• 2011
  • 25m
Cardfight!! Vanguard

Summary There are now billions of card game players in the world, to an extent where card games have become a necessity, a part of our lives. View more details

  • 2011
  • 25m

Cardfight!! Vanguard

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Melissa Dorsey Tim Hamaguchi James Beach Ryan Luhning

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5.7

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Genres : Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation

Release date : Jan 7, 2011

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official Facebook Official Facebook

Language : English Japanese

Production companies : TMS Entertainment Studio Sakimakura

Summary There are now billions of card game players in the world, to an extent where card games have become a necessity, a part of our lives. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation

Release date : Jan 7, 2011

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official Facebook Official Facebook

Language : English Japanese

Production companies : TMS Entertainment Studio Sakimakura

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Episode 1 • Jan 07, 2011
Vanguard of Destiny!
Kids from all over town converge to play Vanguard, a card game that seems to be the biggest thing going around. Aichi Sendou, a shy and timid boy with a rare card, the Blaster Blade, who just started playing this new card game. How will a soft-spoken middle schooler stand up to a professional like Toshiki Kai?
Episode 2 • Jan 14, 2011
Ride to Victory!
After Aichi plays Blaster Blade, he and Kai recall their first meeting. Back then, after seeing a young Aichi beaten up, the young Kai cheered him up by giving him Blaster Blade, telling Aichi to imagine himself as a strong warrior like the card. With that in mind, Aichi got absorbed into Vanguard, creating his own deck in the hopes of playing against Kai, who had moved away.
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 2011
Welcome to Card Capital
Concerned for her brother, Aichi's Little sister, Emi, secretly follows Aichi and friends to the Card Capital. There, Emi is astounded by all the people in the shop, including Aichi, Morikawa, and Izaki, playing Vanguard. It is then that the card shop's manager, Shin Nitta, appears and introduces Emi to the world of trading card games.
Episode 4 • Jan 28, 2011
Assault! Twin Drive!
After taking a look at Aichi's deck, Shin decides to show him "something nice". Shin has Aichi battle Misaki Tokura, who, despite working at the card shop, has never actually participated in a Vanguard fight before. Nonetheless, after Shin gives Misaki a special deck, she and Aichi begin their cardfight.
Episode 5 • Feb 04, 2011
Whirlwind! Kamui, the Grade-School Fighter!
Aichi goes to the card shop to buy a booster pack in the hopes of getting a Grade 3 card. When he arrives, he sees a grade-school kid, Kamui Katsuragi, convincingly defeating Izaki in a cardfight. Aichi challenges Kamui, but he refuses, noticing that Aichi is not a strong player.
Episode 6 • Feb 11, 2011
The Mysterious Card Shop!
In the commercial center they lost they're way, but Aichi found the card shop called PSY. There, they try out the shop's special Vanguard Fight Stage. It oddly reacts to Aichi, which leads to a woman, Kourin Tatsunagi, challenging him to a cardfight. When the two begin the battle, Aichi is surprised that the stage brings the cards to life.
Episode 7 • Feb 18, 2011
The Fearsome Soulblast!
Shin introduces the "Standing Fight Table" to enrich the experience of a Vanguard fight, with Morikawa and Kamui being the first to play on it. After Kamui once again beats Morikawa, Aichi and his friends return to their homes but then see Kai walking back to his home. Wanting to learn where Kai lives, Aichi, Kamui, and Miwa try to follow him.
Episode 8 • Feb 25, 2011
The King of Knights Enters the Fray!
The Card Capital Shop Tournament begins soon, butAichiis hesitant to play in it, even after making a new deck. However, when he learns thatKaiwill be in the tournament, Aichi decides to enter as well.
Episode 9 • Mar 04, 2011
The Shop Tournament Begins
The Card Capital Shop Tournament finally begins. In the first round, Aichi must play against Izaki while at the same time, Morikawa battles Misaki. Since this is his first time in a tournament, Aichi grows nervous. His tournament jitters get the better of him as he makes many amateur mistakes.
Episode 10 • Mar 11, 2011
