CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD
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Episodes

1. Stand Up, Vanguard!!
Aichi Sendou, a timid youth who gets his precious card taken by his classmate, Katsumi Morikawa. Aichi goes after Morikawa, and heads towards a card shop called Card Capital.

2. Ride the Vanguard!!
Aichi Sendou challenges Toshiki Kai to a cardfight in order to get his card, Blaster Blade, back. As Kai teaches Aichi about the rules, he notices Aichi’s smile during the fight.

3. Who`s the Strongest Cardfighter!!
A young cardfighter, Kamui Katsuragi, heads towards Card Capital in order to become the strongest cardfighter. Kai nominates Aichi, who happens to be at the shop, to fight Kamui.

4. Misaki`s Secret!!
Misaki Tokura, a shop assistant inexperienced with cardfighting, becomes interested in Vanguard upon seeing how Aichi Sendou evolves. With an invitation from Aichi, Misaki steps up to her first fight.

5. Let’s Go To Card Capital!!
Aichi Sendou applies to join the CF Research Club that Katsumi Morikawa and the rest are in. However, CF Research Club faces the crisis of being abolished with the grades of Morikawa and the rest being far below acceptable.

6. Declaration of War!! Battle of the Shops
Aichi and the rest encounter Leon Soryu, champion of the Asia Circuit, and Gouki Daimonji, runner-up, at the grand Cardshop "Voyage"that Kamui Katsuragi originally played at.

7. Unite!! Q4 (Quadrifoglio)
Kenji Mitsusada joins and forms a team at "Voyage" with the other members of Asia Circuit's top 3, and is set to participate in the shop battle. One day, Mitsusada visits Card Capital without notice.

8. Turbulence!! Q4 VS NwO
The shop battle begins with Card Capital's representative, Team Q4, facing off against Voyage's representative, Team NwO. Gouki Daimonji and his sister Nagisa are the first members that Q4 needs to defeat.

9. Kai Loses!!
The proud fighter, Toshiki Kai, and Emperor of the Card World, Kenji Mitsusada, face off in the third match of the shop battle. The two fighters with high potential are neck and neck in this climax fight where both of them use their trump cards.

10. Wind of Aichi!!
Fourth match of the shop battle has Aichi Sendou facing off against Leon Soryu. Fighting an uphill battle against Leon's "Wind", Aichi experiences a different imagination for his fight.

11. Battle of Men!!
Kamui Katsuragi and Gouki Daimonji battle in the deciding match. While trying to defeat Gouki, Kamui recalls what Gouki once said to him.

12. Mysterious Adversary Asteroid!!
Minami Kawanami, a member of the mysterious group "Asteroid", appears at Card Capital. The "VF Glove" that they use appears to be dangerous item that allows the damage of cardfights to manifest.

13. Kamui!! Revenge of Determination
Voyage gets taken over by Asteroid. Kamui challenges a member of the strongest team "AL4", Kyou Yahagi, in an attempt to reclaim the place where he used to belong.

14. Awaken!! PSYqualia
The one who spoke to Aichi while his movements were sealed by the lethal combo of Kyou's "Dueling Dragon, ZANBAKU", was none other than the Blaster Blade from his imagination.

15. FRIEND
Asaka Narumi of Team AL4 appears at Card Capital looking for the place that Kai belongs. Foreseeing that, Miwa faces Asaka and the Asteroids in an attempt to keep them away from Kai.

16. Their Respective Feelings
Misaki and Asaka battle. Ren Suzugamori, the leader of the Asteroids, appears during their fight. Meanwhile, Kyou suggests to Aichi and Kamui that thay should go "Asteroid Hunting".

17. A Jet Black Knight!! Blaster Dark
Aichi learns from Kyou that hearing the voices of cards is something known as "PSYqualia". And Misaki's fight against Ren, who's able to use that ability, is......

18. Kai and Ren, and Aichi too
Kai recollects hanging out with Ren and Tetsu of Team AL4, and his reunion with Aichi, upon knowing that Ren paid a visit to Card Capital.

19. Tetsu's Motive
Tetsu appears before Aichi and friends while they are Asteroid hunting. The hidden power of PSYqualia is discovered when Tetsu challenges Aichi to a cardfight for his research on PSYqualia.

