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Gamers!
First light novel volume cover
ゲーマーズ!
(Gēmāzu!)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Light novel
Written bySekina Aoi
Illustrated bySaboten
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runMarch 20, 2015 – present
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written bySekina Aoi
Illustrated byYamucha
Published byFujimi Shobo
MagazineShōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Anime television series
Directed byManabu Okamoto
Produced byMitsutoshi Ogura
Tatsuya Suguri
Tsuyoshi Sōda
Takema Okamura
Hirotaka Kaneko
Tomoyuki Ohwada
Katsumi Kikumasa
Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
Written byHiroki Uchida
Music byYoshiaki Dewa
StudioPine Jam
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, BS11
Original run July 13, 2017 – September 28, 2017
Episodes12

Gamers! (Japanese: ゲーマーズ!, Hepburn: Gēmāzu!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten. Fujimi Shobo have published eight volumes since 2015 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Pine Jam aired between July 13, 2017 and September 28, 2017.

Plot

Keita Amano is a lonesome boy who enjoys playing video games but lacks any friends. One day, he is approached by the beautiful Karen Tendō about joining the school's Gaming Club, but Keita ultimately rejects her offer as he is not into competitive gaming. This rejection sets off a trigger of events in the lives of Keita and his fellow students in matters of both video games and romance with no small amount of misunderstandings along the way.

Characters

Keita Amano (雨野 景太(あまのけいた), Amano Keita)
Voiced by: Megumi Han[2] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis (English)[3]
Keita is a second-year high school student who loves playing various types of games but is not very good at them. As he spends most of his time playing games, he does not have any friends at school. He is invited to the Game Club by Karen Tendō, but turns her down because he wanted to play games for fun. He uses two names while online, both of which are derived from his mother's maiden name: "Tsucchi" when playing social game with "Mono", and "Yama" when interacting with his favorite indie game developer "Nobe". Keita develops an inferiority complex due to his hobby and thinks that he isn't worthy enough to be Karen's friend (although most of it is because of his own ignorance). Despite this complex, he is able to become Karen's boyfriend and they start going out, while mistaking Tasuku for having affair with Chiaki.
Karen Tendō (天道 花憐(てんどうかれん), Tendō Karen)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto,[2] Risa Taneda (2015 TVCM)[4] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)[3]
Karen is the most beautiful girl at school and the president of the school's Game Club. She invites Keita to join her club and is rejected twice, but develops a crush on him and starts following him around afterwards while trying to keep her image intact. She eventually becomes Keita's girlfriend halfway through the story, while mistaking that Keita had an affair with Aguri.
Chiaki Hoshinomori (星ノ守 千秋(ほしのもりちあき), Hoshinomori Chiaki)
Voiced by: Manaka Iwami[2] (Japanese); Marissa Lenti (English)[5]
Chiaki is a shy girl in Karen's class who does not seem at first to care much about her looks. She loves playing games under handle name "Mono" and even develops her own games under the alias "Nobe", but does not socialize much. While she and Keita seem to have twin-like similarities and are unknowingly online mates in a particular social network game, they absurdly clash in real life over their opposing views concerning the perspective of putting moe culture in video games. While she is Keita's online friend and his favorite indie game developer, both of them don't know that. After knowing that Keita is both "Tsucchi" and "Yama", Chiaki begins to develop feelings towards Keita, while trying to keep her identity a secret, but mistaking that Keita's having an affair with Aguri.
Tasuku Uehara (上原 祐(うえはらたすく), Uehara Tasuku)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[2] (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English)[3]
Tasuku is Keita's classmate who is a good-looking outgoing type and the leader of boys in his class. He is an occasional gamer and is good at arcade games. He was once a geeky person in middle school and decided to change his appearance in high school. His girlfriend, Aguri, is another good-looking outgoing type who always accompanies him to the arcade. At first, Tasuku was only going out with her because of her appearance, but after learning that Aguri has always been in love with him before Tasuku even changed his appearance, Tasuku genuinely falls in love with her, but mistaking her for having an affair with Keita.
Aguri (亜玖璃(あぐり))
Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo[2] (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)[3]
Aguri is Tasuku's girlfriend. She does not play games nor is interested in them. Aguri falls in love with Tasuku after he gave her a plushie doll in middle school, and she changed her appearance as well in order to get closer to him. After knowing that Keita wants to become Karen's friend and that both of them mistaking Tasuku had an affair with Karen and Chiaki, she and Keita form a sort of friendship, causing Tasuku to mistaking them having an affair.
Konoha Hoshinomori (星ノ守 心春, Hoshinomori Konoha)
Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)[5]
Konoha is Chiaki's younger sister and the student council president of another school. She secretly enjoys erotic games and revels in being in the company of cute girls. Following an incident with Chiaki, she is forced to pretend to be both "Mono" and "Nobe" in front of Keita.
Eiichi Misumi (三角 瑛一, Misumi Eiichi)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Howard Wang (English)[3]
Eiichi is Karen's classmate, and a member of the Game Club. He is a puzzle game player and is never seen playing any games beside puzzles, but is actually good at them once he tries.
Gakuto Kase (加瀬 岳人, Kase Gakuto)
Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English)[3]
Gakuto is a third-year student, and a member of the Game Club. He gets serious when it comes to FPS games.
Niina Ōiso (大磯 新那, Ōiso Niina)
Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English)[5]
Niina is a member of the Game Club who becomes distant once she starts playing fighting games.