Enter the Ninja Fighter!
Kamui and Kai advance to the second round of the tournament, along with Ninja Master M, an eccentric player who dresses and acts like a ninja. He meets Aichi, who deduces that he is actually his teacher Mark Whiting, but he denies that claim .
Episode 11 • Mar 18, 2011
Ninja Fighter Withdraws!
Aichi makes a comeback by calling more units from his deck to boost the power of The King of Knights, Alfred, forcing Ninja Master M to use most of his cards to guard against his attacks. As a result, M is left with no cards to defend himself from Aichi's last attack.
Episode 12 • Mar 25, 2011
Aichi vs. Kamui
It's the semifinals: Kai plays against Misaki, and Aichi once again battles Kamui. Both Aichi and Kamui want to win for their own reasons; Aichi wants to fight Kai again while Kamui hopes to gain Emi's affection upon winning the entire tournament.
Episode 13 • Apr 01, 2011
The End of the Shop Tournament
The semi-finals come to a conclusion and the final match in the shop tournament is underway! Aichi challenges Kamui, trying to get revenge for his previous loss. Since their last fight, the gap in their skills has closed considerably. Aichi puts everything he's got out there in order to reach that fight with Kai he's aiming for.
Episode 14 • Apr 08, 2011
The Fearsome Undead! A Granblue Deck!
Every young man must go on a journey. For Aichi, it's the scary world of other card shops. Aichi heads out on a journey to other card shops, in order to find and fight other strong Vanguard fighters and gain experience after the Shop Tournament.
Episode 15 • Apr 15, 2011
Suspenseful?! Emi's First Fight
As Emi continues coming to the Card Capital Card Shop, the Manager convinces her to try the game out for herself.
Episode 16 • Apr 29, 2011
Team Q4 Heads for the Regional Tournament!
The regional tournament begins. Team Q4 (Aichi, Kamui, Kai and Misaki) has to face Team Three Blacks in the first round.
Episode 17 • May 06, 2011
New Allies
Aichi has difficulty pushing for victory, and his opponent gets a Critical trigger on top, bringing him to five damage. Aichi desperately needs to block the next strike, but is unwilling to leave his hand empty.
Episode 18 • May 13, 2011
White-Hot Tournament!
The regional tournaments continue, with Team Q4 easily plowing through their second and third opponents.
Episode 19 • May 20, 2011
Showdown! Nova Grappler!
Surprisingly enough, Nagisa steps into the fray as the first fighter of Team Handsome, resulting in Kamui being in a desperate situation as she declares that Kamui has to marry her if she wins.
Episode 20 • May 27, 2011
Hidden Message
With one loss in their record, Team Q4 has to win both the next matches in order to advance through the regional tournament. Though everyone is certain that Kai will win, Aichi becomes increasingly desperate, as his match will be the one to decide the fate of the team.
Episode 21 • Jun 03, 2011
Rematch in the Final Match!
Aichi's match against Gouki begins. Aichi remembers Gouki as a formidable opponent, and realizes that he cannot stay the same as before if he wishes to win. Using a combination of the skills of Barcgal and Future Knight, Llew, he Rides Blaster Blade from the deck, surprising Gouki.
Episode 22 • Jun 10, 2011
The Holy Dragon Descends
The fight between Aichi and Gouki continues. Aichi blocks Gouki's attack, and counterattacks with Alfred, bringing Gouki to five damage.
Episode 23 • Dec 31, 1969
Fateful Encounter
Aichi, Kamui and Misaki visit Card Shop PSY after Suiko's invitation. They meet an aloof red-haired stranger with a peculiar attitude. However, once the Ultra Rare group arrives, they learn that he is none other than Suzugamori Ren, the winner of the previous national tournament!
Episode 24 • Dec 31, 1969
The Indelible Memory
To prepare for the national tournaments, Aichi and Misaki engage in a fight. However, memories of her tragic past surface in Misaki's mind, causing her to break down.
Episode 25 • Dec 31, 1969
Beyond Memories
Emi visits Card Capital, worrying about the depressed Aichi. She encounters Misaki, who claims not to know anything - but the manager pushes the two into a cardfight using the new trial decks that just arrived.
Episode 26 • Dec 31, 1969
A Stormy Beginning! The National Championship!
Team Q4 arrives at the national tournament grounds, meeting up with Team Caesar, the last tournament's finalists and previous winners. Everything seems to be going well, but due to Kai's increasingly arrogant and insulting attitude, Kamui decides he can no longer work with him and abandons the team.
