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Japanese light novel series

Gamers!
First light novel volume cover
ゲーマーズ! ( Gēmāzu! )
Genre	Romantic comedy[1]
Light novel
Written by	Sekina Aoi
Illustrated by	Saboten
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Imprint	Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	March 20, 2015 – October 19, 2019
Volumes	12 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Sekina Aoi
Illustrated by	Tsubasa Takahashi
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Magazine	Shōnen Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	2016 – 2019
Volumes	7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Manabu Okamoto
Produced by	Mitsutoshi Ogura Tatsuya Suguri Tsuyoshi Sōda Takema Okamura Hirotaka Kaneko Tomoyuki Ohwada Katsumi Kikumasa Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
Written by	Hiroki Uchida
Music by	Yoshiaki Dewa
Studio	Pine Jam
Licensed by	NA Crunchyroll
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11
Original run	July 13, 2017 – September 28, 2017
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Gamers! (Japanese: ゲーマーズ!, Hepburn: Gēmāzu! ) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten. Fujimi Shobo published twelve volumes from March 2015, to October 2019, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Pine Jam aired from July to September 2017.

Plot [edit]

Keita Amano, a high school student and gamer, meets the beautiful school idol Karen Tendō, and joins the school's Gaming Club. After finding it is centered around competitive gaming, he declines her offer. This rejection sets off a chain of events in the lives of Keita and his friends in matters of both video games and romance with several misunderstandings along the way.

Characters [edit]

In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters.

Main characters [edit]

Keita Amano ( 雨野 景太 , Amano Keita )

Voiced by: Megumi Han^[2] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis (English) ^[3]

A plain second-year high school student often playing video games. Although he does not have friends, he uses handheld console or mobile. He considers Karen Tendo to be the perfect girl, but declines her invitation to join the Game Club, because he prefers to play games for fun and not as something competitive. As a result, he is rather untalented at nearly every video game he plays, but still manages to have great insight into them. Keita often thinks of himself as unworthy to Karen (oblivious to their relationship) and initially would prefer to merely be her friend, but is encouraged by Tasuku to accompany Karen by asking her out.^{LN 1} In later episodes, he reveals that sometimes, he does like to compete to win. He uses two online usernames, Tsucchi and Yama, both of which are based on his mother's maiden name Tsuchiyama. He is a big fan of independent game designer "Nobe", and teams up with online player Mono.^{Ep. 3} He is very stubborn when it comes to his opinions on games, clashing with Chiaki Hoshinomori regularly over the use of moe characters and other things, even though the two are very much alike.^{Ep. 3, 5} In the light novel, Keita notes he has a younger brother.^{LN 1}

Karen Tendo ( 天道 花憐 , Tendō Karen )

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto^{[2] [a]} (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English) ^[3]

The most beautiful girl at school and the president of the school's Game Club. She has long naturally blond hair and green eyes.^[b] She excels in everything at school from looks and popularity to sports to academics.^{LN 1 Ep. 1} She had enrolled in the school because of the club's prestige, but its senior members had left, so she took it upon herself to revive the club, and she privately recruits members as she does not want it to be filled with guys who are only interested in asking her out.^{LN 1} At the beginning of the series, she invites Keita to join her club, and becomes upset when he declines her offer, having not faced rejection before in her life. This results in her stalking Keita to try and convince him to change his mind, but she develops a crush on him because he stands up to Tasuku in defending her and the club.^{LN 1} Following her newfound infatuation, Karen's entire daily routine crumbles apart as she in unable to stop thinking about him.^{Ep. 4} For a time, she mistakenly believes Keita and Chiaki are a couple.^{Ep. 3–5} In the anime series, she spontaneously urges Keita to be a couple, but became friends instead.^{Ep. 6-7} Karen is extremely competitive, often turning the most mundane of activities into some kind of competition. However, she learns to loosen up and live more casually through Keita.

Chiaki Hoshinomori ( 星ノ守 千秋 , Hoshinomori Chiaki )

Voiced by: Manaka Iwami^[2] (Japanese); Marissa Lenti (English) ^[5]

A shy and quiet girl in Karen's class. She has long seaweed hair and purple eyes. She enjoys playing handheld and phone games like Keita, leading Tasuku to try and set them up so he can eventually pair Keita with Karen. At first, she and Keita get along incredibly well because they agree on many things about games, only to declare themselves bitter enemies over their opinions on putting moe characters in video games. She takes Tasuku's advice on improving her appearance, and cuts her hair, inadvertently making her seen as attractive by the student body, but her increased interactions with Tasuku make Aguri jealous.^{Ep. 3} She is Keita's online friend "Mono" and his favorite indie game developer "Nobe", although both Chiaki and Keita are unaware of each other's online personas.^{Ep. 5} She is shocked when Keita reveals his gaming personalities to the group, and begins to develop feelings toward him.^{Ep. 8}

Tasuku Uehara ( 上原 祐 , Uehara Tasuku )

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga^[2] (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English) ^[3]

