Cardfight!! Vanguard

In July 2010, an anime television series was green-lit by TMS Entertainment{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-15/cardfight-vanguard-gets-tv-anime-green-lit | title = Cardfight!! Vanguard Gets TV Anime, Manga Green-Lit | publisher = Anime News Network | date = July 15, 2010 | access-date = January 29, 2011 | archive-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110205022722/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-15/cardfight-vanguard-gets-tv-anime-green-lit | url-status = live }} under the directorial supervision of Hatsuki Tsuji. Music is composed by Takayuki Negishi with character designs provided by Mari Tominaga. The series began airing in Japan on TV Aichi beginning on January 8, 2011, and rebroadcast by AT-X, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Setouchi systems. The media-streaming website Crunchyroll simulcasted the first season to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-04/crunchyroll-to-simulcast-cardfight-vanguard-anime | title = Crunchyroll to Simulcast Cardfight!! Vanguard TV Anime | publisher = Anime News Network | date = January 4, 2011 | access-date = January 29, 2011 | archive-date = February 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110209125958/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-04/crunchyroll-to-simulcast-cardfight-vanguard-anime | url-status = live }} Crunchyroll began streaming the second season to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on June 30, 2012{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-cardfight-vanguard/asia-circuit |title=Crunchyroll to Stream Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit - News |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2012-06-30 |access-date=2012-09-10 |archive-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831173722/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-cardfight-vanguard/asia-circuit |url-status=live }} and continues to stream the series. It was announced on November 17, 2013, that Hanabee Entertainment has licensed the anime{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-17/australia-hanabee-licenses-cardfight-vanguard-anime|title=Australia's Hanabee Licenses Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2013-11-17|archive-date=2013-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119210252/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-17/australia-hanabee-licenses-cardfight-vanguard-anime|url-status=live}} and released it on March 5, 2014, in Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web |url=http://bushiroad.fm/post/en/3116/Cardfight+Vanguard+DVD+Release+in+Australia+and+New+Zealand.html |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard DVD Release in Australia and New Zealand |website=bushiroad.fm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143727/http://bushiroad.fm/post/en/3116/Cardfight+Vanguard+DVD+Release+in+Australia+and+New+Zealand.html |archive-date=2014-04-13}}

The series continued for three additional seasons: Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit, which began airing on April 8, 2012; Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker on January 13, 2013;{{Cite web|url=http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-bushiroads-december-5th-press.html|title=Cardfight Pro: News: Bushiroad's December 5th Press Conference, Season 3, TD-10 and EB06 Info, Minivan Anime|date=4 December 2012}} and Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate on March 9, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-16/cardfight-vanguard-gets-live-action/anime-film-and-4th-anime-show|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Gets Live-Action/Anime Film & 4th Anime Show - News|date=2013-12-16|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=2013-12-16}} An anime/live action film was released on September 13, 2014, in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-26/cardfight-vanguard-film-teaser-making-of-video-posted|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Film's Teaser, Making-of Video Posted|date=2014-04-26|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2014-04-26|archive-date=2014-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234435/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-26/cardfight-vanguard-film-teaser-making-of-video-posted|url-status=live}}

