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Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Resumes on August 8 After COVID-19 Delay
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The official website for TV Tokyo. TV Tokyo will then air new episodes starting from episode 10 on August 8.
TV Tokyo aired a recap episode for episodes 1-6 on July 11. BS-TV Tokyo will rebroadcast episodes 7-9 starting on July 24, and will air episode 10 on August 14.
The anime premiered on TV Tokyo on April 4, and on BS-TV Tokyo on April 10. The fifth episode aired on May 2. On May 1 the anime's official website announced that the anime was suspending production due to safety concerns related to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). TV Tokyo then resumed broadcast on June 13 and aired episodes 6-9.
The anime features a protagonist in elementary school for the first time in the franchise. The anime has a new "Rush Duel" rule and takes place in the future in the town of Gōha. Yūga Ōdō, a fifth-grade student, loves both inventions and dueling. His classmate Luke is a self-styled "number one duelist at Gōha 7 Elementary School." Gakuto is the school's student council president, and Romin is Yūga's classmate.
Hiroshi Yamamoto is the sound director.
The new anime commemorates the 20th anniversary of the anime franchise. Konami had announced the series with the teasing phrase, "the history of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series will change."
Source: Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens' website via @AIR_News01
