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No Game No Life: Zero

2017 · 106 min

A sweeping, tragic romance set against a hopeless war, blending grand fantasy spectacle with intimate, heartbreaking character drama.

Directed by
Atsuko Ishizuka
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Drama
Overview
Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a young man named Riku leads humanity toward the tomorrow his heart believes in. One day, in the ruins of an Elf city, he meets Schwi, a female exiled "Ex Machina" android who asks him to teach her what it means to have a human heart.

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Directed by
Atsuko Ishizuka
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Drama
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • love
  • war
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • fantasy world
  • wilderness
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism2
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
adventure, animation, drama, fantasy, romance
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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