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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 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|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 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 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 Network System) has been developed. By using LINK VRAINS which was built inside the Network 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 Network 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 of episode 14, Masahiro Hosoda, due to unknown reasons, stepped down as Director 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, possibly due to the change. Even and the point gauge for the Link Monsters included depicts the monster's Link Markers. <ref name="newdirector" /> Also another interesting thing is that since As of the same episode, the series is under the supervision of Satou Tatsuo (best known as the director of the ''[https[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_Successor_Nadesico Martian Successor Nadesico|Martian Successor Nadesico]] '' series), who oversees Asano's direction of 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>

*'''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-???