No Game No Life: Zero

(2017)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 456 votes

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Year: 2017

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Ацуко Исидзука

Cast: Ёко Хикаса, Аи Каяно, Ёсицугу Мацуока, Кадзуюки Окицу, Рёта Такэути, Юи Хориэ, Дзюнъити Сувабэ, Миюки Савасиро, Юкари Тамура, Линн

Plot

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.

The film following the light novel series by the same name picks up on volume 6 (The TV series leaves off on the end of volume 3, but the story in Volume 6 doesn't reference the events of Volume 4 or 5, which have yet to be animated) The "One True God" Tet tells the story of Immanity's (humanity's) struggle through the Great War and how he came to be the "One True God". The lack of magic circuits in the Imannity race becomes apparent when details of the war fall into place. The true power of intellect is shown in this epic arc which acts as the prequel to the No Game, No Life universe.