Cardfight!! Vanguard G ran from October 26, 2014, to October 5, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-04/new-cardfight-vanguard-g-card-game-anime-unveiled/.79548|title=New Cardfight!! Vanguard G Card Game Anime Unveiled|date=2014-10-04|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2014-10-05|archive-date=2014-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004090311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-04/new-cardfight-vanguard-g-card-game-anime-unveiled/.79548|url-status=live}} It was followed by Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis on October 11, 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-24/cardfight-vanguard-g-starts-gears-crisis-hen-anime-series-in-october-with-breakerz-theme/.92043|title=Cardfight Vanguard G Starts 'Gears Crisis-hen' Anime Series in October with Breakerz Theme|date=30 June 2023 }} Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate aired from April 17, 2016, to September 25, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-22/cardfight-vanguard-g-stride-gate-hen-april-anime-announced-with-theme-song-artists/.98946|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard G Stride Gate-hen April anime announced with theme song artists|date=February 22, 2016|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=February 22, 2016|archive-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223100237/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-22/cardfight-vanguard-g-stride-gate-hen-april-anime-announced-with-theme-song-artists/.98946|url-status=live}} It was followed by Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT from October 2, 2016, to October 1, 2017, which OLM, Inc. started producing the series. It was followed by Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z, which aired from October 8, 2017, to April 1, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://cardfightcoalition.com/rondo-of-presentation/|title=Bushiroad Strategy Presentation 2017 Summer|access-date=2017-08-01|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195911/https://cardfightcoalition.com/rondo-of-presentation/|url-status=dead}} It is the last series in the original chronology as the next series Cardfight!! Vanguard (2018) is a reboot of the original series. The reboot started airing on May 5, 2018, and ended on May 4, 2019. It was followed by Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont. which aired from May 11, 2019, to August 10, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-08/cardfight-vanguard-anime-continues-with-new-season-in-may/.143167|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime Continues with New Season in May|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=2019-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208184031/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-08/cardfight-vanguard-anime-continues-with-new-season-in-may/.143167|url-status=live}} A Bermuda Triangle spinoff series called Colorful Pastrale ~from Bermuda △~ which aired from January 12, 2019, to March 30, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-14/cardfight-vanguard-game-to-launch-2-new-tv-anime/.128962|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Game to Launch 2 New TV Anime|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2018-03-14|archive-date=2020-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321213211/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-14/cardfight-vanguard-game-to-launch-2-new-tv-anime/.128962|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-18/bushiroad-makes-original-mermaid-tv-anime-colorful-pastrale-~from-bermuda-triangle~/.135623|title=Bushiroad Makes Original Mermaid TV Anime Colorful Pastrale ~from Bermuda Triangle~|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2018-08-18|archive-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517021647/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-18/bushiroad-makes-original-mermaid-tv-anime-colorful-pastrale-~from-bermuda-triangle~/.135623|url-status=live}} A prequel series Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon started airing on August 24, 2019. Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if was originally scheduled to premiere on April 25, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-18/cardfight-vanguard-gets-new-anime-series-debuting-on-august-24/.149105|title = Cardfight!! Vanguard Gets New Anime Series Debuting on August 24| date=30 June 2023 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-03/cardfight-vanguard-gaiden-if-anime-reveals-visual-more-cast-april-25-premiere/.158255|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if Anime Reveals Visual, More Cast, April 25 Premiere|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405231954/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-03/cardfight-vanguard-gaiden-if-anime-reveals-visual-more-cast-april-25-premiere/.158255|url-status=live}} In April 2020, it was announced that the anime was delayed to May 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/cardfight-vanguard-gaiden-if-anime-delayed-again-to-may-due-to-covid-19/.158682|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if Anime Delayed Again to May Due to COVID-19|publisher=Anime News Network|date=April 17, 2020|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417104952/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-17/cardfight-vanguard-gaiden-if-anime-delayed-again-to-may-due-to-covid-19/.158682|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-12/cardfight-vanguard-gaiden-if-anime-premiere-rescheduled-for-may-30/.159493|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if Anime's Premiere Rescheduled for May 30 |publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 12, 2020|access-date=May 13, 2020}}

A new anime series Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress produced by Kinema Citrus, Wisp-o'-Animation, and Studio Jemi aired from April 3 to December 28, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-19/cardfight-vanguard-gets-new-tv-anime-with-clamp-designs/.168547|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Gets New TV Anime With CLAMP Designs|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127201547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-19/cardfight-vanguard-gets-new-tv-anime-with-clamp-designs/.168547|url-status=live}} A third and fourth season has been announced.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-14/cardfight-vanguard-overdress-anime-gets-3rd-4th-seasons/.177353|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress Anime Gets 3rd, 4th Seasons|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=September 14, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914104009/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-14/cardfight-vanguard-overdress-anime-gets-3rd-4th-seasons/.177353|url-status=live}} The sequel series Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress premiered on July 5, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-09/cardfight-vanguard-overdress-anime-gets-cardfight-vanguard-will-dress-sequel-in-july/.183389|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress Anime Gets Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress Sequel in July |publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 9, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022}} A second season started in January 2023, and a third season started in July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-15/cardfight-vanguard-will-dress-anime-posts-video-july-4-debut-with-season-2-this-winter-season-3-/.186686|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress Anime Posts Video, July 4 Debut With Season 2 This Winter, Season 3 Next Summer |publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022}} The sequel series Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ started on January 2024.{{cite web |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Anime Reveals Promo Video, More Cast, Opening Theme, January 13 Premiere |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-12/cardfight-vanguard-divinez-anime-reveals-promo-video-more-cast-opening-theme-january-13-premiere/.205409 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=2025-02-10 |date=2023-12-12}} A second season started on July 2024{{cite web |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Anime 2nd Season Reveals Cast, Theme Song Artists, Visuals |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-18/cardfight-vanguard-divinez-anime-2nd-season-reveals-cast-theme-song-artists-visuals/.212103 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=2025-02-10 |date=2024-06-18}} and third season Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Deluxe Arc started January 2025.{{cite web |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Deluxe-hen Anime's Promo Video Reveals Theme Songs, January 11 Premiere |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-17/cardfight-vanguard-divinez-deluxe-hen-anime-promo-video-reveals-theme-songs-january-11-premiere/.219193 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=2025-02-10 |date=2024-12-17}}

