Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Header Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Video Vorlage:Infobox animanga/Footer Vorlage:Nihongo is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop. It is the fifth anime spin-off in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.[1]
The series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between May 10, 2017 and September 25, 2019.[2] It is being simulcast outside of Asia by Crunchyroll[3][4] courtesy of Konami Cross Media NY (formerly 4K Media Inc.).
The series will be succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, which is slated to premiere in April 2020.[5]
Synopsis
Vorlage:See also In a place known as Den City, thousands of duelists take part in a virtual reality space known as LINK VRAINS, created by SOL Technologies, where users can create unique avatars and participate in games of Duel Monsters with each other. As a mysterious hacker organization known as the Knights of Hanoi threatens this world, a high-school student and hacking genius named Yusaku Fujiki battles against them under the guise of Playmaker. Both the Knights and SOL Technologies are also after a peculiar self-aware artificial intelligence program, who holds the key to a secret area inside the network named the Cyberse World, which the Knights of Hanoi seek to destroy. As the series begins, Yusaku sees the chance to capture this AI, which he names Ai, who sets off a digital maelstrom in LINK VRAINS known as the Data Storm. As the appearance of this storm gives birth to Speed Duels, in which duelists surf the wind as they duel, Yusaku battles against Hanoi in order to uncover the truth concerning an incident that happened to him many years ago.[6]
Production
Vorlage:Main article Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS was first announced on December 16, 2016.[7] It began airing on TV Tokyo in Japan on May 10, 2017.[8] The series is being directed by Masahiro Hosoda at Studio Gallop with screenplay by Shin Yoshida and character design by Ken'ichi Hara. The series ended on September 25, 2019.[9]
The series is being simulcast with English subtitles outside of Asia by Crunchyroll. This makes it the first series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise to receive an official simulcast alongside its Japanese broadcast.[4]
An English adaption is in production by Konami Cross Media NY. The pilot episode was previewed along with a digitally remastered screening of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light on March 11, 2018 and March 12, 2018[10][11] in the US, and on June 13, 2018 in the UK.[12] The edited English dub began airing on Teletoon in Canada on September 1, 2018,[13] and on 9Go! in Australia on April 6, 2019, and in United StatesReferenzfehler: Es fehlt ein schließendes </ref>
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The series also ranked 6 in Tokyo Anime Award Festival in Best 100 TV Anime 2019 category.[14]
References
External links
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Official website at TV Tokyo Vorlage:In lang
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS at Twitter Vorlage:In lang
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- ↑ New Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime Series Premieres in Japan in Spring 2017. Anime News Network, 16. Dezember 2016, abgerufen am 27. Februar 2017.
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS TV Anime Premieres in May in New Time Slot. Anime News Network, 15. März 2017, abgerufen am 15. März 2017.
- ↑ Crunchyroll Kicks Off "Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS" Anime Simulcast. In: Crunchyroll. 1. Juni 2017, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ a b Crunchyroll Adds Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains, Serial Experiments Lain, C-Control Anime Streaming. Anime News Network, 2. Juni 2017, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Reveals April 2020 Debut, Staff, Cast (Updated). Anime News Network, abgerufen am 21. Dezember 2019.
- ↑ 「遊☆戯☆王VRAINS」. ASCII.jp, 6. April 2017, abgerufen am 9. April 2017.
- ↑ New Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime Series Premieres in Japan in Spring 2017. Anime News Network, 16. Dezember 2016, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Premieres on May 10. Anime News Network, 20. April 2017, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Anime Ends on September 25 After 120 Episodes. In: Anime News Network. 10. September 2019, abgerufen am 10. September 2019.
- ↑ Karen Ressler: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie to screen again in U.S. theaters. Anime News Network, 1. Februar 2018, abgerufen am 20. Februar 2019: „Fathom Events announced on Thursday that it will screen Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie in United States theaters on March 11 and March 12.“
- ↑ https://www.evensi.com/fathom-events-yu-gi-select-celebration-locations/243947701
- ↑ Manga UK Brings ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light’ to UK Theatrical Screens this June! Anime uk news, 22. Mai 2018, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Listed With Canadian Premiere on September 1. Anime News Network, 22. August 2018, abgerufen am 13. März 2019.
- ↑ みんなが選ぶベスト100[[:Vorlage:Sic]] of 2017.