On July 27, 2013, Monthly Comic Alive announced the anime adaptation for No Game No Life was green lit.[1] It is directed by Atsuko Ishizuka and animated by Madhouse.[2] The series premiered on April 9, 2014 on AT-X; it was later broadcast on five other broadcast stations and several streaming networks.[3] The final episode premiered on June 25, 2014.[4] Media Factory released the series in six DVD and Blu‑ray volumes between June 25 and November 26, 2014.[5] The opening theme for the series was "This Game" by Konomi Suzuki and the ending theme is "Oracion" by Shiro's voice actress, Ai Kayano.[6]
Crunchyroll simulcast No Game No Life and made it accessible to several regions.[7] In North America, Anime Network broadcast the series on their cable network and made it available on their website, while Sentai Filmworks released the series for home media in July 2015.[8][9][10] In the United Kingdom, MVM Entertainment licensed the series for distribution and in Australasia, Hanabee Entertainment licensed the series for its video on demand website.[11][12] In France, the series was also simulcasted on Anime Digital Network and is broadcast on Viacom International Media Networks' J-one channel.[13][14] In China, the series is made available on PPTV.[15]
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Ai Kayano, the voice actors for Sora and Shiro respectively, hosted an internet radio show on Hibiki Radio called No Radio No Life.[16] It was broadcast weekly between April 8 and July 29, 2014 and switched to a biweekly schedule since then. Twenty-six segments are planned and three CDs were released between July 2014 and February 2015.[16] A special cross over featuring No Radio No Life and the radio series from Bladedance of Elementalers and Lord Marksman and Vanadis was broadcast, by Hibiki Radio on January 1, 2015 and released on DVD on May 13.[17]
An anime movie adaptation of the sixth light novel was announced on July 17, 2016 at the MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2016 event.[18] The film, titled No Game No Life: Zero (ノーゲーム・ノーライフ ゼロ, Nōgēmu Nōraifu Zero), premiered on July 15, 2017, with the staff and cast from the anime series returning.[19][20] Based on the sixth volume of the light novel series, the story is set 6000 years before the events of the series, with most of the original cast portraying ancient characters related to their present counterparts. The theme song is "There is a Reason" by Konomi Suzuki. The song will be included on the album "No Song No Life" on July 12, 2017.[21] Sentai Filmworks will release the film theatrically within the United States from October 5, 2017,[22] and has licensed the film for home video distribution.[23] Madman Entertainment announced it would premiere the film in Australia at Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne on November 5, 2017.[24]
Over 97% Google Users found the anime No Game No Life: Zero up to the mark. It was called a massive tear-jerker and scored 7.5/10 on IMDB. The movie scored a high profit margin of 2,800,000$ and sold over 40,000 Blu Ray HD copies.[25]
Synopsis[]
No Game No Life is a surreal comedy that follows Sora and Shiro, shut-in NEET siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username "Blank." They view the real world as just another lousy game; however, a strange e-mail challenging them to a chess match changes everything—the brother and sister are plunged into an otherworldly realm where they meet Tet, the God of Games.
The mysterious god welcomes Sora and Shiro to Disboard, a world where all forms of conflict—from petty squabbles to the fate of whole countries—are settled not through war, but by way of high-stake games. This system works thanks to a fundamental rule wherein each party must wager something they deem to be of equal value to the other party's wager. In this strange land where the very idea of humanity is reduced to child's play, the indifferent genius gamer duo of Sora and Shiro have finally found a real reason to keep playing games: to unite the sixteen races of Disboard, defeat Tet, and become the gods of this new, gaming-is-everything world.
Episode Guide[]
| No. | Image | Title | Animation Director | Writer | Air Date |
| 1.[26] | 
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Beginner ( |
Kōji Ōdate | Jukki Hanada | April 9, 2014 |
| Sora and Shiro are unemployed and never leave their house, but on the net, they're known as "Blank", an invincible team of gamers. One day, these siblings are visited by a boy named Tet, who calls himself god. Tet summons them to a world where all war is banned, and everything is decided by games. | |||||
| 2.[27] | 
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Challenger ( |
Masaru Koseki | Jukki Hanada | April 16, 2014 |
| Sora and Shiro have been abandoned in another world by Tet. In this world all war is forbidden, and everything is determined by games whose rules are determined by the "Ten Pledges" that Tet established. They find themselves in the country of humanity, the weakest of the 16 races in this new world. | |||||
| 3.[28] | 
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Expert ( |
Masaki Hyuga | Jukki Hanada | April 23, 2014 |
| A girl named Clamy has won the right to be the next king of Elukia by her overwhelming good luck. Steph lost to her and loses the chance to become the next ruler. Just as she defeats the last challenger, however, Sora and Shiro interrupt her. | |||||
| 4.[29] | 
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Grandmaster ( |
Chiaki Abe,
Keiko Yamamoto |
Jukki Hanada | April 30, 2014 |
| The game Clamy challenged them to wasn't normal chess. Shiro is a chess master, but even she is helpless against Clami's assault. But when Shiro understands the real rules of the game, things begind to turn around. The battle to determine the king of Elukia, and all of humanity, finally reaches its end. | |||||
| 5.[30] | 
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Weak Square ( |
Maria Ichino,
Takashi Nagayoshi |
Takashi Aoshima | May 7, 2014 |
| Sora and Shiro leave the running of the country to Steph and spend every day playing video games. Steph's hope that they would become not only the saviors of Elukia, but all of humanity, crumbles away. | |||||
