Movies and TvShows featuring "strategy-game" theme.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is an exciting TV show that follows the adventures of Yugi Muto, a high school student who becomes the King of Games through a popular card game called Duel Monsters. Yugi and his friends must navigate through various challenges, battles, and mysteries as they seek to become the greatest duelists in the world.
The hottest battle is about to begin! While attending Tensei Academy, Hiro Ryugasaki ends up acquiring a mysterious smartphone. It comes installed with the popular card game, Shadowverse! Meeting new rivals, facing major tournaments, forging bonds with friends... Shadowverse leads Hiro to all sorts of new experiences, all that serve to "evolve" him...
March Comes in Like a Lion follows the story of Rei Kiriyama, a young professional shogi player who battles with feelings of depression. As he navigates his career in the competitive world of shogi, he also finds solace in the Kawamoto sisters who become like a surrogate family to him. The series explores themes of family, competition, and self-discovery.
Kaiji is a down-on-his-luck gambler who gets caught up in a dangerous game of high-stakes gambling organized by loan sharks. As he navigates through deadly challenges, Kaiji must use his wits and gambling skills to stay alive and outwit his ruthless opponents.
It is the year 2030, and the stage is the capital of Japan, Chou-Tokyo. Through "Buddyfight", humans have started cultural interactions with residents from other worlds called "Affinity Dimensions". Buddyfight is a game with selected humans as the "Buddyfighter", and residents from the other world as the partner (known as "Buddy Monster"). These battles have high significance and sometimes it is even used to decide the fate of a nation, and naturally there are those who seek to use the Buddy Monsters for evil purposes.
12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.
The story is about a teenage boy who happens to be a shougi master. One day, a nine-year-old girl turns up at his house, requesting to be taken as his disciple. From there, all kinds of wacky hijinks ensue.
No Game No Life follows the story of Sora and Shiro, two genius gamers who are transported to a fantasy world where everything is decided by games. With their unbeatable gaming skills, the siblings aim to conquer the world and challenge the God of Games.
Akagi is a young gambler who is known for his incredible skills in playing mahjong. He becomes involved in high-stakes games and soon becomes a professional mahjong player. Set in post-war Japan, Akagi faces numerous challenges and opponents as he strives to prove himself as the ultimate mahjong player.
D-Frag! is a comedy anime series that follows the story of Kazama Kenji, a tough and delinquent high-school student who is forced to join the Game Development Club after a misunderstanding. He becomes surrounded by a group of eccentric and unique club members, each with their own quirky personalities and interests. Together, they embark on hilarious and bizarre adventures that involve games, rivalries, and plenty of comedic moments.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers is an action-packed TV show that follows Dan and his friends as they encounter powerful creatures called Bakugan. Together, they must use their skills and strategies to defend the Bakugan dimension from evil forces.
Aichi Sendou is a timid third-year middle school student who has always lived his life looking backwards rather than forward. However, he has a card called "Blaster Blade" that was given to him when he was little, which is the sole thing that sustains him. Then Toshiki Kai, a cool-hearted high schooler, introduces Aichi to a card game called "Vanguard". When participants battle they picture they are on a planet called "Clay", and since Vanguard features a never before seen game system it has become popular around the world. Aichi immediately likes Vanguard, so he begins to play it with his friends Misaki Togura and Kamui Katsuragi, and others like his new rival Kai (who is one of the best Vanguard players). Aichi plays every day and he strives with all his soul and heart to play better, so when he battles Kai, Kai will recognize Aichi's worth.
In this competition of intelligence, contestants face off in games of wit and strategy to be crowned winner and go home with the ultimate prize.
Yuuichi Katagiri knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip. However, after the class' money is all collected; it's stolen. Suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends. Yuuichi Katagiri has battled financial hardships his whole life but has learned to stay content and positive thanks to his close circle of friends. To keep a promise he made to them, Yuuichi saves up enough money to join them on the school trip. But when the gathered money mysteriously goes missing, suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends: Shiho Sawaragi and Makoto Shibe, who were in charge of collecting the payments. Although innocent, Shiho and Makoto take responsibility for the failure to protect the money when no one else comes forward. A few days later, Yuuichi and his friends receive mysterious letters which trick each of them into meeting up. Upon arrival, they are ambushed and knocked unconscious. They wake up in a mysterious room in the presence of 'Manabu-kun,' a character from a controversial children's show that stopped airing due to its malicious content. He informs the group that one of them indirectly gathered them together in order to settle a large debt. They are to play a 'friendship game': a series of games that will test the strength of their bond and trust in each other. As the group's faith wavers due to the growing number of secrets and betrayals, Yuuichi must figure out who of his 'friends' he can actually trust and ultimately discover the identity of the traitor.
The anime centers around a boy named Kouta Kouka (Kouka Kouta in Japanese name order, an apparent wordplay on Coca-Cola). Kouta strives to be the world's best Bottle King at the Bottle Battles in the virtual Drink World. He comes across his Bottleman partner Colamaru and then wages battles with various rivals.
LIAR GAME is a suspenseful TV show about a genius ex-convict who gets involved in a game of lies and deception. With the opportunity to win 100 million yen, the participants must use their wits to outsmart each other and survive the mind games of a secret organization. Betrayal, friendship, and psychological manipulation are at the core of this gripping drama set in Japan.
Ayumu just fell in love at first sight with Urushi and joined the illegitimate Shogi Club! But Ayumu has vowed not to confess his feelings until he can best Urushi, and he has a long way to go before he can stand up to her strategic brilliance.
In a world of idle gods, humans are forced into brain challenges with them. With three defeats, gods lose their right to challenge, while 10 victories spell human triumph. Fay, determined to achieve the impossible, enters the ultimate test of wits against the gods. Will he defy divinity, or is he just another loss in the making?
In Big Money City, players participate in "Hero Battles" using Bankfon Gs, which allows them to rent powerful hero suits and fight battles against other players, receiving power boosts from the system's public domain feature. Kaito Goushou, a young elementary school student who is always eager to help others, ends up hastily signing a contract to rent the powerful unlisted hero suit, "Enter the Gold," from a mysteriously seedy priest named Sennen; however, he soon learns that the suit comes with a debt of 10 billion yen, and Kaito must now clear his dues by winning Hero Battles.
Battle Game in 5 Seconds follows a group of individuals who are forced to participate in a deadly game where they must use their special abilities to survive. With kidnapping, supernatural powers, and intense combat, they must navigate through a dangerous school filled with secret experiments and psychological challenges.