anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series animated by
Bridge
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that aired in Japan on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...
'' franchise, following ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop. It is the fifth anime spin-off in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise. The series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from May 10, 2017 to September 25, 2019. It was simulcast outside of Asia by Crunchyroll cour ...
'' and commemorates the 20th anniversary of the ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as and alternatively subtitled ''Rulers of the Duel'' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahash ...
'' anime series.
The series was succeeded by an
interquel
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, ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!
, stylized as ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!'', is a Japanese anime series animated by Bridge (studio), Bridge. It is the seventh spin-off anime series in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise and an interquel to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens''.
The series aired in Japa ...
'', 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.
The series begins as Yuga tries to create a new type of Duel called Rush Duel, but failed, as a result, he comes late to school and Gavin Sogetsu, the student council tells Yuga that next time he will be punished. Lucidien "Luke" Kallister, Yuga's best friend told him about the legend of the King of Duels, suspecting that Otes was the King of Duels, Yuga Dueled Otes and Yuga won as a result, Yuga's Rush Duels were created and he Befriended Gavin.
Later on, because of Rush Duels Yuga Befriended Romin Kassidy and many more people but Goha was not happy about Rush Duels so he sent people to stop Rush Duels but they all failed and befriended Yuga.
Later in the series The Lukeman shows up and he wins Duels for Yuro, one of the Goha Six but ends up being defeated by Yuga and Yuga promised to work for Goha if Yuro made his siblings presidents again.
After Yuga joined Goha, his friends suspected that he is one of the Goha Six since there were only five. Later Swirls one of Luke's friends turned to be Yuga Goha who wanted to make Dueling miserable, and he was brainwashing people and later Dueled Otes who revealed his evil plans to destroy Dueling, making him the main Villain of Yu-Gi-Oh Sevens. Yuga Dueled Otes in space and risked his Life to save Dueling, leaving him stranded in space.
Two years later, something powerful was entering the earth, so Yuga's friends and family faithfully went to the area of its expected landing, believing Yuga had found his way out of space after two years.
Media
Anime
''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' was first announced as a then-untitled new anime series in the ''
Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...
'' franchise on July 21, 2019. The series marked the second studio turnover in franchise history with
Bridge
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taking over as head studio in animation production from
Gallop
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, which oversaw every television series and films in the franchise since ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as and alternatively subtitled ''Rulers of the Duel'' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahash ...
'' 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 as an animation d ...
and Hiromi Matsushita. It began airing in Japan on April 4, 2020, on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.
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
COVID-19 pandemic
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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 in the United States on
Disney XD
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on June 6, and
Hulu
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on June 7, 2022 to December 2, 2023. Three episodes were removed from the English version, leaving 89 episodes compared to the original 92.
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 '' Saikyo Jump'' on August 4, 2020.
Another manga adaptation, written by Masahiro Hikokubo and illustrated by Tasuku Sugie, titled was serialized in ''
V Jump
is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine, focusing on manga as well as video games based on popular manga. The magazine's debut was in 1990 by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines.
History
In the early 1990s, Shueisha directed ''Weekly ...
'' from September 19, 2020, to March 19, 2022. Shueisha collected its chapters in three ''
tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes, released from April 30, 2021, to May 2, 2022.
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 in Japan and November 24, 2021 in North America, it is now possible again to Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon 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.
Rush Duels
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 up to three Legend Cards in their deck, one of each type of card (monster, spell, trap).
Although the physical card game for Rush Duels is exclusive to the Asian markets, the format had been made available worldwide on digital formats through the Western release for the game ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!!''. The format was also added to the global release of '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links'' starting in September 2023.
Reception
Mellisa Camacho gave a mixed review of the series for
Common Sense Media
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, giving the series a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, and writing that younger kids "may find what's happening a little confusing at times" but the anime is "lively enough to be entertaining."