Keita's classmate and a good-looking and outgoing guy. He is an occasional gamer and is skilled at arcade games. A former gamer nerd in middle school, he changed his appearance and attitude when he entered high school to avoid being stigmatized, yet feels drawn to be involved in Keita's life and his situation with Karen that he is willing to help Keita progress in his social life, seeing himself in Keita.^{LN 1} He is quite proud that he landed a cute girlfriend Aguri, but later learns that Aguri had liked him back when he was a nerd.^{Ep. 2} He is the first to make the connection between Keita and Chiaki's gaming personas, and then tries to pair the two together as friends, while Keita makes a relationship with Karen. However, he creates a Gamers Meet-Up Club with all parties involved, his efforts and increasing interactions with Chiaki and Karen, lead to misunderstandings.^{Ep. 5}

Aguri Sakurano ( 桜野 亜玖璃 , Sakurano Aguri )

Voiced by: Rumi Okubo^[2] (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English) ^[3]

Tasuku's girlfriend. In the anime, she is a petite girl with pink hair and purple eyes. Unlike any of the other characters, she does not play video games outside of claw crane games, which she frequently has Tasuku take part in so her can get her prizes, as he is far more skilled than she is. She fell in love with Tasuku, after getting a plushie doll from him at middle school, and she changed her appearance in order to get near him.^{Ep. 2} She becomes upset at Tasuku for accompanying Chiaki, but allies with Keita to help him relate better with Karen. The two end up becoming each other's confidante over their relationship troubles, only for their interactions to have misunderstandings.

Supporting characters [edit]

Eiichi Misumi ( 三角 瑛一 , Misumi Eiichi )

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Howard Wang (English) ^[3]

Karen's classmate with a short black hair. He joins the Game Club at the start of the series. His specialty is in arcade puzzle games, but he adapts to learning new games and growing skills based on observing how others play. He says that he got into gaming, because he had lost his memory when he was young and playing block puzzles gives him a link to his past.^{Ep. 1} The last episode in the anime series shows his secretive past in which he had escaped some underground organizations, and encounters his estranged sister Riki in the finals of a game tournament.^{Ep. 12}

Gakuto Kase ( 加瀬 岳人 , Kase Gakuto )

Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English) ^[3]

A third-year student and a member of the Game Club. He gets serious when it comes to FPS games. He took up gaming because his father was a mercenary who trained him in the family business when he was a child.^{Ep. 1}

Niina Oiso ( 大磯 新那 , Ōiso Niina )

Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English) ^[5]

A third-year member of the Game Club who specializes in fighting games. Karen considers her the sexy big sister type. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. She does not talk to people, while playing. Karen said she got into gaming in order to win her friend back by trying to defeat her in a fighting game.^{Ep. 1}

Konoha Hoshinomori ( 星ノ守 心春 , Hoshinomori Konoha )

Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English) ^[5]

Chiaki's younger sister. She is envious of Karen's popularity and is somewhat happy that she cannot compete with her by going to a different school, where she could become a student council president. She secretly enjoys adult games and revels in being in the company of girls.^{Ep. 8} When Keita visits Chiaki, and accidentally sees the "Mono" and "Nobe" information, Chiaki tells Keita that Konoha is the person behind the accounts.^{Ep. 9} She tries to help her sister make friends with Keita.

Media [edit]

Light novel [edit]

Sekina Aoi first published the series in 2015 through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko with illustrations by Saboten. Twelve volumes were released from March 20, 2015 to October 19, 2019.^[6]

No.	Title	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	Keita Amano and Youth Continue Amano Keita to Seishun Kontinyū (雨野景太と青春コンティニュー)	March 20, 2015[7]	978-4-04-070533-0
2	Karen Tendou and Surprise Happy End Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Happī Endo (天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド)	July 18, 2015[8]	978-4-04-070534-7
3	Chiaki Hoshinomori and New Game of First Love Hoshinomori Chiaki to Hatsukoi Nyū Gēmu (星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム)	November 20, 2015[9]	978-4-04-070753-2
4	Aguri and Unconscious Critical Aguri to Mujikaku Kuritikaru (亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル)	March 19, 2016[10]	978-4-04-070754-9
5	Gamers and Annihilated Game Over Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā (ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー)	July 20, 2016[11]	978-4-04-070969-7
6	The Lonely Gamer and Love Confession Chain Combo Bocchi Gēmā to Kokuhaku Chein Konbo (ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ)	November 19, 2016[12]	978-4-04-070970-3
7	Gamers and Kiss of Dead End Gēmāzu to Kuchizuke Deddo Endo (ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド)	March 18, 2017[13]	978-4-04-070971-0
8	Konoha Hoshinomori and Reversal Back Attack Hoshinomori Konoha to Gyakuten Bakku Atakku (星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック)	July 20, 2017[14]	978-4-04-072369-3
9	Keita Amano and Youth Skills Reset Amano Keita to Seishun Sukiru Risetto (雨野景太と青春スキルリセット)	January 20, 2018[15]	978-4-04-072370-9
10	Karen Tendou and Surprise Update Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Appudēto (天道花憐と不意打ちアップデート)	May 19, 2018[16]	978-4-04-072371-6
11	Gamers and First Love Multi End Gēmāzu to Hatsukoi Maruchi Endo (ゲーマーズと初恋マルチエンド)	October 20, 2018[17]	978-4-04-072900-8
12	Gamers and Youth Continue Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū (ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー)	October 19, 2019[18]	978-4-04-072901-5

