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No Game No Life
Cover of the first light novel
ノーゲーム・ノーライフ
(Nōgēmu Nōraifu)
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Light novel
Written by
Yū Kamiya
Published by
Media Factory
English publisher
NA
Yen Press
Demographic
Male
Imprint
MF Bunko J
Original run
April 25, 2012 – present
Volumes
9 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by
Yū Kamiya
Illustrated by
Yū Kamiya
Mashiro Hiiragi
Published by
Media Factory
English publisher
NA
Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic
Seinen
Magazine
Monthly Comic Alive
Original run
January 27, 2013 – present
Volumes
1
Anime television series
Directed by
Atsuko Ishizuka
Written by
Jukki Hanada
Music by
Super Sweep
Studio
Madhouse
Licensed by
AUS
Hanabee
NA
Sentai Filmworks
UK
MVM Films
Original network
AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11
English network
NA
Anime Network
Original run
April 9, 2014 – June 25, 2014
Episodes
12 (List of episodes)
Manga
No Game No Life, Desu!
Written by
Yuizaki Kazuya
Published by
Media Factory
English publisher
NA
Yen Press
Demographic
Seinen
Magazine
Monthly Comic Alive
Original run
May 27, 2015 – present
Volumes
2
Anime film
No Game No Life: Zero
Directed by
Atsuko Ishizuka
Written by
Jukki Hanada
Music by
Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Studio
Madhouse
Licensed by
NA
Sentai Filmworks
Released
July 15, 2017
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No Game No Life (Japanese: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ, Hepburn: Nōgēmu Nōraifu) is a light novel series by Yū Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with nine novels released between April 25, 2012 and August 25, 2016. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a manga series for Monthly Comic Alive in 2013. Later that year, an anime adaptation of No Game No Life by Madhouse was announced. It premiered on AT-X between April and July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. An anime film adaptation of the sixth volume is scheduled to premiere on July 15, 2017. The No Game No Life franchise was localized in North America by several companies: Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, Sentai Filmworks the anime, and Yen Press the light novel series.
The series follows Sora and his younger stepsister Shiro, two hikikomori who make up the identity of Blank, an undefeated group of gamers. One day, they are challenged by the god of games to chess and are victorious. As a result, the god summons them to Disboard, a reality which revolves around games. Intent on maintaining their reputation as the undefeated gamers, Sora and Shiro plan to conquer the sixteen ruling species and to usurp the god of games.
The series began receiving recognition in 2014, when it appeared in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! and had its volumes placed as one of the top thirty selling novels in Japan. It was reported in April 2014 that 1.1 million copies were in circulation. The English localization of the manga and anime were also well received: the manga adaption appeared on The New York Times Manga Best Sellers; meanwhile, English reviewers were generally turned away by the first episode of the anime, though reviewers who have completed the series generally praised the character dynamics, game strategies, and animation, while disliking the fan service featuring the underage Shiro.
Contents
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1 Plot
1.1 Characters
2 Publication and conception
2.1 Volume list
3 Manga adaptation
3.1 No Game No Life
3.2 No Game No Life Desu!
4 Anime adaptation
4.1 Episode list
5 Reception
6 Notes and references
7 External links
Plot
Sora and Shiro are two hikikomori step-siblings who are known in the online gaming world as Blank, an undefeated group of gamers. One day, they are challenged to a game of chess by Tet, a god from another reality. The two are victorious and are offered to live in a world that centers around games. They accept, believing it to be a joke, and are summoned to a reality known as Disboard[Jp. 1]. There, a spell known as the Ten Pledges prevents the citizens of Disboard from inflicting harm on one another, forcing them to resolve their differences by gambling with games whose rules and rewards are magically enforced. In-game, rule enforcement only occurs when the method of cheating is acknowledged and outed by the opponent, allowing players to cheat through discreet methods. Sora and Shiro traverse to Elkia[Jp. 2], the nation inhabited by humans, and befriend the duchess Stephanie Dola. Learning about Elkia's decline, the two participate in a tournament to determine the next ruler; after winning the crown, they earn the right to challenge the Disboard's other species as humanity's representative.LN 1.4 Their next goal is to conquer all sixteen species in order to challenge Tet to a game; as of the sixth volume, five of the sixteen are under their control.
Characters
Sora (空) and Shiro (白)
Sora is an eighteen-year-old male who excels at strategies and cold readings while his eleven-year-old stepsister, Shiro, excels at calculations and logic.LN 3.0 Together, the two form the undefeated gaming identity Blank (空白, Kūhaku, stylized as『　』) due to their trademark of using only spaces as their in-game names. After their parents died, the two no longer had emotional ties to society and eventually became agoraphobic and hikikomori.LN 1.0 When the two are separated from each other, they begin to suffer panic attacks.LN 1.1 After Sora and Shiro are summoned to Disboard, they decide to uphold their undefeated reputation as Blank by defeating Tet. Sora is voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Shiro by Ai Kayano.[1] In Sentai Filmworks' English localization, Sora and Shiro are dubbed by Scott Gibbs and Caitlynn French respectively.[2] A 2014 poll by Charapedia ranked Shiro and Sora as two of the most intelligent anime characters of all time.[3]
Stephanie Dola (ステファニー・ドーラ, Sutefanī Dōra)
