Gamers!

Japanese light novel series

Gamers!

First light novel volume cover

ゲーマーズ!
(Gēmāzu!)
Genre| Romantic comedy[1]
Light novel
Written by| Sekina Aoi
Illustrated by| Saboten
Published by| Fujimi Shobo
Imprint| Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Original run| March 20, 2015 – October 19, 2019
Volumes| 12 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by| Sekina Aoi
Illustrated by| Tsubasa Takahashi
Published by| Fujimi Shobo
Magazine| Shōnen Ace
Original run| 2016 – 2019
Volumes| 7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by| Manabu Okamoto
Produced by| Mitsutoshi Ogura
Tatsuya Suguri
Tsuyoshi Sōda
Takema Okamura
Hirotaka Kaneko
Tomoyuki Ohwada
Katsumi Kikumasa
Kazuhiro Kanemitsu
Written by| Hiroki Uchida
Music by| Yoshiaki Dewa
Studio| Pine Jam
Licensed by| Crunchyroll
Original network| AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11
Original run|  July 13, 2017  –  September 28, 2017
Episodes| 12 (List of episodes)
Anime and manga portal

Gamers! (Japanese: ゲーマーズ!, Hepburn: Gēmāzu!) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Sekina Aoi and illustrated by Saboten. Fujimi Shobo published twelve volumes from March 2015 to October 2019, under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation produced by Pine Jam aired from July to September 2017.

## Plot

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Keita Amano, a high school student and gamer, meets the beautiful school idol Karen Tendō, who invites him to the school's Gaming Club. After finding it is centered around competitive gaming, he declines her offer. This rejection sets off a chain of events in the lives of Keita and his friends, in matters of video games, romance, and misunderstandings along the way.

## Characters

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In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters.

