Comedy · Slice of life

New Game!

PlayStation exclusive

Japanese manga series

Released: —
Platforms: PlayStation Vita
Genres: Comedy Slice of life
Developers: —
Publishers: Manga Time KR Comics
Country: Japan

About

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.

The series is set in Tokyo's Suginami Ward and follows 19-year-old Japanese game developer Aoba Suzukaze and her acquaintances on their adventures through the ups and downs of game development, from making the perfect character design to fixing all the errors that inevitably accumulate in the process.

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Story

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 Eagle Jump, the video game's developer. As she works on modelling and designing characters for video games in development, she becomes acquainted with her female colleagues in the character design department, as well as those from within the company.