Series synopsis
Shadowverse, also known as シャドウバース is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2020. It ended on September 28, 2024. It stars Gakuto Kajiwara, Junya Enoki, Kaede Hondo and Yui Ogura.
The hottest battle is about to begin! While attending Tensei Academy, Hiro Ryugasaki ends up acquiring a mysterious smartphone. It comes installed with the popular card game, Shadowverse! Meeting new rivals, facing major tournaments, forging bonds with friends... Shadowverse leads Hiro to all sorts of new experiences, all that serve to "evolve" him...
Premise
The hottest battle is about to begin! While attending Tensei Academy, Hiro Ryugasaki ends up acquiring a mysterious smartphone. It comes installed with the popular card game, Shadowverse! Meeting new rivals, facing major tournaments, forging bonds with friends... Shadowverse leads Hiro to all sorts of new experiences, all that serve to "evolve" him...
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Hiro Ryugasaki (voice)
- Junya Enoki as Lucia Yonazuki (voice)
- Kaede Hondo as Mimori Amamiya (voice)
- Yui Ogura as Alice Kurobane (voice)
- Hayato Taya as Kazuki Shindo (voice)
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Kai Ijuin (voice)
- Yuichi Iguchi as Maura Aberald (voice)
- Yuto Uemura as Light Tenryu (voice)
Supporting cast
- Hibiku Yamamura as Itsuki Mitsutagawa (voice)
- Kazuki Ura as Subaru Makabe (voice)
- Shiori Izawa as Dragnir (voice)
- Showtaro Morikubo as Gentleman (voice)
- Larissa Tago Takeda as Ren Kazamatsuri (voice)
- Miyu Tomita as Tsubasa Takanashi (voice)
- Yuki Sakakihara as Mikado Shirogane (voice)
- Ryota Osaka as Ryoga Jasei (voice)
- Hana Tamegai as Shion Otosaka (voice)
Guest cast
- Nico as Ghost (voice)
- Marina Kitagawa as Ghost (voice)
- Kaoru Sakura as Isabel (voice)
- Moe Toyota as Shori Yonazuki (voice)
- Naoto Kobayashi as Soldier (voice)
- Naoyuki Ageishi as Ghost (voice)
- Shinya Nishiyama as Student (voice)
- Ayu Shoji as Student (voice)
- Shinya Takahashi as Soldier (voice)
- Nanami Matsumoto as Announcer (voice)
- Suzuka Kamitaka as Classmate (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 154 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 8 | June 30, 2020 | August 17, 2024 |
| Season 1 | 48 | April 7, 2020 | March 23, 2021 |
| Season 2 | 98 | April 2, 2022 | September 28, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadowverse Special Episode | June 30, 2020 |
| 2 |
Shadowverse Special Episode 2 Before Hiro and his team save the world, let's look back at everything they've accomplished, from Hiro's very first game of Shadowverse to his victory against Leon! |
September 29, 2020 |
| 3 |
Shadowverse Special Episode 3 The Shadowverse battlers look back on their fight to save the world, and look forward to their future. |
March 30, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
This Is Shadowverse!! Hiro is ready to play the coolest game around, Shadowverse. But when a bad guy steals his friend's phone, he'll have to endure a trial by fire if he wants to get it back! |
April 7, 2020 |
| 2 |
Hiro's Resolve To get his friend's phone back, Hiro will have to challenge the toughest Shadowverse battler around: Luca Yonazuki. |
April 14, 2020 |
| 3 |
The Plot of the Genius Among Geniuses Hiro is challenged by an amazing new foe, the "genius among geniuses!" Can he stand against this intellectual onslaught? |
April 21, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Shadowverse Begins Here! Light Tenryu is a new kid who's just come to the Shadowverse Battle College after a strange man told him he could "find his destiny" here. What fantastic adventures await him? |
April 2, 2022 |
| 2 |
This Is My Brilliant Plan! The Seventh Flame Shadowverse club has to get more members if they want to survive. But everyone who wants to play Shadowverse has already joined a club, so where can they find new members? Light has a brilliant plan... |
April 9, 2022 |
| 3 |
I Can Tell Because We Battled! Light wants Shinobu to join Seventh Flame, but she'll only listen to him if he can beat her first. The only problem is... he has no idea how to play Shadowverse! |
April 16, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 7, 2020 |
| Last aired | September 28, 2024 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 17:55:00 |