### Main characters

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Keita Amano (雨野 景太, Amano Keita)
Voiced by: Megumi Han[2] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis (English)[3]
A second-year high school boy and video game player. He plays a handheld console or mobile. He considers Karen Tendo to be the perfect girl, but declines her invitation to join the Game Club, because he prefers to play games for fun and not competitively. As a result, he has nearly every video game but not high scorer, but manages to have great insight into them. Keita often thinks of himself as unworthy to Karen (oblivious to their relationship) and initially would prefer to merely be her friend but is encouraged by Tasuku to accompany Karen by asking her out.LN 1 In later episodes, he likes to compete and win. He uses two online usernames, Tsucchi and Yama, both of which are based on his mother's maiden name Tsuchiyama. He is a big fan of independent game designer "Nobe", and teams up with online player Mono.Ep. 3 He is selfish, when it comes to his opinions on games, accompanying Chiaki Hoshinomori regularly over the use of moe characters and other things, even though the two are very much alike.Ep. 3, 5 In the light novel, Keita has a younger brother.LN 1
Karen Tendo (天道 花憐, Tendō Karen)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[2][a] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)[3]
The most beautiful girl and the president of the school's Game Club. She has long blond hair and green eyes.[b] She excels in school from look, and popularity to sports and academics.LN 1Ep. 1 She attended the school because of the club's prestige, but its senior members had left, so she took it upon herself to revive the club, and she recruits members as she does not want it to be filled with guys who are only interested in asking her out.LN 1 At the beginning of the series, she invites Keita to join the club, and becomes upset when he declines her offer, having not faced rejection before in her life. This results in Karen stalking Keita to try and convince him to change his mind, but she develops a crush on him because he stands up to Tasuku in defending her and the club.LN 1 Following her newfound infatuation, her entire daily routine crumbles apart and she keeps thinking about him.Ep. 4 For a time, she mistakenly believes Keita and Chiaki are a couple.Ep. 3–5 In the anime series, Karen and Keita became friends.Ep. 6-7 Karen is extremely competitive, often turning the most mundane of activities into some kind of competition. However, she learns to loosen up and live more casually through Keita.
Chiaki Hoshinomori (星ノ守 千秋, Hoshinomori Chiaki)
Voiced by: Manaka Iwami[2] (Japanese); Marissa Lenti (English)[5]
A shy and quiet girl in Karen's class. She has long seaweed hair and purple eyes. She enjoys playing handheld and phone games like Keita, leading Tasuku to try and set them up so he can pair Keita with Karen. At first, Chiaki and Keita get along, because they agree on many things about video games. However, they became rivals over their opinions on putting moe characters on each games. She takes Tasuku's advice on improving her appearance, and cuts her hair, inadvertently making her seen as attractive by the student body, but her increased interactions with Tasuku make Aguri jealous.Ep. 3 She is Keita's online friend "Mono" and his favorite indie game developer "Nobe", although both Chiaki and Keita are unaware of each other's online personas.Ep. 5 She is shocked when Keita reveals his gaming usernames to the group, and begins to develop feelings for him.Ep. 8
Tasuku Uehara (上原 祐, Uehara Tasuku)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga[2] (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English)[3]
Keita's classmate and a good-looking outgoing guy. He is an occasional gamer and is skilled at arcade games. A former gamer nerd in middle school, he changed his appearance and attitude when he entered high school to avoid being stigmatized, yet feels drawn to be involved in Keita and his situation with Karen he is willing to help Keita progress in his social life, seeing himself in Keita.LN 1 He is quite proud he has a cute girlfriend Aguri, but later learns she had liked him when he was a nerd.Ep. 2 Tasuku is the first to make the connection between Keita and Chiaki's gaming personas, and tries to pair the two together as friends, while Keita makes a relationship with Karen. However, he creates a Gamers Meet-Up Club with all parties involved, his efforts, and increasing interactions with Chiaki and Karen, lead to their misunderstandings.Ep. 5
Aguri Sakurano (桜野 亜玖璃, Sakurano Aguri)
Voiced by: Rumi Okubo[2] (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)[3]
Tasuku's girlfriend. In the anime, she is a petite girl with pink hair and purple eyes. Unlike other characters, she does not play video games outside of claw machine games, which she frequently has Tasuku take part in so her can get her prizes, as he is far more skilled than she is. She fell in love with Tasuku, after getting a plushie doll from him at middle school, and she changed her appearance in order to get near him.Ep. 2 She becomes upset at Tasuku for accompanying Chiaki, but allies with Keita to help him relate better with Karen. The two end up becoming each other's confidante over their relationship troubles, only for their interactions to have their misunderstandings.

### Supporting characters

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Eiichi Misumi (三角 瑛一, Misumi Eiichi)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); Howard Wang (English)[3]
Karen's classmate with a short black hair. He joins the Game Club at the start of the series. His specialty is in arcade puzzle video games, but he adapts to learning new ones and growing skills based on observing how others play. He says that he got into gaming, because he had amnesia when he was young and playing block puzzles gives him a link to his past.Ep. 1 In the final episode of the anime series, he has an adoptive sister Riki.Ep. 12
Gakuto Kase (加瀬 岳人, Kase Gakuto)
Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English)[3]
A third-year student and a member of the Game Club. He gets serious when playing a first-person shooter game. He took up gaming because his father was a mercenary who trained him in the family business when he was a child.Ep. 1
Niina Oiso (大磯 新那, Ōiso Niina)
Voiced by: Yuna Yoshino (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English)[5]
A third-year member of the Game Club who specializes in fighting games. Karen considers her the sexy big sister type. She has long brown hair and eyes. She does not talk to people, while playing. Karen said she got into gaming in order to win her friend back by trying to defeat her in the game.Ep. 1
Konoha Hoshinomori (星ノ守 心春, Hoshinomori Konoha)
Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)[5]
Chiaki's younger sister. She is envious of Karen's popularity and is somewhat happy that she cannot compete with her by going to a different school, where she could become a student council president. She secretly enjoys adult games and revels in being in the company of girls.Ep. 8 When Keita accidentally sees the names for "Mono" and "Nobe", it is revealed that Konoha had made them.Ep. 9 She helps Chiaki make friends with Keita.