20. Reunion
Kai and Miwa enter the Asteroid headquarters and defeat the members. Elsewhere, after the fight with Tetsu, the exhausted Aichi and Kamui encounters the leader of Asteroid, Ren.

21. Abyss of Darkness
Teams Q4 and AL4 gather at the Asteroid headquarters. Kai fights Ren in a decisive battle to protect Aichi. The battle begins between Kai, who denies the power of PSYqualia, and Ren, who is overflowing with that power.

22. A Serious Fight
Kai and Ren faces off in the destined match. While teams Q4 and AL4 watch on, Kai rides a new trump card. Who will come out on top in this serious fight?

23. A Little Beacon
The fight between the users of PSYqualia, Aichi and Ren, reaches its climax. Can Aichi overcome Ren, whose imaginations originate from a warped thirst, and sever the chains of these fights?

24. Kai
Aichi and friends return to their peaceful days after the battle against Asteroid. A few days later, Kai challenges Aichi to a fight at Card Capital.

25. Vanguard
During the fight with Aichi, Kai begins to understand his feelings towards the fight. Aichi pushes forward with his PSYqualia during the fight.

26. Vanguard Abnormality!! Unit Encyclopedia
Aichi's friends see him off as he heads towards the Asia Circuit as a representative of Japan. Meanwhile, in a mysterious dimension, familiar units and the clans they belong to are introduced.

27. Stand Up! High School Life!!
Aichi's wins in the Asia Circuit have him face off against Leon once more in the finals...... And after some time, Aichi's now a high school student! However, Vanguard isn't popular at all in Miyaji Academy, the school he has enrolled in.

28. Cardfight Club Initiated!
Kourin, from Ultrarare, transfers to Miyaji Academy, and joins Aichi's Cardfight Club. As the club applicants who want to get to know Kourin gather, Aichi's childhood acquaintance, Naoki, appears.

29. New Allies
Naoki takes on Kourin's club entry test. Confronting his past self, he fights with all he has even though he's a beginner. Can he grab hold of his future with his deck and Shin's training?

30. My Idol
With Naoki's entry, the club works towards gaining official approval. However, Naoki senses that he's being watched. The culprit is none other than Shingo Komoi, who is interested to join the club.

31. The Backstage Boss
Misaki is feared as the Backstage Boss of Miyaji Academy. She keeps declining Aichi's invitations to join the Cardfight Club to avoid troubling him, until Kourin can bear it no longer and challenges her to a fight.

32. First Exchange Match
The Cardfight Club heads towards an exchange match. Their opponents, Fukuhara High VG Club, feature familiar faces from Asteroid such as Ren and Asaka, and also ULTRARARE member, Suiko.

33. Vanguard Koshien
Naoki and his powered up deck faces the experienced idol, Suiko. During the intense fight, "Takuto Tatsunagi" from the "Tatsunagi Foundation" makes his appearance.

34. Another Vanguard
Aichi and friends encounter the mysterious fighter, Kouji Ibuki. What is the power of "Delete" of the malicious "Deletor" units that belong to the person who taught Kai and Miwa Vanguard!?

35. Concert Master, Takuto
CF club returns to their peaceful daily routine after the exchange with Fukuhara. "Takuto Tatsunagi", the "Concert Master" and chairman of the Tatsunagi Foundation, reveals a shocking truth to ULTRARARE.

36. Destiny Conductor
Concert Master Takuto Tatsunagi challenges Ibuki to a fight to find out what the mysterious unit "Deletor" is. Takuto seems to have the advantage with PSYqualia, but......

37. Invasion of the PSYqualia Zombie
As the "Destiny Conductor", Takuto commands Suiko and Rekka to go to Fukuhara. The aim of these girls is to infect the vanguard fighters with a certain power.

38. Beyond Imagination!
Ren fights the PSYqualia zombiefied Asaka to return her back to normal. However, with the power of PSYqualia, Asaka can only see a nightmare of herself defeating Ren.

39. True Strength
The invasion of the PSYqualia zombies spreads towards Card Capital. Kai brings forth the power of a new Overlord in order to save Kamui and the others who have become PSYqualia zombies.

40. True and Fake
Aichi and the CF club are brought by Kyou to the card shop. What awaits them are Rekka, who turned Kyou into a zombie, and a gang of PSYqualia zombies!

