The main protagonist Sendou Aichi, is a timid and mundane third-year middle school boy. The thing that supported Aichi's heart, was the "Blaster Blade" card that he received as a child. It's an important rare card from "Vanguard", a card game with the imaginary world of "Planet Cray" as its stage. From the day he reunited with the person who gave him that card "Toshiki Kai", Aichi's everyday life began to change.
Cardfight!! Vanguard (Season 3)
I'm the Manager!! (Episode 1)
Air date: 2019-08-24
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon Nitta is the self-proclaimed manager of Card Capital. Shinemon works hard to protect Card Capital from the director of a large-scale card shop, Esuka Hibino.
Welcome to Esuka!! (Episode 2)
Air date: 2019-08-31
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: In the struggle for the right to run Card Capital, Shinemon has his own deck taken away. Shinemon and Mark infiltrate Esuka's main shop to try to get it back.
First Time Holding the Fort (Episode 3)
Air date: 2019-09-07
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Leaving Card Capital to his disciple Tatsuya, Shinemon challenges the re-test. However, Esuka's hitmen, Nanami and Tonori, appeared, and they seem to have taken away Mikuru......
Idol's Birth? (Episode 4)
Air date: 2019-09-14
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The one who summoned Mikuru is Esuka. Esuka proposes that Mikuru debut as an idol. Meanwhile, Mark and Tatsuya enter Esuka's main shop to rescue Mikuru.
Token Fight!! Plant VS Evil Decoy!! (Episode 5)
Air date: 2019-09-21
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The curtain rises on the fight between the strongest S ranked fighter Nanami, and the Ninja Master. As the fight rages between those two, Shinemon gets tormented by the sub-manager......!?
Last Ditch No Guard!! (Episode 6)
Air date: 2019-09-28
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon arrives at Esuka's main shop and faces off against Nanami. The secret of Nanami's cold attitude towards the fight is hidden within her encounters with both Vanguard and Esuka.
Capital Revived!! (Episode 7)
Air date: 2019-10-05
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Card Capital will open for a day for the shopping street's Halloween festival. Shinemon and friends try to revive the fun atmosphere from the past, but an unexpected trouble occurs......
Welcome to Capital!! (Episode 8)
Air date: 2019-10-12
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: It's the day of the Halloween festival. The tournament runs smoothly, but Shinemon is bogged down with work as the manager. Then, Rive goes missing.
Valkerion's Tears (Episode 9)
Air date: 2019-10-19
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Esuka appears as Card Capital's one day open ends without a hitch. Esuka proposes a cardfight to Shinemon with the rights to run Card Capital on the line.
End of Shinemon (Episode 10)
Air date: 2019-10-26
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: On top of losing to Esuka and getting chased out of Card Capital, Shinemon sees Misaki together with Esuka, and falls into despair.
Shin, Shin, Shinemon? (Episode 11)
Air date: 2019-11-02
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: With his sights set on a rematch with Esuka and to battle in the S Cup, Shinemon wanders in his attempt to change. Meanwhile, Esuka invites powerful fighters from all around the world.
Team Dragon's Vanity!! (Episode 12)
Air date: 2019-11-09
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The Esu Cup is where the rematch with Esuka will occur! However, Team Dragon's Vanity, formed with 3 esteemed fighters from various regions, stand before Shinemon and friends.
Esu Cup Match (Episode 13)
Air date: 2019-11-16
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The match between Team Capital and Team Dragon's Vanity will be decided when either side gets 3 wins! The first fight was entrusted to Ninja Master, but he seems to be fooled by the Oyama's flashy style.
Card or Life (Episode 14)
Air date: 2019-11-23
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Rive is chosen by Ruga to be his opponent. Though these two used to fight side by side as a pair, Ruga scolds Rive for running away from his fear of fighting against Ruga.
Image Transformed!! (Episode 15)
Air date: 2019-11-30
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon faces the last hurdle of Dragon's Vanity, which was none other than he who sheds tears upon the sin of weakness, Yuichirou Kanzaki. Will he be able to overcome Kanzaki in this last fight?
