Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
| Anime television series | |
|---|---|
| title | Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II |
| Original title | 遊 ☆ 戯 ☆ 王 ZEXAL 遊 ☆ 戯 ☆ 王 ZEXAL II |
| transcription | Yū-Gi-Ō Zearu Yū-Gi-Ō Zearu II |
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| US logo | |
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2011-2014 |
| Studio | Gallop |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 146 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Shōnen , adventure , science fiction |
| Director | Satoshi Kuwahara |
| idea | Kazuki Takahashi , Studio Dice |
| music | Conical |
| First broadcast | April 11, 2011 on TV Tokyo , TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, TVQ Kyushu |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 18, 2012 on RTL II |
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ( Japanese 遊 ☆ 戯 ☆ 王
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The series takes place in the near future. Yūma Tsukumo is the protagonist who is challenged by Ryōga to a duel. Suddenly the mystical being astral appears, which helps him to conquer. Astral is looking for his memories, which have become monsters that now reside in 99 "number cards". To get this, Yūma must defeat the owners of the cards who are possessed by the numbers in a duel. So he becomes a better and better player and Astral can use these cards to regain his lost memory. But he's not the only one who hunts for "number cards".
In the second season, a new danger emerges from the Barian world, which are targeting the "Numbers" and Astral.
Characters
- Yūma Tsukumo ( 九 十九 遊 馬 , Tsukumo Yūma ) is the main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. He lives with his big sister with his grandmother; his parents are on a research trip. He got his deck of playing cards from his father, his pendant, the "key", from his mother. Yūma wants to be the best duelist in the world, but initially appears to be very clumsy. Later he is the only person who can protect and save the astral world and the barian world from each other.
- Astral ( ア ス ト ラ ル , Asutoraru ) is a mystical being. It appears in the middle of the duel between Yūma and Reginald and has been by Yūma's side ever since. To get his memories back, he looks for the 99 "number cards". From the second season he has the goal to defeat his archenemy Don Thousand from the Barian world, who was sealed with the seven mythyrian numbers, as well as the seven Barian emperors.
- Reginald Kastle ( 神 代 凌 牙 , Kamishiro Ryōga ) is another duelist. He is nicknamed Shark . In the second season he learns that he is actually Nash, the leader of the Barians, and from that point on he has to fight Yuma. But his adversary Vector also stands in his way.
- Tori Meadows ( 観 月 小鳥 , Mizuki Kotori ) is Yūma's childhood friend.
- Kite Tenjo ( 天 城 カ イ ト , Tenjō Kaito ) is commissioned by Dr. Faker also on the hunt for the 99 "number cards", in the mistaken belief that he can help his brother in this way. On the moon, he has to fight the Barian Mizar in the second season for the Numeron code and a card that Yuma will use very well.
- Bronk Stone ( 武田 鉄 男 , Takeda Tetsuo ) is another friend of Yūma and Tori.
- Rey alias Vector pretended to be Yuma's friend, but later revealed himself to be one of the Barian emperors and thus an enemy who wanted to destroy Yuma and astral as well as the astral world.
Production and publication
The series was produced by Gallop in 2011 and directed by Satoshi Kuwahara. The character design was created by Hiroki Harada and the artistic direction was by Satoshi Shibata. The mechanical design comes from Mitsuru Owa. The 146-episode anime was shown from April 11, 2011 to March 23, 2014 on TV Tokyo and its TXN- affiliated TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi and TVQ Kyushu, and five / six days later nationwide Satellite on BS Japan.
In the US, the series was licensed by 4kids and ran from October 15, 2011 in the Toonzai program block of The CW . After their business closure, Konami took over the licenses.
