No Game No Life | |
Cover of the first light novel
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ノーゲーム・ノーライフ (Nōgēmu Nōraifu) |
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Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy |
Light novel | |
Written by | Yū Kamiya |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Male |
Imprint | MF Bunko J |
Original run | April 25, 2012 – present |
Volumes | 9 |
Manga | |
Written by | Yū Kamiya |
Illustrated by | Yū Kamiya Mashiro Hiiragi |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Original run | January 27, 2013 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Atsuko Ishizuka |
Written by | Jukki Hanada |
Music by | Super Sweep |
Studio | Madhouse |
Licensed by | |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11 |
English network | |
Original run | April 9, 2014 – June 25, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Manga | |
No Game No Life, Desu! | |
Written by | Yuizaki Kazuya |
Published by | Media Factory |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Original run | May 27, 2015 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime film | |
No Game No Life: Zero | |
Directed by | Atsuko Ishizuka |
Written by | Jukki Hanada |
Music by | Yoshiaki Fujisawa |
Studio | Madhouse |
Released | July 15, 2017 |
No Game No Life (Japanese: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ Hepburn: Nōgēmu Nōraifu?) is a light novel series by Yū Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with nine novels released between April 25, 2012 and August 25, 2016. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a manga series for Monthly Comic Alive in 2013. Later that year, an anime adaptation of No Game No Life by Madhouse was announced. It premiered on AT-X between April and July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. An anime film adaptation of the sixth volume is scheduled to premiere on July 15, 2017. The No Game No Life franchise was localized in North America by several companies: Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, Sentai Filmworks the anime, and Yen Press the light novel series.
The series follows Sora and his younger stepsister Shiro, two hikikomori who make up the identity of Blank, an undefeated group of gamers. One day, they are challenged by the god of games to chess and are victorious. As a result, the god summons them to Disboard, a reality which revolves around games. Intent on maintaining their reputation as the undefeated gamers, Sora and Shiro plan to conquer the sixteen ruling species and to usurp the god of games.