A fourth season for Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun) was announced at the Dengeki Bunko New Year Super Appreciation Winter Festival Online 2025 on Monday.
Tatsuyuki Nagai (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans) is returning to direct the fourth season at J.C.Staff. Kiyotaka Haimura (Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator) is once again credited for the original character design.
Voice actresses Rina Satou (Akiba Meido Sensou), Satomi Arai (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu), Aki Toyosaki (Yuru Camp△), and Kanae Itou (Sword Art Online) are reprising their roles as Mikoto Misaka, Kuroko Shirai, Kazari Uiharu, and Ruiko Saten, respectively.The first two 24-episode anime seasons aired in Fall 2009 and Spring 2013. Geneon Universal Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) released a standalone OVA in October 2010. The Blu-ray and DVD volumes and official visual books also included OVA and special episodes.
The third and latest season, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T (A Certain Scientific Railgun T), premiered in 25 episodes in Winter 2020 (pictured right). Crunchyroll simulcast the anime with subtitles, while Funimation (now Crunchyroll Dubs) streamed it with an English dub.
The anime series adapts Motoi Fuyukawa's action sci-fi manga, which he began in Dengeki Daioh in February 2007. Kadokawa published the 19th volume last March.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English in July 2010 and published the 19th volume on February 11. Funimation licensed the anime series in North America and released the first season on DVD in April 2013 and on Blu-ray in January 2015. The second season was distributed on DVD between July and August 2014 and on Blu-ray in January 2016. The company also released the third season on two BD and DVD volumes in March and June 2021. Crunchyroll plans to release it on Blu-ray on April 8.
Announcement
Official site: https://toaru-project.com/
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Source: Dengeki Online
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun 4th Season on MAL
