Movies and TvShows featuring "gamer" theme.
Falling Into Your Smile is a Chinese web series that follows the story of a skilled female gamer who unexpectedly develops a romantic relationship with a smart male lead. Set in the world of esports, the show explores themes of teamwork, competition, and online gaming. As the two characters navigate their budding relationship, they also face challenges and obstacles both in and out of the virtual gaming world.
Tomozaki is a skilled video gamer who considers himself a bottom-tier character when it comes to real life. He doesn't understand social interactions and finds it difficult to connect with others. When a popular girl in his school tries to help him improve his social skills, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and romance.
Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
Lucky Star follows the daily lives of Konata Izumi and her friends, as they navigate through high school, otaku culture, and various comedic situations.
Takuma Sakamoto is an antisocial gamer and shut-in who is transported to a fantasy world as his character, the demon lord Diablo. In this new world, he must navigate social interactions and powerful enemies, all while trying to figure out a way to return home.
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? is a TV show about a group of high school boys who form a guild in an online game. However, they soon discover that one of their guildmates is actually a girl from their school. As they navigate the virtual world and their real-life relationships, they uncover the complexities of love and friendship.
In 2008, Xiao Feng is a downcast e-sports team leader who is barely keeping his team together. E-sports is in its infancy and there is little money to be earned. Xiao Feng's team is looked down upon and ridiculed, yet they insist on fighting for their dreams. In 2019, Lu Xiao Bei is a genius in the same game, a masterful player. In reality, he is a disabled young man in a wheelchair. He vowed to continue his brother's legacy to become a professional e-sports player who died in an accident before he can turn pro. Despite living 11 years apart, a cosmic glitch allowed the two to communicate first by voice chat then meeting up in-game. This formed the basis of their friendship which transcend time and ultimately saved Xiao Feng's life in 2008. This allowed the two to meet face to face in the present. They then join forces and form their own team to achieve their ultimate goal of winning the championship.
Hi Score Girl is a romantic comedy anime set in the 1990s, exploring the blossoming relationship between two teenagers through their shared passion for video games.
Kiss Me First is a TV show about a young woman named Leila who escapes from her lonely and unhappy life by immersing herself in the virtual reality game "Agnosia." Through the game, she meets a group of friends and forms a strong bond with a mysterious woman named Tess. However, when Tess goes missing in the real world, Leila must uncover the truth behind her disappearance and navigate the blurred lines between the virtual and real worlds.
When Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world. Free City is an online, open-world video game developed by Soonami Games. Its source code was stolen from an unreleased game called Life Itself, developed by Walter "Keys" McKey and Millie Rusk, and used by Soonami's head developer Antwan Hovachelik to create Free City...
Aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war and attack Earth in the form of these games. A group of unlikely heroes, including a software installer, the President of the United States, and a criminal, must use their gaming skills to save the world. They face challenges from Galaga, Centipede, Pac-Man, and more. With the help of video game characters like Donkey Kong and Q*Bert, they defeat the aliens and restore peace. Along the way, they learn the importance of teamwork and friendship.
In a futuristic world where video games are the most popular form of entertainment, a high school student named Brian D is chosen to attend Video Game High School. There, he navigates the challenges of balancing schoolwork, friendships, and love interests while training to become a professional gamer. As Brian rises through the ranks, he faces intense competition and must confront his own insecurities to prove his worth in the virtual reality tournament.
In each episode, Marco Fresco is a guest on a journey into the universe of video games since the time of their creation. Some of the most iconographic titles in the history of video games are brought back from faraway memories and remembered with stories and facts that involved them in the height of the game's popularity and the social context of the time.
A young boy named Billy Batson, who is placed in a foster home, gains the ability to transform into a superhero named Shazam. With the help of his foster brother, he must learn to use his powers and stop a powerful enemy from wreaking havoc. Along the way, Billy also searches for his long-lost mother.
Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim, is an animated series set in the world of the Dofus MMORPG. Unlike its sister series, Wakfu, there is no great overarching adventure to be had, nor any powerful villain to thwart. In fact, the central premise of the series is that all of Kerubim's adventures are already over. Instead, most episodes are about the eponymous character regaling his adopted grandson with tales about his adventures when he was younger, usually based around a trophy of some sort that he gained from it.
When a game developer gets transported into his own video game, he becomes the powerful demon lord and is challenged to conquer the virtual world to find a way back home.
Glitch Techs follows the adventures of a group of teenage gamers who work as secret agents, tasked with battling video game glitches that have the ability to enter the real world. They must use their high-tech gear and gaming skills to track down and eliminate these glitches before they cause chaos in their town.
Lu Shuiyin (Riku Suigin in Japanese) is a master of gaming, a skill only known to his classmate Lu Lian (Riku Lin in Japanese). One day, Shuiyin receives a device from Lu Lian for a tomb raiding online game. While Shuiyin is excited to receive the device, Lian is suddenly kidnapped. Shuiyin touches the device that was left behind, pulling him inside the game and trapping him there. What is the imaginary world inside the device? What will Shuiyin find there? It is a world where two groups of people fight over the power of the gods, which originates from the tomb the mother goddess Pangu (Bango in Japanese). The two groups are the tomb raiders and the tomb protectors. The device Shuiyin received from Lian is called the Monolith, and it allows a normal gamer to go near the tomb. The tomb raiding group plans its attack by recruiting common people in the name of gaming. Shuiyin, as the final tomb protector, must fight against the raiders in order to save Lian.
Programmer Kevin Flynn has been swindled by his former colleague Ed Dillinger who stole his ideas for popular arcade games. Flynn plans to crack the system at ENCOM Corporation to prove the stolen code is his. However, the powerful artificial intelligence called the Master Control Program captures and digitizes Flynn. In the digital world, Flynn teams up with the security program TRON to escape and defeat the MCP. They confront the MCP and expose Dillinger's deceit, leading to Flynn taking his place.
Delve into the world of video game box art with the artists responsible for some of gaming’s most iconic images ever created. Hear about the creation process, discover easter eggs hidden in plain sight, see alternate cover art options, and learn how the gaming industry evolved from infancy until now. Welcome to Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers.