No game, no life

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No game, no life
Original title ノ ー ゲ ー ム ・ ノ ー ラ イ フ
transcription Nōgēmu Nōraifu
No Game No Life - Logo.jpg
genre Comedy , fantasy , adventure , Isekai
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yū Kamiya
illustrator Yū Kamiya
publishing company Media Factory
magazine MF Bunko J.
First publication April 25, 2012 - ...
expenditure 9 + 1 +
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yū Kamiya
Illustrator Mashiro Hiiragi
publishing company Media Factory
magazine Monthly Comic Alive
First publication January 27, 2013 - ...
expenditure 2+
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2014
Studio Madhouse
length 24 minutes
Episodes 12 in 1 season
Director Atsuko Ishizuka
music Great sweep
First broadcast April 9 - June 25, 2014 on AT-X
synchronization
Movie
► No Game No Life Zero (2017)

No Game No Life ( Japanese ノ ー ゲ ー ム ・ ノ ー ラ イ フ , Nōgēmu Nōraifu , often abbreviated to NGNL or Noge Nora ) is a Japanese light novel series written and illustrated by the Brazilian Yū Kamiya (Thiago Furukawa Lucas). The light novel was also implemented as a manga and anime television series. The latter was produced by Madhouse under the direction of Atsuko Ishizuka and began broadcasting on April 9, 2014.

The story follows Sora and his younger stepsister Shiro, two hikikomori who form an undefeated player duo. One day they will be challenged to chess by the god of games and will win. God calls you into the world of Disboard, which revolves around games. With the intent to defend their reputation as undefeated players, Sora and Shiro plan to conquer the sixteen ruling species and usurp the god of games.

action

The Hikikomori siblings Sora ( 空 ) and Shiro ( 白 ) live secluded in their apartment and avoid leaving it as much as possible. Although they seem isolated, they are a well-known figure on the Internet among gamers who go by the name Kūhaku (written as 『』 , since the characters of Sora and Shiro together make up the word 空白 , which is read Kūhaku and "blank; space" means) to be at the top of the leaderboard in every game you play.

One day they are challenged to a game of chess by a mysterious stranger , but Shiro manages to beat it. He then offers them both an offer to be reborn in another world - a world called Disboard , in which everything is decided by games. When they accept the offer in disbelief, they are unexpectedly actually transported into another world, where they meet the god Tet , who was also their previous adversary, and who roughly explains the world, its connections and rules to them.

The world

In Disboard (盤 上 の 世界（デ ィ ス ボ ー ド）, literally: "World above the game board") live 16 different races, which together as Exceed (十六 種族（イ ク シ ー ド）), each of the races representing a piece in a chess game. Should a race ever lose its race badge in a game, then it would no longer stand under the protection of the ten commandments of this world established by Tet and could, for example, be enslaved or destroyed by another race.

The Ten Commandments

  1. All murder and assault, war and pillage are forbidden in this world.
  2. Every conflict is decided by a game in the form of a competition.
  3. A game is played with a stake judged to be equal by both sides.
  4. As long as they do not violate “third parties”, the content of the game and the stake are completely free.
  5. The challenged has the right to determine the content of the game.
  6. Stakes made through “I swear by the commandments” must be redeemed.
  7. In the event of conflicts between groups, representatives with power of attorney are set up.
  8. Getting caught cheating during the game means instant defeat.
  9. This declares these rules to be absolute and immutable in the name of God.
  10. Let's all play happily together!

The races

The 16 races of the world are classified according to their affinity for magic, with the Old Deus (gods) having the greatest magical powers and the Imanity having no magical abilities. The latter represent the human race to which Sora and Shiro belong.

  1. Old Deus (神 霊 種（オ ー ル ド デ ウ ス）, Ōrudo Deusu )
  2. Phantasm (幻想 種（フ ァ ン タ ズ マ）, Fantazuma )
  3. Elemental (精 霊 種（エ レ メ ン タ ル）, Erementaru )
  4. Dragonia (龍 精 種（ド ラ ゴ ニ ア）, Doragonia )
  5. Giant (巨人 種（ギ ガ ン ト）, Giganto )
  6. Wing (天翼 種（フ リ ュ ー ゲ ル）, Furyūgeru )
  7. Eleven (森 精 種（エ ル フ）, Erufu )
  8. Dwarf (地 精 種（ド ワ ー フ）, Dowāfu )
  9. Fairy (妖精 種（フ ェ ア リ ー）, Fearī )
  10. Ex Machina (機 凱 種（エ ク ス マ キ ナ）, Ekusu Makina )
  11. Demonia (妖魔 種（デ モ ニ ア）, Demonia )
  12. Dhampir (吸血 種（ダ ン ピ ー ル）, Dampīru )
  13. Lunamana (月 詠 種（ル ナ マ ナ）, Runamana )
  14. Werebeast (獣 人種（ワ ー ビ ー ス ト）, Wābīsuto )
  15. Seiren (海 棲 種（セ ー レ ー ン）, Sērēn )
  16. Imanity (人類 種（イ マ ニ テ ィ）, Imaniti )

publication

The light novel No Game No Life is written by Yū Kamiya , who also does the illustrations himself. The series has been published by Media Factory since April 2012 in the imprint MF Bunko J , with 10 volumes published so far (as of October 2017):

