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New Game! (stylized as NEW GAME!) is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Shōtarō Tokunō, which was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat from January 2013 to August 2021 and is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in Japan between July and September 2016, with a second season airing between July and September 2017. A video game developed by 5pb. was released in January 2017.

Having been inspired by the character designs of a particular video game when she was younger, Aoba Suzukaze, a high school graduate, begins working as a character designer for the game's developer, Eagle Jump. As she works on modelling and designing characters for games in development, she becomes acquainted with her colleagues in the character design department, as well as those from within the company.

Aoba Suzukaze (涼風 青葉, Suzukaze Aoba)

Voiced by: Yūki Takada[2] (Japanese); Megan Shipman[3] (English)

A twintailed high school graduate who joins the Eagle Jump games company as a character designer, as they made her favorite game. Due to her small stature, she is often mistaken for a middle school student.

Aoba Suzukaze (涼風 青葉, Suzukaze Aoba)

Voiced by: Yūki Takada[2] (Japanese); Megan Shipman[3] (English)

A twintailed high school graduate who joins the Eagle Jump games company as a character designer, as they made her favorite game. Due to her small stature, she is often mistaken for a middle school student.

Kō Yagami (八神 コウ, Yagami Kō)

Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[2] (Japanese); Michelle Rojas[3] (English)

The lead character designer of Eagle Jump. She spends a lot of time at the office, often sleeping there overnight in her panties, and has a laid-back but stern attitude. She was the character designer for the game that inspired Aoba to become one herself. After two years pass in the story, she goes to work at a game company in France alongside Wako's sister.

Rin Tōyama (遠山 りん, Tōyama Rin)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano[2] (Japanese); Kristen McGuire[3] (English)

An art director and head of the background department. She is close friends with Kō and is implied to have feelings for her; thus, she tends to get jealous when others get close to her. Unlike Kō, she is organized, well maintained and also a bit shy.

Hifumi Takimoto (滝本 ひふみ, Takimoto Hifumi)

Voiced by: Megumi Yamaguchi[2] (Japanese); Jill Harris[3] (English)

A character designer. She is shy talking to others and prefers to speak via e-mail. She has a pet hedgehog named Sōjirō and secretly enjoys cosplay.

Hajime Shinoda (篠田 はじめ, Shinoda Hajime)

Voiced by: Megumi Toda[2] (Japanese); Tia Ballard[3] (English)

A motion designer who works in the character design department as there are no open seats in the animation department. She later takes on the additional role of game planner. She enjoys sentai shows and owns various prop weapons.

Yun Iijima (飯島 ゆん, Iijima Yun)

Voiced by: Ayumi Takeo[2] (Japanese); Leah Clark[3] (English)

A character designer who designs monsters and often dresses in gothic clothing. She has two younger siblings.

Nene Sakura (桜 ねね, Sakura Nene)

Voiced by: Madoka Asahina[4] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill[3] (English)

Aoba's friend from high school who is currently in university. After working a summer job as a debugger for Eagle Jump, she takes an interest in designing games herself and soon joins the company as a programmer in Umiko's department.

Umiko Ahagon (阿波根 うみこ, Ahagon Umiko)

Voiced by: Chitose Morinaga[4] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[3] (English)

A programmer who often gets annoyed when she has to fix errors and is embarrassed by her surname. She is a military fan and has several airsoft weapons in her workspace.

Shizuku Hazuki (葉月 しずく, Hazuki Shizuku)

Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[4] (Japanese); Carli Mosier[3] (English)

A game director with a strong interest in cute girls, hence why her department is entirely female. She is often told off by Umiko for sneaking from her workstation and making impulsive changes to the game design. She owns a cat named Mozuku.

Wako Christina Yamato (大和・クリスティーナ・和子, Yamato Kurisutīna Wako)

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka[5] (Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell[6] (English)

A half-French producer who works at Eagle Jump's publishing company, Houbundo. Although often having a strict appearance, she is shy around others. Her sister works at a games company in France.

Manga[edit]

The original manga by Shōtarō Tokunō began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine from January 28, 2013. Houbunsha has published thirteen tankōbon volumes since February 27, 2014.[7] The fifth volume, subtitled The Spinoff!, takes place prior to the main series and features content not included in the magazine serialization.[7] Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in North America.[8] Three comic anthologies were released from August 2016 to August 2017.[9] The series ended in Manga Time Kirara Carat's October 2021 issue on August 27, 2021