| 6.[31] | 
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Interesting ( |
Kunihiko Hamada | Kento Shimoyama | May 14, 2014 |
| The siblings confront Jibril, a member of the Flügel race to reclaim the royal library in a game of Shiritori. | |||||
| 7.[32] | 
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Sacrifice ( |
Rie Harada,
Kakuto Gai |
Takashi Aoshima | May 21, 2014 |
| Intending to challenge the Werebeasts, the siblings discover that it's hard to come with a strategy to defeat the latter, as all memories regarding the games are erased from their challengers, until Stephanie entrusts Sora a key left by the former king, leading to his secret research on how to outwit them. | |||||
| 8.[33] | 
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Fake End ( |
Shinichi Suzuki,
Keiko Yamamoto |
Yū Kamiya | May 28, 2014 |
| The siblings pay a visit to the Werebeasts' embassy in Elkia, and expose the tricks that they use to outwit their opponents. Sora bets all of Imanity's remaining territory, along with the lives of all its citizens in an all-or-nothing game against the Werebeasts. However, while awaiting an answer from them, Sora mysteriously disappears without a trace, and Shiro realizes that she is the only one who remembers him. | |||||
| 9.[34] | 
|
Sky Walk ( |
Masaki Hyuga | Jukki Hanada | June 4, 2014 |
| While figuring out the truth about her brother's disappearance, Shiro remembers that Sora is having a high-stakes game of Othello with Clammy in which they are betting their own existence and memories. With Sora in a dire position and unable to continue the game, Shiro assumes his place according to the game's rules and wins. With this, the siblings not only earn Clammy's allegiance and the support of her Elf partner, Feel Nirvalen, but by sharing his memories with her, Sora finally wins her trust. | |||||
| 10.[35] | 
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Blue Rose ( |
Maria Ichino, Takashi Nagayoshi,
Yumiko Kinoshita |
Kento Shimoyama | June 11, 2014 |
| After finishing their preparations, the time has come for Sora and Shiro to challenge the Werebeasts with the destiny of all Imanity at stake, accompained by Jibril and Steph. But just when the game begins, the siblings fall into despair when they see themselves in a city that resembles their own homeland and the traumas of their past come to surface. | |||||
| 11.[36] | 
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Killing Giant ( |
Masaki Hyuga | Kento Shimoyama | June 18, 2014 |
| Having regained their composure, Sora and Shiro confront Izuna with Jibril's help but soon realize that the game is rigged to the point that winning is almost impossible. All hope seems lost when Shiro is apparently put on enemy control, until Izuna realizes that she is actually falling on a trap by the siblings, and enjoying the game for the first time in her life, she finally decides to go all out against them. | |||||
| 12.[4] | 
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Rule Number 10 ( |
Kōji Ōdate,
Kunihiko Hamada |
Jukki Hanada | June 25, 2014 |
| Sora and Shiro are driven into a corner by Izuna's activated Blood Destruction, but just when Izuna thinks she's won the game, she falls into yet another of their traps and is defeated. Some time later, the siblings are summoned by the leader of the Werebeasts, the Shrine Priestess, who wants a rematch against them for the sake of her people, but the challenge "unexpectedly" ends in a draw. She is convinced into joining forces and establishing the Elkia Federation by merging the Imanity and Werebeast territories into a single nation. While making preparations for their next battles, Sora and Shiro renew their conviction to unite all the races of Disboard under their rule, and one day challenge Tet for his title of "One True God". | |||||
Mini OVAs[]
| No. | Image | Title | Characters | Included In |
| 1. | 
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Wild Fancy ( |
Sora, Shiro, Stephanie | BD Vol. 1
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| 2. | 
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Director ( |
Sora, Shiro, Stephanie | BD Vol. 2
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| 3. | 
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Revenge ( |
Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, Jibril | BD Vol. 3
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| 4. | 
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Dressup Doll ( |
Kurami, Fiel | BD Vol. 4
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| 5. | 
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Growth ( |
Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, Kurami, Fiel, Jibril | BD Vol. 5
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| 6. | 
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Appetite ( |
Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, Jibril, Izuna | BD Vol. 6 |
Staff and Cast[]
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Original Character Design | Yuu Kamiya
(MF Bunko J "No Game No Life" / Published by KADOKAWA Media Factory) |
| Directed By | Ichizuka Atsuko |
| Series Composition | Zen Hanada |
| Character Design | Koji Otachi |
| Final Drawing Director | |
| Art Director | Eiji Iwase |
| Art Setting | Shinji Ohira |
| Color Design | Haruhisa Ohno |
| Director of Photography | Kenji Fujita |
| 3D Director | Shuhei Ushida |
| Editor | Kimura Kazuko |
| Sound Director | Akira Kawa |
| Music | Super Sweep (Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasemi, Takahiro Eguchi, Fumihisa Tanaka) |
| Music Production | KADOKAWA (Media Factory) |
| Animation Production | MADHOUSE |
| Production | No Game No Life Plenipotentiary Agency Committee |
| Cast | |
| Sora | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka |
| Shiro | Ai Kayano |
| Stephanie Dola | Yōko Hikasa |
| Jibril | Yukari Tamura |
| Kurami Zell | Yuka Iguchi |
| Feel Nirvalen | Mamiko Noto |
| Hatsuse Izuna | Miyuki Sawashiro |
| Hatsuse Ino | Mugihito |
| Miko | Naomi Shindō |
| Teto | Rie Kugimiya |
Gallery[]
