Review of New Game!!

New Game is a simple slice of life anime about a girl fresh out of high school that gets a job as a 3d artist at a game company. The second season follows her career as she is given a more important role at the company. While this anime doesn't do anything especially outrageous, I don't think that is necessary for a slice of life anime. What you get is a fairly tame, cutesy anime that is very low key. If you just need something light and upbeat to watch, this anime accomplishes that very well. It's got the upbeat nature of K-On! mixed with the hustleand bustle of the life of a salaryman (or woman in this case).

Where this anime does differ from your average slice of life is the setting and age of the characters. Animes in this genre have a tendency to focus on the mundane day-to-day of school girls so it's a nice change of scenery.

The story itself tends to be unbelievable (I don't think game companies operate in the way they are depicted in this anime) but I don't think that's important. Artistic liberties were taken for the sake of making the show more interesting to watch.

There are a few ecchi moments here and there if you're into that sort of thing but they are so sparse that it isn't really something worth mentioning even.

The characters are pretty well written and even though there's a good amount of them, this anime does a decent job of giving them enough screen time and development to make them interesting.

Art and music weren't particularly mind blowing but nothing shoddy either.

Given that this is the second season of the show I thought they would have maybe used this opportunity to maybe put a bit of focus on the plot or try and have some more interesting character development, but that isn't the case. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but I think it would have given this anime a bit more life. There were times that I was kind of bored watching this season.

While this season of New Game doesn't really go crazy in any department, it's still a nice breath of fresh air for the slice of life genre. If you want something light and cutesy for easy viewing you can't go wrong here. I give it a solid 7.