{{main|List of Cardfight!! Vanguard episodes}}

{{see also|List of Cardfight!! Vanguard characters}}

Season 1

Aichi Sendou, the protagonist of the show, is a timid young boy in his third year of junior high school. The one thing that keeps him going is his trading card Blaster Blade from Cardfight!! Vanguard, a trading card game that takes place on a different planet called "Cray" and is popular throughout the world. When Aichi's Blaster Blade is stolen by his classmate Katsumi Morikawa, he chases him to a local card shop named Card Capital. There, Aichi has his first cardfight with Toshiki Kai, an aloof and cold-hearted high schooler who has outstanding abilities and who originally gave Aichi his Blaster Blade when Aichi was little. Aichi wins the fight, reclaiming Blaster Blade, and begins to enjoy a fulfilling life as he delves deeper into Vanguard. Aichi's primary goal throughout the series is to become a stronger fighter, so he can once again battle Kai and have him recognize his worth. Aichi eventually places high enough at a local tournament to join with Kai, Misaki Tokura, and Kamui Katsuragi to form Team Quadrifoglio ("Q4" for short). Together, they enter regional and national tournaments to test their skills against fighters from all over Japan. Aichi's principal rival becomes Ren Suzugamori, a powerful but despicable cardfighter who is the leader of the reigning national champion team. Ren eventually makes Aichi awaken a power that Ren also possesses: Psyqualia, a psychic-like ability that lets its user foresee victory in cardfights. However, Aichi's usage of Psyqualia slowly distorts him into becoming a dark person like Ren. Thanks to Kai's efforts, Aichi decides to no longer use Psyqualia and reverts to his normal self. When Aichi battles Ren at the finals of the national championships, it is revealed that Cray is real, and Psyqualia is the power given to those who will determine Cray's future. Aichi manages to reconcile his good-natured personality with his dark desires to become stronger. Simultaneously on Cray, the Royal Paladin characters depicted in Aichi's cards resolve their conflict with Ren's Shadow Paladins. Aichi defeats Ren, and Team Q4 becomes the national champions of Japan. The season concludes with Aichi's Psyqualia mysteriously vanishing and Kai fulfilling Aichi's wish to cardfight him again.

Season 2: Asia Circuit

Shortly after Q4 wins the national tournament, a strange phenomenon occurs when Aichi meets a young boy named Takuto Tatsunagi. The Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin, and Kagero clans of Vanguard have been wiped from existence, and due to this, Aichi's Royal Paladin deck has been changed to Gold Paladin. Aichi reunites with Q4 (excluding Kai) and travels across Asia to participate in the Vanguard Fight Circuit, an invitational multi-stage tournament featuring the world's best cardfighters, for the opportunity to meet and seek answers from the sponsor, Takuto. Throughout the circuit, Aichi, whose Psyqualia has reactivated, encounters a mix of familiar friends and new rivals. One noteworthy rival is Team Dreadnought's Leon Soryu, a man possessing Psyqualia who is on a mission to lead the second coming of both his family and the long-lost Aqua Force clan. After losing at the Singapore, Seoul, and Hong Kong Stages of the VF Circuit, Q4 finally manages to win the Japan Stage and meet with Takuto, who reveals that a dark entity known as Void is currently threatening the planet Cray. Furthermore, Leon is exposed as having made an alliance with Void, allowing the three clans to be sealed away in exchange for Void's promise to return Aqua Force to power. In a final confrontation, Aichi defeats Leon, who had absorbed Void's power. With a reformed Leon's help, Aichi uses his Gold Paladins to drive Void out of Cray and subsequently free the captured clans. The VF Circuit concludes with Q4 crowned as the winning team. Afterward, life returns to normal, except that Aichi now has a new deck featuring his signature Royal Paladin units as Gold Paladins.

