In additions to inspiring plenty of feels, last week's episode of Re:Zero inspired a musical edit of Rem's "suki de (I love you)" confessions. And, in the week leading into this week's episode, that video has also racked up over 500,000 views on Japanese streaming site Nico, bringing it up to second place on its anime category rankings.

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thumbnail by manga adaptation artist Makoto Fuugetsu

In other Re:Zero updates, there's a new look at the Emilia cover the upcoming volume 9 of the original light novel series

Elsewhere, Emilia voice actress Rie Takahashi has teamed up with Puck to re-create the first Blu-ray cover in preparation for a release of the series' web radio

And a pair of animator art books for Comiket

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.