Stephanie is a teenage girl and granddaughter to the previous king of Elkia, the nation inhabited by humans. She has a lot of explicit knowledge but lacks the intuition to win games.LN 2.1 Her grandfather was infamously known for losing games and giving up Elkia's land. As a result, Stephanie strives to restore the honor of her grandfather and humanity. When Sora and Shiro are crowned, she becomes their assistant and deals with Elkia's economics and politics. They discover her grandfather kept hidden records on the other species which becomes an asset to their victories;LN 2.3 her experience with Sora and Shiro improves her skill to the point that she can win against normal humans.LN 4.1 She is voiced by Yōko Hikasa and English dubbed by Sara Ornelas.[1][2]
Jibril (ジブリール, Jiburīru)
Jibril is a flügel[Jp. 3], a powerful angelic race known for their ruthlessness.LN 2.1 Jibril is over 6000-years old and is the youngest and most powerful of her species.LN 5.2 She won Elkia's library from Stephanie's grandfather in order to store her books and use it as a home.LN 2.2 After losing to Sora and Shiro in a game of Shiritori, she becomes their slave, but is treated as an equal.LN 2.2 She often provides magic or transportation necessities for the protagonists. Later on, she begins publishing novels based on Sora and Shiro which makes them famous among the flügels.LN 5.1 She is voiced by Yukari Tamura and English dubbed by Amelia Fischer.[1][2]
Warbeast[Jp. 4]
The warbeasts are kemonomimis with high physical abilities; their nation is known as the Eastern Federation[Jp. 5]. They are ruled by a nameless Miko, a logical woman who helped the Eastern Federation flourish for the past fifty years.LN 3.4 She possesses a rare ability called Blood Destruction which augments her physical abilities by taxing her body. She allies herself with Sora and Shiro who promises benefits for humanity and warbeasts.LN 3.4 She is voiced by Naomi Shindo and English dubbed by Suzelle Palacios.[2][4]
Meanwhile, the warbeast embassy in Elkia is represented by Izuna Hatsuse (初瀬 いづな, Hatsuse Izuna), an eight-year-old child and ambassador of the warbeast.LN 2.4 She has a childlike demeanor and uses the copula desu, but also possesses high intellect and Blood Destruction.LN 3.3 Following the alliance between humans and warbeasts, she is a constant companion to Sora and Shiro whom she adores and trusts. She is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro and English dubbed by Kira Vincent-Davis.[1][2] Alongside her is her grandfather, Ino Hatsuse (初瀬 いの, Hatsuse Ino).LN 2.4 He believes Sora has selfish ulterior motives and dislikes him. After the alliance between humans and warbeasts, he works alongside Stephanie to formalize the union.LN 4.1 He is voiced by Mugihito and English dubbed by John Swasey.[2][4]
Kurami Zell and Fil Nilvalen
Kurami Zell (クラミー・ツェル, Kuramī Tseru) is an eighteen-year-old girl and considered the slave of the elf Fil Nilvalen (フィール・ニルヴァレン, Fīru Niruvaren). Though Kurami's family were the Nilvalen family's slaves for generations, her relationship with Fil is similar to daughter and mother.LN 3.2 Meanwhile, Fil is considered a failure of a magician but is secretly highly skilled.LN 5.0 She is willing to betray Elven Garde[Jp. 6], the nation inhabited by elves, for Kurami's sake; the two conspire to have Fil obtain a political position of power in order to abolish slavery.LN 3.2 Sora manages to convince Kurami to be his ally by sharing his memories with her.LN 3.1 Kurami is voiced by Yuka Iguchi and Fil by Mamiko Noto;[1] they are English dubbed by Kara Greenberg and Christina Stroup respectively.[2]
Dhampirs and sirens
Dhampirs[Jp. 7] are a species with similar characteristics to vampires: they drink body fluids from other species for nourishment; excel at transformation, illusion, and dream magic; and are weak to sunlight. Their weakness to sunlight can be spread through bites which deters the other species from sharing blood with them.LN 4.0 Meanwhile, sirens[Jp. 8] are an all female species with the body of a mermaid. They require the life of a male from another species in order to reproduce; their magic allows them to seduce anyone of their choosing. Both species live in a nation called Oceando[Jp. 9]. Centuries ago, the dhampirs and sirens used the Ten Pledges to create a mutualistic relationship between the two; the dhampirs were allowed to feed on the sirens and in return, a male dhampir is to mate with the siren's empress who can reproduce without killing. Eight hundred years prior, the empress went into hibernation and the mating rituals killed all but a single male dhampir.LN 4.1
Plum (プラム, Puramu) is the last male dhampir and as a result, disguises himself as a female;LN 5.4 his magic skills are considered above average within his species.LN 5.2 After consuming Sora and Shiro's sweat, he becomes fond of their taste. He makes a deal with the sirens to lure Sora and Shiro in an attempt to have one of the two races enslave humanity. Sora and Shiro deduce his deception but decide to save both races regardless.LN 5.4 Since then, Sora and Shiro have Plum accompany them on their adventures.
The empress of the sirens, Leila Lorelei (ライラ・ローレライ, Raira Rōrerai), used the Ten Pledges to put herself to sleep without revealing the requirements to wake her up. While she slept, Amira (アミラ) takes her place in leading the sirens.LN 4.2 Realizing the empress is a masochist who desires a la douleur exquise, Sora's immunity to the sirens' seduction magic allows him to awaken her.LN 5.4 Subsequently, the empress used Sora's hair to create a siren daughter.LN 5.5
Other characters
Tet (テト, Teto) is an old deus[Jp. 10], a magical entity born from wishes and prayers. During the era when the sixteen species were at war with each other, a human named Riku Dola[Jp. 11] and his Ex Machina[Jp. 12] wife, Shuvi Dola[Jp. 13], imagined the existence of a god of games; this resulted in Tet's birth. Due to Riku's efforts, Tet comes into possession of an object known as the Star Grail, allowing him to become the god of Disboard. Using its power, Tet cast the Ten Pledges on the world, ending the war and making the world center around games.LN 6.5 He is voiced by Rie Kugimiya[1] and English dubbed by Shannon Emerick.