Season 3: Link Joker

Months have passed after the VF Circuit, and the members of Team Q4 have drifted apart. Aichi enters his first year of high school at Miyaji Academy, where the instructors and students focus on looking towards the future and studying. Aichi thinks Vanguard can be a future that people can believe in, and he tries to establish a Cardfight Club on campus. Despite the interference of the Student Council, he manages to recruit the requisite five members for the club: Kourin Tatsunagi, Naoki Ishida, Shingo Komoi, and Misaki, who is also a Miyaji Academy student but was reluctant to join the club. During Aichi's inaugural appearance at the VF High School Championship, his team defeats Kai's team but loses to Ren's team. Kai remarks on how much stronger both Aichi and Ren have become. The second major story arc of the season revolves around an extraterrestrial entity called "Link Joker", the clan which is the avatar of Void. Various fighters become corrupted by Void's power and turn into "Reversed" fighters driven to seek out stronger opponents and bring them under Void's influence. Kai visits Takuto to seek answers, and in a moment of weakness while cardfighting the Reversed Takuto, he allows himself to become Reversed in exchange for additional power. More and more cardfighters around the world become Reversed, including several of Aichi's friends. Although Ren and Leon manage to fend off and free their respective comrades from Reverse, Aichi is unaware of what is happening until he sees Reversed Takuto announcing the end of the world. At first hesitant to face his Reversed friends, especially Kai, Aichi eventually resolves himself to fight them to save the world. After many battles, Aichi and his friends emerge victorious over Link Joker, but at the cost of losing the original Takuto. Moreover, Aichi faces Kai in one last fight to decide the strongest fighter. In the end, Aichi wins after Kai realizes what a true friend Aichi has been for him.

Season 4: Legion Mate

Several days after the mortal battle against Link Joker, life seems to have returned to normal. However, Aichi Sendou, the hero who saved the earth from the invasion of Link Joker and Void, has disappeared, and Kai, his closest friend ("mate"), seems to be the only person who remembers him. After receiving a Royal Paladin deck containing a new version of Aichi's avatar card Blaster Blade, Kai sets out not only to remind everyone about Aichi but also find him. Kai manages to gather other comrades who remember Aichi: Naoki, Misaki, his classmate Miwa, and Kamui. However, Kai realizes that Kourin is also missing. His investigation leads to the discovery of four magically gifted cardfighters called the Quatre Knights: Olivier Gaillard, Phillip Neve, Rati Curti, and Raul Serra, who intend to stop anyone finding Aichi. Ren gives Kai a tip to Aichi's location where he discovers that Kourin is allied with the Quatre Knights, and Aichi was behind both the memory loss and the Quatre Knights. Kourin defeats Kai using her Link Joker deck and takes Blaster Blade. During training with Leon, Kai gains new resolve and returns to using a Kagero deck.

Naoki spies Serra's butler Morris entering a portal leading to a sanctuary on the moon where Aichi is located. Kai and his friends are confronted by Serra when they enter the sanctuary. They learn that in order to awaken Aichi they must defeat the four Quatre knights to break the four seals, but if they lose in the sanctuary they lose their memories of Aichi. Naoki defeats Serra, but Misaki, Kamui, and Miwa all lose to the three other Knights. With only Kai and Naoki remaining, Kai battles Gaillard, who blames Kai for the Link Joker incident and will not allow him to free Aichi because of it. Despite this, Kai defeats Gaillard, releasing the second seal. Suddenly, Serra arrives and uses his ice magic to imprison Kai, Naoki, and Gaillard. It is then that Gaillard reveals the truth; a Link Joker "seed" was implanted inside Aichi's body after he defeated Reversed Takuto. To contain the seed, Aichi now wants to seal himself away in the sanctuary with the Quatre Knights as his guardians. However, Serra reveals that his plan all along was to use Kai and his friends to weaken the seals, release the seed within Aichi, and obtain its power all for himself. Ren and Leon arrive and free Kai, Gaillard, and Naoki, but not before Serra has Neve fight Aichi while he battles Rati, releasing the remaining seals. Having discovered the meaning of "mates" thanks to Kai and Aichi, Gaillard finds new resolve and defeats Serra, stripping him of his powers and banishing him from the sanctuary. With Serra gone, Gaillard resets his sights towards Kai and fights him again. Kai defeats Gaillard again and then faces Aichi for a final battle. After Kai makes Aichi realize that sealing himself away was wrong, Kai defeats him. The Link Joker seed then tries to implant itself into Kai's body but is then broken apart by Blaster Blade. Nevertheless, the shattered pieces of the seed enter the bodies of each of Aichi's friends and will grow benign over time. Afterwards, Aichi, Kai, and the rest of their friends return to their normal lives. Aichi and Kai face each other in one last shop tournament, and despite the different paths they will take in the future, they know they will meet again as long as they keep playing Vanguard.

G Season 1

Set 3 years later after the events of Legion Mate, the story follows Chrono Shindou, an apathetic teenager who finds a Vanguard deck and a map in his school locker one day. Following the map, he is led to Card Capital 2, a card shop where he meets Kamui Katsuragi who works part-time there. After being taught how to play Vanguard and winning his first fight against Kamui, Chrono begins his venture in the world of Vanguard. Chrono finds Vanguard enjoyable, so he decides to return to Card Capital 2, where he takes up a quest and becomes a Grade 1 fighter. Then, he meets and fights Kouji Ibuki, who reveals that Chrono is and always has been completely alone. As a result, Ibuki crushes Chrono with no difficulty and refuses to even tell Chrono his name until Chrono becomes stronger. Over the next few days, Chrono meets and befriends Shion Kiba and Tokoha Anjou. Chrono also makes an acquaintance of Mamoru Anjou, the Kagero clan leader, and Jaime Alcaraz, the Spanish ace of the European League.

