[1] The series aired from April 7, 2020, to March 23, 2021, on TV Tokyo and has been simulcast internationally on Crunchyroll.

Through a strange occurrence, Hiiro obtains a mysterious smartphone with the popular digital card game Shadowverse app installed.

Later, Hiro and his friends discover that the true purpose of Shadowverse is to save the world from an impending doomsday event.

Light Tenryu enrolls at Shadowverse College after receiving an invite and pre-loaded deck from the school's founder, Wolfram Zerga.

Meanwhile, the newly reformed Genesis Corp has started research into a new artifact called the Arc that has been mysteriously stolen.