* Based on a visual novel by 5pb and Nitroplus.

In Akihabara a group of friends have managed to customize their microwave into a device that can send text messages into the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the friends have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event on 6 March 2011 somewhere in Tokyo. Additionally, the first episode received an advance release on Nico Nico on 3 April 2011. The regular TV broadcast started on 6 April 2011.

Additional screenings for the first episode on 12 March 2011 at Gamers Nagoya in Aichi, and on 13 March 2011 at Gamers Nanba in Osaka, were cancelled due to the Tohoku earthquake.

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Sequel: Steins;Gate 0