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No Game No Life
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Sora (voice)
12 eps
Ai Kayano
Shiro (voice)
12 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Stephanie Dola (voice)
12 eps
Yuka Iguchi
Clammy Zell (voice)
12 eps
Yukari Tamura
Jibril (voice)
12 eps
Mamiko Noto
Fiel Nirvalen (voice)
12 eps
Miyuki Sawashiro
Izuna Hatsuse (voice)
12 eps
Rie Kugimiya
Tet (voice)
12 eps
Risa Taneda
Queen (voice)
1 eps
Shinobu Matsumoto
Warrior (voice)
1 eps
Yuka Keicho
Woman in the Bar (voice)
1 eps
Itaru Yamamoto
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Hironori Saitoh
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Ryosuke Kanemoto
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Satomi Arai
Maid (voice)
1 eps
Harumi Sakurai
Maid (voice)
1 eps
Kenta Matsumoto
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Yohei Azakami
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Taketora
High Official (voice)
3 eps
Taisuke Nishimura
Minister of Economy (voice)
1 eps
Haruki Ishiya
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (voice)
1 eps
Yasuhiro Mamiya
Old Deus (voice)
1 eps
Chieko Miyazaki
Tradesman (voice)
1 eps
Jun Fukushima
Former King (voice)
3 eps
Kouichi Souma
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Jun Yokoyama
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Atsushi Kosaka
Masses (voice)
1 eps
Seiji Kato
Aristocrat (voice)
2 eps
Ryokichi Takahashi
Masses (voice)
3 eps
Rei Yamahata
Aristocrat (voice)
2 eps
Ryohei Arai
Audience (voice)
1 eps
Yohei Namekawa
Audience (voice)
1 eps
Eiji Takeuchi
Audience (voice)
1 eps
Toshiki Iwasawa
Audience (voice)
1 eps
Ryokan Koyanagi
Audience (voice)
1 eps
Mugihito
Ino Hatsuse (voice)
5 eps
Naomi Shindo
Priestess (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How No Game No Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
No Game No Life reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12
Rule Number 10
While Izuna's abilities seemingly defy physics, Sora and Shiro make potentially futile attempts to amp up their game.
- Directed by Kotono Watanabe
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E11
Killing Giant
Izuna, though powerful, has been matched in gameplay. This first person shooter will test their limits in virtual space. As tensions flare, friendly fire becomes imminent.
- Directed by Hideki Hosokawa
- Written by Kento Shimoyama
S01E03
Expert
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.
- Directed by Hideki Hosokawa
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E04
Grandmaster
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.
- Directed by Chikayo Nakamura
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E09
Sky Walk
Foul play is suspected when Sora is nowhere to be found after Shiro wakes up, spurring him to action.
- Directed by Hiroyasu Aoki
- Written by Jukki Hanada
S01E08
Fake End
Sora, Shiro, Steph and Jibril devise a risky plan with even riskier stakes, making their way to the Warbeast embassy to challenge them.
- Directed by Akira Shimizu
- Written by Jukki Hanada
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mika ShimizuProducer
Writing
- Kento ShimoyamaWriter
- Takashi AoshimaWriter
- Jukki HanadaWriter
Direction
- Takashi IkehataDirector
- Michita ShiraishiDirector
- Hiroyasu AokiDirector
- Yuki InabaDirector
- Chikayo NakamuraDirector
- Sumito SasakiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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