The story centers around the card game Duel Masters, which revolves around five civilizations consisting of Fire, Water, Light, Darkness and Nature.

The original storyline follows Shobu Kirifuda, a young boy who likes to play Duel Masters.

The Four Temple Guardians (四天衆, Shi Tenshū) are the elite members of the White Soldiers that work under Hakuoh.

While brainwashed, her trump cards are Cruel Naga, Avatar of Fate and Super Necrodragon Abzo Dolba.

It was produced in English by Wizards of the Coast, who purchased the rights to the name Duel Masters from Reality Simulations, Inc., which ran a play-by-mail gladiator game called Duelmasters, now known as Duel2.

The English-language printing of the TCG ran from DM-01 Base Set (May 5, 2004) until DM-12 Thrash of the Hybrid Megacreatures (November 2006).

The Duel Masters manga series is written by Shigenobu Matsumoto, and published by Shogakukan in the CoroCoro Comic magazine.

Duel Masters Victory premiered on April 2, 2011, and introduced a new protagonist named Katta Kirifuda, the younger brother of Shobu.

[27] The 2017 Duel Masters anime introduced Joe Kirifuda, the son of Katta and focused on his adventures in the Creature World.

[33][34] An adaptation of the Duel Masters Lost: Gekka no Shinigami manga series is set to premiere on December 21, 2024.

It made a truncated four-episode preview premiere on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on February 27, 2004.

The series then made its official premiere on March 13, 2004, as part of the Saturday Video Entertainment System block, with fewer edits.

[citation needed] A second batch of 26 episodes was produced by Hasbro Studios and Elastic Media Corporation and premiered on Cartoon Network on March 26, 2005.

Despite being aired some months later, these episodes were considered part of the first season[40] and featured an original storyline not adapted from the manga.

While the original animation studio and staff remained the same as the first season, these episodes were never broadcast or acknowledged in Japan.