Future Card Buddyfight (2014)

Original title

フューチャーカード バディファイト

Genre

action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

6 seasons, 268 episodes

Rated

TV-Y7

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anime centers on card battles where players summon creatures called buddies to fight alongside them. The story follows kids who use these special cards in duels against rivals.

energeticaction-packedcolorfullightheartedfast-pacedfantasticalplayfulexciting

What happens

Future Card Buddyfight (Japanese: フューチャーカード バディファイト, Hepburn: Fyūchā Kādo Badifaito) was a Japanese collectible card game created by Bushiroad. The first products began releasing simultaneously worldwide from January 24, 2014. On June 15, 2020, Bushiroad announced it would end production of the card game, with the final new product release occurring on September 25, 2020, and official tournaments continuing through June 2021. An anime television series adaptation by OLM, Inc. and Dentsu began airing from January 4, 2014. An English version produced by Bushiroad and Ocean Productions is airing in Singapore as well as being streamed worldwide via YouTube. A manga adaptation was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from November 2013 to April 2018. It was followed by a manga series Shin Future Card Buddyfight from May 2018 to February 2019. It is published in English by Shogakukan Asia. The English dub formerly aired in Canada. The first season ended on April 4, 2015, and was followed by a sequel series, Future Card Buddyfight Hundred, which ran from April 11, 2015, to March 26, 2016. Future Card Buddyfight Hundred was followed by Future Card Buddyfight Triple D which ran from April 1, 2016, to March 24, 2017. After the airing of Future Card Buddyfight Hundred episode 25, it was announced on the official YouTube channel that all episodes from that point and onwards will be in Japanese only with English subtitles. It was followed by Future Card Buddyfight X, which ran from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, and the dub resumed on April 15, 2017. Future Card Buddyfight X was followed by Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight which ran from April 7, 2018, to May 26, 2018. Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight was followed by Future Card Buddyfight Ace (Future Card Shin Buddyfight) which ran from June 2, 2018, to March 30, 2019. The Future Card Buddyfight Ace anime series ended in April 2019 and continued in the monthly manga – Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic Special from April 30, 2019, to early 2020. Future Card Buddyfight Ace was released on Kabillion on September 27, 2019. This is the first time that a Future Card Buddyfight series has aired on American television. The original anime would also be released on Kabillion. In January 2020, the digital distribution rights to the franchise were acquired by Kidtagious Entertainment which has released the anime on multiple streaming platforms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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