Shadowverse is an anime television series adaptation of its namesake video game. The series is animated by Zexcs and directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi, with Rintaro Isaki and Deko Akao handling series composition, Hiroki Harada designing the characters, and Yoshihiro Ike composing the series' music.[1] The series aired from April 7, 2020, to March 23, 2021, on TV Tokyo and has been simulcast internationally on Crunchyroll. The band Penguin Research performed the first opening theme, "Kirifuda" (lit. Trump Card), while Yui Ogura performed the first ending theme, "Happiness Sensation".[2][3] The second opening theme, "Shinsekai" (New World), was performed by FLOW, while the second ending theme, "Kokoro Darenimo" (Heart to Everyone), was performed by the Game Jikkyōsha Wakuwaku Band.[4]
A second anime series, titled Shadowverse Flame, has been announced. The main staff members are returning to reprise their roles.[5] The series premiered on April 2, 2022.[6] The opening theme is "Shingan" (The Mind's Eye) by Lanndo featuring Keina Suda, while the ending theme is "My Turn" by Yui Ogura.[7]
Hiro Ryūgasaki is an ordinary middle school student at Tensei Academy. Through a strange occurrence, Hiiro obtains a mysterious smartphone with the popular digital card game Shadowverse app installed. Through the game, Hiro meets rivals, meets new friends, participates in tournaments, and forms bonds with others. Later, Hiro and his friends discover that the true purpose of Shadowverse is to save the world from an impending doomsday event.
Season 2: Shadowverse Flameedit
Set three years after the events of the first season. Light Tenryu enrolls at Shadowverse College after receiving an invite and pre-loaded deck from the school's founder, Wolfram Zerga. Light has no idea how to even play Shadowverse at first but is told the college is the key to his destiny. He soon joins a soon to be disbanded club called "Seventh Flame." Meanwhile, the newly reformed Genesis Corp has started research into a new artifact called the Arc that has been mysteriously stolen.
Hiro is a 2nd-year middle school student at Tensei Academy. He is extremely perseverant and has a strong genuine love for the game. He lives with his grandfather and had long believed that his parents died during an accident while he was young, however it was later revealed his parents are trapped inside the Tree of Woe, an invention developed by his father's company that backfired and was destined to destroy the world. He plays the Dragoncraft class. He returns in the second season as a member of the Seven Shadows, the top Shadowverse players in the world who hold a secret behind Light's Digifriend Draconir. He has also come to use the Portalcraft class.
Luca is a middle school student at a different school than Hiro's. At a young age, a truck killed his parents and badly injured his sister, Shiori, who lives in a rehabilitation hospital. Luca plays Shadowverse with the goal to raise enough money for Shiori to recover. He is rarely happy due to Shiori's condition, much to Shiori's chagrin who just wants to see her older brother smile. He plays the Bloodcraft class. He returns in the second season as a member of the Seven Shadows, the top Shadowverse players in the world who hold a secret behind Light's Digifriend Draconir.
Mimori is Hiro's classmate and one of his best friends. She worries a lot about being too ordinary. She also is not a fan of ghosts and other scary things. She plays the Forestcraft class. She returns in the second season having continued her education and became a high schooler.
Kazuki Shindo (進藤カズキ)
Voiced by: Hayato Taya
Kazuki is Hiro's classmate and one of his best friends. He is great at sports, but still has room for improvement when it comes to Shadowverse. Due to having to take care of his six younger brothers and sisters, he is surprisingly responsible. He plays the Swordcraft class. He returns in the second season having become close friends with Kai and now runs his family's restaurant.
Kai is a 1st-year middle school student at Tensei Academy. He became part of Hiro's group of friends after hearing about him beating the school bully Takuma and challenging him to a Shadowverse duel. He is extremely analytical and proclaims himself as a "genius among geniuses". He plays the Runecraft class. He returns in the second season having become close friends to Kazuki.
Alice is a child idol with millions of fans. She enjoys Shadowverse but it gives her mixed feelings as her managers force her to play "cute" cards which prevent her from playing and enjoying Shadowverse to her full potential. She became part of Hiro's group of friends when bumping into Mimori at a mall and challenging her to a game of Shadowverse. She plays the Shadowcraft class. She returns in the second season showing she has continued her idol career and gives advice to Light.
Mauro is a teenager whom Hiro first met at the semi-finals of the National Shadowverse Tournament, but appeared to mysteriously already know Hiro and his father. He takes great thrill in slowly chasing his opponents and backing them into a corner. Later it's revealed he was alone and homeless as a child, so Leon adopted him, with the sole purpose of developing Mauro's Shadowverse skills so he can eventually sacrifice his life to save the world from the Tree of Woe. He plays the Havencraft class. He returns in the second season working for the Genesis Corporation to help them keep their ARC project and the events of the first season a secret.