Between November 18, 2012 and April 21, 2013, RTL II showed the first 30 episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL in their anime block in German premiere. After the anime block was over, the remaining episodes were published between April 28, 2013 and June 30, 2013 on the website rtl2anime.de every week in double episodes via streaming . Since January 26, 2013, the series has also been broadcast on Nickelodeon (episodes 1–49 only) and since May 6, 2014 on ProSieben Maxx (episodes 50–146 only).
synchronization
| Role (jp./dt.) | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Yūma Tsukumo | Tasuku Hatanaka | Jan Makino |
| Akari Tsukumo / Kari Tsukumo | Nami Miyahara | Ann have a lot |
| Haru Tsukumo | Ikuko Tani | Denise Gorzelanny |
| Astral | Miyu Irino | Rainer Fritzsche |
| Kotori Mizuki / Tori Meadows | Mikako Komatsu | Tanja Schmitz |
| Tetsuo Takeda / Bronk Stone | Makoto Shimada | Nick Forsberg |
| Ryōga "Shark" Kamishiro / Reginald "Shark" Kastle | Toshiki Masuda | Jesco Wirthgen later Ricardo Richter |
| Takashi Todoroki / Caswell Todoroki | Taishi Murata | Christian Pointer |
| Tokunosuke Otomeura / Flip | Aki Canada | Andi Krösing |
| Kyasshī ("Cat-chan") / Cathy "Cat" Catherine | Yu Kobayashi | Jill Schulz |
| Kaito Tenjō / Kite Tenjo | Kōki Uchiyama | Nico Sablik |
| Haruto Tenjō / Hart Tenjo | Yuuko Sanpei | Dirk Stollberg |
| Orbital 7 | Tomoaki Maeno | Daniel Johannes |
| Dokuta Feikā / Dr. Faker | Shinji Ogawa | Tobias Lelle |
| Misutā Hātorando / Mr. Heartland | Jūrōta Kosugi | Sebastian Jacob |
| Dorowa / Dextra | Yumi Fukamizu | Anja Mentzendorff |
| Goshu / Nistro | Gō Shinomiya | Tino Kießling |
| Ray Shadows | Satoshi Hino | Bastian Sierich |
| Tron (Byron Arclight) / Vetrix | Sachi Kokuryu | Oliver Bender |
| III (Michael Arclight) / Trey | Kyōsuke Ikeda | René Dawn-Claude |
| IV (Thomas Arclight) / Quattro | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Arne Stephan |
| V (Christopher Arclight) / Quinton | Shoma Yamamoto | Florian Hoffmann |
music
For Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has produced five (Japanese) opening credits so far :
- Masterpiece ( マ ス タ ー ピ ー ス , Masutāpīsu ) by mihimaru GT
- Braving! from Kanan
- Soul Drive ( 魂 ド ラ イ ブ , Tamashī Doraibu ) by Color Bottle
- Unbreakable Heart ( 折 れ な い ハ ー ト , Orenai Hāto ) by Takatori Hideaki
- Dual-ism of Mirrors ( 鏡 の デ ュ ア ル ・ イ ズ ム , Kagami no Dyuaru-izumu ) by Petite Milady
Five (Japanese) end credits were also produced:
- Boku Quest ( 僕 ク エ ス ト , Boku Kuesuto ) from Golden Bomber
- Longing Freesia ( 切望 の フ リ ー ジ ア , Setsubō no Furījia ) by DaizyStripper
- Wild Child by moumoon
- Artist ( ア ー テ ィ ス ト , Ātisuto ) by vistlip
- Go Way Go Way by FoZZtone
A separate theme song was produced for the English-language adaptation of the series , which is used as opening and closing credits in the American and German versions of the show:
- Take a chance
- Halfway to forever
Manga
In Shueisha's manga magazine V Jump since issue 2/2011 of 18 December 2010, a Manga to Anime appears. The plot comes from the scriptwriter of the anime Shin Yoshida and the drawings by Naohito Miyoshi ( 三好 直 人 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konami Explains Transition of 4Kids' Yu-Gi-Oh Assets. In: Anime News Network. July 30, 2012, accessed August 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Change of channel before first broadcast. In: OtakuTimes. October 8, 2012, accessed November 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Airtime of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL on Nickelodeon . Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ Ｖ ジ ャ ン プ 2011 年 2 月 号 . In: 7net shopping. Retrieved April 29, 2011 (Japanese).
Web links
- Anime website at TV Tokyo (Japanese)
- Entry on the anime on Anime News Network (English)