Azrael (アズリール, Azurīru) is the first flügel and their leader following the death of Artosh[Jp. 14], the old deus who created them. Since then, Azrael has become despondent towards life and tries to give meaning to the flügel's existence to prevent their suicide.LN 5.2 She is able to converse with the flügel's homeland, a sentient floating island called Avant Heim[Jp. 15] which is part of a species called the phantasma[Jp. 16].LN 5.1 Following her loss against Sora and Shiro, her powers are reduced to the levels of a human which gives her a new perspective on life.LN 5.3
Publication and conception
No Game No Life is a light novel series written and illustrated by Yū Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint; nine volumes were published by Media Factory between April 25, 2012 and August 25, 2016.[5][6] In August 2014, Yen Press announced No Game No Life will be one of its titles published under its newly launched imprint, Yen On, in 2015.[7] Non-English localization include Brazil, Taiwan and Russia;[8][9][10] distribution in China was banned due to the government viewing the series as a threat to communism.[11]
No Game No Life was conceived during the serialization of A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives.LN 1.A Kamiya's original idea was a fantasy setting with battles; since he disliked drawing battles, he replaced it with games. He had intended to turn the idea into a manga series, but an unspecified illness made him unfit to handle the workload. While hospitalized for treatment, the author imagined how his idea would work as a light novel, and settled for that medium instead.LN 1.A Kamiya began writing the first volume and was advised to break it into three parts due to its length.LN 2.A In the middle of writing the second volume, Kamiya moved to his home country, Brazil, for further treatment for his ailment; in order to meet the volume's deadline, his wife drew some of the illustrations in the novel.LN 2.A
After the third volume, a new editor was assigned to the series.LN 3.A Kamiya noted the third volume contained a lot of plot progression, and was going to balance it out in the fourth volume with more lighthearted and carefree events.LN 3.A. Volumes four and five were written as a single volume; since volume four lacked a climatic ending, Kamiya had to restructure the story.LN 4.A This, along with communication problems with his new editor, and other problems in Kamiya's life caused a month delay in volume four's release.LN 4.A After completing volume five, Kamiya was asked to submit volume six's manuscript before 2014 for the anime adaptation, and to complete the volume before the anime's premiere.LN 5.A, 6.A
Volume list
No.
Translated title
Japanese
English
Release
ISBN
Release
ISBN
1
In This Fantasy World, Everything's a Game — and These Gamer Siblings Play to Win![Jp. 17] April 25, 2012[5] 978-4-04-066432-3 April 21, 2015[12] 978-0-316-38311-0
Sora and Shiro are two siblings who are known in online games as Blank, an undefeated group of gamers. In real life, they are ostracized by the world and are hikikomoris. One day, they receive a challenge from Tet to a game of chess and are victorious. In response he offers to send them to a world which revolves around games and they accept, believing it to be a joke. They are then summoned to a reality known as Disboard where a spell, called the Ten Pledges, prevents violence and enforces the rules and outcomes of games. They travel to Elkia, the nation of humans, and befriend Stephanie Dola who is the granddaughter of the deceased king. Learning the nation is in steady decline, Sora and Shiro enter the contest to be the next king where they win against Kurami Zell in a war simulator. After they are inaugurated to the throne, Sora publicly declares his intentions to conquer the other nations and help Elkia flourish. Tet meets and congratulates them, declaring he will be waiting for them to unite the sixteen species.
2
The Gamer Siblings Have Their Eyes on a New Target — the Land of the Animal Girls...[Jp. 18] September 25, 2012[13] 978-4-04-066433-0 July 21, 2015[14] 978-0-316-38517-6
Sora and Shiro begin researching the Eastern Federation, nation of the werebeasts. They challenge a flügel named Jibril for information and the two play a game of shiritori where their spoken objects will either materialize or disappear. The game concludes when Sora and Shiro induce a hypernova by removing coulomb's law, making Jibril unable to continue; by the Pledges, Jibril becomes their slave. However, the information from Jibril and her library prove to be useless. Stephanie discloses her grandfather's will to Sora, leading them to discover a hidden library in the castle containing her grandfather's research. Realizing the Eastern Federation are using video games, Sora and Shiro formalize their challenge by betting everything humanity owns. As they await the game's date, Sora tells Shiro the missing piece to their victory will soon arrive; the next day, Shiro discovers everyone has forgotten about Sora.
3
It Seems Half of the Gamer Siblings Disappeared...?[Jp. 19] January 25, 2013[15] 978-4-04-066434-7 October 27, 2015[16] 978-0-316-38519-0
Shiro begins to doubt Sora's existence but learns she and her friends have a gap in their memory. Straining herself, Shiro recalls that Sora arranged a game of reversi with Kurami and her elven comrade Fil Nilvalen; the components making up Sora and Kurami's identity were used as the pieces. Sora's three remaining pieces were Shiro's memories of him, allowing her to resume and win the game. Having seen each other's memories, Sora convinces Kurami to ally herself with him. The game against the Eastern Federation begins and Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, and Jibril enter a virtual shooter against the werebeast, Izuna Hatsuse, where they are eventually victorious. As a result, Elkia gains a large mass of land and rights to the werebeasts occupying them. Sora and Shiro use political pressure to force the leader of the Eastern Federation, the nameless Miko, to challenge them; the game is a coin flip where Sora arranges to have it land on its edge. He convinces the Miko to declare they both win and as a result, Elkia can share resources with the Eastern Federation while the werebeasts maintain their self-rule; they name the unionized colony between Elkia and the Eastern Federation as the Elkia Federation.
4
The Gamer Siblings Have Run Away From a Realistic Romance Game[Jp. 20] June 25, 2013[17] 978-4-04-066469-9 March 22, 2016[18] 978-0-316-38521-3
A dhampir named Plum visits Sora and Shiro, and asks them to save his species. He explains the siren's empress, Leila Lorelei, put herself to sleep using the Ten Pledges centuries ago and as a result, the once mutualistic relationship between dhampirs and sirens has caused all but one male dhampir to die. To awaken the empress, they must enter her dream and win her love. After consulting with the Miko, Sora and his companions travel to the dhampir and siren country, Oceando, and enter the empress' dream. Using Plum's magic, the empress falls in love with Izuna's grandfather, Ino Hatsuse, but fails to awaken. Having deduced this possibility, Sora uses a loophole in the rules allowing him and his companions to leave mid-game. Sora and Shiro reveal the sirens do not know the conditions to wake the empress, so they split up to investigate; Sora, Shiro, Jibril, and Plum travel to Avent Hiem, home of the flügels, while Stephanie and Izuna search the previous king's hidden library.
5
It Seems the Gamer Siblings Hate New Game Plus[Jp. 21] November 25, 2013[19] 978-4-04-066080-6 December 20, 2016[20] 978-0-316-38523-7
The prologue covers Kurami and Fil's progress in their efforts to overthrow the elven nation. Meanwhile, Sora and co are overwhelmed by Avent Hiem's library. They decide to challenge all the flügels to a game to enlist their help; the goal of the game is for Sora and Shiro to avoid capture by using Plum's flight magic and various katakana characters to materialize whatever they desire. Eluding capture, Sora and Shiro use the game to convince the head flügel, Azrael, to have Avent Hiem join the Elkia Federation. After winning, Avent Hiem's library proves to be fruitless but Shiro deduces what the empress desires; at the same time, Stephanie and Izuna finds evidence to support her theory. Returning to the empress' dream, Sora's immunity to the empress' seduction fulfills her la douleur exquise desire and awakens her; their victory gives them rule over the siren and dhampir. That night, Plum reveals humanity also acquired the sirens' role as food for the dhampirs and attempts to feed on Sora and Shiro; however, the two had deduced Plum's intention from the beginning and returned the responsibility back to the sirens.