FIVA is holding a national tournament, and the only one not fired up is Tokoha. Being the younger sister of Mamoru, she is tired of being forced to live up to her brother's legacy. Meanwhile, Chrono is trying to get to Grade 3 so he can enter the tournament. In the end, Chrono, Shion, and Tokoha form Team TRY3 and enter the National Tournament together.

At the regional qualifier, Team TRY3 fights Team Demise. They ultimately turn out to be a formidable foe. Chrono beats their first fighter with no problems. Unfortunately, Shion and Tokoha ultimately lose in the second two games. In the aftermath of their defeat, Chrono's aunt discovers Chrono's new hobby and reveals the truth behind the disappearance of his father. Team TRY3 visits the United Sanctuary branch, seeking a rematch with Team Demise. They find that the United Sanctuary branch is turning fighters into people obsessed with victory, and challenge the Branch leader over the management of the United Sanctuary branch.

G Season 2: GIRS Crisis

This autumn will mark the opening of a major event organised by the Federation of International Vanguard Associations (FIVA), known as the "G Quest". Those who conquer the 6 Branch Quests will be honored with the title "Generation Master", and the chance to become a Clan Leader. The three members of TRY3 are all fired up by the new goal ahead of them, but behind the scenes, a massive plot that would lead to the destruction of Vanguard has been set in motion...

G Season 3: Stride Gate

Kouji Ibuki's Plan G is in effect, and they have located Ryuzu Myoujin's headquarters. It's up to Team TRY3 and their friends to stop Ryuzu's ambitions! However, Ryuzu has a defense force called the "Company", whose members include rival Shouma Shinonome and Am Chouno! What will happen to Luna Yumizuki after she was recognized as having more Stride Force than Am did? What will happen to Zodiac Time Beast if the Stride Gate will open? Will Vanguard be led to a perfect future?

The fight to save the Zodiac Time Beasts and Vanguard itself! The second part of Plan G is now in action!

G Season 4: NEXT

Five months have passed after Team TRY3's battle against the company and the team decided to split up and go their separate ways with all three of them enrolling to different high schools. The story focuses on Chrono Shindou transferring to Tokyo Metropolitan Harumi High School. Chrono forms a new team with Taiyou Asukawa and Kazuma Shouji, a gloomy boy who attends the same school as Chrono. Shion and Tokoha have formed their own teams as well. What new challenges await Chrono in the aftermath of all these changes?

G Season 5: Z

The final season of the G Series. A group of six units from Planet Cray, called the "Apostles", have invaded Earth. Armed with the power of the six Zeroth Dragons, the Apostles aim to revive the sealed Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze who attempted to destroy Cray in the past. The final battle between the Vanguards and the Dragon Deity of Destruction begins.

V series Season 1:

A reboot of the original Cardfight Vanguard with Aichi Sendou, the rest of Q4, and other returning characters from the original series.

V series Season 2: Shinemon Arc

Starting 15 years before the first V series season, this season focuses on Shinemon Nitta, the present manager of Card Capital, attempting to save the shop from becoming a branch of Cardshop: Esuka.

V series Season 3: Extra Story -IF-

The final season of the V Series. This series is where both IF continuity world Emi Sendou and her fairy companion Shuka and the V continuity Kouji Ibuki and Suiko Tatsunagi team up to fight against the Jammer to save her brother, Aichi Sendou who has become the enemy (similar to Legion Mate).

An English dub co-produced by Ocean Productions (recorded at Blue Water Studios) began airing on Singapore's Okto channel from October 16, 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-28/singapore-to-air-english-dubbed-cardfight-vanguard-anime |title=Singapore to Air English-Dubbed Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime - News |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2011-09-28 |access-date=2012-09-10 |archive-date=2012-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815004927/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-28/singapore-to-air-english-dubbed-cardfight-vanguard-anime |url-status=live }} on Animax Asia from January 22, 2012, and on Malaysia's RTM-TV2 channel from November 18, 2012. Dubbed episodes also began being released on YouTube from May 29, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-04/cardfight-vanguard-anime-streamed-with-english-dub-on-youtube |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime Streamed with English Dub on YouTube - News |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2012-06-04 |access-date=2012-09-10 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019165221/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-04/cardfight-vanguard-anime-streamed-with-english-dub-on-youtube |url-status=live }} The series can be seen officially on a dedicated channel for it created by Bushiroad, and is available for viewing in most countries without "geo-blocking" and some opening and ending themes are replaced with an English version of an available opening and ending theme due to licensing issues. An English dub of the fifth season G began airing on YouTube on January 3, 2015, thus skipping over the fourth season Legion Mate. Hulu began hosting the English-dubbed version on August 26, 2013, in partnership with Aniplex of America.{{cite web|url=http://cf-vanguard.com/en/information/press-releases/hulu/ |title=Bushiroad Announces Airing of Cardfight!! Vanguard Animation on Hulu | CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD |access-date=2013-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101231941/http://cf-vanguard.com/en/information/press-releases/hulu/ |archive-date=2013-11-01 }}