Leon is the CEO of Genesis Corp, the creator of Shadowverse. Originally his company was inventing the Tree of Blessings which was designed to bring good fortune to the world, only for it to backfire and become the Tree of Woe which will eventually destroy the world. Leon then invented the Shadowverse game with the purpose of shutting down the Tree of Woe and saving the world. Formerly plays the Havencraft class, he currently plays the Portalcraft class.
Marguerite is Leon's secretary who sometimes accuses Leon of being impulsive. She has become the new CEO of Genesis Corp in the second season after the events of the first season.
A brand new student at Shadowverse College. He has never played Shadowverse before the start of the season. He's bad with machines and bad at lying. He's very good though at keeping his promises. His Digifriend is the mysterious Draconir. He plays using the Dragoncraft class.
Draconir
Light's Digifriend that has the unusual ability to actually talk. He has lost his memories of an alleged life before his time with Light that may have something to do with the mysterious Arc artifact. Light is lead to believe that the Seven Shadows hold pieces of Draconir's missing memory.
Itsuki Mitsutagawa
President of the Seventh Flame club. He prefers cute and flowery things which alienated him from other kids growing up. His Digifriend is Slade. He plays using the Forestcraft class.
Subaru Makabe
Light's first friend at Shadowverse College. He prefers to be laid back and not take things seriously. He actually resents Shadowverse because of the pressure from his family to become a pro at it but becomes more serious and confident after joining Seventh Flame. His Digifriend is Baccherus. He plays using the Shadowcraft class.
Shion Otosaka
A solitary and reclusive person. She's incredibly smart but has a hard time connecting with others. This leads to her only interacting with others via her digital avatar, Lady & Gentleman. Originally the secret president of the Sixth Magic club, she joined Seventh Flame after losing to Light. Her Digifriend is Milady and she plays using the Runecraft class.
Ren Kazamatsuri
She's a very athletic and ditzy person with a love of heroes. This alienates her from others around her due to her not being girly enough. She was originally from the Fifth Sword club but joined Seventh Flame in hopes of getting to be who she truly is. Her Digifriend is Amyroth and she plays using the Swordcraft class.
Tsubasa Takanashi
Former president of the Third Feather club. She initially lost interest in Shadowverse after her best friend quit the game after repeated harassment from Haruma Hazeura. She has since become more confident and assertive after joining Seventh Flame. Her Digifriend is Wingy and she plays using the Havencraft class.
Ryoga Jasei
Former student & president of Shadoba Collage's Second Blood. The only things he cares about are his love of metal music and crushing people in Shadowverse. He considers everything else as unnecessary noise. His Digifriend is Demonium but rejects him and he plays using the Bloodcraft class.
Haruma Hazeura
President of the First Reaper club. An enemy of Light, who intends to destroy Seventh Flame. He became cold hearted and focused on crushing anyone he considers weak after repeated losses to Mikado. He plays using the Shadowcraft class.
Mikado Shirogane
Board chairman of Shadowverse Battle College. His Digifriend is Garuel. He initially looks childish and just wants to have fun. In reality he's cold-hearted and views everyone around him as boring toys for him to break. He plays using only Neutral cards (ones not tied to any of the seven classes).
Referencesedit
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 7, 2019). "Shadowverse Card Battle Smartphone Game Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 27, 2019). "Shadowverse TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals April 2020 Premiere, Main Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 15, 2020). "Shadowverse TV Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Penguin Research's Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 13, 2020). "FLOW, Game Jikkyōsha Wakuwaku Band Perform New Theme Songs for Shadowverse Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 7, 2021). "Shadowverse Gets 2nd Anime With New Protagonist". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 11, 2022). "Shadowverse Flame Anime's Video Reveals Cast, April 2 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 8, 2022). "Shadowverse Flame Anime's 2nd Video Reveals Theme Songs, More Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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Shadowverse is an anime television series adaptation of its namesake video game The series is animated by Zexcs and directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi with Rintaro Isaki and Deko Akao handling series composition Hiroki Harada designing the characters and Yoshihiro Ike composing the series music 1 The series aired from April 7 2020 to March 23 2021 on TV Tokyo and has been simulcast internationally on Crunchyroll The band Penguin Research performed the first opening theme Kirifuda lit Trump Card while Yui Ogura performed the first ending theme Happiness Sensation 2 3 The second opening theme Shinsekai New World was performed by FLOW