Tappei Nagatsuki

Tappei Nagatsuki is a Japanese novelist. He is the author of the light novel series Re:Zero. The series has been adapted into an anime. He initially serialized the series as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō from April 20, 2012 onwards. As of April 1, 2016, he has published thirty eight novels and five side stories, comprising a total of 686 chapters. Following the web novel's publication, Media Factory acquired the series for print publication.