Review of No Game, No Life: Zero

This review may contain spoilers. 'No Game No Life: Zero' is an anime movie portraying the historical events of Disboard. As it provides a backdrop of the world's history, it effectively fleshes out the world, enriching the viewer's experience by fulfilling holes that season 1 of 'No Game No life' has left behind. As the main focus of the story is subjugated to war with death being amongst the most influential factor of the movie, the movie's intended audience is for the much maturer audience, illustrating the adversities that war has to offer. Through many hardships, the movie attempts to illustrate a deep-moving story, showing consequences of everyaction, the harsh depiction of reality, and the little hope depicted in war. However, the story's pacing is rather rushed, some scenes that are of major importance are shortened and overloaded with information which may cause the audience to overlook some important evidence. Because this occurs frequently, the characters have a feeling of fasten development - where small events would have drastic changes to the characters persona. If you are not aware of this and skip vital information, you may find yourself confused through the story. However, the story is straight-foward, hence it is very predictable what will happen and even if vital information is lost, you should be able to gather enough information to know what is happening.

The Art is mediocore, it's definitely not as great as some movies that put attention in detail, but it's still decent having the similiar qualities of that of any regular animes. The color palette is very consistent but very limited to dark colors to depict the bad qualities of war, and perhaps to created a more old style look to the movie, however, the colour scheme is well selected, complimenting the war and therefore showcasing the seriousness the characters have when interacting in war.

Characters have similiar tropes to the characters in No Game No Life, Season 1. They are oddly familiar and have the same voice actors, which is nice as it makes the characters very relatable to the characters in season 1. Just note, they are not the same characters.

Although i have listed all these negative points, the movie is still well crafted and should be watched as it has in store, a coaster of feels ready to be splashed at you. If you enjoy No Game No Life, Season 1, definitely watch this, you won' t regret it.