Gamers!
{{short description|Japanese light novel series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Gamers!
| image = Gamers! light novel volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = First light novel volume cover
| ja_kanji = ゲーマーズ!
| ja_romaji = Gēmāzu!
| genre = Romantic comedy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = light novel
| author = Sekina Aoi
| illustrator = Saboten
| publisher = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic = Male
| imprint = Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
| first = March 20, 2015
| last = October 19, 2019
| volumes = 12
| volume_list = #Light novel
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Sekina Aoi
| illustrator = Tsubasa Takahashi
| publisher = Fujimi Shobo
| demographic = Shōnen
| magazine = Shōnen Ace
| first = 2016
| last = 2019
| volumes = 7
| volume_list = #Manga
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Manabu Okamoto
| producer = Mitsutoshi Ogura
Tatsuya Suguri
Tsuyoshi Sōda
Takema Okamura
Hirotaka Kaneko
Tomoyuki Ohwada
Katsumi Kikumasa
Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
| writer = Hiroki Uchida
| music = Yoshiaki Dewa
| studio = Pine Jam
| licensee = Crunchyroll
| network = AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11
| first = July 13, 2017
| last = September 28, 2017
| episodes = 12
| episode_list = #Anime
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Gamers!|ゲーマーズ!|Gēmāzu!|lead=yes}} 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 the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation produced by Pine Jam aired from July to September 2017.
==Plot==
Keita Amano, a high school student and gamer, meets the beautiful school idol Karen Tendō, who invites him to 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 video games, romance and misunderstandings along the way.
Characters
In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters.
=Main characters=
;{{nihongo|Keita Amano|雨野 景太|Amano Keita}}
:{{voiced by|Megumi Han|Brandon McInnis}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-25/funimation-announces-simuldub-casts-for-a-centaur-life-hina-logic-gamers-convenience-store-boy-friends/.119321|title=Funimation Announces Simuldub Casts for A Centaur's Life, Hina Logic, Gamers!, Convenience Store Boy Friends|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2017-07-26|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803140008/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-25/funimation-announces-simuldub-casts-for-a-centaur-life-hina-logic-gamers-convenience-store-boy-friends/.119321|archive-date=2017-08-03}}
:A second-year high school boy and video game player. He plays a 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 competitively. As a result, he has nearly every video game but not high scorer, but 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.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} In later episodes, he likes to compete and 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.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3}} He is selfish, when it comes to his opinions on games, accompanying Chiaki Hoshinomori regularly over the use of moe characters and other things, even though the two are very much alike.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3, 5}} In the light novel, Keita has a younger brother.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}}
;{{nihongo|Karen Tendo|天道 花憐|Tendō Karen}}
:{{voiced by|Hisako Kanemoto{{efn|Risa Taneda voiced Karen Tendo in a 2015 television commercial{{cite web|title=「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！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001375.000007006.html|website=株式会社KADOKAWAのプレスリリース|date=19 March 2015|access-date=14 July 2017|language=ja|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819063310/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001375.000007006.html|url-status=live}}}}|Brittney Karbowski}}
:The most beautiful girl and the president of the school's Game Club. She has long blond hair and green eyes.{{efn|Keita describes Karen's eyes as light blue in the first novel, although the cover suggests they are more aqua{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} while the manga and anime list her eye color as green.{{Ref|Chapter|Ch. 1}}{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 1}} }} She excels in school from look, and popularity to sports and academics.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}}{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 1}} She attended 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 recruits members as she does not want it to be filled with guys who are only interested in asking her out.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} At the beginning of the series, she invites Keita to join the club, and becomes upset when he declines her offer, having not faced rejection before in her life. This results in Karen 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.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} Following her newfound infatuation, her entire daily routine crumbles apart and she keeps thinking about him.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 4}} For a time, she mistakenly believes Keita and Chiaki are a couple.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3–5}} In the anime series, Karen and Keita became friends.{{Ref|Episode|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.
