No Game, No Life: Zero - Blu-Ray

Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro arrived in Disboard, the world was a very different place. Black rain falls from the sky. Sixteen powerful races wage a ceaseless war of annihilation against each other, and humanity — with no magic, no special abilities, and no advantages — survives by hiding, running, and dying in the crossfire. Riku is a young man who refuses to accept extinction. With a small group of surviving humans hidden underground, he carries the weight of a plan so extreme that he cannot share it with anyone — a plan that requires him to remain human, to keep feeling, to not break, when everything around him should break anyone. In a dead city he finds Schwi: an android of the Elf-Like race called Ex Machina, exiled by her own kind for a processing error that made her want to understand what humans call a heart. Riku agrees to teach her. Schwi agrees to help him survive. The film that follows is a war epic and a love story in roughly equal measure, and it ends the way the world of Disboard had to begin.

No Game, No Life: 0 is the 105-minute theatrical film prequel to the No Game, No Life television series — set 6,000 years before the events of the TV series and depicting the ancient war that led to the creation of the Ten Pledges governing Disboard. It was directed by Atsuko Ishizuka — who also directed the TV series and A Place Further Than the Universe — written by Jukki Hanada, scored by Yoshiaki Fujisawa, produced by Madhouse, and released in Japan on July 15, 2017. The film earned ¥700 million at the Japanese box office.

Sentai Filmworks released the film in North America on August 28, 2018 in a standard Blu-ray, a standard DVD, and this Premium Box Set — a chipboard box with holographic light blue finish housing the Blu-ray + DVD alongside a 76-page art booklet and a large sticker.

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Atsuko Ishizuka (No Game No Life TV series, A Place Further Than the Universe)
Screenplay: Jukki Hanada 
Original Light Novel: Yuu Kamiya (No Game No Life; English license: Yen Press)
Studio: Madhouse
Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa 
Theme Song: "There Is a Reason" by Konomi Suzuki

Japanese Cast:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Riku
- Ai Kayano as Schwi
- Yoko Hikasa as Couronne
- Yukari Tamura as Tet
- Yuka Iguchi as Til
- Mamiko Noto as Jibril (present-day framing)

English Dub Cast (Sentai Filmworks):
- Greg Ayres as Riku
- Madeleine Morris as Schwi
- Luci Christian as Couronne
- Hilary Haag as Tet
- Brittney Karbowski as Til

Blu-ray / DVD Features (Sentai Filmworks Premium Box Set, August 28, 2018)

- Feature Film — 105 Minutes (Blu-ray + DVD)
- Chipboard Box with Holographic Light Blue Finish
- 76-Page Art Booklet
- Large Sticker
- Japanese Promos (x3)
- Behind the Scenes with Sentai Filmworks Staff & Cast
- English, Spanish, Japanese with English Subtitles, Japanese with Spanish Subtitles

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English & Spanish Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ ゼロ (No Game No Life: Zero)
Original Japanese Release: July 15, 2017 (theatrical)
Runtime: 105 Minutes
Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
Blu-ray + DVD Release Year: 2018 (U.S. Premium Box Set, August 28 — Sentai Filmworks)
Publisher: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: TV-MA
Region: Region A / Region 1 (North America)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Themes: Ancient War, Godlike Beings, Magic, Other World, Isekai

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.

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