Gamers!
Gamers! 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
;Keita Amano;Karen Tendo
;Chiaki Hoshinomori
;Tasuku Uehara
;Aguri Sakurano
Supporting characters
;Eiichi Misumi;Gakuto Kase
;Niina Oiso
;Konoha Hoshinomori
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.Spin-off
Three spin-off volumes wrote by Sekina Aoi, titled Gamers! DLC, were published through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko from September 20, 2017 to March 19, 2020.Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace from October 2016 to September 2019. The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019.Anime
An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced. It aired in Japan from July 13 to September 28, 2017. The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami, and Rumi Ōkubo. The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for episode nine and ten which is "Koi no Prologue*", both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆. Crunchyroll streamed the series, while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub. After Sony acquired Crunchyroll, the dub was added to the service.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. It ranked eighth in 2018. 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.Works cited
- "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