;{{nihongo|Chiaki Hoshinomori|星ノ守 千秋|Hoshinomori Chiaki}}
:{{voiced by|Manaka Iwami|Marissa Lenti}}{{cite web|url=https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/07/13/summer-2017-simuldubs-funimationnow/|title=Summer 2017 Simuldub on FunimationNow|publisher=Funimation|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234615/https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/07/13/summer-2017-simuldubs-funimationnow/|url-status=live}}
: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 pair Keita with Karen. At first, she and Keita get along incredibly well because they agree on many things about video games. However, they became rivals over their opinions on putting moe characters on each 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.{{Ref|Episode|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.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}} She is shocked when Keita reveals his gaming usernames to the group, and begins to develop feelings for him.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 8}}
;{{nihongo|Tasuku Uehara|上原 祐|Uehara Tasuku}}
:{{voiced by|Toshiyuki Toyonaga|Clifford Chapin}}
:Keita's classmate and a good-looking 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 and his situation with Karen he is willing to help Keita progress in his social life, seeing himself in Keita.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} He is quite proud he has a cute girlfriend Aguri, but later learns she had liked him when he was a nerd.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 2}} Tasuku is the first to make the connection between Keita and Chiaki's gaming personas, and 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 their misunderstandings.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}}
;{{nihongo|Aguri Sakurano|桜野 亜玖璃|Sakurano Aguri}}
:{{voiced by|Rumi Okubo|Tia Ballard}}
:Tasuku's girlfriend. In the anime, she is a petite girl with pink hair and purple eyes. Unlike other characters, she does not play video games outside of claw machine 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.{{Ref|Episode|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 their misunderstandings.
=Supporting characters=
;{{nihongo|Eiichi Misumi|三角 瑛一|Misumi Eiichi}}
:{{voiced by|Natsuki Hanae|Howard Wang}}
: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 video games, but he adapts to learning new ones and growing skills based on observing how others play. He says that he got into gaming, because he had amnesia when he was young and playing block puzzles gives him a link to his past.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 1}} In the final episode of the anime series, he has an adoptive sister Riki.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 12}}
;{{nihongo|Gakuto Kase|加瀬 岳人|Kase Gakuto}}
:{{voiced by|Yasuaki Takumi|Alejandro Saab}}
:A third-year student and a member of the Game Club. He gets serious when playing a first-person shooter game. He took up gaming because his father was a mercenary who trained him in the family business when he was a child.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 1}}
;{{nihongo|Niina Oiso|大磯 新那|Ōiso Niina}}
:{{voiced by|Yuna Yoshino|Dawn M. Bennett}}
: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 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 the game.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 1}}
;{{nihongo|Konoha Hoshinomori|星ノ守 心春|Hoshinomori Konoha}}
:{{voiced by|Yūki Kuwahara|Jad Saxton}}
: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.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 8}} When Keita accidentally sees the names for "Mono" and "Nobe", Chiaki tells him that Konoha is the one behind these names.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 9}} She helps Chiaki make friends with Keita.
Media
=Light novel=
Sekina Aoi 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-21/sekina-aoi-gamers-light-novel-series-ends-with-12th-volume/.152439|title=Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Ends With 12th Volume|website=Anime News Network|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021080835/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-21/sekina-aoi-gamers-light-novel-series-ends-with-12th-volume/.152439|url-status=live}}
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| VolumeNumber = 1
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070533-0
| OriginalTitle = 雨野景太と青春コンティニュー
| TranslitTitle = Amano Keita to Seishun Kontinyū
| LicensedTitle = Keita Amano and Youth Continue
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070534-7
| LicensedTitle = Karen Tendou and Surprise Happy End
| OriginalTitle = 天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド
| TranslitTitle = Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Happī Endo
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070753-2
| LicensedTitle = Chiaki Hoshinomori and New Game of First Love
| OriginalTitle = 星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム
| TranslitTitle = Hoshinomori Chiaki to Hatsukoi Nyū Gēmu
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 4
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070754-9
| LicensedTitle = Aguri and Unconscious Critical
| OriginalTitle = 亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル
| TranslitTitle = Aguri to Mujikaku Kuritikaru
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| VolumeNumber = 5
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070969-7
| LicensedTitle = Gamers and Annihilated Game Over
| OriginalTitle = ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー
| TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 6
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070970-3
| LicensedTitle = The Lonely Gamer and Love Confession Chain Combo
| OriginalTitle = ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ
| TranslitTitle = Bocchi Gēmā to Kokuhaku Chein Konbo
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 7
| ISBN = 978-4-04-070971-0
| LicensedTitle = Gamers and Kiss of Dead End
| OriginalTitle = ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド
| TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Kuchizuke Deddo Endo
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 8
| ISBN = 978-4-04-072369-3
| LicensedTitle = Konoha Hoshinomori and Reversal Back Attack
| OriginalTitle = 星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック
| TranslitTitle = Hoshinomori Konoha to Gyakuten Bakku Atakku
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 9
| ISBN = 978-4-04-072370-9
| LicensedTitle = Keita Amano and Youth Skills Reset
| OriginalTitle = 雨野景太と青春スキルリセット
| TranslitTitle = Amano Keita to Seishun Sukiru Risetto
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 10
| ISBN = 978-4-04-072371-6
| LicensedTitle = Karen Tendou and Surprise Update
| OriginalTitle = 天道花憐と不意打ちアップデート
| TranslitTitle = Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Appudēto
| LineColor = 0000CD
}}
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| VolumeNumber = 11
| ISBN = 978-4-04-072900-8
| LicensedTitle = Gamers and First Love Multi End
| OriginalTitle = ゲーマーズと初恋マルチエンド
| TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Hatsukoi Maruchi Endo
| LineColor = 0000CD
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| VolumeNumber = 12
| ISBN = 978-4-04-072901-5
| LicensedTitle = Gamers and Youth Continue
| OriginalTitle = ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー
| TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū
| LineColor = 0000CD
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=Manga=
A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace from October 2016 to September 2019.{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=Tsubasa Takahashi's Gamers! Manga Ends |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-26/tsubasa-takahashi-gamers-manga-ends/.149391 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en |date=2019-07-26 |archive-date=2021-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527112846/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-26/tsubasa-takahashi-gamers-manga-ends/.149391 |url-status=live }} The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019.
