Konami Digital Entertainment began streaming the first episode of the anime short series Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles on Tuesday, which spotlights the “Sky Striker Ace” storyline. The short series is currently streaming on the Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Channel on YouTube, with a new episode being released every month. Subtitles for the short are available in English, Korean, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).
The first episode highlights the “Sky Striker Ace” storyline and the main rival characters Sky Striker Ace – Raye (voiced by Anna Nagase) and Sky Striker Ace – Roze (voiced by Nene Hieda). The second episode in the storyline will debut this coming May and will further develop the story between the two characters.
The second arc titled “The Fallen & The Virtuous” will begin later this June, focusing on the cards Fallen of Albaz and Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles is being produced by KONAMI Animation and was first announced in December 2024, following the release of a six-minute long animated short in February 2024 commemorating the franchise’s 25th anniversary.
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The Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG YouTube Channel describes the synopsis of the first story arc as:
To counter the great powers surrounding the mighty empire, the “Sky Striker” was developed using advanced military technology. Its power was enough to instantly change the course of battle. The girl “Raye,” entrusted with the “Sky Striker,” repeatedly encounters the girl “Roze” from the hostile nation wielding equal power on the battlefield. Each time they clash with the “Sky Striker,” Raye gradually gets a glimpse of the “human heart” within Roze and rises up to free her!
To meet Roze not as a “weapon” but as a “person”—
Source: Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG YouTube Channel, Anime News Network, press release