41. Phantom Final Turn
Though Aichi defeated the PSYqualia zombies without breaking a sweat, Ibuki appears before him! Kyou, with his new power of PSYqualia, imagines himself defeating Ibuki with his new trump card, but......

42. Distorted Bonds
Aichi is driven into a corner by the PSYqualia zombie Naoki. In the middle of their intense fight, the one who intervened in their imaginations was Kourin.

43. Called Walkers, Those Ruled by Fate
Entrusting Naoki and Aichi to Shingo, Misaki heads for the Tatsunagi mansion, where she encounters Kourin. The curtain rises for the fight to release her beloved friend from her fate.

44. Entangled Fate
Aichi finally awakens as the strongest PSYqualia zombie. Kai, Ren, and friends head for the Tatsunagi mansion upon contact from Misaki, but the one who stands in their way is none other than Ibuki.

45. Rivalry
Ibuki will not stop until Kai is deleted. Ibuki fights with the power of despair and resentment towards Vanguard, but PSYqualia reveals a light in his imagination of Kai from his memories.

46. The Vilest Enemy, Aichi
PSYqualia zombie Aichi appears at the Tatsunagi mansion. Misaki fights to bring back the original Aichi, but Aichi's strength has undergon a transformation into a different kind of ruthlessness.

47. The Truth of Destiny Conductor
Ren arrives at the Tatsunagi mansion, and challenges the mastermind behind this, the Destiny Conductor. But as Ren's fight against the abnormal "Starhulk" units unfolds......

48. Kai's Memory
PSYqualia zombie Aichi fights against Ibuki. The ability and anger contained within them clash at full force, but as the abnormal fight unfolds......

49. Bonds
Although Aichi is released from the control of being PSYqualia zombie upon being deleted by Ibuki's Deletors, Aichi loses his self as a Vanguard fighter as well.

50. The Day When Vanguard Disappears
The final battle that will decide the future of Vanguard begins with the actions of Aichi and the Destiny Conductor. Meanwhile, the forces of both planet Cray and wandering planet Brandt rally to war.

51. Messiah
The deities of both planet Cray and planet Brandt descend in the final act. Fighting alongside his allies towards the conclusion of the distorted fate, the light of salvation appears within Aichi's sword.

52. Unit Encyclopedia 2!!
The battle between the vanguards and the 2 planets...... isn't over? The "little ones" have been called forth by the popularity once more...... to recreate that tournament that wasn't reached in the main series

53. Disband!!
Aichi Sendou and friends from the Miyaji Academy CF Club look forward to participating in the Vanguard Koshien. However, with a lack of members in the club, the student council sends them a notice to disband.

54. Aichi's the Coach!?
The CF Club challenges the student council for the club's survival. As the student council doesn't seem to improve in their fights at all, Aichi decides to become their coach.

55. Evil-Eyed Prince from Another World Sings of the Strongest Hero and Love
The CF Club challenges the student council for the club's survival. As the student council doesn't seem to improve in their fights at all, Aichi decides to become their coach.

56. Beyond Globalization!!
It's the final battle of the challenge. With his way with words, Tatewaki Naitou, the student council president, makes Aichi his advisor. Can Misaki overcome the odds and save the club against such powerful adversaries?

57. Lost Imagination
Some fighters are tormented by mysterious disorders. Kamui brings Kyou to visit Voyage, where he encounters Rekka. Meanwhile, Tetsu chases after Kyou, and Kai meets Koutei again.

58. The Beginning of The End
What awaits Kai at Voyage is none other than Mamoru Anjou, with a new Overlord card in hand. Overcoming countless defeats, Kai recalls his first encounter with Overlord.

59. Greion's Whisper
Ibuki loses the peace gained from the battle with the Wandering Star Brandt, and is overcome with guilt. Ibuki receives an invitation to the Tatsunagi Mansion, where he is met by Nome Tatsunagi, the new head of the Tatsunagi foundation.

60. The Last Delete End
Ibuki's heart rejects the power of Deletors out of fear. Discarding his deck, Ibuki decides to quit Vanguard for good. However, he is stopped by Leon, who coincidentally paid a visit to the Tatsunagi Mansion.

61. Ruler's Resolution
To make up for his own sins with the new power he obtained, Ibuki appears before the person he had deleted, Tetsu. He then challenges Asaka to a fight, to join the Fukuhara High School VG Club's Koshien team as the anchor.

