The Gods’ Game We Play anime revealed a special visual depicting the main character Leoleshea playing chess. The character will be voiced by Akari Kito (Suzune in Classroom of the Elite, Nezuko in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Su in The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!). 5y5q3h
Tatsuya Shiraishi is directing the series, Yoshihiro Watanabe is on the character designs, and Gin is composing the music. Pony Canyon will be responsible for the music work. The theme songs for the anime include “NewGame” by AliA as the opening theme and “I’m GAME!” by Hina Tachibana as the ending theme. Cast , aside from Akari Kito, include:
The Gods’ Game We Play anime adaptation was announced in January 2022. It will adapt a light novel series written by Kei Sazane and illustrated by Toiro Tomose. The series started as a web novel published on the Kakuyomu website in 2020, before being picked up by Media Factory in January 2021 and published under the MF Bunko J imprint.
Yen Press licensed the light novel in English. The first volume is set to release this November and plot is described as:
When the gods grow bored, they decide to spice up their eternal existence by challenging all takers in an ultimate battle of wits! Of course, these deities are capricious, unfair, and incomprehensible at the best of times, so winning is virtually impossible for a mere mortal. Even so, things are bound to get interesting when a former goddess and a genius human boy team up in a bid to win the game to end all games!
Source: Official Website
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