Media

Light novel

Sekina Aoi first published the series in 2015 through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko with illustrations by Saboten. So far, 8 volumes have been released.

Volume list

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Keita Amano and a Youthful Continue (雨野景太と青春コンティニュー, Amano Keita to Seishun Kontinyū)March 20, 2015[6]978-4-04-070533-0
2Karen Tendou and a Sucker Punch Happy End (天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド, Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Happī Endo)July 18, 2015[7]978-4-04-070534-7
3Chiaki Hoshinomori and a First Love New Game (星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム, Hoshinomori Chiaki to Hatsukoi Nyū Gēmu)November 20, 2015[8]978-4-04-070753-2
4Aguri and an Unaware Critical (亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル, Aguri to Mujikaku Kuritikaru)March 19, 2016[9]978-4-04-070754-9
5Gamers and Wipeout Game Over (ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー, Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā)July 20, 2016[10]978-4-04-070969-7
6The Lonely Gamer and a Confession Chain Combo (ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ, Bocchi Gēmā to Kokuhaku Chein Konbo)November 19, 2016[11]978-4-04-070970-3
7Gamers and a Kissing Dead End (ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド, Gēmāzu to Kuchizuke Deddo Endo)March 18, 2017[12]978-4-04-070971-0
8Konoha Hoshinomori and a Turnabout Back Attack (星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック, Hoshinomori Konoha to Gyakuten Bakku Atakku)July 20, 2017[13]978-4-04-072369-3

Manga

A four-panel manga adaptation with art by Yamucha is being serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced.[14][15] The twelve-episode series aired in Japan between July 13, 2017[16] and September 28, 2017.[1] The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami and Rumi Ōkubo.[17] The ending themes are "Fight on!" for the first eight episodes and "Koi no Prologue*" (恋のprologue*, Prologue to Love) for episode nine onwards, both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.[2] Crunchyroll streamed the series[18] while Funimation has licensed the series in North America and began streaming an English dub from July 27, 2017.[19][3]

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No. Title[a] Original air date[20]

Notes

  1. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ^ a b "Gamers! TV Anime's July Premiere, 12-Episode Run, Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Gamers! TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. May 20, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Funimation Announces Simuldub Casts for A Centaur's Life, Hina Logic, Gamers!, Convenience Store Boy Friends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  4. ^ "「生徒会の一存」シリーズ著者・葵せきなの新作は、 "こじらせゲーマー達" の日常を描く青春物語!?　「ゲーマーズ！」爆誕！". 株式会社KADOKAWAのプレスリリース (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Summer 2017 Simuldub on FunimationNow". Funimation. July 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "ゲーマーズ! 雨野景太と青春コンティニュー". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ^ "ゲーマーズ!2 天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ^ "ゲーマーズ!3 星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. ^ "ゲーマーズ!4 亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ^ "ゲーマーズ!5 ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  11. ^ "ゲーマーズ!6 ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  12. ^ "ゲーマーズ!7 ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  13. ^ "ゲーマーズ!8 星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Gets Anime". Anime News Network. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "Gamers! Anime's TV Format, Staff Revealed". Anime News Network. March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  16. ^ "Gamers! TV Anime to Premiere on July 13". Anime News Network. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  17. ^ "TVアニメ『ゲーマーズ！』OP/EDテーマ新情報公開！" (in Japanese). gamers-anime.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  18. ^ "Crunchyroll Streams Gamers!, Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor, Nora, Ikémen Sengoku Anime". Anime News Network. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  19. ^ "Funimation to Simuldub Tsuredure Children, Convenience Store Boy Friends, Gamers!, My First Girlfriend is a Gal Anime". Anime News Network. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  20. ^ "Gamers!" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

External links

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