Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

Official Japanese logo
遊☆戯☆王ARC-V（アーク・ファイブ）
(Yūgiō Āku Faibu)
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by Katsumi Ono
Written by Kamishiro Tsutomu
Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa
Studio Gallop
Licensed by
Network TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run April 6, 2014 – present
Episodes 108
Manga
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: Saikyō Duelist Yuya
Written by Akihiro Tomonaga
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Saikyō Jump
Original run April 3, 2015 – present
Volumes 1
Manga
Written by Shin Yoshida
Illustrated by Naohito Miyoshi
Published by Shueisha
English publisher Viz Media
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine V-Jump
English magazine
Original run August 21, 2015 – present
Volumes 1

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (遊☆戯☆王ARC-V（アーク・ファイブ） Yūgiō Āku Faibu, "Arc Five") is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop. It is the fourth main spin-off anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The series began airing in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2014.[3][4] The series is licensed outside Japan by Konami's 4K Media Inc. and launched internationally in 2015.[5] A manga adaptation by Naohito Miyoshi began serialization in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine in August 2015.

Plot

The story takes place in the near future, in a place called Paradise City, where Leo Corporation creates new advancements to Solid Vision that gives life to Duel Monsters. New advancements to Solid Vision give physical mass to monsters, environments, and allow players to interact directly with them. It also gives birth to challenging Action Duels. Action Duels allow duelists to traverse environments to locate Action Cards to help them in a pinch. The story follows Yuya Sakaki who is a second year middle school student at Paradise City's You Show Duel School. Yuya’s father, Yusho Sakaki, disappeared three years ago when he was scheduled for a Duel against the Action Duel Champion. Yusho was deemed as a coward who ran away. To clear his father's name, Yuya faces off against the current Action Duel champion and awakens a new power from his pendant known as Pendulum Summoning.

Yuya strives to master the art of Pendulum Summoning to become a great Dueltainer like his father. Yuya met a mysterious black masked Duelist who greatly resembles him named Yuto. Yuto reveals that the world is split into four dimensions. Three of the dimension names come from the summoning methods used in the respective world. The names of the dimensions are Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Standard, which is the center of the four dimensions where Yuya lives in. Yuya and his friends become involved in the interdimensional conflict after Duelists from Duel Academy of the Fusion Dimension invade the Arc League Championship. Duel Academy Duelists turn several Duelists into cards under orders from Leo Akaba who is Declan's father. Leo's ambition is to unite the four dimensions. Declan forms the Lancers, which is a group of elite Duelists capable of fighting Duel Academy with Duelists selected based on the result of the championship to stop Leo.

Following Yuya's childhood friend, Zuzu Boyle, disappearing during the championship, Yuya and the other Lancers go to the City of Synchro Dimension to gain allies before Duel Academy invades it. To prove their worth as Duelists to the people of Synchro Dimension, the Executive Council of City signed them into the Friendship Cup, where Duelists compete in Turbo Duels for the right to challenge the Duel King, Jack Atlas. Meanwhile, the chief of Public Security Maintenance Bureau, Jean-Michel Roger, turns out to be a former Duel Academy Duelist who intends to turn the City into his own personal kingdom. The tournament is interrupted by Duel Academy's arrival. Despite the efforts of the Lancers, Celina was taken back to Duel Academy while Zuzu was captured by Roger. At the same time, the Commons begin to rebel against the Tops and turn the City into chaos. To stop the chaos, Yuya duels Jack in the final match and successfully persuades the citizens of City to cease their hostilities. Afterwards, the Executive Council of City ended the social class system. In a last ditch effort, Roger plans to destroy the Synchro Dimension by using his interdimensional transport device, but it malfunctioned and instead created a wormhole that sucked him in it. Another wormhole appears due to the malfunction and sucks Zuzu, Yuya, Gong, Shay, and Sylvio in it. Yuya, Gong, Shay, and Sylvio are then sent to the ruined Heartland City in the Xyz Dimension.

Setting

Standard Dimension

Standard Dimension is the dimension where Paradise City is located. It is the main setting of the first season. This dimension is the center of the four dimensions, where unlike the other three dimensions, Standard has no exclusive summoning method since Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz summons all exist within this dimension until Yuya discovered Pendulum Summon. This dimension is known for its Action Duel after the discovery of the ARC (Augmented Reality Combat) System.

Fusion Dimension

Fusion Dimension is a dimension where its residents all use Fusion Summon. This dimension has an elite duel school called Duel Academy. Leo Akaba is the leader of Duel Academy. Duel Academy gathers many strong Duelists from all over the dimension to achieve Leo's goal to unite all four dimensions. Duel Academy is based on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX's Duel Academy. The Duelists of Duel Academy wear uniforms with similar colors as Yu-Gi-Oh! GX's Duel Academy's student uniforms. Alexis Rhodes and Aster Phoenix who are two of the main characters of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX make their reappearance.

