Series synopsis
NEW GAME! is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on AT-X on July 4, 2016. It ended on September 26, 2017. It stars Yuuki Takada, Yoko Hikasa, Ai Kayano and Megumi Yamaguchi.
After graduating high school, Suzukaze Aoba joins Eagle Jump, the game company that developed Fairies Story, the game she obsessed over as a kid. On her first day as a working member of society, Aoba heads to work swaying in a packed, morning rush hour train. She manages to get to the office building all right but hesitates, wondering if it was really okay for her to take that last step and go inside. That's when a senior member of staff, Toyama Rin, shows up at work and safely leads Aoba inside ...
Premise
After graduating high school, Suzukaze Aoba joins Eagle Jump, the game company that developed Fairies Story, the game she obsessed over as a kid. On her first day as a working member of society, Aoba heads to work swaying in a packed, morning rush hour train. She manages to get to the office building all right but hesitates, wondering if it was really okay for her to take that last step and go inside. That's when a senior member of staff, Toyama Rin, shows up at work and safely leads Aoba inside the offices of Eagle Jump.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yuuki Takada as Aoba Suzukaze (voice)
- Yoko Hikasa as Kou Yagami (voice)
- Ai Kayano as Rin Tooyama (voice)
- Megumi Yamaguchi as Hifumi Takimoto (voice)
- Megumi Toda as Hajime Shinoda (voice)
- Ayumi Takeo as Yun Iijima (voice)
- Madoka Asahina as Nene Sakura (voice)
- Chitose Morinaga as Umiko Ahagon (voice)
Supporting cast
- Eri Kitamura as Shizuku Hazuki (voice)
- Manaka Iwami as Hotaru Hoshikawa (voice)
Guest cast
- Shino Shimoji as Waitress (voice)
- Hibiku Yamamura as Aoba's Mother (voice)
- Chihiro Kawakami as Miu (voice)
- Risae Matsuda as Ren (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 25 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | May 4, 2017 | May 4, 2017 |
| Season 1 | 12 | July 4, 2016 | September 19, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 12 | July 11, 2017 | September 26, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I, Because It's My First Company Trip... The staff of Eagle Jump take a long awaited vacation to a ski resort, celebrating the release of their latest iteration of the 'Fairies Story' game. Being her first company trip, Aoba Suzukaze is excited for it, but is also apprehensive as she has no prior skiing experience. Join Aoba and her colleagues as they de-stress and enjoy their time at the resort. |
May 4, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
It Actually Feels Like I Started My Job It's Aoba Suzukaze's first day at Eagle Jump. Will she fit in? Will she be able to make friends? Are her coworkers nice? There are a lot of worries for the young girl straight out of high school. However, she encounters her largest challenge as she leaves the office to use the restroom. |
July 4, 2016 |
| 2 |
So This is an Adult Drinking Party... It's Aoba Suzukaze's second week on the job. She's learning the job quickly and gets assigned to her first project. At the end of the week, the character team throws her a welcome party. With alcohol coming and going, Aoba gets one step closer to adulthood. |
July 11, 2016 |
| 3 |
What Happens If I'm Late to Work? Aoba Suzukaze sleeps in and may be late to work. Will she arrive late and get in trouble? Or will she prevail? However, that's not the only challenge in her way. She's also having difficulties with the 3D model. Can she get the approval from Ko? |
July 18, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Of All the Embarrassing Things to Be Caught Doing... It's been a year since Aoba joined Eagle Jump, so she's looking forward to being a senpai this year ... Umiko makes a proposal for Shizuku. |
July 11, 2017 |
| 2 |
This Is Just Turning into Cos-purr-lay! The character design competition gets announced at their flower viewing. Just like Ko’s designs for “Fairies’ Stories” was chosen right after she had joined the company after graduating high school, everyone has a chance to enter. Aoba reads the proposal that Shizuku and the other members of the design team comes up with, and ends up going through a lot of trial and error. Aoba can’t seem to get the designs just right. She goes to visit Ko and sees that she has already completed numerous sketches that are all high quality and Aoba is amazed. Aoba uses her feelings of frustration from this to try to motivate her and enters the character design competition. |
July 18, 2017 |
| 3 |
Ooh, I'm So Embarrassed! Aoba’s dream of becoming a character designer comes true, though she has to touch up on the designs with Ko, and has to get everything finalized by Ko. Aoba sees that her designs that won at the character design competition had already been made into 3D by Hifumi, and she tells Hifumi to ask her if she has any questions about the designs. Ko warns Aoba to hurry up and keep working on the designs, but when she sees her senpais discussing something about 3D, she is unable to voice her own opinions. Aoba then starts wondering if it’s actually okay for her to be character designer... |
July 25, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 4, 2016 |
| Last aired | September 26, 2017 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 22:30:00 |