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'''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'''<ref name="title">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/sohowisthisnotstandingout/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [Weekly Jump] Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Revealed!</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = February 16, 2017 | accessdate = February 16, 2017}}</ref> is the sixth ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime series and the fifth main spin-off series, which began airing in Japan on May 10, 2017. It airs in Japan every Wednesday at 6:25 pm Japanese Standard Time instead of the usual Sundays as with previous series did. This series airs alongside reruns of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' as part of BS Japan's ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Hour'' block. It later airs alongside reruns of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds]]'' starting from November 2017.
On June 1, 2017, Crunchyroll began airing the show with subtitles, which became available in American English, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and Mexican or Latin American Spanish. Future episodes will be simulcast. The English dub had a sneak preview at the end of a special screening of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'' in theaters where the first episode was aired; it will be aired airs in Canada every weekend day at 1pm on Teletoon - East starting from September 2018.
The series stars [[Yusaku Fujiki]] as the main protagonist, and takes place in a high-school setting, featuring Virtual Reality Duels in a cyberspace constructed with [[LINK VRAINS]], the latest in virtual-reality technology. As with the previous three spin-off series (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|5D's]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|ZEXAL]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|ARC-V]]''), ''VRAINS'' introduces and focuses on a new type of Summoning: [[Link Summon]]ing, though the second season gradually reintroduces the previous Summoning methods.
The anime has a companion manga series, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: Cyber Warrior Yusaku]]''.<ref name="comicbook-announcement">{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/06/04/yu-gi-oh-vrains-manga-series-anime/|author=Megan Peters|publisher=comicbook.com|title='Yu-Gi-Oh!' Announces New Manga|date=June 3, 2018}}</ref>
==Development==
As of episode 14, Masahiro Hosoda, due to unknown reasons, stepped down as director and was replaced by Asano Katsuya. It's to be noted that as of this episode, the backgrounds of LINK VRAINS and the Link Summoning methods were changed and added more detail, and the point gauge for Link Monsters depicts the monster's Link Markers. <ref name="newdirector" /> As of the same episode, the series is under the supervision of Satou Tatsuo (best known as the director of the ''[[wikipedia:Martian Successor Nadesico|Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' series).<ref name="Ep.14 credits">{{Episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|14|ref}}</ref>
Production issues behind the scenes have forced the show to include a large number of "recap episodes", which the series has become notorious for. Asano Katsuya took to Twitter to apologize for these episodes after [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 038|the fourth such episode]]; explaining that they were needed to allow them to slowly improve the series.<ref name="VDapology">{{cite web|url= https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/02/09/yu-gi-oh-vrains-production-issues-director-speaks/ | title = <nowiki>Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS' Director Addresses Its Production Issues The Organization</nowiki>| publisher = comicbook/anime | date = February 9, 2018 | accessdate = August 27, 2018}}</ref>
'''Japanese ending theme 3''': [[BOY]]
*'''Performer''': uchuu;
*'''Episodes''': 047-070 '''Japanese ending theme 4''': [[glory]]*'''Performer''': BAND-MAID;*'''Episodes''': 071-???
==Episodes==
