Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL
(Yūgiō Zearu)
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byShin Yoshida
Illustrated byNaohito Miyoshi
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineV Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 2010June 2015
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed bySatoshi Kuwahara
Written byShin Yoshida
Music byConisch
StudioGallop
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run April 11, 2011 September 24, 2012
Episodes73 + 1 special
Manga
Yu-Gi-Oh! D-Team Zexal
Written byAkihiro Tomonaga
Illustrated byWedge Holdings
Published byShueisha
MagazineSaikyō Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 6, 2012May 19, 2014
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II
Directed bySatoshi Kuwahara
Written byShin Yoshida
Music by
  • Conisch
  • Yasufumi Fukuda
  • Yutaka Minobe
StudioGallop
Licensed by
  • NA: Konami Cross Media NY
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
  • AU: 9Go!
  • CA: YTV, Teletoon
  • US: The CW (Vortexx), Nicktoons
  • ZA: SABC 1
Original run October 7, 2012 March 23, 2014
Episodes73 + 2 specials
Other series
Other media

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL, Yūgiō Zearu, pronounced "Zeyal"), stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, after the preceding Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's V Jump magazine from December 2010 to June 2015 and is licensed in North America by Viz Media.[2] The anime series was produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, and its animation was done by Gallop. It aired on TV Tokyo from April 2011 to September 2012, with an English-language version airing in North America between October 2011 and August 2013. A sequel series, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II (遊☆戯☆王ZEXAL II, Yūgiō Zearu Sekando, pronounced "Ze-al Second"), aired in Japan from October 2012 to March 2014 and in North America from June 2013 to January 2016.

The series aired on The CW as part of the Toonzai and, later, Vortexx Saturday morning blocks. The series was later broadcast on Nicktoons starting April 12, 2013. After Vortexx ended, new episodes were streamed to Hulu beginning July 14, 2014. In Canada, the series aired on YTV starting June 2, 2012, while new episodes of Zexal II moved to Teletoon on May 4, 2014.[3]

The series was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.

  1. ^ "Read a Free Preview of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Anime, Manga Revealed". Anime News Network. December 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal premieres on Teletoon on Sunday". May 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.