No Game No Life: Zero

In ancient Disboard, Riku is an angry, young warrior intent on saving humanity from the warring Exceed, the 16 sentient species, fighting to establish the One True God among the Old Deus. In a lawless land, humanity's lack of magic and weak bodies have made them easy targets for the other Exceed, leaving the humans on the brink of extinction.

One day, however, hope returns to humanity when Riku finds a powerful female Ex-Machina, whom he names Schwi, in an abandoned elf city. Exiled from her Cluster because of her research into human emotions, Schwi is convinced that humanity has only survived due to the power of these feelings and is determined to understand the human heart. Forming an unlikely partnership in the midst of the overwhelming chaos, Riku and Schwi must now find the answers to their individual shortcomings in each other, and discover for themselves what it truly means to be human as they fight for their lives together against all odds. Each with a powerful new ally in tow, it is now up to them to prevent the extinction of the human race and establish peace throughout Disboard.

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Dola, Schwi Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Dola, Riku Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Dola, Couronne Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Sora Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Shiro Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Jibril Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Dola, Stephanie Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Tet Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Hatsuse, Izuna Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Azriel Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Yoshida, Yuuki Producer

Takeishi, Kouhei Producer

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Aug 20, 2024

CaptainSalty

Recommended

Compared to the show, this movie has almost no fan service. Which is an immediate breath of fresh air. The tone of the movie is the complete opposite of the show, desperation and despair. The movie within the first ten minutes almost brought me on the verge of crying with the outstanding voice acting performance and masterful soundtrack by Yoshiaki Fujisawa. The music is incredible and heart wrenching and currently is my favorite soundtrack for any movie. The movie is the best underdog story I've ever watched. All around it was an amazing experience, it made me bawl my eyes out which I wasn't expecting. ... The music carries the emotion in every scene and it would be only half as engaging and powerful if the music were worse. The one downside is the romance plot which is a little questionable, yes there is explanations for appearances, time, and central theme but I still don't particularly find it pleasing. But besides that, well-paced, incredible animation, breathtaking voice acting performances, and engaging and tense story that keeps you engaged for the entirety of its runtime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 16, 2022

Leenbow

Mixed Feelings

This anime has nice art and music and some interesting moments here and there, but feels ultimately RUSHED and extremely underdeveloped(
No real spoilers here

Pluses:

+ Nice art
+ Nice music
+ Somewhat atmospheric, at moments
+ Some dramas felt nice (felt nice, yet still were set back by core show minuses)
+ Cute robot girl?
...
Neutral point:
± More serious than No Game No Life series

Minuses: (unleash the words!)

- EXTREMELY RUSHED - plot jumps forward with the speed of light, leaving no time for development of anything: characters relations, world, nations, war... Most things were either described with too few words or non described at all!
- Feels fake, shallow - again, so many BIG concepts are thrown around, only to be ignored. There is this big fantasy world, there are a lot of nations, there are gods, robots, there are weird devices with weird names... All of those were out of focus and, as such, haven't really felt serious.
- Too much talking - this is the kind of the show where heroes talk much more than do something, and I can't say that it was useful or deep or something.
- Characters could have more dimensions, also there could be more of them.
- Bad logic - at those rare moments where there were some details to understand what's happening - logic usually felt distant or non-present.

In the end, I couldn't really enjoy even the main focus of the anime - hew main heroes and their relations. Those relations also were either rushed, either relied on unexplained situations and characters.

For me, this anime falls in similar niche with Ergo Proxy, Madoka magica (film especially) and Furi Kuri - weird and with unique atmosphere, yet all of those I disliked for their vagueness. However, No Game No Life film beats pretty much all of them in this parameter (because of being EXTREMELY RUSHED, yep).

It's subnormal pace and non-explained world and races actually feels like manga propaganda,

All in all: No Game No Life Zero is rushed and vague anime to the point of extreme - with such a plot and a world that it should have better had 2 anime seasons with 24 series, or something. In a current format and with current focus - it just lacks depth and logic, so emotional and active moments doesn't work as a result. (that is, if you try thinking)
But... It has nice art, and was somewhat interesting and unique, so I will put it at 5. Yep.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 15, 2023

MxS7HGS

Not Recommended

I enjoyed the series despite its flaws. Even if they aren't the best, I appreciate high-stakes games and mind-game tactics. But this review is about the movie, and unfortunately, it included all the negative aspects of the series without any of the good stuff. There are no games, challenges, hustling, or cheating. Instead, it's just a romance story that provides no new information about the NGNL world. The start of the movie is good, but it quickly goes downhill. The story is cliché and predictable, the characters are one-dimensional and annoying, and events happen for no apparent reason. The animation is good, and the sound ... is okay, but it doesn't live up to the series' standards.

In summary, I don't recommend watching this movie, even if you liked the series. It doesn't add anything to the story, and the romance aspect is immature and forced.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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	this movie is boring starsun - Sep 28, 2021	44 replies	by PMayberry »» Nov 23, 9:20 PM
	Poll: Schwi + Riku > Sora + Shiro NotaMasterpiev - May 12, 2023	11 replies	by Haunt88 »» Nov 11, 3:35 AM
	Poll: No Game No Life: Zero Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page ) Kisaragi - Jul 15, 2017	357 replies	by fierypxnther »» Nov 4, 11:22 AM
	Poll: Preferred the movie to the series Cestlavie_ - Jan 27, 2022	11 replies	by removed-user »» Aug 3, 2022 3:43 AM
	watch order? Raulfin - May 26, 2022	18 replies	by solomino »» May 28, 2022 2:13 PM