No Game No Life
2014 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

No Game No Life

ノーゲーム・ノーライフ

No Game No Life sits in the top 6% of Japan seriess on this catalog — ranked #272 of 4,579 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

ノーゲーム・ノーライフ

This is a surreal comedy that follows Sora and Shiro, shut-in NEET siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username "Kuuhaku." 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 the two to Disboard, a world where all forms of conflict are settled through 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.

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

546 Japan seriess released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. No Game No Life sits at position #32.

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    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

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Also On AT-X

Other series that aired on AT-X.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when No Game No Life premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
April 9, 2014
Last Air Date
June 25, 2014
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Total Runtime
≈ 4.6 hours

Reception Benchmarks

8.3
TMDB Rating
568
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #272 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #230 of 2,532 (top 9%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Madhouse
Series Type Scripted
Seasons / Episodes 1 / 12
Release Date April 9, 2014
Official Site ngnl.jp

External Catalogs

Questions Answered

When did No Game No Life end?

No Game No Life finished its run with its final episode airing on June 25, 2014.

Where did No Game No Life air?

No Game No Life aired on AT-X, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.