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Darwin's Game S1E1 — First Game

7.5

Darwin's Game•Season 1•Episode 1

First Game

7.5/10 · 199 votesJan 4, 202048 min

Ranked #3 of 11 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

One day, high school student Kaname Sudo's average life is interrupted by the arrival of an emailed invitation to join "Darwin’s Game." Without even thinking, he opens the app, thereby becoming a player in the game. Just as Kaname begins to suspect there's more to

Directed byYoshinobu Tokumoto

Written byShu Miyama

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Cast8

Yusuke Kobayashi

Yusuke Kobayashi

Kaname (voice)

Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

Shuka (voice)

Nichika Omori

Nichika Omori

Rein (voice)

Yumiri Hanamori

Yumiri Hanamori

Sui/Souta (voice)

Taku Yashiro

Taku Yashiro

Riuuji (voice)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Wang (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Ai Kakuma

Themis (voice)

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Xuelan Liu (voice)

Crew11

Y

Yoshinobu Tokumoto

Storyboard Artist

S

Shu Miyama

Writer

D

Daichi Kitahara

Key Animation

L

Liu Huanqing

Key Animation

K

Kazuya Nakanishi

Key Animation

K

Kazuya Nakanishi

Animation Director

U

Usaku Myouchin

Key Animation

K

Koki Fukushima

Key Animation

K

Kazuya Nakanishi

Supervising Animation Director

Y

Yoshinobu Tokumoto

Director

N

Natsumi Kikuchi

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"First Game" is episode 1 of Darwin's Game season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 199 votes, ranking #3 of 11 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto and written by Shu Miyama, it aired on January 4, 2020.

Next: E2 · Gemstone Mine Best of Season 1