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No Game No Life (2014)

Series · 23m episodes · Rated TV-14 · In Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Comedy, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English), Sci-Fi

Sibling shut-ins conquer a surreal world of games, where absurdist humor meets whimsical, brisk adventure.

Campy and pulpy. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 25, 2026.

No Game No Life parents guide

The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is No Game No Life 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Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games.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!

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

StarringYoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Yoko Hikasa, Yuka Iguchi, Yukari Tamura, Mamiko Noto

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