6
It Seems the Gamer Pair Challenged The World[Jp. 22] April 25, 2014[21] 978-4-04-066382-1 July 25, 2017[22] 978-0-316-38526-8
Tet explains how the war 6000 years ago ended to Izuna. Tet's story follows eighteen-year old Riku Dola and his stepsister Korone Dola, leaders of a colony of humans seeking refuge from the war. While on patrol, Riku befriends an Ex Machina, a sentient battle-capable android, who is searching for the meaning of a heart. Riku names her Shuvi and takes her back to the colony where they are disguised as lovers. During the year they are together, Riku overcomes his emotional trauma while Shuvi becomes more human. Following the destruction of their colony, Riku forms a group to end the war and marries Shuvi. The group performs several espionage missions, forcing the warring species into a stalemate. Riku plans to harvest the energy from the battle, following the broken stalemate, in order to materialize and claim an artifact called the Star Grail; whoever possess it will have the powers of god. Shuvi is killed by Jibril but is able to convince the Ex Machinae to join Riku's cause. Riku succeeds but is mortally wounded; in his place, Tet claims the Star Grail and brings peace to the world. Returning to the present, Sora and friends have Miko channel an old deus for a game.
7
It Seems the Gamer Siblings Established the Joseki[Jp. 23] July 24, 2015[23] 978-4-04-067494-0 December 12, 2017[24] 978-0-316-31643-9
The old deus is the werebeast god; she creates a life sized board game and allows Sora and his friends to participate. With a time limit to reach the goal, the winner will be granted a wish but if no one reaches the end, they will be forced into the god's servitude. In addition, the werebeast god has planted a traitor within Sora's party. Towards the end, Jibril challenges Sora and Shiro to a game.
8
It Seems the Gamers Progressed Past the Fuseki[Jp. 24] December 25, 2015[25] 978-4-04-067952-5 — —
Jibril's challenge is a simulation of the war from volume six, and challenges Sora and Shiro to lead the humans to victory. After completing her challenge, Sora reveals that the Stephanie accompanying them was a fake created by the old deus; Stephanies empathy with the party allows her to betray her creator and leads Sora and Shiro to victory. Since the old deuses lack a leader to pledge their servitude, Sora plans to have the werebeast god take that role.
9
It Seems the Gamer Siblings are Resting for One Turn[Jp. 25] August 25, 2016[6] 978-4-04-068457-4 — —
The Ex Machina teleport into Elkia and challenge Sora to a game in order to save their species. Since Sora is compatible with their reproduction program, the Ex Machina intend on enslaving him in order to repopulate their species. Blank and the Ex Machina decide to wager Sora's freedom on a game: if Blank wins, the Ex Machina are freed from their chastity program and are free to reproduce with any being; if they lose, Sora is taken and used for reproduction. The game is a variant of chess played in rhythm to an ongoing concert. Blank wins though the Ex Machina Ymirein stays behind, intending on becoming Sora's wife.
Manga adaptation
After reviewing the drawings made by Yuu Kamiya's wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, in second light novel volume, his editor suggested the two collaborate on a manga adaptation of No Game No Life for Monthly Comic Alive.LN 2.A Due to Kamiya's work on the third light novel volume, the manga serialization was delayed by a volume; the volume it was supposed to premiere in contained an apology page illustrated by Hiiragi.LN 3.A The series premiered in the March 2013 volume of Monthly Comic Alive and since then, is published irregularly in the magazine.[26] Media Factory collected the individual chapters for the tankōbon release; there is currently a single volume which was released on November 22, 2013.[27] In March 2014, Seven Seas Entertainment announced its licensing of the manga series and released the first tankōbon volume in October 2014;[28] the title is stylized as No Game, No Life.[29] The series has also been localized in Brazil, Taiwan and Russia.[30][31]
A side series, titled No Game No Life Desu![Jp. 26], by Yuizaki Kazuya, began serialization in the July 2015 issue of Monthly Comic Alive on May 27, 2015.[32][33] It focuses on Izuna Hatsuse and her daily life.[32] Yen Press announced their license to the manga on October 28, 2016.[34]
No Game No Life
No.
Japanese release date
Japanese ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
1
November 23, 2013[35] ISBN 978-4-04-066114-8 October 21, 2014[36] ISBN 978-1-62-692079-8
No Game No Life Desu!
No.
Japanese release date
Japanese ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
1
January 23, 2016[37] ISBN 978-4-04-067878-8 June 20, 2017[38] ISBN 978-0-31-647192-3
2
August 23, 2016[39] ISBN 978-4-04-068525-0 September 19, 2017[40] ISBN 978-0-31-647237-1
3
— — January 23, 2018[41] ISBN 978-0-31-651767-6
Anime adaptation
On July 27, 2013, Monthly Comic Alive announced the anime adaptation for No Game No Life was green lit.[42] It is directed by Atsuko Ishizuka and animated by Madhouse.[1] The series premiered on April 9, 2014 on AT-X; it was later broadcast on five other broadcast stations and several streaming networks.[43] The final episode premiered on June 25, 2014.[44] Media Factory released the series in six DVD and Blu‑ray volumes between June 25 and November 26, 2014.[45] The opening theme for the series was "This Game" by Konomi Suzuki and the ending theme is "Oracion" by Shiro's voice actress, Ai Kayano.[46]
Crunchyroll simulcasted No Game No Life and made it accessible to several regions.[47] In North America, Anime Network broadcast the series on their cable network and made it available on their website, while Sentai Filmworks released the series for home media in July 2015.[48][49][50] In the United Kingdom, MVM Entertainment licensed the series for distribution and in Australasia, Hanabee Entertainment licensed the series for its video on demand website.[51][52] In France, the series was also simulcasted on Anime Digital Network and is broadcast on Viacom International Media Networks' J-one channel.[53][54] In China, the series is made available on PPTV.[55]
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Ai Kayano, the voice actors for Sora and Shiro respectively, hosted an internet radio show on Hibiki Radio called No Radio No Life.[56] It was broadcast weekly between April 8 and July 29, 2014 and switched to a biweekly schedule since then. Twenty-six segments are planned and three CDs were released between July 2014 and February 2015.[56] A special cross over featuring No Radio No Life and the radio series from Bladedance of Elementalers and Lord Marksman and Vanadis was broadcast by Hibiki Radio on January 1, 2015 and released on DVD on May 13.[57]
An anime movie adaptation of the sixth light novel was announced on July 17, 2016 at the MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2016 event.[58] The film, titled No Game No Life: Zero (ノーゲーム・ノーライフ ゼロ, Nōgēmu Nōraifu Zero), is scheduled to premiere on July 15, 2017, with the staff and cast from the anime series returning.[59][60] Based on the sixth volume of the light novel series, the story is set 6000 years before the events of the series, with most of the original cast portraying ancient characters related to their present counterparts. The theme song is "There is a Reason" by Konomi Suzuki. The song will be included on the album "No Song No Life" on July 12, 2017.[61] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the film for home video distribution.[62]
Episode list
No.