Episode 27 • Dec 31, 1969
Jurassic Army
The national tournament preliminary rounds begin! Team Q4 discovers that they are in the same block as Team Asteroid. Aichi discovers that Kai knows one of Asteroid's members, and is acquainted with Suzugamori Ren. The first round begins and pits them against Team Jurassic Army, a group of militaristic cardfighters using the brutal Tachikaze clan.
Episode 28 • Dec 31, 1969
Agressive Advancement! Tachikaze Deck!
Gunji brutally corners Aichi with the speed and power of his Tachikaze deck, bringing the score to 5-3 in Gunji's favor. To make a reversal, Aichi rides his new ace card, Soul Saver Dragon. Managing to get a Critical trigger, it looks like the match has been decided, but luck favors Gunji, who gets a last-minute Heal trigger and survives, winning on the next turn.
Episode 29 • Dec 31, 1969
When the Moon Is Full
Team Q4's second match against Team Muscle Brain begins. Team Muscle brain practices brutal fighting prowess. However, when Kai steps up to the first match, he is able to annihilate his opponent easily by Superior Riding Blazing Flare Dragon. Misaki takes the second match, using a new line of cards located in the deck that was given to her by her parents before their death.
Episode 30 • Dec 31, 1969
The Strongest Team, AL4!
Team Q4's final fight in the preliminary rounds, begins. Kai takes the stage first, against Asteroid member Yahagi "Crusher" Kyou. Kyou uses a Spike Brothers deck potently. Kai rides Dragonic Overlord and activates its skill, but Kyou blocks it, pushing Kai on the defensive. However, Kai recovers his momentum with a heal trigger, allowing him to reclaim three unflipped damage.
Episode 31 • Dec 31, 1969
Beautiful Assasin
Though Kai won the first match of the team battle, Misaki is challenged by Asaka Narumi, known as the "Assassin". Asaka uses a Pale Moon deck skillfully, and though Misaki tries to fight by reading her opponent's moves, Asaka plans further ahead and cripples Misaki's strategy while preparing her field.
Episode 32 • Dec 31, 1969
Demon World General!
The match between Aichi and Tetsu continues. Confronted by Nagisa, Gouki and Emi, who learned of the situation via Team Caesar, Kamui is motivated to support Aichi. Aichi begins to make a comeback by shutting down his opponent's offense and evening out the damage with a heal trigger, but Tetsu rides Demon World Marquis Amon, and with a critical trigger, pushes Aichi down to five damage.
Episode 33 • Dec 31, 1969
Blaster of Darkness
Team Q4 gathers at Card Capital to watch the national tournament finals. Due to various delays, they only manage to catch the very last match, where Ren, leader of Team Asteroid, faces of against Koutei, leader of team Caesar. Even though Koutei appears to put up a good fight, Aichi sees right through Ren's power.
Episode 34 • Dec 31, 1969
It's Summer! It's Camp! It's Vanguard!
Q4 has gone to the beach in order to train at Vanguard - though a lot of its supporters, such as Morikawa, seem to have other priorities. The team meets up with Team Caesar and quickly engage in cardfights. Surprising everyone, Kai actually defeats Koutei, and the two engage in an elaborate discussion about strategies and tactics. In the meantime, Aichi loses to Yuri five times in a row.
Episode 35 • Dec 31, 1969
Results of the Training Camp
Kai and Koutei have woken up before everyone else and are already engaged in cardfighting. They have leftover curry for breakfast, while Aichi reports the unfortunate results of his deck editing session. They go to the beach, where Aichi, Morikawa and Izaki are put under a special training regime by Kamui, which culminates in them Imaging themselves as valiant Vanguards on Cray.
Episode 36 • Dec 31, 1969
The King of Underground Fights
Kai has begun fighting in underground fights in order to find stronger opponents. Underground card fights usually result in the loss of cards, and players do not abide by the rules that ensure fair play in a cardfight. When Miwa discovers that Kai is searching for Jun, the King of Underground Fights, he goes looking for him. Jun and Kai then have a cardfight with Miwa and Kai's freedom at stake.
Episode 37 • Dec 31, 1969
The Return of the Ninja Master
A tournament is being held again at Card Capital, but is now a team fight due to the large number of participants. Team Q4 fights and moves all the way up to the final round, with Kai not participating in the team fight. Q4 discovers their opponent to be Team Degozaru which consists of Miwa, Isaki, and Morikawa. Morikawa has come dressed up as Ninja Master M.
