[4][5][6] The series is licensed outside Japan by Konami Cross Media NY and launched internationally in 2015.
[7] A manga adaptation by Naohito Miyoshi began serialization in Shueisha's V Jump magazine in August 2015.
Yuya awakens a new power called Pendulum Summoning, which attracted the attention of the Leo Corporation's president, Declan Akaba.
Duel Academy is led by Declan's estranged father, Leo Akaba, who seeks to unite the four dimensions.
Declan formed a group of elite duelists called the Lancers to stop his father, while they build their numbers during their travels to the Synchro and Xyz Dimensions.
Gradually recognizing a dark presence swelling inside him since absorbing Yuto, Yuya learns he has a strong psychic connection to him, Yugo, and Yuri that occurs whenever their summoned dragons are calling one another.
When they confront Leo, he reveals the four dimensions used to be one world until the day a mad duelist named Zarc attempted to destroy everything.
His daughter, Ray, steals the cards and sacrifices herself in his stead to defeat Zarc while splintering the world into the four dimensions.
Only Ray, who has been reincarnated as Zuzu and her counterparts, had been subconsciously preventing Zarc's attempts to reawaken prior to Leo having the girls abducted.
However, the reactor is unable to fully restore Ray's physical form as Leo planned due to lack of life energies.
Declan reveals that Riley used a moment in the dimensional divide to transfer Zarc's essence from Yuya into herself to keep the evil spirit from being scattered across the dimensions again.
This act awakened Ray, who appears in the Pendulum Dimension and revives as Zuzu, with her counterparts now a part of her, similar to Yuya's case.
This dimension is known for its unique Action Dueling, which uses the Real Solid Vision System to give mass to its holograms and allow Duelists to interact with their monsters and the artificially created environment.
New Domino City is ruled by the High Council, which upholds Martial Law and Sector Security who act as police for the Topsiders.
After Yuya's duel against Jack in the Friendship Cup final match, the High Council retired and the social class system was abolished.
They are forced to remain on the campus to be trained as child soldiers until the Arc-Area Project is completed.
Alexis Rhodes and Aster Phoenix are two of the main characters from GX, who make their reappearance as different counterparts in this dimension.
[4] The anime series aired on TV Tokyo between April 6, 2014 and March 26, 2017, which replaced Yu-Gi-Oh!
4K Media Inc. acquired the series outside of Japan and planned to release the series internationally in 2015 with an edited English language dub that is strictly aimed at elementary school aged students between 6 and 10 years in all countries that air the show from 4K Media.
[11][12] In North America, a localized English adaptation began airing on Canada's Teletoon on July 24, 2015,[13] and on Nicktoons in the United States on February 21, 2016.
[3][14] A manga one-shot illustrated by Naohito Miyoshi was published in the July 2014 issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine released on May 21, 2014.
Following the release of Starter Deck 2014, Master Rule 3 came into effect, and introduced Pendulum Monsters to the trading card game.
Known as Pendulum Summoning, one per turn, the player is allowed to simultaneously Special Summon an unlimited amount of monsters from their hand (or face-up from their Extra Deck) to the field provided their Levels are in between (and not equal to) the Scales of the cards on the Pendulum Zone.
If a Pendulum Monster is destroyed or tributed while on the field, they do not go to the graveyard and instead go face-up into the Extra Deck, where the player can re-Pendulum Summon them at their next opportunity.
[19] However, the series was received poorly on Japanese streaming site Niconico, taking all spots in the Top 10 Worst Rated Episodes.