A manga series written and illustrated by Akira Itō was announced along with the anime. The first chapter was published on November 26, 2010, in Kerokero Ace magazine. With Kerokero Ace ceasing publication with its September 2013 issue, new chapters of the manga continued starting with the first issue of Monthly Bushiroad magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-25/kadokawa-ends-publication-of-kerokero-ace-magazine|title=Kadokawa Ends Publication of KeroKero Ace Magazine|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2013-07-28|archive-date=2013-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731032757/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-25/kadokawa-ends-publication-of-kerokero-ace-magazine|url-status=live}} While the manga shares the same characters as the anime, it follows an original storyline and contains many differences from the anime version. Vertical has licensed the manga series and began releasing it in North America on April 29, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/67415509980/okay-so-here-is-one-of-our-new-licenses |title=The Diagonal • Okay, so here is one of our new licenses! ... |website=vertical-inc.tumblr.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063252/http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/67415509980/okay-so-here-is-one-of-our-new-licenses |archive-date=2016-03-04}}{{cite web |url=http://bushiroad.fm/post/en/3234/Cardfight+Vanguard+Volume+1+manga+North+American+release.html |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Volume 1 manga North American release |website=bushiroad.fm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416220838/http://bushiroad.fm/post/en/3234/Cardfight+Vanguard+Volume+1+manga+North+American+release.html |archive-date=2014-04-16}}

A side story referred as Episode 0 was released on May 23, 2013. It is also illustrated by Itō. Its storyline follows Toshiki Kai's childhood.{{Cite web|url=http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-ride-to-victory-release-date-and.html|title=Cardfight Pro: News: Ride to Victory Release Date and Storyline, Vanguard Episode 0|date=27 December 2012|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222161330/http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-ride-to-victory-release-date-and.html|url-status=live}}

A spin-off manga series titled Mini Vanguard, also known as {{nihongo|Mini Van|みにヴぁん}}, began publishing in Kerokero Ace alongside the original manga. The first chapter of the spinoff was released with the sixth chapter of the main manga series. Mini Vanguard is a short yonkoma comedy manga by Quily featuring all of the characters as super deformed. Like the original manga series, Mini Vanguard continued in the first issue of Monthly Bushiroad magazine after the final September 2013 issue of Kerokero Ace magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-25/bushiroad-to-launch-magazine-starting-in-september|title=Bushiroad to Launch Magazine Starting in September|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2013-07-28|archive-date=2013-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730051824/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-25/bushiroad-to-launch-magazine-starting-in-september|url-status=live}} Mini Vanguard was adapted into a flash anime series produced by DLE.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-05/cardfight-vanguard-4-panel-manga-gets-flash-anime|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard's 4-Panel Manga Gets Flash Anime|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2012-12-05|archive-date=2012-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206014301/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-05/cardfight-vanguard-4-panel-manga-gets-flash-anime|url-status=live}} It aired from April 6, 2013, to December 14, 2013. The ending theme song of this series is "Mirai Sketch" by Ultra Rare (Suzuko Mimori, Yoshino Nanjō, and Aimi Terakawa).

Another spin-off manga series titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden: Swordsman of Light|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード外伝　光の剣士|Kādofaito!! Vangādo Gaiden Hikari no Kenshi|}} began publishing in Monthly Bushiroad magazine. It is supervised by Akira Itō and illustrated by Makoto Kishimizu. Its story focuses on the lore of the Cardfight!! Vanguard trading card game.

A talk radio show titled {{nihongo|Stand Up Our Vanguard|立ち上がれ僕らのヴァンガード|Tachiagare Bokura no Vangādo}}, also known as TachiVan, began airing in 2011 on Hibiki Radio.{{cite web |url=http://hibiki-radio.jp/ |title=Home |website=hibiki-radio.jp |access-date=2014-02-26}} It is currently split into two shows: the main show which changes its subtitle to coincide with the current anime season and airs on Saturdays, and TachiVan Sunday. It is hosted by Tsubasa Yonaga and Takuya Satō, the voice actors of Aichi and Kai respectively, with occasional guest appearances by various other Japanese voice actors and actresses from the anime series.