62. Stand Up!! Vanguard Koshien!!
The four schools advancing to the Vanguard Koshien semifinals have been decided, and they are Miyaji, Hitsue, Fukuhara, and Harumi. And the first match is Fukuhara VS Harumi. With their reputation on the line, which high school will proceed to the finals?

63. Welcome Back, Kai
The next semifinals is Miyaji VS Hitsue. However, Kai goes missing on the day of the fight. Without completely recovering from being deleted, will Kai make it in time to the venue?

64. Memories Neither from the Past Nor Future
The finals is Miyaji VS Fukuhara. Leaving the anchor match to Naoki, Aichi and Ren face off in the fourth match. As Ren goes all out to enjoy the fight, his PSYqualia reveals a destiny that should've been lost.

65. Decisive Fight!!
Vanguard Koshien has Naoki and Ibuki facing off for the anchor match! It's a fight that will decide the victor. As things heat up for Naoki, he catches a glimpse of Kourin.

66. Welcome to the CF Club
No matter the distance, the souls led by fate cross paths once more. Kourin invites Miyaji Academy, the winner of Vanguard Koshien, to an exhibition match.

67. I'm the Manager!!
Shinemon Nitta is the self-proclaimed manager of Card Capital. Shinemon works hard to protect Card Capital from the director of a large-scale card shop, Esuka Hibino.

68. Welcome to Esuka!!
In the struggle for the right to run Card Capital, Shinemon has his own deck taken away. Shinemon and Mark infiltrate Esuka's main shop to try to get it back.

69. First Time Holding the Fort
Leaving Card Capital to his disciple Tatsuya, Shinemon challenges the re-test. However, Esuka's hitmen, Nanami and Tonori, appeared, and they seem to have taken away Mikuru......

70. Idol's Birth?
The one who summoned Mikuru is Esuka. Esuka proposes that Mikuru debut as an idol. Meanwhile, Mark and Tatsuya enter Esuka's main shop to rescue Mikuru.

71. Token Fight!! Plant VS Evil Decoy!!
The curtain rises on the fight between the strongest S ranked fighter Nanami, and the Ninja Master. As the fight rages between those two, Shinemon gets tormented by the sub-manager......!?

72. Last Ditch No Guard!!
Shinemon arrives at Esuka's main shop and faces off against Nanami. The secret of Nanami's cold attitude towards the fight is hidden within her encounters with both Vanguard and Esuka.

73. Capital Revived!!
Card Capital will open for a day for the shopping street's Halloween festival. Shinemon and friends try to revive the fun atmosphere from the past, but an unexpected trouble occurs......

74. Welcome to Capital!!
It's the day of the Halloween festival. The tournament runs smoothly, but Shinemon is bogged down with work as the manager. Then, Rive goes missing.

75. Valkerion's Tears
Esuka appears as Card Capital's one day open ends without a hitch. Esuka proposes a cardfight to Shinemon with the rights to run Card Capital on the line.

76. End of Shinemon
On top of losing to Esuka and getting chased out of Card Capital, Shinemon sees Misaki together with Esuka, and falls into despair.

77. Shin, Shin, Shinemon?
With his sights set on a rematch with Esuka and to battle in the S Cup, Shinemon wanders in his attempt to change. Meanwhile, Esuka invites powerful fighters from all around the world.

78. Team Dragon's Vanity!!
The Esu Cup is where the rematch with Esuka will occur! However, Team Dragon's Vanity, formed with 3 esteemed fighters from various regions, stand before Shinemon and friends.

79. Esu Cup Match
The match between Team Capital and Team Dragon's Vanity will be decided when either side gets 3 wins! The first fight was entrusted to Ninja Master, but he seems to be fooled by the Oyama's flashy style.

80. Card or Life
Rive is chosen by Ruga to be his opponent. Though these two used to fight side by side as a pair, Ruga scolds Rive for running away from his fear of fighting against Ruga.

81. Image Transformed!!
Shinemon faces the last hurdle of Dragon's Vanity, which was none other than he who sheds tears upon the sin of weakness, Yuichirou Kanzaki. Will he be able to overcome Kanzaki in this last fight?