Manga [edit]

A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace from October 2016 until September 2019.^[19] The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 23, 2017[20]	978-4-04-105446-8
2	June 26, 2017[21]	978-4-04-105771-1
3	November 25, 2017[22]	978-4-04-106308-8
4	March 26, 2018[23]	978-4-04-106717-8
5	September 25, 2018[24]	978-4-04-107363-6
6	February 25, 2019[25]	978-4-04-107816-7
7	October 26, 2019[26]	978-4-04-107817-4

Anime [edit]

An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced.^{[27] [28]} It aired in Japan from July 13^[29] to September 28, 2017.^[1] The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami and Rumi Ōkubo.^[30] The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for episode nine and ten which is "Koi no Prologue*" ( 恋のprologue* , "Prologue to Love"), both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.^[2] Crunchyroll streamed the series,^[31] while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub.^{[32] [3]} Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.^[33]

Reception [edit]

The light novel ranked seventh in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category.^[35] It ranked eighth in 2018.^[36]

The anime ranked fourth in popularity on Crunchyroll in summer 2017, an unheard of ranking for a show that was not a long-running Shonen Action series.

See also [edit]

• Student Council's Discretion - Another light novel series with the same creator

Works cited [edit]

• ^ "LN" is shortened form for light novel and refers to a volume in the Gamers! light novels.
• ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the collected Gamers! manga
• ^ "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Gamers! anime

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Risa Taneda voiced Karen Tendo in a 2015 television commercial^[4]
2. ^ Keita describes Karen's eyes as light blue in the first novel, although the cover suggests they are more aqua^{LN 1} while the manga and anime list her eye color as green.^{Ch. 1 Ep. 1}
3. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Gamers! TV Anime's July Premiere, 12-Episode Run, Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Gamers! TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. May 20, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Funimation Announces Simuldub Casts for A Centaur's Life, Hina Logic, Gamers!, Convenience Store Boy Friends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-26 .
4. ^ "「生徒会の一存」シリーズ著者・葵せきなの新作は、 "こじらせゲーマー達" の日常を描く青春物語!? 「ゲーマーズ！」爆誕！". 株式会社KADOKAWAのプレスリリース (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Summer 2017 Simuldub on FunimationNow". Funimation. July 13, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
6. ^ "Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Ends With 12th Volume". Anime News Network. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
7. ^ "ゲーマーズ! 雨野景太と青春コンティニュー". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
8. ^ "ゲーマーズ!2 天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
9. ^ "ゲーマーズ!3 星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
10. ^ "ゲーマーズ!4 亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
11. ^ "ゲーマーズ!5 ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
12. ^ "ゲーマーズ!6 ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
13. ^ "ゲーマーズ!7 ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
14. ^ "ゲーマーズ!8 星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2017.
15. ^ "ゲーマーズ!9 雨野景太と青春スキルリセット". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2018.
16. ^ "ゲーマーズ!10 天道花憐と不意打ちアップデート". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 16, 2018.
17. ^ "ゲーマーズ！11 ゲーマーズと初恋マルチエンド". 富士見書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2018.
18. ^ "ゲーマーズ！12 ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー". Fantasia Bunko (in Japanese). Fujimi Shobo. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
19. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (2019-07-26). "Tsubasa Takahashi's Gamers! Manga Ends". Anime News Network . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
20. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(1)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
21. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(2)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
22. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(3)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
23. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(4)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
24. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(5)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
25. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(6)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
26. ^ "ゲーマーズ！(7)". Kadokawa (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
27. ^ "Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Gets Anime". Anime News Network. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
28. ^ "Gamers! Anime's TV Format, Staff Revealed". Anime News Network. March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
29. ^ "Gamers! TV Anime to Premiere on July 13". Anime News Network. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
30. ^ "TVアニメ『ゲーマーズ！』OP/EDテーマ新情報公開！" (in Japanese). gamers-anime.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
31. ^ "Crunchyroll Streams Gamers!, Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor, Nora, Ikémen Sengoku Anime". Anime News Network. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
32. ^ "Funimation to Simuldub Tsuredure Children, Convenience Store Boy Friends, Gamers!, My First Girlfriend is a Gal Anime". Anime News Network. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
33. ^ "UPDATE: Funimation Titles Now Available on Crunchyroll (4/19)". Crunchyroll. March 1, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
34. ^ "Gamers!" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
35. ^ "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2017's Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 23, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
36. ^ "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018 Series Ranking". Anime News Network. November 24, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2018.

External links [edit]

• Gamers! at Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese)
• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• Gamers! (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamers%21

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