Xyz Dimension

Xyz Dimension is a dimension where its residents all use Xyz Summon. This dimension is invaded by Duel Academy of the Fusion Dimension and is on the verge of complete destruction from the attack. In response to the invasion, the remaining survivors of the Xyz Dimension form a rebel group called The Resistance to fend off the Duel Academy with ruined Heartland City becoming their base. Before the invasion, there was a Duel School called Heartland Duel School that has two known branches: Spade and Clover. This dimension is based on the previous series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. Kite Tenjo who is one of the main characters of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal makes his reappearance.

Synchro Dimension

Synchro Dimension is a dimension where its residents all use Synchro Summon. It is the main setting of the second season. The setting takes place on one of the cities called City, where society consists of two classes. Tops is the upper class society living in wealth, and the Commons is the lower class society living in poverty under the town of Tops. The discrimination between the Tops and Commons is severe. As a symbol of freedom, the Commons started to Duel while riding Duel Runners. This later became known as a Turbo Duel. The City is ruled by the Executive Council who uphold the law and Security who act as police for the Tops. To maintain the peace of the City, the Executive Council holds the Friendship Cup, where Duelists from both Tops and Commons can fairly Duel each other. However, those who lose are sent to an underground labor facility with little to no chance of returning to the surface. After the tournament final match between Yuya and Jack, the Executive Council abolished the status system that separated the Commons and the Tops, allowing all citizens to live equally. This dimension is based on New Domino City from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, with some of the characters named Jack Atlas and Crow Hogan, who are two of the main characters from the previous series, making their reappearance.

Media

Anime

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V was first announced in December 2013 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[6] The anime series began airing on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2014, which replaced Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal in its initial time slot. 4K Media Inc. acquired the series outside of Japan and planned to release the series internationally in 2015.[7][8] The 4K version had its debut on March 12, 2015 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as part of the Yep! anime/cartoon block on ProSieben Maxx.[9][10] In North America, the English Dub began airing on Canada's Teletoon on July 24, 2015,[11] and on Nicktoons in the United States on February 21, 2016.[12][13]

Manga

A manga one-shot illustrated by Naohito Miyoshi was published in the July 2014 issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine released on May 21, 2014.[14] An English version was released on May 26, 2014 on Weekly Shonen Jump. A full adaptation by Miyoshi began serialization in V Jump on August 21, 2015.[15] It was published in English by Viz Media in its digital Shonen Jump on August 24, 2015.[16] A spin-off manga by Akihiro Tomonaga titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: Saikyō Duelist Yuya!! (ゆう☆戯ぎ☆王おう ARC-V 最強デュエリスト遊矢!!, lit. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: Yuya the Greatest Duelist!!) began serialization in Saikyō Jump on April 3, 2015.

Music

There are currently three official soundtracks released by Marvelous Entertainment.

Opening Themes
Ending Themes
English Opening Theme

Trading Card Game

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V adds new game play elements to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game following its introduction in April 2014. It introduces Pendulum Monsters to the game. The Pendulum Monster cards uses 'Scales'. When these cards are used in newly added 'Pendulum Zones', the 'Scales' allow players to simultaneously summon multiple monsters at once.

Video Game

A video game based on the series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Tag Force Special was released in Japan on January 22, 2015. It was released for the PSP and PS Vita.

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchyroll - "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" to Air in Canada This Weekend". Crunchyroll. July 23, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nicktoons USA to premiere Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V". Nickalive. January 14, 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets New Arc-V TV Anime Next Spring". Anime News Network. December 11, 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. December 21, 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "4K Media debuts Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V at Kidscreen Summit". February 25, 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets New Arc-V TV Anime Next Spring". Anime News Network. December 11, 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Yu-Gi-Oh! Series ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V’". February 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V to Debut Internationally in Spring/Summer 2015". Anime News Network. June 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "New Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Series Debuts at Germany's YEP! on ProSieben MAXX". Anime News Network. March 13, 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "KONAMI PRIMES Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V RANGE TO COINCIDE WITH TV SHOW’S GERMAN PREMIERE". Konami Europe. March 11, 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Anime Premieres in Canada on Friday". Anime News Network. July 23, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nicktoons USA to premiere Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V". Nickalive. January 14, 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Nicktoons' Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Teaser Reveals February Premiere". Anime News Network. January 24, 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V & GX Get Manga One-Shots". Anime News Network. April 17, 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V Gets Manga by Naohito Miyoshi". Anime News Network. July 16, 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Viz's Shonen Jump Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Manga Series". Anime News Network. August 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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