Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
Japanese anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (遊☆戯☆王ARC-V, Yū Gi Ō Āku Faibu; "Arc Five"), stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, is a Japanese anime series produced by TV Tokyo and NAS and animated by Gallop. It is the fourth spin-off anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise following Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. The series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2014, to March 26, 2017. The series is held by NAS within Japan, while it is licensed outside Japan by Konami Cross Media NY and launched internationally in 2015.
A manga adaptation by Naohito Miyoshi began serialization in Shueisha's V Jump magazine in August 2015.
The series was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh!
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