A 224-page novel based on the anime series was released in Japan on May 15, 2013. It is written by Bandana Aoi, and the internal illustrations are done by Yōsuke Adachi. The story follows Aichi reaching out to a lonely young boy named {{nihongo|Hiro Hamane|浜音ヒロ|Hamane Hiro}}.{{Cite web|url = http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-cardfight-vanguard-novel-announced.html|title = Cardfight Pro: News: Cardfight!! Vanguard Novel Announced|date = 12 April 2012|access-date = 16 December 2013|archive-date = 21 December 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221220657/http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/04/news-cardfight-vanguard-novel-announced.html|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url=http://vanguardus.blogspot.com/2012/04/official-novel-to-retail-for-10.html|title=Cardfight Pro: Official Novel to Retail for $10|date=25 April 2012}}

A mobile app game titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard: Cray Wars|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード 惑星大戦|Kādofaito!! Vangādo Wakusei Taisen|lit. Cardfight!! Vanguard Planet Wars}}{{cite web |url=http://vgcw.bushimo.jp/ |title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード 惑星大戦 |access-date=2013-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315094321/http://vgcw.bushimo.jp/ |archive-date=2013-03-15 }} was released on March 12, 2013. It is a strategy role-playing game and is region-locked to prevent devices outside Japan from installing it.

A Nintendo 3DS video game adaption titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard: Ride to Victory!!|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ライド トゥ ビクトリー!!|Kādofaito!! Vangādo Raido tu Bikutorī!!}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.furyu.jp/vanguard-rtv/|title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ライド トゥ ビクトリー!!}}{{cite web | url=http://www.famitsu.com/news/201209/20021309.html | title=『カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ライド トゥ ビクトリー』人気トレーディングカードゲームがニンテンドー3Dsに！ | date=20 September 2012 | access-date=20 September 2012 | archive-date=23 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923210811/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201209/20021309.html | url-status=live }} was released in Japan on April 11, 2013. It was developed by FuRyu. The game features an original story which stars a new cardfighter protagonist who is aiming to win at a national tournament. Players choose one of six possible original characters to play as, one male and one female each of three personality types: hot-blooded (熱血系), cool (クール), and dark (ダーク).

A second 3DS game adaption titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!!|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ロック オン ビクトリー!! |Kādofaito!! Vangādo Roku On Bikutorī!!}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.furyu.jp/vanguard-lov/|title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ロック オン ビクトリー!!|access-date=2013-12-18|archive-date=2013-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219041918/http://www.cs.furyu.jp/vanguard-lov/|url-status=live}} was released in Japan on June 5, 2014, also developed by FuRyu. This game's story is based on the Link Joker arc of the anime series.

A downloadable game for Microsoft Windows titled Cardfight!! Online was planned to be released in early 2016, but cancelled.{{cite web |url=http://cardfight-online.com/ |title=Home |website=cardfight-online.com |access-date=2015-07-05 |archive-date=2015-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704162655/http://cardfight-online.com/ |url-status=live }} It was developed by DELiGHTWORKS and CrossGames. The game was intended to be free-to-play with in-game transactions.

On January 14, 2016, {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard G Stride to Victory|カードファイト!! ヴァンガードG ストライド トゥ ビクトリー!!}} was released for Nintendo 3DS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000038996|title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガードG ストライド トゥ ビクトリー!! | ニンテンドー3Ds | 任天堂|access-date=2021-03-21|archive-date=2021-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306062328/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000038996|url-status=live}}

A video game for Nintendo Switch titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard EX|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード エクス}} was released on September 19, 2019, in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000012258/|title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード エクス|website=Nintendo Japan|access-date=May 9, 2020}}

A mobile app titled Cardfight!! Vanguard Zero was released globally on April 9, 2020. Many mechanics from the original card game have been changed in favor of fast game play over full simulation.

On November 17, 2022, a video game titled {{nihongo|Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days|カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ディアデイズ}} was released for Nintendo Switch and PC. It is the first title to be translated and released outside of Japan, and was also developed by FuRyu. It was also the first Switch game to go above the initial price for the base game. A sequel, Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2, was released on January 30, 2025.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/cardfight-vanguard-dear-days-2-announced-for-switch-pc|title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2 announced for Switch, PC|website=Gematsu|date=August 30, 2024|access-date=August 31, 2024|archive-date=August 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831072921/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/cardfight-vanguard-dear-days-2-announced-for-switch-pc|url-status=live}}

A live-action 90-minute drama titled Stand Up! Vanguard was aired on May 3, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-06/cardfight-vanguard-game-gets-live-action-show-with-daigo |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Game Gets Live-Action Show with DAIGO (Updated) - Interest |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2012-03-06 |access-date=2012-09-10}} It is directed by Takashi Motoki, who describes this project as the "first-ever live-action card-game program". It stars Daigo, Shinta Sōma, Haruki Uchiyama, Suzuko Mimori, Nao Nagasawa, Kazuki Namioka, and Kazuhiko Kanayama.

