No Game No Life: Zero

2017 1h 46m JA

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7.8

BANGER

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7.3

IMDB

★7.8TMDB · 465★7.3IMDB · 5,305

AdventureAnimationDramaFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yoko Hikasa
Couronne / Stephanie (voice)
Ai Kayano
Schwi Dola (voice)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Riku Dola (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Aley (voice)
Ryota Takeuchi
Artosh (voice)
Yui Horie
Azriel (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Einithi (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Izuna Hatsuse (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
Writers: Kotono Watanabe, Morio Asaka, Masaki Matsumura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, shot by Akane Fushihara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yoshiaki Fujisawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kashiko Kimura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yoko Hikasa and Ai Kayano and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5914996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Atsuko Ishizuka directs. Akane Fushihara behind the camera. Yoshiaki Fujisawa scores. Kashiko Kimura cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, shot by Akane Fushihara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Yoshiaki Fujisawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kashiko Kimura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yoko Hikasa and Ai Kayano and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt5914996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 13 themes, including "magic", "anti hero", "post-apocalyptic future", "prequel".
8Released under 14 different titles around the world.