New Game!!

​It has been a year since Aoba Suzukaze started working at the Eagle Jump game company. In that time, she and her eccentric coworkers in the character design department have worked hard to release the company's newest game: Fairies Story 3. With their latest title now complete, a new project must begin—starting with a contest to decide the character designs for the upcoming game. Through hard work, dedication, and some guidance from the previous character designer, Kou Yagami, Aoba wins the contest and begins her new role as lead character designer.

However, her new job is not an easy one. In addition to having extra work and longer hours, Aoba questions whether she is the right fit for the job. As she overcomes her inexperience with the help of her friends and coworkers, Aoba is willing to face any challenge to make Eagle Jump's newest creation, a cutesy game called Peco.

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Suzukaze, Aoba Main

Takada, Yuuki Japanese

Yagami, Kou Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Takimoto, Hifumi Supporting

Yamaguchi, Megumi Japanese

Ahagon, Umiko Supporting

Morinaga, Chitose Japanese

Sakura, Nene Supporting

Asahina, Madoka Japanese

Iijima, Yun Supporting

Takeo, Ayumi Japanese

Shinoda, Hajime Supporting

Toda, Megumi Japanese

Tooyama, Rin Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Mochizuki, Momiji Supporting

Suzuki, Arisa Japanese

Hazuki, Shizuku Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Producer

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Jan 5, 2024

Single_fighter

Recommended

Just finished re-watching this anime season 1 and season 2 for 2 days and yes this anime motivates me and makes me dream of becoming an animator or animation designer making anime or making games. but it looks very difficult, it requires hard work and never giving up like our MC Aoba did. This is the positive impact of slice of life genre anime which focuses on hobbies or professions, which usually anime with this genre would feel boring but by adding the spice of comedy and competition it feels fun, and there are several ecchi scenes which are not excessive, making the ... comedy element more Good. The character development is also good with the characters having different characteristics and unique behavior making the story look more lively and realistic. I'm looking forward to season 3. My rating for the storyline and character development: 8

for animation graphics: 7.5
soundtrack songs: 6.5

character voices: 8 (this all fits the character's personality)

in conclusion I recommend this anime to build positive motivation. I always look forward to more slice of life genre anime works that focus on hobbies and professions. Hopefully more will appear.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 25, 2021

Lionzero

Recommended

New Year! New Issues!
The second season of New Game! is much better than the first season.

With the characters established, they can now grow and become fleshed out. The ever calm and sloppy Kou Yagami now lets her cracks in her personality show. Aoba is determined but now shows more responsibility and frailty. Yun shows her kinder side and lets herself breathe more. Hifumi is started to grow into someone people can rely on and talk to. Hajime was perfect since episode 1 so. Still perfect here. No Bias. Just Facts.

The Second Season focuses on a new game being developed and how the team tackle ... the new project. Once again, it will not explain more than what you need to know about game design in order to follow the characters. They talk about things like "I need you to program this code for a mini game" and then the character does it. They don't start trying to teach you C++ Programming Script. Good. This would never work other wise, trust me.

There are some new hires and a continuation of Nene's story. All wrapped into 12 episodes. I binged this and was kinda sad when I realized I finished it. It is a solid anime about an all girls game development team with light lesbian notions. You will see what I mean.

Story: 9 - a vast improvement over season 1.
Art: 10 - I loved the visuals and how the designs of the characters for the game once again made me want to play a game that does not exist.
Sound: 10 - Banger OP and a good OST. What is not to love? Even the ED bops.
Character: 8 - Some of the characters here are improvements and the new ones introduced are ok. However, the dense bubbly loud outgoing athletic and perfect Hajime just makes the others feel lacking. Jokes aside, they are all improvement of the Season 1 selves.
Enjoyments: This was a great anime and I got legit sad during a certain moment. It is great.
Overall: Just watch it. If I haven't sold you yet then watch it anyway.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 3, 2022

BlondeFox

Mixed Feelings

I really enjoyed the first season and gave it a really high score, but unfortunately the second season didn't quite live up to the first. While I enjoyed the new challenges that came with being in the game industry and moving up in the company, it felt less slice-of-life-y and wasn't as funny. Additionally, there was more fanservice, which is generally okay but it was a noticeable jump in the amount.

I didn't really connect to the new characters or feel like they were as integrated since we had the full first season to bond with our beloved cast, and some favorites were kind of ... pushed to the side and got less screen time.

Once again, good but not amazing. The first season is a must watch, this one you can pass if you don't really care about overarching plot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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