82. Trial of Deities
Overcoming trials and tribulations, Shinemon gets his rematch against Esuka. Facing the youthful, immature, and reckless Shinemon, Esuka speaks of her own life experience.

83. True Passion
Esuka corners Shinemon into choosing between a life as a fighter or a shop manager. What will Shinemon answer, now that he has learnt and understood it all?

84. Examinees' Merry Christmas
Shinemon studies for his entrance examination despite the Christmas season. However, the business of Card Capital is booming thanks to the presence of a super popular idol, Hitomi Kouzouji!? What will happen to his studies!?

85. Vanguard Abnormality
A Card Capital with a prosperous future. The famous talent and entrepreneur, Esuka Hibino, and her Shop Manager acquaintance, Shin, shares about the unknowns of Esuka to the regulars.

86. Gear Chronicle
Shinemon is now a 4th-year university student. He's supposed to enter the deciding match with his teammates as representatives of Japan, but Rive starts using a new deck with a clan he has never seen before in the tournament.

87. Summoning Experiment
The one who greets Shinemon and friends from mysterious research laboratory "Ryuzu's Lab" is none other than Tatsuya. Shinemon challenges the head of the lab Ryuzu Myoujin to a fight, and bears witness to a shocking experiment.

88. The Day Before
It's the day before the finals of the Asia Circuit. As Shinemon ponders about whether to join the "Unit Summoning Experiment" or "Team's Final Worlds Challenge", Esuka invites him for dinner.

89. Clash between Master and Student
Shinemon heads to Ryuzu's Lab to bring Rive back together with Esuka. Mark enters the finals alone, believing in the return of Shinemon and friends. The curtain rises on Shinemon's final fight.

90. The Real Opponent
Ryuzu attempts to involve Shinemon in the summoning experiment. Esuka fights Ryuzu to stop that from happening, and to send Shinemon and his friends to the tournament.

91. The Night at Yumigatake
"The one who wants to fight Shinemon with the Unit summoning experiment is not Ryuzu but me.", Tatsuya chuckled dubiously. What does that actually mean? Ryuzu and Rive look back upon the beginning of this research.

92. Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh
With a wish "to save the lives of his deceased parents", Tatsuya challenges Ryuzu with the position of the leader for the experiments on the line. He knows the truth behind the experiments that Ryuzu has yet to realize.

93. Manifest the Units!!
Tatsuya rides on the wings of Malkuth-melekh with his insane desires. To save the hostage Chrono, and to return with Rive to battle alongisde Mark, Shinemon challenges Tatsuya to a final battle.

94. Our Wings
The final battle begins at Ryuzu's Lab in the midst of the experiment to bridge Earth and Cray during the half-moon. Can Shinemon stop Tatsuya, who has sacrificed everything for the experiment?

95. To Capital Again
10 years have passed after the night of the half-moon. A young man appears at Card Capital with that Gear Chronicle deck in hand. The gears of Shin Nitta's story that stopped begins to move again.

96. A New Vanguard
With the unexpected reunion, "Shin" brings back "Shinemon" from 10 years ago for the fight. The fight to lead Shinemon's new future begins...

97. Three Idols?/Shin Nitta
The story of Shinemon that spans two generations...... is supposed to have ended, but both Shinemon and Shin appears!? Shinemon and Shin reminisce about their individual pasts.
Overview
The main protagonist Sendou Aichi, is a timid and mundane third-year middle school boy. The thing that supported Aichi's heart, was the "Blaster Blade" card that he received as a child. It's an important rare card from "Vanguard", a card game with the imaginary world of "Planet Cray" as its stage. From the day he reunited with the person who gave him that card "Toshiki Kai", Aichi's everyday life began to change.(Source: Crunchyroll)...
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Cast

Takuya Satou
Toshiki Kai

Izumi Kitta
Misaki Tokura

Tsubasa Yonaga
Aichi Sendou

Noriaki Sugiyama
Katsumi Morikawa

Shoutarou Morikubo
Taishi Miwa

Shizuka Ishikawa
Kamui Katsuragi

Shuuta Morishima
Shinemon Nitta

Suzuko Mimori
Kourin Tatsunagi

Atsuko Enomoto
Emi Sendou

Atsushi Abe
Ren Suzugamori

Tetsu Inada
Tetsu Shinjou

Aimi
Suiko Tatsunagi