Official English title
Original Japanese title
Animation director
Writer
Original airdate[63]
Ref
1
"Beginner"
"Biginā" (素人 (ビギナー)) Kōji Ōdate Jukki Hanada April 9, 2014 [64]
Sora and Shiro are two siblings and are known in online games as the undefeated group named The Blank. In real life, they are hikikomori who are ostracized by the world. One day, they receive a challenge from Tet to a game of chess and are victorious. In response he offers to send them to a world which revolves around games and they accept, believing it to be a joke. They are then summoned to a reality known as Disboard where a spell, known as the Ten Pledges, prevents violence and enforces the rules and outcomes of games. They travel to Elkia, the nation inhabited by humans, where Sora plays poker against a woman for her money and wins by out-cheating her. He and Shiro rest at an inn and decide their next goal is to find a home.
2
"Challenger"
"Charenjā" (挑戦者 (チャレンジャー)) Masaru Koseki Jukki Hanada April 16, 2014 [65]
Stephanie Dola, granddaughter of Elkia's deceased king, loses against Kurami Zell in a contest to decide the next ruler; she then confronts Sora for not revealing how her opponent was cheating. Sora tricks her into a game of rock-paper-scissors and after winning, uses the Pledges to make her fall in love with him. Sora and Shiro then move into the palace with Stephanie where they learn more about world and decide to help Stephanie revitalize Elkia.
3
"Expert"
"Ekisupāto" (熟練者 (エキスパート)) Masaki Hyuga Jukki Hanada April 23, 2014 [66]
During Kurami's coronation, Sora reveals she was using magic from the elf, Fil Nilvalen, to win her games. Kurami salvages the situation but is forced to play a game against Sora and Shiro. Originally, they believe the game is chess, but Sora deduces it is a war simulator with chess themed pieces; Sora's charisma rallies his army, giving them an advantage and forcing Kurami to cheat by corrupting Sora's soldiers. In return, Sora persuades Kurami's queen to join his army by declaring her king to be corrupt.
4
"Grandmaster"
"Gurandomasutā" (国王 (グランドマスター)) Chiaki Abe
Keiko Yamamoto Jukki Hanada April 30, 2014 [67]
Kurami's army begin defecting to her former queen; eventually her king is assassinated due to her tyrannical rule and Sora is victorious. Sora denounces Kurami's plan in assimilating humans with the elves, declaring humanity is stronger than she thinks. Sora and Shiro are crowned the king and queen of humanity and begin solving Elkia's political and economical problems. They later attend the formal coronation and receive humanity's race piece, a chess piece which represents humanity's rights and free-will. Tet visits Sora and Shiro and explains that whoever gathers all sixteen chess pieces, one for each species, will earn the right to challenge him for his title of god; in response Sora and Shiro accept his challenge, declaring they will be the winner.
5
"Weak Square"
"Wīku Sukuea" (駒並べ (ウィークスクエア)) Maria Ichino
Takashi Nagayoshi Takashi Aoshima May 7, 2014 [68]
Sora and Shiro leave Elkia's political responsibilities to Stephanie until she is challenged to a game by nobles who refuse the reform. She challenges Sora to blackjack in hopes of binding him to the Pledges to perform his duties; she attempts to use false shuffling but loses due to card counting. Understanding her predicament, Sora trumps the nobles and uses the previous game to have Stephanie act like a dog. Stephanie tries several more games on Sora to take responsibility as Elkia's king but fails. Sora and Shiro reveal they were not slacking, but are researching ways to conquer the other nations; in response Stephanie redirects them to Elkia's library which is owned by the flügel Jibril.
6
"Interesting"
"Intaresutingu" (一手 (インタレスティング)) Kunihiko Hamada Kento Shimoyama May 14, 2014 [69]
Sora and Shiro challenge Jibril by betting their tablet computer full of books; considering it of high value, Jibril offers her freedom in exchange. They begin a game of materialization shiritori, where the words they use will materialize or disappear from the environment. From the game, Sora and Shiro deduce Disboard's scientific research is lacking, and uses this knowledge to their advantage; they succeed after removing coulomb's law and inducing a hypernova, removing Jibril from the game. Impressed by the two, Jibril solemnly pledges her loyalty to them.
7
"Sacrifice"
"Sakurifaisu" (死に手 (サクリファイス)) Rie Harada
Kakuto Gai Takashi Aoshima May 21, 2014 [70]
Jibril shares her knowledge about the werebeasts, revealing they have been undefeated for decades and always take the memories of the game away from the opponents. When Sora learns Elkia's king challenged the werebeasts eight times and lost a large amount of land, he denounces the king and upsets Stephanie. Upon further investigation, Sora questions the king's motives and eventually learns about the king's will from Stephanie. Using the key from the will, Sora and Shiro find a hidden library in the king's chambers; there, they discover information regarding the werebeasts and their choice of games.