Trial of Deities (Episode 16)
Air date: 2019-12-06
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Overcoming trials and tribulations, Shinemon gets his rematch against Esuka. Facing the youthful, immature, and reckless Shinemon, Esuka speaks of her own life experience.
True Passion (Episode 17)
Air date: 2019-12-14
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Esuka corners Shinemon into choosing between a life as a fighter or a shop manager. What will Shinemon answer, now that he has learnt and understood it all?
Examinees' Merry Christmas (Episode 18)
Air date: 2019-12-21
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon studies for his entrance examination despite the Christmas season. However, the business of Card Capital is booming thanks to the presence of a super popular idol, Hitomi Kouzouji!? What will happen to his studies!?
Vanguard Abnormality (Episode 19)
Air date: 2019-12-28
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: A Card Capital with a prosperous future. The famous talent and entrepreneur, Esuka Hibino, and her Shop Manager acquaintance, Shin, shares about the unknowns of Esuka to the regulars.
Gear Chronicle (Episode 20)
Air date: 2020-01-11
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon is now a 4th-year university student. He's supposed to enter the deciding match with his teammates as representatives of Japan, but Rive starts using a new deck with a clan he has never seen before in the tournament.
Summoning Experiment (Episode 21)
Air date: 2020-01-18
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The one who greets Shinemon and friends from mysterious research laboratory "Ryuzu's Lab" is none other than Tatsuya. Shinemon challenges the head of the lab Ryuzu Myoujin to a fight, and bears witness to a shocking experiment.
The Day Before (Episode 22)
Air date: 2020-01-25
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: It's the day before the finals of the Asia Circuit. As Shinemon ponders about whether to join the "Unit Summoning Experiment" or "Team's Final Worlds Challenge", Esuka invites him for dinner.
Clash between Master and Student (Episode 23)
Air date: 2020-02-01
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Shinemon heads to Ryuzu's Lab to bring Rive back together with Esuka. Mark enters the finals alone, believing in the return of Shinemon and friends. The curtain rises on Shinemon's final fight.
The Real Opponent (Episode 24)
Air date: 2020-02-08
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Ryuzu attempts to involve Shinemon in the summoning experiment. Esuka fights Ryuzu to stop that from happening, and to send Shinemon and his friends to the tournament.
The Night at Yumigatake (Episode 25)
Air date: 2020-02-15
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: "The one who wants to fight Shinemon with the Unit summoning experiment is not Ryuzu but me.", Tatsuya chuckled dubiously. What does that actually mean? Ryuzu and Rive look back upon the beginning of this research.
Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh (Episode 26)
Air date: 2020-02-22
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: With a wish "to save the lives of his deceased parents", Tatsuya challenges Ryuzu with the position of the leader for the experiments on the line. He knows the truth behind the experiments that Ryuzu has yet to realize.
Manifest the Units!! (Episode 27)
Air date: 2020-02-29
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Tatsuya rides on the wings of Malkuth-melekh with his insane desires. To save the hostage Chrono, and to return with Rive to battle alongisde Mark, Shinemon challenges Tatsuya to a final battle.
Our Wings (Episode 28)
Air date: 2020-03-07
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The final battle begins at Ryuzu's Lab in the midst of the experiment to bridge Earth and Cray during the half-moon. Can Shinemon stop Tatsuya, who has sacrificed everything for the experiment?
To Capital Again (Episode 29)
Air date: 2020-03-14
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: 10 years have passed after the night of the half-moon. A young man appears at Card Capital with that Gear Chronicle deck in hand. The gears of Shin Nitta's story that stopped begins to move again.
A New Vanguard (Episode 30)
Air date: 2020-03-21
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: With the unexpected reunion, "Shin" brings back "Shinemon" from 10 years ago for the fight. The fight to lead Shinemon's new future begins...
Three Idols?/Shin Nitta (Episode 31)
Air date: 2020-03-28
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The story of Shinemon that spans two generations...... is supposed to have ended, but both Shinemon and Shin appears!? Shinemon and Shin reminisce about their individual pasts.
Seasons
Episodes 52
Episodes 14
Episodes 31