This is a list of episodes from the
anime
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''
Cardfight!! Vanguard
is a Japanese multimedia franchise jointly created by Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. It currently consists of multiple anime television series, an official trading ...
''. In July 2010, an anime television series based on
the game was green-lit by
TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as ''Lupin the Third'', ...
under the directorial supervision of Hatsuki Tsuji. Music is composed by
Takayuki Negishi
(born August 6, 1961) is a Japanese composer, music arranger and record producer originating from Tokyo. Negishi began work as a synthesizer operator in 1983. He worked with IMAGIN, so he often arranged songs with Kohei Tanaka.
Compositions
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while Mari Tominaga provided the character designs. The series began airing in
Japan
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on
TV Aichi
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Broadcasti ...
beginning on January 8, 2011 and rebroadcast by
AT-X,
TV Tokyo
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,
TV Osaka
is a television station affiliated with the TX Network in Osaka, Japan. The mascot character is "Takoru-kun" (たこるくん).
History
Television Osaka, Inc. was founded in 1981 as part of the reorganization of Tokyo Channel 12 Ltd (now TV To ...
, and
TV Setouchi
(TSC) is a TV station in Japan.
It is one of the TX Network (TXN) stations, broadcasting in Okayama Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture, and it is the only TXN TV station in the Chugoku-Shikoku region.
Anime produced
TV Setouchi produced a few a ...
systems. The media-streaming website
Crunchyroll
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simulcast
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ed the first season to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Crunchyroll began streaming the second season to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on June 30, 2012.
Twenty-five pieces of
theme music
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are used for the series—nine opening themes and seventeen closing themes (one of which is exclusive to the English dub). The anime also features two insert songs performed by Ultra Rare (i.e.
Albert Luu,
Yoshino Nanjō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Voice Kit. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' series. She became the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide in 2009 un ...
, and Aimi Terakawa, who are the original Japanese voice actresses of Kourin, Rekka, and Suiko). The two songs are ''"Miracle Trigger ~Tomorrow Will Be Ultra Rare!~"'' (ミラクルトリガー ~きっと明日はウルトラレア!~) (used in episodes 18, 26, and 115; simply known as ''"Miracle Trigger"'' in the English dub) and ''"Stand Up! DREAM"'' (スタンドアップ! DREAM) (used in episodes 39, 115, and 118).
An English dub co-produced by
Ocean Productions
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(recorded at Blue Water Studios) began airing on
Singapore
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's
Okto
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channel from October 16, 2011, on
Animax Asia
Animax is the pay television channel in Asia owned by KC Global Media Asia which broadcasts Japanese language anime and Simulcast anime, anime programming through English-language feeds in Southeast Asia (formerly including Brunei), South Asia (ex ...
from January 22, 2012, and on
Malaysia
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's
RTM-TV2 channel from November 18, 2012. Dubbed episodes also began being released on
YouTube
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from May 29, 2012. The series can be seen legally on a dedicated channel for it created by
Bushiroad
is a Japanese entertainment company, producer of collectible card games and trading cards, publisher of mobile apps and games, promotional items and many other venues, which was founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani and is headquartered in Tokyo. ...
, the original creators and manufacturers of the card game, and as of June 25 is available for viewing in most countries without
geo-blocking
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.
While there are a few changes, the English dub adaption is mostly faithful to the original Japanese version. However, the most notable change in the English dub is that three opening themes and three ending themes are used. The only openings are English versions of the first opening theme ''"Vanguard"'' (from eps. 1-65), the third opening theme ''"Limit Break"'' (from eps. 66-104), and the fourth opening theme ''"Vanguard Fight"'' (from eps. 105 onward), all of which are still performed by their original respective artists.
The first ending theme used in the dub is an English version of the third ending theme ''"Dream Shooter"'' (from eps. 1-65) while the second ending theme is a unique song titled ''"Way To Victory"'' (from eps. 66-104), both of which are performed by Sea☆A. The ending credit sequence for this exclusive theme is the one used for the original sixth ending theme ''"Jōnetsu-ism"''. The third ending theme used in the dub is an English version of the original ninth ending song ''"Endless☆Fighter"'' (from eps. 105 onward), which is performed only by Aimi Terakawa in the dub. Similarly, the Ultra Rare insert songs are performed in English by
Suzuko Mimori
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is represented by HiBiKi Cast. She voiced Umi Sonoda in ''Love Live!'', Hikari Kagura in ''Revue Starlight'' and Asumi Fuurin / Cure Earth in ''Healin' Good Pretty Cure''. Her nickname is Mimorin.
Biography
...
,
Yoshino Nanjō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Voice Kit. Among her most popular roles is Eli Ayase from ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' series. She became the lead singer of the Japanese pop and trance duo fripSide in 2009 un ...
, and Aimi Terakawa (the original Japanese voice actresses of Kourin, Rekka, and Suiko).
Individual episodes from seasons 1-5 are known as "Rides", and the episodes from ''Cardfight!! Vanguard G'' are known as "Turns".
Series overview
Generation 1 (2011-2014)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G'' (Generation 2)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' seasons
Season 1: ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' (2011–2012)
Season 2: ''Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit'' (2012–2013)
Season 3: ''Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker'' (2013–2014)
Season 4: ''Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate'' (2014)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G'' seasons
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G'' (2014–2015)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis'' (2015–2016)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate'' (2016)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT'' (2016–2017)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z'' (2017-2018)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' 2018 reboot series
''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' (2018–2019)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont.'' (2019)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard (Shinemon Arc)'' (2019–2020)
''Cardfight!! Vanguard (Gaiden if Arc)'' (2020)
''Mini Vanguard'' series
Also known as , it is a short
comedy
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flash anime series that is produced by
DLE.
It is based on the spin-off
yonkoma
, a comic strip format, generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requirements of ...
manga
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series of the same name by Quily. Some of the episodes do not have titles.
Ending theme
* "Mirai Sketch" by Ultra Rare (Mimori, Nanjō, and Terakawa)
''Mini Vanguard'' OVA
An
original video animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...
episode was released with the first DVD release of ''Mini Vanguard''.
References
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is a Japanese multimedia franchise jointly created by Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. It currently consists of multiple anime television series, an official trading ...
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