All we can do at the moment is speculate. Whether if Kamiya did trace other people’s work, use them as references or pure coincidences, has yet to be seen. There has been no official response from Yuu Kamiya or Media Factory, the publisher of the No Game No Life light novels. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister, become the “Saviors of Humanity” on this alternate world? “Well, let’s start playing.” Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. There, God has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where “everything is decided by games”-even national borders. These two gamers even consider the real world as just another “crappy game.” One day, they are summoned by a boy named “God” to an alternate world. The story of No Game, No Life centers around Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends all over the Internet. It was animated by Madhouse ( Death Note, Hunter x Hunter) and directed by Atsuko Ishizuka ( Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo).
#Anime no life no game series#
An anime adaptation of the series was produced earlier this year. The series received a manga adaptation last year from Kamiya and Mashiro Hiiragi, where it is currently running in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine. The series began in 2012 in Media Factory’s MF Bunko J imprint and to date a total of 6 volumes have been released. No Game No Life is a light novel series written and illustrated by Yuu Kamiya. Kamiya’s illustration is on the bottom in the first image. Here is one such example of a comparison, which is one of the more similar comparisons of the bunch. Even then, many artists do trace/reference other arts, but the distinction is that Kamiya is using it for commercial value for the No Game No Life series.
![anime no life no game anime no life no game](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51q-yERbhIL._AC_SY580_.jpg)
Kamiya himself could have used these images as a reference, rather than deliberate tracing. Many of the illustrations cited do share similarities, though only with the same poses. The Twitter user, rotiflride, has compiled many comparison images of various No Game No Life illustrations that Yuu Kamiya has produced alongside the supposed original image where Kamiya has allegedly traced over.
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Recently, a Twitter account has been created that claims that the creator and artist of the No Game No Life light novels, Yuu Kamiya, has been tracing over other people’s works from Pixiv and other various sites for his illustrations for No Game No Life. In the art and entertainment industry copying other people’s work without their permission is generally frowned upon and can lead to disastrous effects if caught.