Zexal and the seventh anime series overall in the franchise, produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo.
The anime aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 7, 2012 to March 23, 2014, in a different time slot from that of the original series.
The English-language adaptation, produced by Konami, began airing in North America on The CW's Vortexx programming block on August 17, 2013.
For episodes 99–123, the opening theme is "Dualism of Mirrors" (鏡のデュアルイズム, Kagami no Duaruizumu) by Petit Milady (Aoi Yuki and Ayana Taketatsu), while the ending theme is "Go Way Go Way" (ゴーウェイゴーウェイ, Gō Wei Gō Wei) by FoZZtone.
For the Konami English dub version, the opening theme is "Halfway to Forever" for all episodes that air in the US.