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| VolumeNumber = 1
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-105446-8
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-105771-1
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| OriginalRelDate = November 25, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321707000832/|title=ゲーマーズ！(3)|website=Kadokawa|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=September 27, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=December 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160625/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321707000832/|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-106308-8
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| VolumeNumber = 4
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-106717-8
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| VolumeNumber = 5
| OriginalRelDate = September 25, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321805000566/|title=ゲーマーズ！(5)|website=Kadokawa|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=September 27, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182317/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321805000566/|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-107363-6
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| VolumeNumber = 6
| OriginalRelDate = February 25, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321809000519|title=ゲーマーズ！(6)|website=Kadokawa|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=February 22, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131452/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321809000519|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-107816-7
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| VolumeNumber = 7
| OriginalRelDate = October 26, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321809000520|title=ゲーマーズ！(7)|website=Kadokawa|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=September 25, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925214510/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321809000520|url-status=live}}
| OriginalISBN = 978-4-04-107817-4
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=Anime=
An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-22/sekina-aoi-gamers-light-novel-series-gets-anime/.107972|title=Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Gets Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2016|archive-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527085028/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-22/sekina-aoi-gamers-light-novel-series-gets-anime/.107972|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-19/gamers-anime-tv-format-staff-revealed/.113634|title=Gamers! Anime's TV Format, Staff Revealed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 19, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320100956/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-19/gamers-anime-tv-format-staff-revealed/.113634|url-status=live}} It aired in Japan from July 13{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-06-09/gamers-tv-anime-to-premiere-on-july-13/.117276|title=Gamers! TV Anime to Premiere on July 13|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=June 10, 2017|archive-date=June 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610041506/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-06-09/gamers-tv-anime-to-premiere-on-july-13/.117276|url-status=live}} to September 28, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-24/gamers-tv-anime-july-premiere-12-episode-run-visual-revealed/.113837|title=Gamers! TV Anime's July Premiere, 12-Episode Run, Visual Revealed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 25, 2017|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114005113/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-24/gamers-tv-anime-july-premiere-12-episode-run-visual-revealed/.113837|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami, and Rumi Ōkubo.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamers-anime.com/news/index00120000.html|title=TVアニメ『ゲーマーズ！』OP/EDテーマ新情報公開！|publisher=gamers-anime.com|date=June 13, 2017|access-date=June 30, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305091808/https://www.gamers-anime.com/news/index00120000.html|url-status=live}} The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for episode nine and ten which is {{nihongo|"Koi no Prologue*"|恋のprologue*||"Prologue to Love"}}, both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.{{cite web|title=Gamers! TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-20/gamers-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-theme-song-artists/.116349|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 30, 2017|date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527085028/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-20/gamers-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-theme-song-artists/.116349|url-status=live}} Crunchyroll streamed the series,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-12/crunchyroll-streams-gamers-irresponsible-galaxy-tylor-nora-ikemen-sengoku-anime/.118725|title=Crunchyroll Streams Gamers!, Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor, Nora, Ikémen Sengoku Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009144122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-12/crunchyroll-streams-gamers-irresponsible-galaxy-tylor-nora-ikemen-sengoku-anime/.118725|url-status=live}} while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-13/funimation-to-simuldub-tsuredure-children-convenience-store-boy-friends-gamers-my-first-girlfriend-is-a-gal-anime/.118744|title=Funimation to Simuldub Tsuredure Children, Convenience Store Boy Friends, Gamers!, My First Girlfriend is a Gal Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813032821/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-13/funimation-to-simuldub-tsuredure-children-convenience-store-boy-friends-gamers-my-first-girlfriend-is-a-gal-anime/.118744|url-status=live}} Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Funimation Titles Now Available on Crunchyroll (4/19)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322050729/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|url-status=live}}
