Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | |
Japanese cover of the first manga volume featuring the main characters, Astral (left) and Yuma Tsukumo (right)
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遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL(ゼアル) (Yū-Gi-Ō Zearu) |
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Genre | Action, adventure, science-fantasy, comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Shin Yoshida |
Illustrated by | Naohito Miyoshi |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | V-Jump |
English magazine | |
Original run | December 18, 2010 – June 21, 2015 |
Volumes | 9 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Satoshi Kuwahara |
Written by | Shin Yoshida |
Music by | Conisch |
Studio | Gallop |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | April 11, 2011 – September 24, 2012 |
Episodes | 73 + 1 special |
Manga | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! D-Team Zexal | |
Written by | Akihiro Tomonaga |
Illustrated by | Wedge Holdings |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Saikyō Jump |
Original run | April 3, 2012 – April 3, 2014 |
Volumes | - |
Anime television series | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II | |
Directed by | Satoshi Kuwahara |
Written by | Shin Yoshida |
Music by | Conisch Yasufumi Fukuda Yutaka Minobe |
Studio | Gallop |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo (2012–2014) |
English network | |
Original run | October 7, 2012 – March 23, 2014 |
Episodes | 73 + 1 special |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL(ゼアル) Hepburn: Yū-Gi-Ō Zearu?, pronounced "Ze-al") is a Japanese manga and anime series and the the fourth Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, as well as the third main spin-off series of the franchise. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine from December 2010 and is licensed in North America by Viz Media.
The anime series, animated by Gallop, aired on TV Tokyo between April 2011 and March 2014, following the previous anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, with an English-language version airing in North America between October 2011 and August 2013. A second series titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II (遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL II(ゼアル セカンド) Yū-Gi-Ō Zearu Sekando?, pronounced "Ze-al Second") aired in Japan between October 2012 and March 2014 and in North America between August 2013 and February 2015. The series was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
The series aired on The CW's Saturday morning cartoon block, Toonzai, and continued to air on its successor, Vortexx. The series was later broadcast on Nicktoons starting April 12, 2013. After Vortexx ended, new episodes were streamed to Hulu beginning July 14, 2014. In Canada, the series aired on YTV starting June 2, 2012, while new episodes of Zexal II moved to Teletoon on May 4, 2014.