A hybrid live-action/anime film was released on September 13, 2014. The live-action segment, {{nihongo|A Game of Three|３つのゲーム|Mitsu no Gēmu}}, was directed by Takashi Motoki at Ace Crew Entertainment, and stars Daigo, Suzuko Mimori, Taizō Shīna, Takuma Sueno, and others. The anime portion, {{nihongo|Neon Messiah|ネオンメサイア|Neon Mesaia}}, was directed by Shin Itagaki at Ultra Super Pictures, and screenplay was made by Mayori Sekijima. It features the animated debut of the character Kouji Ibuki (voiced by Mamoru Miyano).{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-26/mamoru-miyano-voices-character-in-cardfight-vanguard-film/.78044|title= Mamoru Miyano Voices Character in Cardfight Vanguard Film|date= 2014-08-26|access-date= 2014-10-05|work= Anime News Network|archive-date= 2020-06-15|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200615211819/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-26/mamoru-miyano-voices-character-in-cardfight-vanguard-film/.78044|url-status= live}} Neon Messiah made its US premiere on July 4, 2015, at Anime Expo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-12/anime-expo-to-premiere-english-sailor-moon-crystal-dub-cardfight-vanguard-film/.89214|title=Anime Expo to Premiere English Sailor Moon Crystal Dub, Cardfight!! Vanguard Film|date=30 June 2023|access-date=2015-06-14|archive-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615003312/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-12/anime-expo-to-premiere-english-sailor-moon-crystal-dub-cardfight-vanguard-film/.89214|url-status=live}}

In its Winter 2011 Anime Preview Guide, the staff of Anime News Network had a poor impression of the anime series. Carl Kimlinger complained about the crass commercialism of the trading card game shows and was glad that the series (in his view) flopped.{{cite web | first = Carl | last = Kimlinger | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carl | title = Carl Kimlinger - The Winter 2011 Anime Preview Guide | publisher = Anime News Network | access-date = January 29, 2011 | archive-date = 2011-01-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110108042415/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carl | url-status = live }} Carlo Santos and Bamboo Dong gave equally scathing reviews.{{cite web | first = Carlo | last = Santos | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carlo | title = Carlo Santos - The Winter 2011 Anime Preview Guide | publisher = Anime News Network | access-date = January 29, 2011 | archive-date = 2011-01-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110129001848/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/carlo | url-status = live }}{{cite web | author = Bamboo Dong | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/bamboo | title = Bamboo Dong - The Winter 2011 Anime Preview Guide | publisher = Anime News Network | access-date = January 29, 2011 | archive-date = 2011-01-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110129010919/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2011-01-04/bamboo | url-status = live }} Chris Beveridge of Mania.com compares the series with other trading card game based shows such as Yu-Gi-Oh! and states that, while he sees many kids using the series to take notes and getting their game plan, he feels the series still needs to work on being engaging and entertaining.{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Beveridge |url=http://www.mania.com/cardfight-vanguard-episode-01_article_127560.html |title=Cardfight!! Vanguard Episode #01 |publisher=Mania.com |date=January 8, 2011 |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112170259/http://www.mania.com/cardfight-vanguard-episode-01_article_127560.html |archive-date=January 12, 2011 }}

As for the trading card game, it has received praise for its marketing through the animated television show and various media, which has caused its popularity to rise immensely. On December 14, 2012, the company Interface in Design created a survey for which trading card game had the most fulfilling playing experience for the "Trading Card Game Award of 2012". Cardfight!! Vanguard was bestowed awards for the most excellent game in both Elementary School and General categories. It also received honorable mentions under the Junior High School, High School, and Adult categories. These awards were bestowed to Cardfight!! Vanguard due to the high praise the game received for its tournament events and ease of access to important updates in the Vanguard culture through magazines and websites. The ease of learning the game for new players was also an incredibly appealing aspect of the game.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iid.co.jp/news/detail/2012/1214.html|title=トレーディングカードゲームアワード2012 結果発表について ～市場拡大するトレーディングカードゲーム、毎月の平均利用額は5387円～|date=14 December 2012|access-date=26 April 2013|archive-date=28 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728162719/http://www.iid.co.jp/news/detail/2012/1214.html|url-status=live}}

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