## Media

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### Light novel

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Sekina Aoi published the series in 2015 through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko with illustrations by Saboten. Twelve volumes were released from March 20, 2015 to October 19, 2019.[6]

No. | Title  | Japanese release date  | Japanese ISBN

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1| Keita Amano and Youth Continue
Amano Keita to Seishun Kontinyū (雨野景太と青春コンティニュー)| March 20, 2015[7]| 978-4-04-070533-0
2| Karen Tendou and Surprise Happy End
Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Happī Endo (天道花憐と不意打ちハッピーエンド)| July 18, 2015[8]| 978-4-04-070534-7
3| Chiaki Hoshinomori and New Game of First Love
Hoshinomori Chiaki to Hatsukoi Nyū Gēmu (星ノ守千秋と初恋ニューゲーム)| November 20, 2015[9]| 978-4-04-070753-2
4| Aguri and Unconscious Critical
Aguri to Mujikaku Kuritikaru (亜玖璃と無自覚クリティカル)| March 19, 2016[10]| 978-4-04-070754-9
5| Gamers and Annihilated Game Over
Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā (ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー)| July 20, 2016[11]| 978-4-04-070969-7
6| The Lonely Gamer and Love Confession Chain Combo
Bocchi Gēmā to Kokuhaku Chein Konbo (ぼっちゲーマーと告白チェインコンボ)| November 19, 2016[12]| 978-4-04-070970-3
7| Gamers and Kiss of Dead End
Gēmāzu to Kuchizuke Deddo Endo (ゲーマーズと口づけデッドエンド)| March 18, 2017[13]| 978-4-04-070971-0
8| Konoha Hoshinomori and Reversal Back Attack
Hoshinomori Konoha to Gyakuten Bakku Atakku (星ノ守心春と逆転バックアタック)| July 20, 2017[14]| 978-4-04-072369-3
9| Keita Amano and Youth Skills Reset
Amano Keita to Seishun Sukiru Risetto (雨野景太と青春スキルリセット)| January 20, 2018[15]| 978-4-04-072370-9
10| Karen Tendou and Surprise Update
Tendō Karen to Fuiuchi Appudēto (天道花憐と不意打ちアップデート)| May 19, 2018[16]| 978-4-04-072371-6
11| Gamers and First Love Multi End
Gēmāzu to Hatsukoi Maruchi Endo (ゲーマーズと初恋マルチエンド)| October 20, 2018[17]| 978-4-04-072900-8
12| Gamers and Youth Continue
Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū (ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー)| October 19, 2019[18]| 978-4-04-072901-5

### Manga

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A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Shōnen Ace from October 2016 to September 2019.[19] The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019.

No. | Release date  | ISBN

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1|  March 23, 2017[20]| 978-4-04-105446-8
2|  June 26, 2017[21]| 978-4-04-105771-1
3|  November 25, 2017[22]| 978-4-04-106308-8
4|  March 26, 2018[23]| 978-4-04-106717-8
5|  September 25, 2018[24]| 978-4-04-107363-6
6|  February 25, 2019[25]| 978-4-04-107816-7
7|  October 26, 2019[26]| 978-4-04-107817-4

### Anime

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An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced.[27][28] It aired in Japan from July 13[29] to September 28, 2017.[1] The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami, and Rumi Ōkubo.[30] The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for episode nine and ten which is "Koi no Prologue*" (恋のprologue*; "Prologue to Love"), both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆.[2] Crunchyroll streamed the series,[31] while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub.[32][3] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[33]

No.| Title [c]| Original release date [34]

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1| "Keita Amano and Chapters of the Chosen"
Transliteration: "Amano Keita to Michibi Kareshisha-tachi" (Japanese: 雨野景太と導かれし者達)| July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)

One day, Keita Amano, a high school boy who has no friends and spends time playing video games, is approached by the beautiful Karen Tendō about joining their school's Game Club. Smitten by Karen's offer, Keita is slightly disappointed that he was not the only one Karen asked to join, but ends up having fun playing FPS games with the other players. Ultimately, however, Keita decides against joining the Game Club as he prefers to play games for enjoyment instead of competition. This rejection hits pretty hard with Karen, who sadly runs off.

