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| director = Masahiro Hosoda (episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 001|1]] - [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 013|13]]); Asano Katsuya (episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|14]] onwards)<ref name="newdirector">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/vrains-director-change/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] Director Change</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = August 16, 2017 | accessdate = August 16, 2017}}</ref>; Satou Tatsuo '''(directing supervision)''' (episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|14]] onwards)

| network = * {{flag|Japan}} TV Tokyo* {{flag|Italy}} K2* {{flag|Canada}} Teletoon - East

'''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 the previous series doesdid. 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.

As of On June 1st1, 2017, Crunchyroll began airing the show with legal 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 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|spin5D's]]-'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|offZEXAL]] '', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|seriesARC-V]]''), Yu-Gi-Oh! ''VRAINS '' introduces (and focuses on) a new type of Summoning known as : [[Link Summon|Link Summoning]]ing, though the second season gradually reintroduces the previous Summoning methods.

The series is based in a world roughly 10 ten years from now , where a massive Virtual Reality Network called LINK VRAINS has been established. It’s It's a suspense suspenseful, thriller -style story where in which Yusaku fights Duels in order to learn the truth of the events in the surrounding his past. <ref name="interview">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/niceroleniceactorgo/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] Further Character Info and Story Info</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = May 6, 2017 | accessdate = February 23, 2018}}</ref>

There is a city where national socialism has network systems have evolved: [[Den City]]. In this city, with the advanced network technology developed by the corporation "[[SOL TechnologyTechnologies]]", a Virtual Reality space called "[[LINK VRAINS]]" (Link Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence National SocialismNetwork System) has been developed. By using LINK VRAINS which was built under inside the National SocialismNetwork System, Duels unfold where Duelists change their appearance separate from their real life identities, and in this VR Space people became excited over the latest way to Duel.

[[File:Vrains_Promo_Poster.png|thumb|leftright|Poster for Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]However, in "LINK VRAINS", a mysterious hacker group that hacks via Dueling has appeared: [[The Knights of Hanoi]]. Their goal is to destroy the "AI World" known as "[[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]]" that exists somewhere in the depths of the Network.

'''VRAINS''' is a combination of the acronyms VR, AI, and NS, standing for Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and National SocialismNetwork System.<ref name="vrainsmeaning">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/icantpossiblyfigurethisoutcanyou/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] New Information from LABO (Week 3)</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = April 19, 2017 | accessdate = August 16, 2017}}</ref>The acronyms are displayed prominently during the English opening.

As Production issues behind the scenes have forced the show to include a large number of episode 14"recap episodes", Masahiro Hosoda, due to unknown reasons, stepped down as Director and was replaced by which the series has become notorious for. Asano Katsuya. It's took to Twitter to be noted that as of this episode, the backgrounds of LINK apologize for these episodes after [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS and - Episode 038|the Link Summoning methods fourth such episode]]; explaining that they were changed and added more detail, possibly due needed to allow them to slowly improve the changeseries. <ref name="newdirectorVDapology" >{{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>

*'''Episodes''': 001-046 '''Japanese opening theme 2''': [[go forward]]*'''Performer''': KIMERU*'''Episodes''': 047-???

*'''Episodes''': 001-024 '''Japanese ending theme 2''': [[Writing Life]]*'''Performer''': Goodbye Holiday*'''Episodes''': 025-046 '''Japanese ending theme 3''': [[BOY]]*'''Performer''': uchuu;*'''Episodes''': 047-070 '''Japanese ending theme 4''': [[glory]]*'''Performer''': BAND-MAID;*'''Episodes''': 071-???