# subtitle Japanese Release date ISBN
1 Gamer Kyōdai ga Fantasy Sekai o Seifuku suru sō desu ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 が フ ァ ン タ ジ ー 世界 を 征服 す る そ う で す Apr 25, 2012 ISBN 978-4-8401-4546-6
2 Gamer Kyōdai ga Kemomimikko no Kuni ni Me o Tsuketa yō desu ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 が 獣 耳 っ 子 の 国 に 目 を つ け た よ う で す 25 Sep 2012 ISBN 978-4-8401-4819-1
3 Gamer Kyōdai no Kataware ga Kieta yō desu ga ……? ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 の 片 割 れ が 消 え た よ う で す が ……? Jan. 25, 2013 ISBN 978-4-8401-4958-7
4th Gamer Kyōdai wa Real Ren'ai Game kara Nigedashi mashita ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 は リ ア ル 恋愛 ゲ ー ム か ら 逃 げ 出 し ま し た June 25, 2013 ISBN 978-4-8401-5185-6
5 Gamer Kyōdai wa Tsuyokute New Game ga Okirai na yō desu ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 は 強 く て ニ ュ ー ゲ ー ム が お お 嫌 い な よ う で す Nov 25, 2013 ISBN 978-4-04-066080-6
6th Gamer Fuka wa Sekai ni Idonda sō desu ゲ ー マ ー 夫 嫁 は 世界 に 挑 ん だ そ う で す Apr 25, 2014 ISBN 978-4-04-066382-1
7th Gamer Kyōdai-tachi wa Jōseki o Kutsugaesu sō desu ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 た ち は 定 石 を 覆 す そ う で す July 24, 2015 ISBN 978-4-04-067494-0
8th Gamer-tachi wa Fuseki o Tsuide Iku sō desu ゲ ー マ ー た ち は 布 石 を 継 い で い く そ う で す Dec 25, 2015 ISBN 978-4-04-067952-5
9 Gamer Kyōdai wa Ichi Turn Yasumu sō desu ゲ ー マ ー 兄妹 は 一 タ ー ン 休 む そ う で す 25 Aug 2016
Special Practical War Game プ ラ ク テ ィ カ ル ウ ォ ー ゲ ー ム 23 Dec 2016 ISBN 978-4-04-068767-4

Adaptations

Manga

A manga adaptation drawn by Kamiya's wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, has been published in Media Factory's manga magazine Comic Alive since issue 3/2013 (January 27, 2013) . So far, the chapters have been summarized in an anthology ( Tankōbon ).

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for North America in late March 2014 before the anime aired, and plans to release it in October 2014.

Anime

Studio Madhouse adapted the first three volumes of the novel series as an anime television series directed by Atsuko Ishizuka and the animation management and character design by Kōji Ōdate. The first broadcast of the 12 episodes took place from April 9 to June 25, 2014 on AT-X , and within the following six hours on Tokyo MX , Sun TV , KBS Kyōto and TV Aichi .

An English subtitled version will be streamed on Crunchyroll as a simulcast for North and South America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. A release on DVD / Blu-ray licensed for North America by Sentai Filmworks .

On August 2, 2015, publisher KSM announced that they had licensed the series. The release on DVD and Blu-ray as a limited version including soundtrack was released on February 15, 2016.

On July 15, 2017, the film No Game No Life Zero , which is based on the 6th volume of the light novel , was released in Japan . On August 6, 2017, the publisher KSM announced that they had now also acquired the license for the film after the series. The film was shown in a dubbed version in selected German cinemas on June 7 and 10, 2018.

Voice actor

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Sora Yoshitsugu Matsuoka Björn Schalla
Shiro Ai Kayano Paulina Rümmelein
Tet Rie Kugimiya Patricia Strasburger
Stephanie Dora Yōko Hikasa Winnie Brandes
Chlammy cell Yuka Iguchi Corinna Dorenkamp
Jibril Yukari Tamura Milena Karas
Fell Nirval Mamiko Noto Ela Paul
Izuna hatsuse Miyuki Sawashiro Celine Vogt
Ino Hatsuse Makoto Terada Wolfram Fuchs

music

The soundtrack for the series is from Super Sweep, i. H. the computer game music composers Shinji Hosoe , Ayako Saso , Takahiro Eguchi and Fumihisa Tanaka.

This Game is used as the opening title , written by Yūki Misao, composed by Mitsuru Wakabayashi and sung by Konomi Suzuki . Oración ( オ ラ シ オ ン , Orashon ) is used in the end credits, written and composed by Nazca and sung by Ai Kayano.

Web links

Commons : No Game No Life  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ewerthon Tobace: Brasileiro faz sucesso como de desenhista mangá no Japão. (No longer available online.) In: BBC Brasil. March 25, 2009, archived from the original on October 21, 2014 ; Retrieved October 14, 2014 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / entretenimento.uol.com.br
  2. ↑ Yū Kamiya: 冬 コ ミ は 欠 席 で す . In: Pixel Phantom. December 28, 2012, Retrieved October 14, 2014 (Japanese).
  3. ^ Seven Seas Licenses No Game, No Life Manga. In: Anime News Network. March 24, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Crunchyroll Adds No Game, No Life Anime. In: Anime News Network. April 8, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 .
  5. ^ Sentai Filmworks Adds No Game, No Life. In: Anime News Network. April 23, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 .
  6. ↑ sumikai.com KSM licenses No Game no Life
  7. ↑ sevengamer.de KSM Anime secures No Game No Life Zero and brings the film to the cinema
  8. ↑ No Game No Life Zero: German cinema date known. In: Jotaku.de. January 28, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018 .