The recent installment of the popular franchise with Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ saw a January 13th, 2024 premiere and the second cour of it saw a July 6th, 2024 debut. The sequel series, the eighth season of the series, made a January 2025 debut with Deluxe-hen added to the title.
The backers behind it, Bushiroad, had a New Year event this weekend in Japan and brought up an interesting thing they hadn’t said before in that they’re looking at this being a 700-episode project overall. With the property running since all the way back in 2011, this isn’t all that far off as ANN calculated that there are 582 episodes aired already. So, for fans of the property, you’ve got a lot let to enjoy over the next few years.
The series has Taku Yamada directing it from the series composition by Shun Menjou and Takahito Onishi. Hiroyuki Saita and Tomokatsu Nagasaku are on board for the character designs.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Toshiya Miyata as Akina Myōdō
- Eri Yukimura as Hikari Myōdō
- Haruki Iwata as Mikoto Saitō
- Jun Fukuyama as Gabwelius
- Reiji Kawashima as Suō Yobitsugi
- Shūta Morishima as Masanori Iseki
- Takumi Mano as Taizō Kiyokura
- Yūka Nishio as Nao Inabe
- Amane Shindō as Megumi Okura
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kuon Aikawa
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Kyohma Kurosaki
- Yuzuki Watase as Yuna Saionji
- Izumi Kitta as Senka Kanae
- Daiki Yamashita as Jinki Mukae
- Eri Yukimura returning as Hikari Myodo
- Rie Kugimiya as Sybilt
The English cast (for the 1st cour) includes:
- Ethan Snowden as Akina Myodo
- Rocio Barahona as Nao Inabe
- Griffin Cork as Taizo Kiyokura
- Scott Roberts as Masanori Iseki
- Amber Billingsley as Mikoto Saito
- Brett Bauer as Suo Yobitsugi
- Lexi Ly as Hikari Myodo
- Daegan Manns as Gabwelius
Plot Concept: Yu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister’s hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called “Wonder Hill” where her friends hang out.
At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of “Team Blackout,” a group that meets to play Vanguard every night.
Tonight, a serious fight for the team’s flag will take place. Blackout’s leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure – making new friends along the way.
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