2| "Tasuku Uehara and New Game +"
Transliteration: "Uehara Tasuku to Tsuyokute Nyū Gēmu" (Japanese: 上原祐と強くてニューゲーム)| July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)

Tasuku and Keita play various arcade games. Keita leaves when Tasuku's friends appear, feeling he does not interfere with hobbies. Tasuku pursues him, revealing he puts on a front as he was bullied for being a geek in middle school. After the two come to a mutual understanding, Tasuku sees Karen in love with Keita, before accompanying Aguri. Having been dating her without a reason, Tasuku believes Aguri falls in love with him when he was a geek, changing his entire perspective for her.

3| "Chiaki Hoshinomori and StreetPass Communication"
Transliteration: "Hoshinomori Chiaki to Surechigai Tsūshin" (Japanese: 星ノ守千秋とすれ違い通信)| July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)

Wanting Keita to be with Karen, Tasuku encourages him to talk to Chiaki. The two manage to become friends over their similar tastes in games, but soon get into a fight over trivial gaming matters. As Tasuku tries to mediate between the two, he unknowingly causes Aguri to worry that he is making moves on Chiaki, particularly when he compliments her with short hair. Keita pursues Aguri in hopes of clearing up any confusion, but the relationship get worse when Aguri sees Tasuku and Chiaki outside.

4| "Karen Tendo and Slump Days"
Transliteration: "Tendō Karen to Suranpu Deizu" (Japanese: 天道花憐とスランプ・デイズ)| August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)

Karen's increasing obsession over Keita starts to have a serious effect on her life and ability. On the weekend, Karen invites Keita to the arcade and challenges him to a battle of coin games. Surprised to find that Keita cares about winning sometimes, Karen finds comfort in his belief that playing to win and having fun need not be separate things. Despite becoming motivated by Keita's words, Karen becomes worse at video games.

5| "Aguri and Communication Error"
Transliteration: "Aguri to Tsūshin Erā" (Japanese: 亜玖璃と通信エラー)| August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)

While Keita is with Aguri, Tasuku discovers that Chiaki is both Mono, Keita's online friend from his social game, and Nobe, the developer behind some of his favorite freeware games, leading to the moment where Aguri makes her misunderstanding. Feeling Keita and Chiaki will make up with each other, Tasuku creates a Gamers' Meet Up Club and invite Karen. Despite a discussion about the games Chiaki is developing, the misunderstandings involving them and Aguri only seem to increase. Tasuku tries to convince Keita that he is made more progress with Karen than he thinks he has, but winds up giving Chiaki yet another misunderstanding.

6| "Gamers and Wipeout "Game Over""
Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Zenmetsu Gēmu Ōbā" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと全滅ゲームオーバー)| August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)

Keita and Aguri discover Tasuku and Chiaki, missing the first part of their conversation and assuming Tasuku is cheating on her. Aguri and Tasuku encourage Keita and Karen to become friends, with Tasuku setting things up so that many students will bear witness to his request. In the run-up to the event, Tasuku, Aguri, and Chiaki, had wild assumptions of what the reactions of each other can entail in their terms, while Karen assumes that Keita prepares to reject her. However, Keita completes a dating sim the previous night, and inadvertently blurts out a love confession taken from the game, which Karen accepts.

7| "Keita Amano and Karen's Best Entertainment"
Transliteration: "Amano Keita to Tendō Karen no Saikō no Goraku" (Japanese: 雨野景太と天道花憐の最高の娯楽)| August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)

After the confession with Karen, Keita contemplates if he can cancel it, due to assuming she and Tasuku had a problem. Keita invites Karen on a date at the entertainment center, where they accompany Chiaki. Though Keita loses the game, he makes things enjoyable and the two had a cheerful discussion.

8| "Erogamer and Watching Mode"
Transliteration: "Erogēmā to Kansen Mōdo" (Japanese: エロゲーマーと観戦モード)| August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31)
"Gamers and Half their Life Game"
Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Hansei Gēmu" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと半生ゲーム)

Konoha overhears Keita and Misumi at the game shop, taking comfort in Keita recommending an old game she has a fondness for. Keita, Karen, Chiaki, Tasuku, and Aguri play a Love Love Game of Half-Life board game, becoming more awkward as a result of the oddly specific spaces they land on. Before Tasuku and Aguri clear up some of the misunderstandings between each other, Chiaki believes Keita was her online friend and the one supporting her freeware games this entire time.

