[5][6] The series takes place in the futuristic town of Goha and stars Yuga Ohdo, a fifth-grade, elementary school student, who loves both inventions and dueling.

The series follows Yuga and his friends as they show off the delights of Rush Duels while under the watchful eye of the Goha Corporation that oversees the city.

[3] The series marked the second studio turnover in franchise history with Bridge taking over as head studio in animation production from Gallop, which oversaw every television series and films in the franchise since Yu-Gi-Oh!

The series is being directed by Nobuhiro Kondo with screenplay by Toshimitsu Takeuchi and character designs by Kazuko Tadano and Hiromi Matsushita.

[8] On July 10, 2020, it was announced it will be delayed again due to the aforementioned pandemic and resumed on August 8, 2020.

[citation needed] A comedy spin-off manga adaptation, titled Yu-Gi-Oh!

[12] Another manga adaptation, written by Masahiro Hikokubo and illustrated by Tasuku Sugie, titled Yu-Gi-Oh!

Effective April 1, 2020 in Japan and November 24, 2021 in North America, it is now possible again to Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon directly to the Main Monster Zones without a required Link Arrow pointing to it.

Instead, a new format separate from the main game was introduced exclusively for the Japanese and Korean market named Rush Duels.

Although the physical card game for Rush Duels is exclusive to the Asian markets, the format had been made available worldwide on digital formats through the Western release for the game Yu-Gi-Oh!

Mellisa Camacho gave a mixed review of the series for Common Sense Media, giving the series a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, and writing that younger kids "may find what's happening a little confusing at times" but the anime is "lively enough to be entertaining.