Anime Announced|date=February 9, 2022|access-date = April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409152024/https://gamerant.com/edens-zero-anime-season-2/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Edens Zero Manga Creator Hiro Mashima Reveals Rebecca & Happy RPG|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/edens-zero-manga-creator-hiro-mashima-reveals-rebecca-happy-rpg/|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=DualShockers|date=December 21, 2021|language=en|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107132007/https://www.dualshockers.com/edens-zero-manga-creator-hiro-mashima-reveals-rebecca-happy-rpg/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Free Edens Zero Game Created by Hiro Mashima Himself Released|url=https://twinfinite.net/2022/03/edens-zero-free-game-hiro-mashima/|access-date=April 16, 2022|website=twinfinite.net|date=March 16, 2022|language=en|archive-date=April 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405124528/https://twinfinite.net/2022/03/edens-zero-free-game-hiro-mashima/|url-status=live}}
Reception
=Sales=
In Japan, the first volume of Edens Zero reached 13th place on the weekly Oricon chart with 30,178 copies sold.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, September 10–16|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-19/japanese-comic-ranking-september-10-16/.137006|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 2, 2020|date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216222647/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-19/japanese-comic-ranking-september-10-16/.137006|url-status=live}} The second volume ranked 16th with 41,506 copies sold,{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, November 12–18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-21/japanese-comic-ranking-november-12-18/.139804|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 2, 2020|date=November 21, 2018|archive-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520135525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-21/japanese-comic-ranking-november-12-18/.139804|url-status=live}} and the third volume at 18th place with 31,316 copies.{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=February 27, 2019 |title=Japanese Comic Ranking, February 11-17 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-27/japanese-comic-ranking-february-11-17/.143712 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Anime News Network |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107233300/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-27/japanese-comic-ranking-february-11-17/.143712 |url-status=live }}
=Critical response=
The first volume received a mixed response from critics on Anime News Network, where it was rated on a 1 to 5 scale. Amy McNulty gave the volume a 3.5 rating, calling it a "solid start" and praising the story's pacing, characters, and art, while adding that it "may not blow anyone away". McNulty also commented on Mashima's similar visual and design choices to Fairy Tail – which she noted could be taken negatively – but opined that the manga could benefit from readers' familiarity with Fairy Tail, and found it accessible to new readers of Mashima's work. Rebecca Silverman, who also rated it 3.5, considered the manga to be Mashima's darkest work, and praised him for using themes that "helped make his previous series Fairy Tail work so well", citing Shiki and Rebecca's complementary backgrounds as orphans as an example. However, she expressed slight concerns over the story potentially becoming confusing for readers with the volume's implications of time travel and flash-forward cliffhanger. Faye Hopper, who gave the volume a 3 rating, found that the shift from "high fantasy pastiche to Star Wars reminiscent sci-fi" helped enrich the story, but criticized Mashima's humor and adherence to Shōnen manga conventions. Teresa Navarro gave it a 2 rating, finding the characters and art style to be nearly identical to those in Fairy Tail, but considering its potential to gain a cult following from fans of the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} genre.{{cite web|last=Bertschy|first=Zac|title=Edens Zero - The Fall 2018 Manga Guide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-11-29/the-fall-2018-manga-guide/edens-zero/.140142|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=April 2, 2020|date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019031159/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-11-29/the-fall-2018-manga-guide/edens-zero/.140142|url-status=live}}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://kodansha.us/series/edens-zero|Official English manga website at Kodansha}}
- {{Official website|https://www.azuki.co/series/edens-zero|Official English manga website at Azuki}}
- {{Official website|https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10004/episode/313067|Official English manga website at K Manga}}
- {{Official website|https://shonenmagazine.com/special_page/edenszero-202006|Official Shōnen Magazine magazine website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://edens-zero.net/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://www.netflix.com/title/81261630}} at Netflix
- {{Anime News Network|manga|21579}}
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