9| "Chiaki Hoshinomori and Account Hack"
Transliteration: "Hoshinomori Chiaki to Akaunto Hakku" (Japanese: 星ノ守千秋とアカウントハック)| September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07)

Feeling conflicted about her recent revelation, Chiaki learns that Keita left the ticket last night. After heading home, Chiaki inadvertently shows Keita her computer and phone linking her to Nobe and Mono. Chiaki claims that Konoha is the one behind both of those aliases. While feeling something amiss about this reveal, Keita sees Konoha accompanying Chiaki, who receives a strange call from Tasuku that the others interpret as a confession.

10| "Gamers and Next Stage"
Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Nekusuto Sutēji" (Japanese: ゲーマーズとネクストステージ)| September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)

As Chiaki becomes nervous, Keita invites Aguri to join their Gamers' Meet Up Club to discuss the matter, but he cannot bring it up, instead he states his determination to buy a new game from his favorite series. That night, Konoha encourages Chiaki to sort out her feelings for Keita. The next day, Aguri gets dragged to an awkward meeting with her friend, Sarina, taking offense when she starts mocking her friends. Meanwhile, Karen asks Chiaki and Tasuku to accompany her as she talks about Keita seemingly liking games more than her, leading to yet another complication when Aguri sees them together. As the others manage to clear up the misunderstanding, they are surprised to find Keita prioritize coming to help Aguri over buying the game.

11| "Gamers and Youth Continue"
Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Seishun Kontinyū" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと青春コンティニュー)| September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)

Concerned about the relationship between Keita and Aguri, Tasuku suggests to Karen that they prove their respective relationships by inviting them on a double date to an amusement park. While Keita and Aguri assume Karen and Tasuku are trying to cover up their alleged cheating, Konoha brings Chiaki there to intrude on their date. While the others explore a haunted house, Konoha sets things up for Chiaki to spend time with Keita. As Chiaki decides to withhold expressing her feelings, the date proves to be a success for other couples.

12| "Gamers and Billing System Talk"
Transliteration: "Gēmāzu to Kakin Tōku" (Japanese: ゲーマーズと課金トーク)| September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)

At the inn, Aguri questions whether video games are fun for, particularly in regards to downloadable content. While the argument apparently confuses her further, Keita's fondness for the game his parents bought for him helps her understand it a little.

## Reception

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The light novel ranked seventh in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the bunkobon category.[35] It ranked eighth in 2018.[36] The anime ranked fourth in popularity on Crunchyroll in summer 2017, an unheard of ranking for a show that was a short-running Shonen Action series.

## See also

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* Student Council's Discretion \- Another light novel series with the same creator

## Works cited

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* ^ "LN" is shortened form for light novel and refers to a volume in the Gamers! light novels.
* ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the collected Gamers! manga
* ^ "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Gamers! anime

## Notes

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1. ^ Risa Taneda voiced Karen Tendo in a 2015 television commercial[4]
2. ^ Keita describes Karen's eyes as light blue in the first novel, although the cover suggests they are more aquaLN 1 while the manga and anime list her eye color as green.Ch. 1Ep. 1
3. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

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## External links

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* Gamers! at Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese)
* Anime official website (in Japanese)
* Gamers! (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Current|

* Sgt. Frog (1999)
* Nichijou (2006)
* Upotte!! (2011)
* Hyouka (2012)
* Haruchika (2015)
* My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (2015)
* Isekai Cheat Magician (2016)
* Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2017)
* Banished from the Hero's Party (2018)
* Kemono Friends 2 (2019)
* Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter (2019) †
* To Another World... with Land Mines! (2019) †
* Sasaki and Peeps (2021) †
* Isekai Shokudō ~Yōshoku no Nekoya~ (2021)
* I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class (2021) †
* Days with My Stepsister (2021) †
* My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won't Leave Me Alone! (2021) †
* An Introvert's Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels for Me! (2022) †
* Bungo Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer (2025)
* Kochira, Shūmatsu Teitai Iinkai (2025) †

