“Aoba joins Eagle Jump to design characters for Fairies Story 3, navigating game development with quirky colleagues.”
New Game!
NEW GAME!
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Synopsis
Aoba joins Eagle Jump to design characters for Fairies Story 3, navigating game development with quirky colleagues.
Since childhood, Aoba Suzukaze has loved the Fairies Story game series, particularly the character designs. So when she graduates from high school, it is no surprise that she applies to work at Eagle Jump, the company responsible for making her favorite video game. On her first day, she is excited to learn that she will be working on a new installment to the series: Fairies Story 3—and even more so under Kou Yagami, the lead character designer. In their department are people who share the same passion for games. There is Yun Iijima, whose specialty is designing monsters; the shy Hifumi Takimoto, who prefers to communicate through instant messaging; Hajime Shinoda, an animation team member with an impressive figurine collection; Rin Tooyama, the orderly art director; Shizuku Hazuki, the game director who brings her cat to work; and Umiko Ahagon, the short-tempered head programmer. New Game! follows Aoba and the others on their adventure through the ups and downs of game making, from making the perfect character design to fixing all the errors that will inevitably accumulate in the process.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 77 sampled reviews
What 77 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.57 · some divergence
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.8
↑ 1.57
Running avg · Sep 2016 → May 2025
- 9 “A delightful, consistently fun ride where every episode delivers its own brand of goofy humor and the quirky cast charms in their own unique ways. While it won’t revolutionize the medium, the...”
- 8 “I fully enjoyed this. Not only was the art and character design cute, but the subject matter was cool and interesting. I enjoyed seeing the game development progress and the end was a satisfying...”
- 10 “Ok, where do I even start? I became a softie for Moe and I was SO happy when I found this. This show is adorable! I learned a few things as well. It portrays part of what the game developing...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2016 – Sep 2016 Summer 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-10817 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
- Movic Producer
- AT-X Producer
- Delfi Sound Producer
- Sony Music Communications Producer
- Houbunsha Producer
- MAGES. Producer
- Lawson Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor