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| romaji = Yū☆Gi☆Ō Yūgiō Vureinzu

| 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 website = YGOrganization The Organization | date = August 16, 2017 | accessdate = August 16, 2017}}</ref>; Satou Tatsuo '''(directing supervision)''' (episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|14]] onwards) | studio = Studio Gallop<ref name="ovrains">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/finallymydigimonandyugiohfanficisareality/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] Major Announcement of Details</nowiki> | publisher website = YGOrganization The Organization | date = March 24, 2017 | accessdate = August 16, 2017}}</ref>

| last aired = September 25, 2019<ref name="vrainsfinal">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/solongandthanksforallthecache/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] Final Episode Announced</nowiki> | author = NeoArkadia | publisher website = YGOrganization The Organization | date = September 5, 2019 | accessdate = September 5, 2019}}</ref>

'''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 website = YGOrganization The Organization | 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! 5D's]]'' starting from November 2017. The final episode aired on September 25, 2019.

On June 1, 2017, Crunchyroll began airing the show with subtitlesto completion, 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 aired in Canada every weekend day at 1pm on Teletoon - East starting from September 2018. The second season began airing with a different runtime; every Sunday at 1pm on Teletoon - East starting from September 2019.After the conclusion of its first arc on February 16, 2020, the second season resumed airing in the same format on April 5, 2020, and concluded on June 21, 2020. The third season in the dub also included episodes from the second season, beginning on September 6, 2020 and went on hiatus after ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 108|Episode 108 - Smash and Mash]]'' aired on on Teletoon.<ref name="vrainsdub_resume">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/snarkyyusakutotheend/ | title = <nowiki>[VRAINS] English Dub To Continue Recording</nowiki> | author = NeoArkadia | website = The Organization | date = August 22, 2020 | accessdate = September 7, 2020}}</ref> The rest of the third season first resumed airing in Australia on 9Go! every weekday at 6:30am, continuing with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 109|Episode 109 - AI vs Ai]]'' on August 27, 2021 and concluding on September 13, 2021. In the United States, the English dub began airing on Pluto TV both as a streamed show and via video on demand on November 22, 2020, airing the first two episodes on the same day.<ref name="vrainsplutotv">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/vrainsondemand/ | title = <nowiki>[VRAINS] VRAINS Added to Pluto TV Video On Demand</nowiki> | author = NeoArkadia | website = The Organization | date = November 22, 2020 | accessdate = November 28, 2020}}</ref> In Brazil, the Brazilian Portuguese dub began airing on Pluto TV as a streamed show on February 1, 2021.<ref name="vrainsplutotvBr">{{cite web | url = https://twitter.com/PlutoTVBR/status/1356290952122544138 | title = <nowiki>Pluto TV Brasil on Twitter</nowiki> | website=Twitter | date = February 1, 2021 | accessdate = February 2, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:VRAINS-VR Form Promo.png|thumb|left|Promo art of [[Yusaku Fujiki]] as Playmaker, and "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]".]][[File:VRAINSLogo.png|thumb|150px|The Japanese ''VRAINS'' logo.]]The series is based in a world roughly ten years from now, where a massive Virtual Reality Network called LINK VRAINS has been established. It's a suspenseful, thriller-style story in which [[Yusaku Fujiki]] Duels in order to learn the truth of the events 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 author = YGOrganization NeoArkadia | website = The Organization | date = May 6, 2017 | accessdate = February 23, 2018}}</ref> The sixth series focuses on [[Yusaku Fujiki]], a high-schooler and a hacker who doesn't like standing out. However, he gets drawn into encounters with people as he tries out [[Duel]]ing for once.

[[File:Vrains_Promo_Poster.png|thumb|right|Poster for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'', depicting Yusaku as Playmaker and his ace monsters, "Decode Talker" and "[[Firewall Dragon (anime)|Firewall Dragon]]".]]

'''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 author = YGOrganization NeoArkadia | website = The Organization | date = April 19, 2017 | accessdate = August 16, 2017}}</ref> The acronyms are displayed prominently during the English opening.

As of episode 14, Masahiro Hosoda stepped down as director and was replaced by Asano Katsuya. 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 Arrow]]s. <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>

*'''Performer''': Hiroaki "TommyTOMMY" Tominaga

*'''Performer''': Goodbye Holidayholiday

*'''Performer''': BAND-MAID;

*'''Performer''': BiS;

* The violence of the [[Hanoi Project]] is toned down in the dub. [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku]] is not always shown being electrocuted for losing a Duel, merely stating that he was punished for losing. However, the mentions of starvation as punishment are still retained, as is Yusaku's resultant trauma.* Death is heavily toned down; though both occasions where [[Kiyoshi Kogami]] is said to have died retain heavily implication that he has perished. However, the death of [[Windy's partner]] is confirmed in the dub, while his survival was left ambiguous in the Japanese version.

* Flames, except the ones generated by [[Theodore Hamilton|Soulburner]] and [[Flame (character)|Flame]], are colored purple, and characters on fire are pixilatedpixelated. ([[Windy]], however, wasn't blurred, though the color of the flames was still altered.)* Virtual magenta blood is or wounds are recolored to blueor purple.

* All Most scenes of LINK VRAINS forum posts are cut.

* Some scenes that have sexual implications are cut, such as [[Emma Bessho|Ghost Gal]]'s]] Link Summoning animation which has cut down the shot that scrolls from her full body turning around to only showing her upper body, and the Link Summoning of "[[Cyberse Witch (anime)|Cyberse Witch]]"..* Some scenes that depict extreme violence are often replaced or intercut with a brief scene of binary code, though there are exceptions such as when [[Ai]] ate [[Roken Kogami|Varis]]' arm.

* ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' is the shortest of all the anime series, with 120 episodes.<ref name="vrainsfinal" />* '' Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' is also (so far) the only series not to have a tournament focused arc or any tournaments at all.** It also is the first series to lack [[Battle Royale]] Duels and 2 v 2 Tag Duels, though it featured 1 v 2 Tag Duels.* '' Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' is the first anime series whose English theme song lacks lyrics since ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]''.* ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' is the first anime series not to have a manga counterpart.* ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' is the last series to have [[Studio Gallop]] as the head animators for the series. The following series, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', has [[Bridge]] now serving as the primary animation studio.

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