1990s|

* B't X (1994)
* Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (1994)
* Macross 7: Trash (1994)
* The Vision of Escaflowne (1994)
* Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
* Eden's Bowy (1996)
* Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (1997)
* Brain Powerd (1998)
* Angelic Layer (1999)
* The World of Narue (1999)
* Kerberos Panzer Cop (1999)

2000s|

* Brigadoon (2000)
* Ghost Talker's Daydream (2000)
* Anne Freaks (2000)
* Sword of the Dark Ones (2000)
* Girls Bravo (2000)
* Guardian Hearts (2001)
* The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (2002)
* Bio Booster Armor Guyver (2002)
* Melody of Oblivion (2002)
* Grenadier (2002)
* Steel Angel Kurumi (2002)
* Kiddy Grade (2002)
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R (2002)
* Kamiyadori (2003)
* Welcome to the N.H.K. (2004)
* Samurai Champloo (2004)
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2004)
* Kannazuki no Miko (2004)
* Hanako and the Terror of Allegory (2004)
* Judas (2004)
* Hibiki's Magic (2004)
* Lucky Star (2004)
* Mail (2004)
* Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (2005)
* Eureka Seven (2005)
* Canvas 2 Extra Season (2005)
* Blood+ (2005)
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2005)
* Ga-Rei (2005)
* Super Super Dai Mahō-Tōge (2005)
* Fate/stay night (2005)
* Future Diary (2006)
* Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (2006)
* Super Super Super Dai Mahō-Tōge (2006)
* Reideen (2006)
* Heaven's Lost Property (2007)
* Mushi-Uta (2007)
* Deadman Wonderland (2007)
* Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (2007)
* Ratman (2007)
* Macross Frontier (2007)
* Cloverfield/Kishin (2008)
* Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies (2008)
* Shangri-La (2009)
* Basquash! (2009)
* Baka and Test (2009)
* Junreisha no Compass (2009)
* Kamiyadori no Nagi (2009)

2010s|

* Tokyo ESP (2010)
* The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (2010)
* Tokyo Ravens (2010)
* R-15 (2010)
* Sagrada Reset (2010)
* Code Geass: Renya of Darkness (2010)
* Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi Kōkō hen Kurenai Gekkou no Seitokaishitsu (2011)
* Blood-C (2011)
* Big Order (2011)
* Chaika: The Coffin Princess (2011)
* Eureka Seven: AO (2012)
* Date A Live (2012)
* Dog & Scissors (2012)
* Beatless: Dystopia (2012)
* Red Data Girl (2012)
* The Testament of Sister New Devil (2013)
* Aiura (2013)
* Armed Girl's Machiavellism (2014)
* Plunderer (2014)
* Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor (2015)
* Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! (2015)
* Gamers! (2016)
* Kemono Michi (2016)
* Little Witch Academia (2017)
* Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko (2017)
* Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory (2017)
* KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Extra Attention to that Wonderful Fool! (2018)
* Girly Air Force (2018)
* Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. (2018)
* Higehiro (2018)
* The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me (2018) †
* Reign of the Seven Spellblades (2019)
* Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant (2019)
* The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (2019)
* Bungo Stray Dogs Beast (2019)

2020s|

* The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist (2021) †
* Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Kuroneko If (2021)
* Demon Lord 2099 (2021) †
* Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chūya, Jūgosai (2022)
* A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (2022)
* Demon Lord 2099 (2023) †

† Indicates titles published on Shōnen Ace Plus

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Television series|

* Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiidesukara (2016)
* Gamers! (2017)
* Just Because! (2017)
* Gleipnir (2020)
* Kageki Shojo!! (2021)
* Do It Yourself!! (2022)
* Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (2023)
* Paradox Live: The Animation (2023)
* 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (2024)

Original video animation|

* Hozuki's Coolheadedness (2019–2020)

Original net animation|

* Tawawa on Monday (2016)

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