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| {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Keita Amano and Chapters of the Chosen | TranslitTitle = Amano Keita to Michibi Kareshisha-tachi | NativeTitle = 雨野景太と導かれし者達 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|13}} | ShortSummary = One day, Keita Amano, a high school boy who has no friends and spends time playing video games, is approached by the beautiful Karen Tendō about joining their school's Game Club. Smitten by Karen's offer, Keita is slightly disappointed that he was not the only one Karen asked to join, but ends up having fun playing FPS games with the other members. Ultimately, however, Keita decides against joining the Game Club as he prefers to play games for enjoyment instead of competition. This rejection hits pretty hard with Karen, who sadly runs off. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Tasuku Uehara and New Game + | TranslitTitle = Uehara Tasuku to Tsuyokute Nyū Gēmu | NativeTitle = 上原祐と強くてニューゲーム | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|20}} | ShortSummary = Tasuku and Keita play various arcade games. Keita leaves when Tasuku's friends appear, feeling he does not interfere with hobbies. Tasuku pursues him, revealing he puts on a front as he was bullied for being a geek in middle school. After the two come to a mutual understanding, Tasuku sees Karen in love with Keita, before accompanying Aguri. Having been dating her without a reason, Tasuku believes Aguri falls in love with him when he was a geek, changing his entire perspective for her. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Chiaki Hoshinomori and StreetPass Communication | TranslitTitle = Hoshinomori Chiaki to Surechigai Tsūshin | NativeTitle = 星ノ守千秋とすれ違い通信 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|27}} | ShortSummary = Wanting Keita to be with Karen, Tasuku encourages him to talk to Chiaki. The two manage to become friends over their similar tastes in games, but soon get into a fight over trivial gaming matters. As Tasuku tries to mediate between the two, he unknowingly causes Aguri to worry that he is making moves on Chiaki, particularly when he compliments her with short hair. Keita pursues Aguri in hopes of clearing up any confusion, but the relationship get worse when Aguri sees Tasuku and Chiaki outside. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Karen Tendo and Slump Days | TranslitTitle = Tendō Karen to Suranpu Deizu | NativeTitle = 天道花憐とスランプ・デイズ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|3}} | ShortSummary = Karen's increasing obsession over Keita starts to have a serious effect on her life and ability. On the weekend, Karen invites Keita to the arcade and challenges him to a battle of coin games. Surprised to find that Keita cares about winning sometimes, Karen finds comfort in his belief that playing to win and having fun need not be separate things. Despite becoming motivated by Keita's words, Karen becomes worse at video games. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Aguri and Communication Error | TranslitTitle = Aguri to Tsūshin Erā | NativeTitle = 亜玖璃と通信エラー | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|10}} | ShortSummary = While Keita is with Aguri, Tasuku discovers that Chiaki is both Mono, Keita's online friend from his social game, and Nobe, the developer behind some of his favorite freeware games, leading to the moment where Aguri makes her misunderstanding. Feeling Keita and Chiaki will make up with each other, Tasuku creates a Gamers' Meet Up Club and invite Karen. Despite a discussion about the games Chiaki is developing, the misunderstandings involving them and Aguri only seem to increase. Tasuku tries to convince Keita that he is made more progress with Karen than he thinks he has, but winds up giving Chiaki yet another misunderstanding. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Gamers and Wipeout "Game Over" | TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā | NativeTitle = ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|17}} | ShortSummary = Keita and Aguri discover Tasuku and Chiaki, missing the first part of their conversation and assuming Tasuku is cheating on her. Aguri and Tasuku encourage Keita and Karen to become friends, with Tasuku setting things up so that many students will bear witness to his request. In the run-up to the event, Tasuku, Aguri, and Chiaki, had wild assumptions of what the reactions of each other can entail in their terms, while Karen assumes that Keita prepares to reject her. However, Keita completes a dating sim the previous night, and inadvertently blurts out a love confession taken from the game, which Karen accepts. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Keita Amano and Karen's Best Entertainment | TranslitTitle = Amano Keita to Tendō Karen no Saikō no Goraku | NativeTitle = 雨野景太と天道花憐の最高の娯楽 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|24}} | ShortSummary = After the confession with Karen, Keita contemplates if he can cancel it, due to assuming she and Tasuku had a problem. Keita invites Karen on a date at the entertainment center, where they accompany Chiaki. Though Keita loses the game, he makes things enjoyable and the two had a cheerful discussion. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | NumParts = 2 | Title_1 = Erogamer and Watching Mode | TranslitTitle_1 = Erogēmā to Kansen Mōdo | NativeTitle_1 = エロゲーマーと観戦モード | Title_2 = Gamers and Half their Life Game | TranslitTitle_2 = Gēmāzu to Hansei Gēmu | NativeTitle_2 = ゲーマーズと半生ゲーム | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|31}} | ShortSummary = Konoha overhears Keita and Misumi at the game shop, taking comfort in Keita recommending an old game she has a fondness for. Keita, Karen, Chiaki, Tasuku, and Aguri play a Love Love Game of Half-Life board game, becoming more awkward as a result of the oddly specific spaces they land on. Before Tasuku and Aguri clear up some of the misunderstandings between each other, Chiaki believes Keita was her online friend and the one supporting her freeware games this entire time. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Chiaki Hoshinomori and Account Hack | TranslitTitle = Hoshinomori Chiaki to Akaunto Hakku | NativeTitle = 星ノ守千秋とアカウントハック | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|7}} | ShortSummary = Feeling conflicted about her recent revelation, Chiaki learns that Keita left the ticket last night. After heading home, Chiaki inadvertently shows Keita her computer and phone linking her to Nobe and Mono. Chiaki claims that Konoha is the one behind both of those aliases. While feeling something amiss about this reveal, Keita sees Konoha accompanying Chiaki, who receives a strange call from Tasuku that the others interpret as a confession. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Gamers and Next Stage | TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Nekusuto Sutēji | NativeTitle = ゲーマーズとネクストステージ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|14}} | ShortSummary = As Chiaki becomes nervous, Keita invites Aguri to join their Gamers' Meet Up Club to discuss the matter, but he cannot bring it up, instead he states his determination to buy a new game from his favorite series. That night, Konoha encourages Chiaki to sort out her feelings for Keita. The next day, Aguri gets dragged to an awkward meeting with her friend, Sarina, taking offense when she starts mocking her friends. Meanwhile, Karen asks Chiaki and Tasuku to accompany her as she talks about Keita seemingly liking games more than her, leading to yet another complication when Aguri sees them together. As the others manage to clear up the misunderstanding, they are surprised to find Keita prioritize coming to help Aguri over buying the game. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = Gamers and Youth Continue | TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū | NativeTitle = ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|21}} | ShortSummary = Concerned about the relationship between Keita and Aguri, Tasuku suggests to Karen that they prove their respective relationships by inviting them on a double date to an amusement park. While Keita and Aguri assume Karen and Tasuku are trying to cover up their alleged cheating, Konoha brings Chiaki there to intrude on their date. While the others explore a haunted house, Konoha sets things up for Chiaki to spend time with Keita. As Chiaki decides to withhold expressing her feelings, the date proves to be a success for other couples. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Gamers and Billing System Talk | TranslitTitle = Gēmāzu to Kakin Tōku | NativeTitle = ゲーマーズと課金トーク | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|28}} | ShortSummary = At the inn, Aguri questions whether video games are fun for, particularly in regards to downloadable content. While the argument apparently confuses her further, Keita's fondness for the game his parents bought for him helps her understand it a little. }} |
Reception
The light novel ranked seventh in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-2017-series-ranking/.109073|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2017's Series Ranking|date=November 23, 2016|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 13, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802000738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-2017-series-ranking/.109073|url-status=live}} It ranked eighth in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking/.124444|title=Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018 Series Ranking|date=November 24, 2017|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 13, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214143824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-24/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking/.124444|url-status=live}} The anime ranked fourth in popularity on Crunchyroll in summer 2017, an unheard of ranking for a show that was a short-running Shonen Action series.
See also
- Student Council's Discretion - Another light novel series with the same creator
Works cited
- {{note|LN|}} "LN" is shortened form for light novel and refers to a volume in the Gamers! light novels.
- {{note|Chapter|}} "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the collected Gamers! manga
- {{note|Episode|}} "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Gamers! anime
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201503gamers/|Gamers!}} at Fujimi Shobo {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|http://www.gamers-anime.com/|Anime official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
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