Cardfight!! Vanguard
Genres: action, comedy
Themes: card games, demons, monsters
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Aichi Sendō is a timid third-year middle school student who has always lived his life looking backwards rather than forward. However, he has a card called “Blaster Blade” that was given to him when he was little, which is the sole thing that sustains him. Then Kai Toshiki, a cool-hearted high schooler, introduces Aichi to a card game called “Vanguard”. When participants battle they picture they are on a planet called “Klay”, and since Vanguard features a never before seen game system it has become popular around the world. Aichi immediately likes Vanguard, so he begins to play it with his friends Misaki Togura and Kamui Katsuragi, and others like his new rival Kai (who is one of the best Vanguard players). Aichi plays every day and he strives with all his soul and heart to play better, so when he battles Kai, Kai will recognize Aichi’s worth.
Number of episodes: 65
Vintage: 2011-01-08 to 2012-03-31
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Aichi and his friends have won the National Tournament and decide to go their own ways until a mysterious boy named Takuto Tatsunagi appears. He reveals that the Royal Paladins, Dark Paladins, and Kagero leaders have been captured, and the only way to free Cray is for the Vanguard fighters to use a new power- Limit Break. Because the Royal Paladins lose the ability to fight, Aichi’s deck is changed to be a Gold Paladin deck. Aichi and his friends must now win the Vanguard VF Circuit if they are to learn more about the occurrences on Cray and free their old friends.
Number of Episodes: 39
Vintage: 2012-04-08
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: A few months have passed since the VF Circuit, and Aichi is now in High School. However Aichi is in a different high school than most of his friends, a high school where the instructors focus on looking towards the future. One day Aichi admits he thinks Cardfight can be a future people can believe in, but in order to prove it Aichi must use his new deck, a deck in which Royal Paladins and Gold Paladins are combined as one force. Slowly but surely Aichi must gain friends through Cardfighting and help his new team win the newly formed high school cardfighting championships.
Number of Episodes: 59
Vintage: 2013-01-13
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate
Genres: action, fantasy, tournament
Themes: card game, monsters
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Aichi Sendou has saved the world, but now he has gone missing. Only Kai can remember him. Kai reunites with the Royal Paladin clan and begins unleashing a new power, the power of Legion, to help Aichi’s friends remember who he is. Only by uniting them all together can they save Aichi from an unknown force that wants to destroy Aichi’s memory forever.
Number of Episodes: 32
Vintage: 2014-03-09
Cardfight!! Vanguard G
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: A new generation of Cardfighting is about to begin. Chrono Shindou is your average middle schooler. His looks make people afraid of him, but he has a kind heart and is loved by children. One day Chrono opens his locker and finds a Cardfight deck no one has ever heard of: Gear Chronicle. Chrono takes it to the nearby Card Capital 2 where he meets one Kamui Katsuragi. Kamui teaches Chrono how to play the game and opens the way for Chrono to gain new friends and rivals solely by having fun, including soon to be teammates Shion Kiba and Tokoha Anjou.
Number of Episodes: 48
Vintage: 2014-10-26
Cardfight!! Vanguard G GIRS Crisis
Genres: tournament
Plot Summary: A major event known as “G Quest” is to be organized by the Federation of International Vanguard Associations (FIVA) this autumn. Those who conquer six Branch Quests will be honored the title “Generation Master” as well as the chance to become a Clan Leader. While members of TRY3 are all excited by new goals ahead, a massive conspiracy that would lead to the destruction of Vanguard has been secretly set in motion.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2015-10-11
Cardfight!! Vanguard G Stride Gate
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Team TRY3: Chrono, Shion, and Tokoha, managed to win the championship of Generation Quest. In the mean time, however, Ryuzu Myōjin has a secret plan: summoning Zodiac Time Beasts of Gear Chronicle clan to Earth. Chrono and Kōji want to stop Ryuzu, but they are confronted by a mysterious group of cardfighters known as “Company” who share Ryuzu’s ideology.
Number of episodes: 24
Vintage: 2016-04-17
Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Plot Summary: Team TRY3 members Chrono Shindō, Shion Kiba and Tokoha Anjō move forward to their respective high schools. Each member forms their own team in a bid to decide their own future. The three protagonists are set to clash as rivals in the upcoming large-scale tournament titled U20 Championship.
Number of Episodes: 52
Vintage: 2016-10-02
Cardfight!! Vanguard GZ
Genres: tournament
Plot Summary: Diffriders referred to as “Apostles” from Planet Cray descend upon Earth. “Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze”, who destroys everything. The “Apostles” who envision the revival of Gyze, manipulate the power of the six “Zeroth Dragons” and invade the Earth.
Number of Episodes: 23 + Extra Turn
Vintage: 2017-10-08
Cardfight!! Vanguard (2018 Reboot)
Number of Episodes: 52
Vintage: 2018-05-05
Bermuda Triangle ~ Colorful Pastorale △~
Themes: mermaids
Plot Summary: Life in the undersea town of Parrel is calm and peaceful. Known for its coral sugar, the mermaids who live there enjoy their daily lives doing ordinary things, including the only four teenagers who call the town home. At first Canon seems bored with life in Parrel, but when a freak tide exposes an old theater, it becomes apparent that this sleepy little town is about to get a wake up call.
Number of Episodes: 12
Vintage: 2019-01-12
Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont.
Vintage: 2019-05-11
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon Arc
Vintage: 2019-08-24
Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if
Plot Summary: Upon the conclusion of the Vanguard High School Koshien, Kouji Ibuki begins to have new nightmares. Nome Tatsunagi has Suiko summon him to the mansion where they learn he can see a Dark Tower called Sanctuary. Sanctuary is causing the timeline to be altered throughout history, and the only way to correct it is for Kouji to first correct his future mistake. Now Kouji and Suiko must travel the parallel world -if- and watch as Magical Girls Emi Sendou and Shuka summon Vanguard units to help correct history. Sadly the two can’t help much as Cardfighting against real monsters doesn’t do much good.
Number of episodes: 25
Vintage: 2020-05-30
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress
Themes: card games
Objectional Content: Mild
Number of Episodes: 12
Vintage: 2021-04-03
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress 2
Themes: card games
Objectional Content: Mild
Number of Episodes: 13
Vintage: 2021-10-04
Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress
Themes: card games
Objectional Content: Mild
Number of Episodes: 13
Vintage: 2022-07-04
Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress 2
Genres: tournament
Themes: card games
Objectional content: mild
Number of Episodes: 12
Vintage: 2023-01-14
Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress 3
Themes: artificial intelligence, card games
Objectionable content: Mild
Number of Episodes: 13
Vintage: 2023-07-08
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ
Themes: card games
Number of Episodes: 13
Vintage: 2024-01-13
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Season 2
Themes: card games
Vintage: 2024-07-06
Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ Deluxe-hen
Vintage: 2025-01-11
Mini Van (TV) - Vintage: 2013-04-06
Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard: Neon Messiah (movie) - Vintage: 2014-09-13
Mini Van 2 (TV) - Vintage: 2015-10-03
mini vanguard Large (TV) - Vintage: 2021-07-06