New Game!

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Japanese: NEW GAME!
English: New Game!
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 4, 2016 to Sep 19, 2016
Premiered: Summer 2016
Broadcast: Mondays at 22:30 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Studios: Doga Kobo
Source: 4-koma manga
Genre: ComedyComedy
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, CGDCTCGDCT, Otaku CultureOtaku Culture, WorkplaceWorkplace
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.561 (scored by 202522202,522 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #15612
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #514
Members: 425,676
Favorites: 2,855

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Synopsis

Since childhood, Aoba Suzukaze has loved the Fairies Story game series, particularly the character designs. So when she graduates from high school, it is no surprise that she applies to work at Eagle Jump, the company responsible for making her favorite video game. On her first day, she is excited to learn that she will be working on a new installment to the series: Fairies Story 3—and even more so under Kou Yagami, the lead character designer.

In their department are people who share the same passion for games. There is Yun Iijima, whose specialty is designing monsters; the shy Hifumi Takimoto, who prefers to communicate through instant messaging; Hajime Shinoda, an animation team member with an impressive figurine collection; Rin Tooyama, the orderly art director; Shizuku Hazuki, the game director who brings her cat to work; and Umiko Ahagon, the short-tempered head programmer.

New Game! follows Aoba and the others on their adventure through the ups and downs of game making, from making the perfect character design to fixing all the errors that will inevitably accumulate in the process.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Characters & Voice Actors

Iijima, Yun

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Takeo, Ayumi
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Shinoda, Hajime

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Toda, Megumi
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Tooyama, Rin

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Kayano, Ai
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Hazuki, Shizuku

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Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Yamada

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Fujita, Saki
Japanese

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"SAKURA Skip (SAKURAスキップ)" by fourfolium [Aoba Suzukaze (Yuuki Takada), Hifumi Takimoto (Megumi Yamaguchi), Hajime Shinoda (Megumi Toda), Yun Iijima (Ayumi Takeo)]
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Ending Theme

"Now Loading!!!!" by fourfolium [Aoba Suzukaze (Yuuki Takada), Hifumi Takimoto (Megumi Yamaguchi), Hajime Shinoda (Megumi Toda), Yun Iijima (Ayumi Takeo)]




Reviews

Jun 2, 2022
I fully enjoyed this. Not only was the art and character design cute, but the subject matter was cool and interesting. I enjoyed seeing the game development progress and the end was a satisfying close to the season.

As a gamer and an office worker, it made me want to work harder too. Aoba was a lovely lead that was earnest and one of the best characters in the show. Some of the work humor moments were relatable, such as with labelling things in the fridge and the different relationships you make with your coworkers.

Definitely part of the moe girls doing things SOL genre, ...
Jul 31, 2023
Mixed Feelings
New Game is an amusing enough slice of life work-com that I'm admittedly a bit biased toward because I do 3D modeling ostensibly in the game industry for a living, so the accurate background details showing 3D modeling and texturing were right up my alley. There are some good game industry culture bits, like the airsoft guns in the office reminding me of many a nerf battle, but unless you're really invested in game development it's otherwise just a pretty okay slice of life gag series.

The characters are fun and I enjoyed their interactions, but truthfully not a lot actually happens. Most episodes are pretty ...
Aug 30, 2021
I watched New Game (both seasons and OVA). Here are my kinda unrefined thoughts:

Wow this is really similar to a real-life workplace. This is just reminding me of work. I don't know how anyone with an office job IRL would find leisurely watching this enjoyable. With episode titles such as "Salary is Just a Loophole in the Law to Lower Wages", how could I not feel relaxed while watching!
Oh Christ they're going out to lunch together on her first day and stuff like that. Wow this really is anxiety-attack material.
Speaking more broadly, this show incorporates the more unpalatable aspects of Japanese work culture. Foremost, incompetent ...

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