A new key visual has been unveiled for the upcoming “Deluxe Arc” story arc of the Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ TV anime series, which begins broadcasting in Japan on January 11, 2025.
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Two new cast members were also announced to be joining the series’ “Deluxe Arc.” They include Takeo Otsuka as Kagetsu Yakumo and Chiharu as Suzune Rokuoin.
They join a voice cast from previous seasons that includes:
- • Toshiya Miyata as Akina Myodo
- • Jun Fukuyama as Gabwelius
- • Eri Yukimura as Hikari Myodo
- • Yuka Nishio as Nao Inabe
- • Reiji Kawashima as Suo Yobitsugi
- • Haruki Iwata as Mikoto Saito
- • Takumi Mano as Taizo Kiyokura
- • Shuuta Morishima as Masanori Iseki
- • Amane Shindo as Megumi Ookura
The series’ first season premiered in Japan from January 13, 2024 to April 20, 2024. A second season aired from July 6, 2024 to October 12, 2024. Each season ran for 13 episodes. The “Deluxe Arc” will be the eighth season of the “D Series” anime, which has been airing for nine consecutive cours so far. A rebroadcast of the series will run from October to December 2025.
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Season 2 serves as the D series’ sixth overall entry, after two Cardfight!! Vanguard Overdress seasons and three Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress seasons.
Before the D series titles, there were several Cardfight!! Vanguard anime series such as 2011’s Cardfight!! Vanguard, 2014’s Cardfight!! Vanguard G, and 2018’s Cardfight!! Vanguard Prime. The anime is part of Bushiroad‘s Cardfight!! Vanguard multimedia trading card game franchise, which began in 2011.
The D series is a co-production between Kinema Citrus, Gift Animation, and STUDIO JEMI, and features original character designs from CLAMP.
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Crunchyroll has streamed previous entries of the franchise, and is also streaming Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ worldwide, excluding Japan, China, North and South Korea.
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ is available to stream on the official Cardfight!! Vanguard YouTube channel, which describes the first episode as:
One day, a youth named Akina Myodo from Kanazawa of Kaga obtains a mysterious card after experiencing a vision of planet Cray. That card is proof that he has been chosen as the Fated One of Miracles, and an invitation to the “Fated Clash”, where the last one standing can have their wish granted.