8
"Fake End"
"Feiku Endo" (起死回生 (フェイクエンド)) Shinichi Suzuki
Keiko Yamamoto Yū Kamiya May 28, 2014 [71]
Sora and Shiro enter the embassy of the Eastern Federation, nation of the werebeasts, to issue a formal challenge. Sora and Shiro reveals the werebeasts use video games and threatens to leak that information to the elves if their challenge is not accepted; Sora bets humanity's chess piece in return for all of the land on the continent. As the Eastern Federation makes preparations for the game, Sora waits for the missing piece needed for victory; the next day, Shiro realizes everyone has forgotten about Sora.
9
"Sky Walk"
"Sukai Wōku" (解離法 (スカイ・ウォーク)) Masaki Hyuga Jukki Hanada June 4, 2014 [72]
Believing Shiro's memories have been tampered with, Jibril arranges a chess game to remove the memories regarding Sora; Shiro decides her memories are real and wins the match. After investigating, Shiro recalls Sora arranged a game of reversi with Kurami; the game's pieces consist of the components making up Sora and Kurami's identity. Having lost most of his pieces, Sora was nearly erased from existence but the last three pieces allow Shiro to keep her memories of him. Shiro finds the pieces in her room and places them on an invisible board, winning the game and restoring Sora. From his victory, Sora shares his memories with Kurami, allowing them to form an alliance, and gains the right to manipulate Fil's memories.
10
"Blue Rose"
"Burū Rōzu" (指向法 (ブルー・ローズ)) Maria Ichino
Takashi Nagayoshi
Yumiko Kinoshita Kento Shimoyama June 11, 2014 [73]
Sora and friends bond with Kurami and Fil as they make the final preparations to conquer the Eastern Federation. Per Sora's demands, the match against the werebeasts is made public in order to prevent them from cheating. The game begins and Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, Jibril, and their opponent Izuna Hatsuse, are sent to a virtual reality world which resembles Tokyo. Sora and Shiro's agoraphobia acts up and they enter a devoid state.
11
"Killing Giant"
"Kiringu Jaianto" (誘導法 (キリング・ジャイアント)) Masaki Hyuga Kento Shimoyama June 18, 2014 [74]
Recalling they are in virtual reality, Sora and Shiro return to normal; the game is a form of cops and robbers where they use guns that fire heart-shaped bullets. While Stephanie remains clueless about the game, Sora, Shiro, and Jibril battle against Izuna and deduce that her grandfather, Ino Hatsuse, is relaying their location and state of mind to her. Sora and friends regroup as Shiro makes the proper adjustments to their plans. Executing the unspoken plan, Sora and Shiro corner Izuna, forcing her to use an ability called Blood Destruction to augment her abilities.
12
"Rule Number 10"
"Rūru Nanbā Jū" (収束法 (ルール・ナンバー・10)) Kōji Ōdate
Kunihiko Hamada Jukki Hanada June 25, 2014 [44]
Sora and Shiro are defeated; as Izuna drops her guard, she is shot by Stephanie riding a NPC. Sora reveals he bound Stephanie to the Pledges to hide her intent while Shiro calculated the NPC's movements, allowing Stephanie to hide her location. While Izuna laments the werebeasts' fate, Sora assures her of his goodwill. Sora forces political pressure on the Eastern Federation leader, the nameless miko, to challenge him to a game. They have a coin flip where Sora has it land on its edge. He convinces the miko to declare they both win and as a result, Elkia can share resources with the Eastern Federation while the werebeasts maintain their self-rule; the allied nation is named the Elkia Federation. In the aftermath, Sora and friends have the miko channel an old deus for a game.
Reception
It was reported in April 2014, that 1.1 million copies of the light novel were in circulation.[75] That same year, No Game No Life was the top ten selling light novel series with several of its books appearing in the top thirty selling volumes list.[76][77] Starting in its 2014 pool, the yearly magazine Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, listed the light novel and the protagonists of No Game No Life beginning in its polls;[78][79] in addition, the series ranked fourth in Sugoi Japan 2015 polls.[80] Seven Seas Entertainment's localization of the manga was able to reach The New York Times Manga Best Sellers and ICv2's charts.[81][82] The anime series saw similar success and its home media made appearances on Oricon's weekly selling charts.[83][84] In April 2014, No Game No Life was one of the top recorded anime series on Sony's Torne;[85] a poll by AT-X ranked the series as one of 2014's top anime series.[86]
Anime News Network had four editors review the first episode of the anime:[87] Carl Kimlinger expressed doubts about the premise of the show, but liked the over-saturated visuals and the concept of the protagonists cheating against cheaters; Rebecca Silverman called the characters unlikeable and criticized the expositions for lacking in action, but noted her issues may be resolved in further episodes; and Theron Martin described the plot as wish-fulfilment, noted Sora has too much character for a hikikomori, called Sora's relationship with Shiro creepy, and concluded the series may turn out well if Sora is not an indomitable character. The fourth reviewer, Hope Chapman, expressed absolute disdain towards the series. She expressed hatred towards Sora's character, noting the misunderstood nerd turned respected genius aspect is lazy wish-fulfillment and how he thrives in a world for "misanthropic Shut-ins". Chapman likened the over-saturated colors to vomit, called the character designs hideous, and concluded her review with "nothing has made me roll my eyes, gag, or feel more irrationally angry this season than this insulting self-insert pandering trash heap".[87]
Anime News Network's Carl Kimlinger published a positive review for the complete anime series.[88] He wrote that the premise presented many flaws but were balanced out by other aspects: Sora and Shiro's "over-powered hero" archetype is balanced out by their flawed lifestyles, motives, and their "visible delight in crushing their enemies"; Stephanie Dola's mistreatment with gags and Sora and Shiro's growing respect towards her; and the harem aspect with Sora's apathy and interesting female characters. Regardless, Kimlinger praised the plot's "big games", calling them the reason to watch the series and described them as "steeped in trickery and strategy"; he added that despite knowing the protagonists would win, the fun is seeing how they do it. Kimlinger wrote the over-saturation art style will be an acquired taste for most viewers and praised how the animation really shines during the "big games", calling it an impressive display of fluidity and timing.[88] Kotaku's Richard Eisenbeis was also positive towards the series, praising the protagonists' dynamic, echoed Kimlinger's sentiments about the games, liked the animation, but noted his dislike for fan service featuring Shiro.[89] He also ranked the series as one of the top five anime series of 2014, and recommended it for viewers who like smart characters and gamer humor.[90][91] Similarly, TAY Kotaku also praised the dynamics, references to other anime and video games, and the art style; the reviewer had mixed feelings towards the harem aspect and sexual humor, and agreed with Kotaku's dislike for the fan service featuring Shiro.[92] IGN echoed previous opinions, praising the character dynamics, and also questioned the amount of unnecessary fanservice.[93]
Notes and references
^LN represents the Light Novel of the series in the format of X.Y, where X represents the volume and Y represents the chapter. Chapter A represents the afterword of the novel.