while the second ending theme Kokoro Darenimo Heart to Everyone was performed by the Game Jikkyōsha Wakuwaku Band 4 ShadowverseKey visual Anime television seriesDirected byKeiichiro KawaguchiWritten byRintaro IsakiDeko AkaoMusic byYoshihiro IkeStudioZexcsOriginal networkTV TokyoOriginal runApril 7 2020 March 23 2021Episodes48 Anime television seriesShadowverse FlameDirected byKeiichiro KawaguchiWritten byRintaro IsakiDeko AkaoMusic byYoshihiro IkeStudioZexcsOriginal networkTV TokyoOriginal runApril 2 2022 present Anime and manga portal A second anime series titled Shadowverse Flame has been announced The main staff members are returning to reprise their roles 5 The series premiered on April 2 2022 6 The opening theme is Shingan The Mind s Eye by Lanndo featuring Keina Suda while the ending theme is My Turn by Yui Ogura 7 Contents 1 Plot 1 1 Season 1 1 2 Season 2 Shadowverse Flame 2 Characters 2 1 Season 1 2 2 Season 2 3 References 4 External linksPlot editSeason 1 edit Hiro Ryugasaki is an ordinary middle school student at Tensei Academy Through a strange occurrence Hiiro obtains a mysterious smartphone with the popular digital card game Shadowverse app installed Through the game Hiro meets rivals meets new friends participates in tournaments and forms bonds with others Later Hiro and his friends discover that the true purpose of Shadowverse is to save the world from an impending doomsday event Season 2 Shadowverse Flame edit Set three years after the events of the first season Light Tenryu enrolls at Shadowverse College after receiving an invite and pre loaded deck from the school s founder Wolfram Zerga Light has no idea how to even play Shadowverse at first but is told the college is the key to his destiny He soon joins a soon to be disbanded club called Seventh Flame Meanwhile the newly reformed Genesis Corp has started research into a new artifact called the Arc that has been mysteriously stolen Characters editSeason 1 edit Hiro Ryugasaki 竜ヶ崎ヒイロ Voiced by Gakuto Kajiwara Hiro is a 2nd year middle school student at Tensei Academy He is extremely perseverant and has a strong genuine love for the game He lives with his grandfather and had long believed that his parents died during an accident while he was young however it was later revealed his parents are trapped inside the Tree of Woe an invention developed by his father s company that backfired and was destined to destroy the world He plays the Dragoncraft class He returns in the second season as a member of the Seven Shadows the top Shadowverse players in the world who hold a secret behind Light s Digifriend Draconir He has also come to use the Portalcraft class Luca Yonazuki 夜那月ルシア Voiced by Junya Enoki Luca is a middle school student at a different school than Hiro s At a young age a truck killed his parents and badly injured his sister Shiori who lives in a rehabilitation hospital Luca plays Shadowverse with the goal to raise enough money for Shiori to recover He is rarely happy due to Shiori s condition much to Shiori s chagrin who just wants to see her older brother smile He plays the Bloodcraft class He returns in the second season as a member of the Seven Shadows the top Shadowverse players in the world who hold a secret behind Light s Digifriend Draconir Mimori Amamiya 天宮ミモリ Voiced by Kaede Hondo Mimori is Hiro s classmate and one of his best friends She worries a lot about being too ordinary She also is not a fan of ghosts and other scary things She plays the Forestcraft class She returns in the second season having continued her education and became a high schooler Kazuki Shindo 進藤カズキ Voiced by Hayato Taya Kazuki is Hiro s classmate and one of his best friends He is great at sports but still has room for improvement when it comes to Shadowverse Due to having to take care of his six younger brothers and sisters he is surprisingly responsible He plays the Swordcraft class He returns in the second season having become close friends with Kai and now runs his family s restaurant Kai Ijuin 伊集院カイ Voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki Kai is a 1st year middle school student at Tensei Academy He became part of Hiro s group of friends after hearing about him beating the school bully Takuma and challenging him to a Shadowverse duel He is extremely analytical and proclaims himself as a genius among geniuses He plays the Runecraft class He returns in the second season having become close friends to Kazuki Alice Kurobane 黒羽アリス Voiced by Yui Ogura Alice is a child idol with millions of fans She enjoys Shadowverse but it gives her mixed feelings as her managers force her to play cute cards which prevent her from playing and enjoying Shadowverse to her full potential She became part of Hiro s group of friends when bumping into Mimori at a mall and challenging her to a game of Shadowverse She plays the Shadowcraft class She returns in the second season showing she has continued her idol career and gives advice to Light Mauro Abelard マウラ アベラルド Voiced by Yuichi Iguchi Mauro is a teenager whom Hiro first met at the semi finals of the National Shadowverse Tournament but appeared to mysteriously already know Hiro and his father He takes great thrill in slowly chasing his opponents and backing them into a corner Later it s revealed he was alone and homeless as a child so Leon adopted him with the sole purpose of