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This series was acquired by 4Kids Entertainment for broadcasting in the United States on Saturday, September 13th 13, 2008. On June 1st 1, 2009, Cartoon Network began airing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episodes weekly. It is shown on CITV in the UK at weekends in the afternoon. It is also being shown on RTÉ Two in Ireland weekdays in the afternoon.

The world English Premiere of this series was shown at the San Diego Comic Con 2008, on Thursday, July 24th 24, 2008, where the first English dubbed episode was shown.

[[Jack Atlas]] stole [[Yusei Fudo|Yusei Fudo]]'s]] card "[[Stardust Dragon]]" along with the first Duel Runner that Yusei made. He then leaves the poorer "[[Satellite]]" area of Domino City and becomes a "Duel King" in the richer area, called "[[New Domino City]]". Yusei tries to meet up with Jack to get back what was stolen from him, fighting the [[Sector Security|Securities]], who try to keep Satellite residents from entering New Domino City. Yusei meets Jack in New Domino and has a Turbo Duel with him. After both players ace monsters "[[Stardust Dragon]]" and "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]" clash, a mysterious dragon appears, causing the Duel to prematurely end. A group of Security guards then arrive to arrest Yusei.

The [[Yliaster]] group hold the [[Fortune Cup]] in the hopes of gathering the Signers. Yusei is forced to enter, for the safety of his captured friends from Satellite. After many twists and turns in the Cup, four 4 Signers are finally gathered through [[Rex Goodwin]] and [[Lazar]]'s plans.

During Yusei and Jack's Duel, the [[Crimson Dragon]] reappears. Through the Crimson Dragon their Duel is transported elsewhere along with [[Luna]] and [[Akiza]], who are watching. The four 4 of them are witness the past, when the [[Stairway to the Dragon Star]] existed. As they pass it, Yusei notices five 5 individuals on top of the Stairway who on that time carried the same Marks of the Dragon and were Signers back then. And after that they witness the future, where Satellite is being destroyed by a strange force, where on its remains a Spider mark appears. Jack pushes an intense Duel on Yusei in order to win and keep his title, but Yusei once again wins settling his score and being declared as the new King of Turbo Duels.

After the Crimson Dragon is seen at the Fortune Cup the [[Dark Signers]] take action and begin preaching that its evil and asking the people of Satellite to join them if they want salvation. They intend to open a gate to the underworld Netherworld in the [[B.A.D.]] area of Satellite.

The Dark Signers turn out to be people who came back from the dead for power, revenge, or unfinished business. Their members include Yusei's former friend [[Kalin]] who believes Yusei betrayed him; [[Carly Carmine]], a reporter who developed a crush on Jack Atlas; [[Misty Tredwell]], a woman who believes Akiza Izinski is responsible for her brother's death; [[Devack]], a man who unleashes [[Demonic Monkey King Zeman (character)| Zeman the Ape King]] to spread evil in the [[Duel Monsters Spirit World]]; [[Roman Goodwin]], the brother of Rex Goodwin; and [[Greiger]], who still seeks vengeance on Goodwin.

The four 4 Signers, with Mina, Trudge and Leo followed Goodwin's instructions and try to activate the control units of the Original [[Ener-D]] Reactor, to stop the [[King of the Netherworld]] from appearing in their world. The Signers, [[Leo]], and [[Crow]] faced off against the Dark Signers who were guarding their own unit. Although many of the Dark Signers had a change of hearts during their duels, they would then end up being controlled and possessed by the Envoy of the Underworld Netherworld forcing them to complete their task of defeating the Signer. Still the Signers manage to defeat all of the existing Dark Signers along with their Earthbound Immortals, freeing the souls of those used to summon the Immortals. Each Dark Signer turned to dust after their defeat. Despite defeating all the current Dark Signers, the Signers were unable to activate all the control units on time, thus the [[King of the Netherworld]] was resurrected. 

Rex Goodwin, who had been using both sides as his pawns, acquired the powers of both a Dark Signer and a Signer, through death and Roman's amputated arm bearing a [[Mark of the Dragon]]. Goodwin holds the ultimate [[Shadow Turbo Duel]] inside his Condor geoglyph as a ritual to welcome the King itself. Yusei, Jack and Crow accepted and engaged against him on a 3-on-1 Duel. Crow and Jack take damage, rendering them unable to continue, leaving only Yusei to finish the Duel. Goodwin's mark Mark of the dragon Dragon relocates on Yusei's arm, while Crow takes Yusei's old Mark of the Dragon.

After Team 5D's officially wins the round and enter the finals, [[Primo]] unleashes an army of [[Ghost]]'s which he calls "Diablo" to cause wreckage upon the city. During this events [[Bruno]] in his Vizor form helps Yusei achieve Clear Mind and obtain the "[[Shooting Star Dragon]]" card. Yusei later uses it against Primo to defeat him. However Jose Jakob and Lester later appears appear before him, Jack and Crow.

The World Racing Grand Prix finals begins with [[Team 5D's]] going against the [[Three Emperors of Yliaster]]. Team New World initial strategy during the match puts the Signers in a pinch, as Jakob's powerful Machine Emperor Grannel easily defeats both Jack and Crow. However even though Yusei has a chance to counter, this the 3 individuals once again turn the table by combining into their true form [[Aporia]]. Although its [[Machine Divine Emperor Machinecle Infinity Cubic]] puts Yusei into a corner at first, Yusei is able to rise above the situation thanks to the combination of [[Shooting Star Dragon]], [[Red Nova Dragon]] and [[Black-Winged Dragon]]. With this Team 5D's becomes the champion of the WRGP.

With the intention of being different rather than repeat the same ideas, Takahashi prepared for criticism and decided how the setting would look, designed the main characters and the D-Wheel ([[Duel Runner]]). The story development was left to the writers.<ref name="bunkoban 21 afterword" />

* The English dub excluded episodes 36 - 41 from their original television run; however, 4Kids has since put the missing episodes on the 4Kids website. The television broadcast continued from episode 42 onwards.

* According to the 4Kids' website, the second season (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road to Destiny) is set to air on September 18, 2010 on Toonzai. It will air two new episodes every Saturday after that. The first season of the dub returned to the CW4Kids on May 29th29, 2010 at the 11:00 AM block. On August 7, 2010, the CW4Kids aired the first season finale. On Saturday, August 14, 2010, 4Kids showed reruns of the first season beginning with Yusei's second duel with Dark Signer Kalin and ending with the first-season finale once more on the same date as the premiere of "Road to Destiny".

 As of May 26th26, 2010, Germany, who had previously based their adaptation on the 4Kids version, switched to basing it on the original Japanese version of the show, starting with episode 65. This adaptation is largely unedited; the 10th small anniversary sequence, along with the opening, [[FREEDOM]] is kept intact, along with the rest of the soundtrack used in the series. It uses the same names for the characters previous to Episode 65 used in the 4Kids version, and the small VS. clip before a Duel starts, and the screen that appears during the [[Standby Phase]] of a [[Turbo Duel]] are edited to include those. The title card, the card of the day sequence, and the ending theme [[-OZONE-]] are cut out. Every story change, such as Trudge having met Yusei before their Duel in Episode 1, is reversed. Only flashbacks of earlier episodes got old stories within.

'''Japanese insert song''': [[Clear Mind (song) | Clear Mind]]