Japanese
Jump up ^ Japanese: 盤上の世界, Hepburn: Disubōdo?
Jump up ^ エルキア, Erukia
Jump up ^ 天翼種, Furyūgeru
Jump up ^ 獣人種, Wābīsuto
Jump up ^ 東部連合, Tōbu Rengō
Jump up ^ エルヴン・ガルド, Eruvun Garudo
Jump up ^ 吸血種, Danpīru
Jump up ^ 海棲種, Sērēn
Jump up ^ オーシェンド, Ōshendo
Jump up ^ 神霊種, Ōrudo Deusu
Jump up ^ リク・ドーラ, Riku Dōra
Jump up ^ 機凱種, Ekusumakina
Jump up ^ シュヴィ・ドーラ, Shuvi Dōra
Jump up ^ アルトシュ, Arutoshu
Jump up ^ アヴァント・ヘイム, Avanto Heimu
Jump up ^ 幻想種, Fantazuma
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹がファンタジー世界を征服するそうです, Gēmā Kyōdai ga Fantajī Sekai o Seifuku Suru sō Desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹が獣耳っ子の国に目をつけたようです, Gēmā Kyōdai ga Kemomimikko no Kuni ni Me o Tsuketa yō desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹の片割れが消えたようですが...?, Gēmā Kyōdai no Kataware ga Kieta yō desuga...?
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹はリアル恋愛ゲームから逃げ出しました, Gēmā Kyōdai wa Riaru Ren'ai Gēmu Kara Nigedashi Mashita
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹は強くてニューゲームがお嫌いなようです, Gēmā Kyōdai wa Tsuyoku te Nyū Gēmu ga Okirai na yō Desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマー夫嫁は世界に挑んだそうです, Gēmā Fusai wa Sekai ni Idonda sō Desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹たちは定石を覆すそうです, Gēmā Kyōdai-tachi wa Jōseki o Kutsugaesu sō Desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマーたちは布石を継いでいくそうです, Gēmā-tachi wa Fuseki o Tsuide Iku sō Desu
Jump up ^ ゲーマー兄妹は一ターン休むそうです, Gēmā Kyōdai wa Ichi Tān Yasumu sō Desu
Jump up ^ ノーゲーム・ノーライフ・です!, Nō Gēmu Nō Raifu Desu!
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External links
Official anime website (in Japanese)
No Game No Life (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (film)
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Written by
Romeo Muller
Directed by
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Voices of
Fred Astaire
Mickey Rooney
Keenan Wynn
Joan Gardner
Paul Frees
Robie Lester
Narrated by
Fred Astaire
Music by
Maury Laws
Jules Bass (lyrics)
Country of origin
United States
Japan
Original language(s)
English
Production
Producer(s)
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cinematography
Kizo Nagashima
Running time
51 mins
Production company(s)
Rankin/Bass Productions
Distributor
DreamWorks Classics
NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network
ABC
Original release
December 13, 1970
Chronology
Preceded by
The Little Drummer Boy
Followed by
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The film stars Fred Astaire as the narrator S.D. Kluger, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus, Keenan Wynn as the Winter Warlock, and Paul Frees in various roles. The film tells the story of how Santa Claus and several Claus-related Christmas traditions came to be. It is based on the hit Christmas song Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, which was introduced on radio by Eddie Cantor in 1934, and the story of Saint Nicholas.
The special was created using Japanese stop motion animation called "Animagic", in which all the characters are made out of wood and plastic and animated via stop-motion photography. The special was originally telecast December 14, 1970 by ABC and continues to air every year on sibling channel ABC Family (now Freeform) though both channels have at times edited the special to make room for commercials (ABC has cut two key songs, as well as two other songs in half; ABC Family/Freeform has cut several scenes that might be traumatizing to younger viewers, like Kris climbing, and leaping to escape to prevent children from doing dangerous stunts, Winter Warlock knowing Kris will return, and telling him he will never escape including the scene where the Burgermeister torches the seized toys in front of the children of Sombertown).
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Credits
4 Musical numbers
5 Home video releases
6 Video game
6.1 Reception
7 Novelization
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Special Delivery "S.D." Kluger (voiced by and resembling Fred Astaire) the mailman is introduced after a newsreel prologue, telling how children around the world are preparing for Christmas and Santa Claus' arrival. When his snowmobile/mail truck breaks down, he tells the story of Santa Claus, answering the children's letters to Santa.
The story begins in the gloomy city of Sombertown, ruled by the ill-tempered Burgermeister Meisterburger (voiced by Paul Frees). A baby arrives on his doorstep with a name tag reading "Claus" and note requesting that Burgermeister raise the child. He instead orders his lawkeeper Grimsley (also voiced by Paul Frees) to take the baby to the "Orphan Asylum". On the way there, a gust of wind blows both sled and baby to the Mountain of the Whispering Winds, where the animals hide him from the evil Winter Warlock (voiced by Keenan Wynn) and convey him to an Elvish family by the name of Kringle in Rainbow River Valley. Led by Tanta Kringle (voiced by Joan Gardner), the elf queen, she and the five Kringle elf brothers (Ringle, Dingle, Zingle, Tingle and Wingle, all voiced by Frees) adopt the baby and name him “Kris”. A few years later, Kris hopes to restore the Kringle family as "The First Toymakers to the King".