Episode 38 • Dec 31, 1969
Miwa's Ability
The fight between Miwa and Aichi begins. Miwa forces Aichi into a corner by using powerful retiring strategies, and even though Aichi manages a powerful attack using two Pongal and Young Pegasus Knight, and then Solitary Knight Gancelot as well as Soul Saver Dragon, Miwa blocks his efforts, and calls Dragonic Overlord, activating its Eternal Flame.
Episode 39 • Dec 31, 1969
Return to Regionals
The regionals commence once again, with Team Q4 and Team Handsome competing. Battles rage as Team Handsome advances to the next round. Team Q4's first opponent, though, is a dangerous team whose members claim to be able to sense their opponent's feelings by their smell. Aichi displays extraordinary positiveness by claiming the first spot for Q4, and proceeds to the fighting arena.
Episode 40 • Dec 31, 1969
Dangerous Scent
Aichi trusts the voice of his cards, though his first Counter Blast with Gancelot is thwarted by Chocolat, he tries again during the next turn, and scores an unexpected Critical trigger, winning the match. Misaki proceeds to win the second fight. Team Q4 also advances, but Aichi seems exhausted from his previous fight and collapses, unable to continue.
Episode 41 • Dec 31, 1969
Kyou's Revenge
Kyou is back for revenge against Team Q4 - specifically Kai. Since Kyou lost his match to Kai during the Nationals, he got banished from AL4. As a former AL4, Kyou had trouble finding a new team to join because no one wants to recruit a member AL4 discarded to prevent any conflicts.
Episode 42 • Dec 31, 1969
Psyqualia
After easily blocking Kyou's quadruple attack, Aichi declares 'Final Turn'. Though it seems his plan is going to be defeated, thanks to a Stand trigger, Aichi manages to deliver the finishing blow using Young Pegasus Knight. It is determined by Suiko that Aichi possesses the ability PSYqualia, which they seek.
Episode 43 • Dec 31, 1969
The Black Bellwether
Kamui is concerned when Aichi stops coming to Card Capital after the tournament. Aichi continues to be haunted by Kai's words and finds himself unexpectedly at the door to the PSY Card Shop. Everyone is then surprised when Ren enters the shop. Confronting Aichi, Ren explains what has been happening to him lately and the nature of the power, PSYqualia.
Episode 44 • Dec 31, 1969
Unexpected Visitor
After losing to Aichi, Kourin goes to Card Capital, asking for Kai. Since Miwa is the only person who knows where Kai is, he rides with Kourin to the Underground cardfight area. They find Kai, who is beating all the underground fighters to relieve his frustrations.
Episode 45 • Dec 31, 1969
Shadow Paladin
At the start of the tournament, Team Q4 is placed in the same block as Team Jurassic Army and Team Brilliant Stars. After having a brief conversation with Team Q4, Kiriya Bidou, leader of Brilliant Stars tells Ren that if he can take care of Aichi, then he will be allowed into AL4.
Episode 46 • Dec 31, 1969
The Coiling Thread
After defeating Jurassic Army, Team Q4 are now up against Team Spyder. Before the match, Kamui meets a little girl (actually just a decoy) in the hallway. The "girl" claims that someone took her puppy, Sprinkles, and begs Kamui to help find her. After this, Misaki meets a man in the hallway who tells her shocking things.
Episode 47 • Dec 31, 1969
Another Foo Fighter
Kamui and Misaki both fight desperately against members of the Brilliant Stars, AL4's strongest "farm team". If they fail, it means Aichi has to fight, which could lead to him getting sicker as well as being engulfed further by the dark side.
Episode 48 • Dec 31, 1969
Solitary Fight
As the fight between Kiriya and Aichi begins, Kai is seen watching the match in another area. Emi runs to Team Q4, worried about Aichi playing in another fight, but finds both Misaki and Kamui visibly shaken from Aichi's words.
Episode 49 • Dec 31, 1969
Kai's Battle
Kai arranges a fight with the power-mad Aichi before it's too late. As the two square off in an alley, Kai recalls the last time he encountered the power of PSYqualia, years before, when he was Ren's friend and teammate!
Episode 50 • Dec 31, 1969
At the End of the Battle...
The back-alley battle between Aichi and Kai comes to a pulse-pounding conclusion! It's the moment Aichi's been waiting for, but is this the fight he really wants?
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