No Game No Life (Series)

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"No Game, No Life" (ノーゲーム・ノーライフ Nōgēmu Nōraifu) is a light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse premiered on April 9, 2014 and it ran til June 25, 2014. The manga adaption of the series is also currently in serialization in Monthly Comic Alive.

Plot

Sora and Shiro are brother and sister, and they both have reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers. Their skills have even spawned urban legends all over the Internet. Unfortunately, these two gamers consider the real world to be just another "crappy game," and end up having the shock of a lifetime when they are summoned by a God named "Tet" to an alternate world.

There, Tet has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where "everything is decided by games" — even national borders. Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister whose lives are all about gaming, become the "Saviors of Humanity" on this alternate world?

Cast

• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Sora
• Ai Kayano as Shiro
• Youko Hikasa as Stephanie Dola
• Yukari Tamura as Jibril
• Yuka Iguchi as Chlammy Zell
• Mamiko Noto as Fiel Nirvalen
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Hatsuse Izuna
• Rie Kugimiya as Tet

Release

Light Novel

Vol	Title	Translation	Japanese Release Date	Mediaworks ISBN	Kadokawa ISBN	American Release Date	ISBN
1	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ１ ゲーマー兄妹がファンタジー世界を征服するそうです	No Game, No Life 1 It Seems Gamer Siblings Will Conquer a Fantasy World	2012-4-25	ISBN 978-4-8401-4546-6	ISBN 978-4-04-066432-3	2015-4-21	ISBN 978-0-316-38311-0
2	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ２ ゲーマー兄妹が獣耳っ子の国に目をつけたようです	No Game, No Life 2 The Gamer Siblings Seem to Have Their Sights on the Land of Kemonomimi	2012-9-25	ISBN 978-4-8401-4819-1	ISBN 978-4-04-066433-0	2015-7-21	ISBN 978-0-316-38517-6
3	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ３ ゲーマー兄妹の片割れが消えたようですが……？	No Game, No Life 3 A Half of the Gamer Siblings Seems to Have Disappeared...?	2013-1-25	ISBN 978-4-8401-4958-7	ISBN 978-4-04-066434-7	2015-10-27	ISBN 978-0-316-38519-0
4	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ４ ゲーマー兄妹はリアル恋愛ゲームから逃げ出しました	No Game, No Life 4 The Gamer Siblings Have Run Away From a Realistic Romance Game	2013-6-25	ISBN 978-4-8401-5185-6	ISBN 978-4-04-066469-9
5	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ５　ゲーマー兄妹は強くてニューゲームがお嫌いなようです	No Game, No Life 5 It Appears the Gamer Siblings Hate New Game Plus	2013-11-25	N/A	ISBN 978-4-04-066080-6
6	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ６ ゲーマー夫嫁は世界に挑んだそうです	No Game, No Life 6 It Seems the Gamer Couple Challenged The World	2014-4-25	N/A	ISBN 978-4-04-066382-1
7	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ７	No Game, No Life 7	2015-7-24	N/A	ISBN 978-4-04-067494-0

Manga

The manga adaptation is done by Yuu Kamiya with art by Mashiro Hiiragi, who are also the author and illustrator of the light novels. It started serialization in the monthly seinen manga magazine Comic Alive, published by Media Factory, on January 27, 2013. It has been collected in a single tankoubon volume as of December 2013. The North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment have released the manga in October 2014.

Vol	Title	Translation	Japanese Release	English Release
1	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ1	No Game, No Life Vol. 1	2013-11-22 ISBN 978-4-04-066114-8	2014-10-21 ISBN 978-1-62692-079-8
2	ノーゲーム・ノーライフ2	No Game, No Life Vol. 2		2015-10-6 ISBN 978-1-62692-095-8

Anime

The episode titles follow the titles of each chapter in the light novels.

Ep	Title	Translation	Games appeared	Adapted from
1	素人≪ビギナー≫	Beginner	Online Game Chess Poker	Volume 1
2	挑戦者≪チャレンジャー≫	Challenger	Rock-paper-scissors
3	熟練者≪エキスパート≫	Expert	Chess
4	国王≪グランドマスター≫	Grandmaster	Old maid Rock-paper-scissors
5	駒並べ≪ウィークスクエア≫	Weak Square	Black Jack Poker Ghost Leg Spicy Russian Takoyaki The Game of Life Rock-paper-scissors Guessing games	Volume 2
6	一手≪インタレスティング≫	Interesting	Materialization Shiritori
7	死に手≪サクリファイス≫	Sacrifice
8	起死回生≪フェイクエンド≫	Fake End	Reversi
9	解離法≪スカイ・ウオーク≫	Sky Walk		Volume 3
10	指向法≪ブルー・ローズ≫	Blue Rose	VR TV game
11	誘導法≪キリング・ジャイアント≫	Killing Giant
12	収束法≪ルール・ナンバー・10≫	Rule Number 10
			Coin Toss
				Volume 6

Mini OVA

Mini OVA are special animated programs that come together with each volume of the series anime BD/DVD.

Ep	Title	Translation	included in BD/DVD
1	妄想《ワイルド・ファンシー》	Wild Fancy	Volume 1
2	監督《ディレクター》	Director	Volume 2
3	復讐《リベンジ》	Revenge	Volume 3
4	人形《ドレスアップ・ドール》	Dressup Doll	Volume 4
5	成長《グロース》	Growth	Volume 5
6	食欲《アぺタイト》	Appetite	Volume 6

Music

Type	Title	included in
Opening	This game	album/single
Ending	Oración
OST	Soundtrack 1	BD/DVD Volume 2
	Soundtrack 2	BD/DVD Volume 4
	Soundtrack 3	BD/DVD Volume 5
Shiro's Character Song	=ONESELF	BD/DVD Volume 1
Stephanie Dora's Character Song	Light of Hope	BD/DVD Volume 3
Jibril's Character Song	Yes,my master my lord	BD/DVD Volume 6
Hatsuse Izuna's Character Song, Game Opening	Onegai☆Sniper

BD Special Novels

There are some special novels attached together with all BD/DVD limited edition release.

Ep	Title	Translation	included in BD/DVD
1		Omitted Scene: Threefold repetition	Volume 1
2			Volume 2
3			Volume 3
4			Volume 4
5			Volume 5
6			Volume 6

Spin-off Manga

A spin-off manga titled No Game, No Life, Desu! is now serializing on Montgly Comic Alive starting from May 27, 2015. The manga is drawn by Yuizaki Kazuya, and feature its original story plot described from the view of Izuna.

Media

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Videos

【PV】TVアニメ「ノーゲーム・ノーライフ」PV Vol.1