When Kris is old enough, he volunteers to deliver the elves' toys to Sombertown. Unfortunately, the Burgermeister has outlawed all toys in the town after he trips on a toy left on the steps, and declares that anyone found possessing a toy will be arrested. On his way to Sombertown, Kris meets a lost penguin whom he names Topper as they evade the Winter Warlock who vows to catch him the next time he passes. In the town, he offers toys to two children washing their stockings by a water fountain. He is stopped by Miss Jessica (voiced by Robie Lester), their lovely schoolteacher, but she softens toward Kris when he offers her a china doll as a "peace offering". As Kris gives more toys, the Burgermeister arrives to arrest the children, but Kris gives him a yo-yo. He at first happily plays with it, but Grimsley reminds him he's breaking his own law, leading to Burgermeister ordering Kris' capture.
As Kris and Topper return to the Kringles, the Winter Warlock captures them. But when Kris gives him a toy train as a present in exchange, the Warlock befriends Kris as his appearance changes. To repay him, he re-unites Kris with Jessica who informs him that the Burgermeister has destroyed all the toys and the children now want new ones. Kris promises to do so if the children behave themselves, promising to watch them through his magic snowball. When the Burgermeister hears that Kris means to bring more toys, he orders all doors and windows to be locked before their houses are searched. But Kris enters by the chimneys where the children hung their stockings to dry by the fire where Kris hid the toys.
Thereafter Burgermeister sets a trap for Kris as he makes another delivery, and thus captures the Kringles, Topper, and Winter. Jessica pleads to release her friends, but he refuses. Jessica then asks Winter to break everyone out, but he refuses since he has no magic left except some magic feed corn to make reindeer to fly. With the reindeer's help, the Kringles, Kris, Topper, and Winter escape.
After months as an outlaw, Kris returns to the woods, where he grows a beard as a disguise. After Tanta suggests that he return to his birth name "Claus" for safety, Kris marries Jessica and the group travels to the North Pole to build their own castle and workshop.
As the years pass, Kris still has to travel by night because he's still an outlaw. Eventually, the Meisterburgers died off and fell out of power and their laws were abolished. The townspeople then look up to Kris who becomes Santa Claus and Jessica becomes Mrs. Claus. Santa then decides to limit his journeys to one night a year and chooses the right night. Christmas Eve, "the night of profound love." Just as Santa is getting ready to leave, Winter tells him that he has his magic powers back to guarantee the world a white Christmas.
At the end, after S.D. Kluger explains Santa's true meaning, he remembers that he still has to deliver the children's letters to him and leaves for the North Pole (joined by Topper, Winter, the Kringle family, and a parade of children singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town") during the credits. As they finally reach Santa's workshop, we see Kris and Jessica's shadows inside their castle. Santa steps outside and waves goodbye to the viewers as a group of children say, "Merry Christmas!"
Cast[edit]
Fred Astaire – S.D. Kluger, the storyteller
Mickey Rooney – Kris Kringle/Santa Claus
Keenan Wynn – Winter Warlock
Robie Lester – Mrs. Jessica Claus
Paul Frees – Burgermeister Meisterburger, Grimsley, Burgermeister's soldiers, Newsreel Announcer, Kringle Brothers, Sombertown townsmen, Ebeneezer Scrooge-like man, CEO, Sombertown doctor, Topper the penguin, Horse.
Joan Gardner – Tanta Kringle, Sombertown townspeople, Business store clerk
Andrea Sacino, Dina Lynn, Gary White, and Greg Thomas provide the voices of the Children (Thomas also provided the voice of the Young Kris Kringle)
Credits[edit]
Producer/Director – Arthur Rankin, Jr./Jules Bass
Teleplay – Romeo Muller
Music – Maury Laws
Lyrics – Jules Bass
Based on "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – © Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
Music – J. Fred Coots
Lyrics – Haven Gillespie
Design – Paul Coker, Jr.
Continuity – Don Duga
Production Supervisor – Kizo Nagashima
Character Model Sculptors – Ichiro Komuro (uncredited)/Kyoko Kita (uncredited)
Animation – Hiroshi Tabata (uncredited)/Takeo Nakamura (uncredited)
Recording Engineers – Jim Harris/John Boyd/Phil Kaye
Editorial Supervision – Irwin Goldress
Orchestrations – Maury Laws
© 1970 Videocraft International, Ltd.
Musical numbers[edit]
CD cover
"The First Toymakers to the King" sung by Tanta and the Kringles featuring the Mike Sammes Singers
"No More Toymakers to the King" sung by Burgermeister Meisterburger and Grimsley
"Be Prepared to Pay" a.k.a. "If You Sit On My Lap Today" sung by Kris and the Westminster Children's Choir
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" sung by Kris and Winter featuring The Mike Sammes Singers
"My World is Beginning Today" sung by Jessica
"Wedding Song" a.k.a. "What Better Way To Tell You" sung by S. D. Kluger and The Mike Sammes Singers
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" sung by S. D. Kluger and the Westminster Children's Choir
Released by Rhino on October 1, 2002, the soundtrack for Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is available along with that of Frosty the Snowman, the Rankin-Bass special produced the previous year in 1969. This edition contains the full dialogue and all songs for both specials.
Home video releases[edit]
Beginning in 1989, the special has been released numerous times on VHS and DVD. The 2005 DVD release included a CD single of Mariah Carey performing the title song. The special is also available as part of a DVD box set with other Rankin-Bass Christmas titles including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Frosty Returns. In 2010, the special was released in the same box set on Blu-ray Disc. In 2015, both the special and Frosty the Snowman was released on Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo packs in the 45th Anniversary Collector's Edition.
Video game[edit]
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town!
Developer(s)
1st Playable Productions
Publisher(s)
Red Wagon Games
Platform(s)
Wii
Nintendo DS
Release
US: November 8, 2011
Genre(s)
Platform
Mode(s)
Single player, multiplayer
A video game was released on November 8, 2011 for the Nintendo DS and Wii.
Reception[edit]
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Novelization[edit]
A novelization (an oversized children's hardback) of the special was published by Running Press Book Publishers in 2008. The script was adapted by Sierra Harimann with watercolor illustrations based on the original show by Mike Koelsch. There are some additional details in the book, although it is unknown if they are from the imagination of the author or were based on the original script. The Dismal Forest is at the foot of the Mountain of the Whispering Winds. The little girl and boy Kris meets when he arrives are named Annette and Andy. The Sombertown Dungeon was built like a fort with a courtyard in the center, and it is there that the reindeer land to rescue everyone.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town!". IGN. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town!". IGN. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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