developing Mauro s Shadowverse skills so he can eventually sacrifice his life to save the world from the Tree of Woe He plays the Havencraft class He returns in the second season working for the Genesis Corporation to help them keep their ARC project and the events of the first season a secret Leon Aurenche レオン オーランシュ Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa Leon is the CEO of Genesis Corp the creator of Shadowverse Originally his company was inventing the Tree of Blessings which was designed to bring good fortune to the world only for it to backfire and become the Tree of Woe which will eventually destroy the world Leon then invented the Shadowverse game with the purpose of shutting down the Tree of Woe and saving the world Formerly plays the Havencraft class he currently plays the Portalcraft class Marguerite Valois マルグリット ヴァロワ Voiced by Satomi Akesaka Marguerite is Leon s secretary who sometimes accuses Leon of being impulsive She has become the new CEO of Genesis Corp in the second season after the events of the first season Season 2 edit Light Tenryu Voiced by Yuto Uemura A brand new student at Shadowverse College He has never played Shadowverse before the start of the season He s bad with machines and bad at lying He s very good though at keeping his promises His Digifriend is the mysterious Draconir He plays using the Dragoncraft class Draconir Light s Digifriend that has the unusual ability to actually talk He has lost his memories of an alleged life before his time with Light that may have something to do with the mysterious Arc artifact Light is lead to believe that the Seven Shadows hold pieces of Draconir s missing memory Itsuki Mitsutagawa President of the Seventh Flame club He prefers cute and flowery things which alienated him from other kids growing up His Digifriend is Slade He plays using the Forestcraft class Subaru Makabe Light s first friend at Shadowverse College He prefers to be laid back and not take things seriously He actually resents Shadowverse because of the pressure from his family to become a pro at it but becomes more serious and confident after joining Seventh Flame His Digifriend is Baccherus He plays using the Shadowcraft class Shion Otosaka A solitary and reclusive person She s incredibly smart but has a hard time connecting with others This leads to her only interacting with others via her digital avatar Lady amp Gentleman Originally the secret president of the Sixth Magic club she joined Seventh Flame after losing to Light Her Digifriend is Milady and she plays using the Runecraft class Ren Kazamatsuri She s a very athletic and ditzy person with a love of heroes This alienates her from others around her due to her not being girly enough She was originally from the Fifth Sword club but joined Seventh Flame in hopes of getting to be who she truly is Her Digifriend is Amyroth and she plays using the Swordcraft class Tsubasa Takanashi Former president of the Third Feather club She initially lost interest in Shadowverse after her best friend quit the game after repeated harassment from Haruma Hazeura She has since become more confident and assertive after joining Seventh Flame Her Digifriend is Wingy and she plays using the Havencraft class Ryoga Jasei Former student amp president of Shadoba Collage s Second Blood The only things he cares about are his love of metal music and crushing people in Shadowverse He considers everything else as unnecessary noise His Digifriend is Demonium but rejects him and he plays using the Bloodcraft class Haruma Hazeura President of the First Reaper club An enemy of Light who intends to destroy Seventh Flame He became cold hearted and focused on crushing anyone he considers weak after repeated losses to Mikado He plays using the Shadowcraft class Mikado Shirogane Board chairman of Shadowverse Battle College His Digifriend is Garuel He initially looks childish and just wants to have fun In reality he s cold hearted and views everyone around him as boring toys for him to break He plays using only Neutral cards ones not tied to any of the seven classes References edit Hodgkins Crystalyn October 7 2019 Shadowverse Card Battle Smartphone Game Gets TV Anime Anime News Network Retrieved October 7 2019 Hodgkins Crystalyn December 27 2019 Shadowverse TV Anime s 1st Promo Video Reveals April 2020 Premiere Main Cast Anime News Network Retrieved December 27 2019 Hodgkins Crystalyn March 15 2020 Shadowverse TV Anime s 2nd Promo Video Previews Penguin Research s Theme Song Anime News Network Retrieved March 15 2020 Hodgkins Crystalyn September 13 2020 FLOW Game Jikkyōsha Wakuwaku Band Perform New Theme Songs for Shadowverse Anime Anime News Network Retrieved September 13 2020 Pineda Rafael Antonio October 7 2021 Shadowverse Gets 2nd Anime With New Protagonist Anime News Network Retrieved October 7 2021 Pineda Rafael Antonio January 11 2022 Shadowverse Flame Anime s Video Reveals Cast April 2 Premiere Anime News Network Retrieved January 11 2022 Pineda Rafael Antonio March 8 2022 Shadowverse Flame Anime s 2nd Video Reveals Theme Songs More Cast Members Anime News Network Retrieved March 8 2022 External links editAnime official website TV Tokyo official website Shadowverse anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shadowverse TV series amp oldid 1191418508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
