, stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENƧ, is a Japanese

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series animated by

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that aired in Japan on

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from April 4, 2020, to March 27, 2022. It is the seventh main anime series in the ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' franchise, following ''

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'' and commemorates the 20th anniversary of the ''

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'' anime series. It is also the first installment in the series to not be animated by

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. The series is succeeded by ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!, is a Japanese anime series animated by Bridge. It is the eighth main anime series in the '' Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, following ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens''. The series premiered in Japan on April 3, 2022. Plot In ...

'', which premiered on April 3, 2022.

Synopsis

The series takes place in the futuristic town of Goha and stars Yuga Ohdo, a fifth-grade, elementary school student, who loves both inventions and dueling. Feeling that the current rules of the ''Duel Monsters'' card game are too stifling, Yuga successfully manages to install a new set of rules of his own creation known as "Rush Duel", allowing for more fast-paced and frantic dueling. The series follows Yuga and his friends as they show off the delights of Rush Duels while under the watchful eye of the Goha Corporation that oversees the city.

Media

Anime

''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' was first announced as a then-untitled new anime series in the ''

'' franchise on July 21, 2019. The series marked the second studio turnover in franchise history with

taking over as head studio in animation production from

, which oversaw every television series and films in the franchise beginning with ''

'' in 2000. The series is being directed by Nobuhiro Kondo with screenplay by Toshimitsu Takeuchi and character designs by

Kazuko Tadano is a Japanese animator, character designer, illustrator and animation director. She's mostly known for her character design work for the first two seasons of the 1990s ''Sailor Moon'' anime series. Career Tadano first worked on as an animatio ...

and Hiromi Matsushita. It began airing in Japan on April 4, 2020, on

. On April 28, 2020, it was announced that after episode 5, the remaining episodes would be delayed for five weeks due to the effects of the

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. On July 10, 2020, it was announced it will be delayed again due to the aforementioned pandemic and resumed on August 8, 2020. An edited English dub began production in early 2021, and premiered on

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on June 6 and

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on June 7, 2022, in the United States.

Manga

A comedy spin-off manga adaptation, titled ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: Boku no Road Gakuen (My Road Academy)'', written and illustrated by Megumi Sasaki launched in the September issue of ''

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'' on August 4, 2020. On August 19, 2020, it was announced that ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' will be getting a manga in

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, titled , written by Hikokubo Masahiro and illustrated by Sugie Tasuku that launched in the next issue of ''

'' on September 19, 2020.

Trading Card Game

In the year that ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' premiered, the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game'' announced an update to the Master Rules, unofficially called "Master Rule 5". Effective April 1, 2020, it is now possible again to summon Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz monsters directly to the Main Monster zones without a required Link arrow pointing to it. Pendulum and Link monsters, however, retain their previous rules. Furthermore, several alterations to card rulings were made to the OCG, exclusively. No new card mechanics were introduced into the main card game. Instead, a new format separate from the main game was introduced exclusively for the Japanese and Korean market named Rush Duels. Normal Summoning is unlimited, though Tribute Summon rules for Level 5 or higher monsters still apply. All card effects are "soft" once per turn, meaning a card's effect can be used once per copy. If a player can summon or use another copy of the same card, they may use its effect again. Card effects are now sectioned into "Requirement" and "Effect" boxes for easier reading. Players can only use cards designed for Rush Duels, which have a special frame and a "RUSH DUEL" tag at the bottom of the card. Rush Duels also uses its own exclusive card pool with many cards not found in the main game. Certain imported cards from the main game are known as "Legend Cards". Each player is allowed one copy of one Legend Card in their deck. Following a rule update in January 2023, unofficially called "Rush Master Rule 2", players are now allowed to use one Legend card per Card Type in a deck (one Spell, one Trap, and one Monster).

Reception

Critic reception for Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens is mixed. Mellisa Camacho wrote for

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that younger kids "may find what's happening a little confusing at times" but the anime is "lively enough to be entertaining." She gave a rating of 3 out of 5 stars.

References

External links

''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' Official website at TV Tokyo

''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' at Twitter
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