News: Aqua Force Clan Booster "Commander of Waves" to Launch October 23rd, Comic Booster Sleeves

August 4th, 2015. During today's weekly stream, host personality Doctor O unveiled the title and launch date for the previously-announced clan booster, G-Clan Booster 02: Commander of Waves. (連波の指揮官 Renpa no Shikikan lit. "Commander of Connected/Successive Waves;" initially misread as 連破 Renpa "Successive Wins") Featuring Euro League pro cardfighter Jaime Alcaraz from the TV anime Cardfight!! Vanguard G, the booster set will launch the month after G-Comic Booster 01: Leaders & Deletors hits the Japanese game. Commander of Waves will launch on October 23rd in Japan. No international release date has been given as of yet. A complete recording of the broadcast may now be viewed below.

In other Leaders & Deletors related news, a pair of sleeves were also announced during the broadcast for a September 18th release date. Featuring protagonist Sendou Aichi and antagonist Ibuki Kouji as illustrated by the manga's lead artist Itou Akira, these are the second set of sleeves to feature the manga incarnation of Aichi, after another dual release of manga sleeves from October 2013 featuring Aichi and Kai Toshiki, also illustrated by Itou.

Doctor O also unveiled three cards from the upcoming G-BT04: Soul Strike Against the Supreme, presented below.

Greedy Devourer, Gleipnir
AUTO (Rearguard circle): Generation break 1: [Counterblast 1] When this unit attacks a vanguard, if this unit is boosted, you may pay the cost. If you do, soulcharge 3, and if a card has been sent from the soul to the drop zone during this turn, draw 1 card.

Charming Mutant, Sweet Cocktail
AUTO (Rearguard circle): Generation break 1: [Counterblast 1] When this unit attacks a vanguard, if this unit is boosted, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose 1 of your opponent's rearguards, rest it, and until the end of your opponent's next turn, that unit gets "AUTO (Rearguard circle): During the end phase of your turn, if this unit is rested, your opponent draws 1 card.", during this turn, that unit cannot intercept. During your opponent's next stand phase, that unit cannot stand.

Coercive Mutant, Darkface
AUTO (Vanguard circle): Generation break 2: [Soulblast 2] When one of your opponent's units is placed on a rearguard circle, you may pay the cost. If you do, rest that unit.
AUTO (Vanguard circle): [Counterblast 1] During your turn, when your G unit strides, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose 2 of your opponent's rearguards, rest them, and until the end of your opponent's next turn, they get "AUTO (Rearguard circle): During the end phase of your turn, if this unit is rested, your opponent draws 1 card.", and during your opponent's next stand phase, those units cannot stand.

Above is a complete recording of the stream. Bushiroad Cardfight event report is at 5:30, Aqua Force clan booster announced at 33:23, manga sleeves at 34:49, G-BT04: Soul Strike Against the Supreme cards shown at 35:54. Today's article was made possible by the donations of our patrons at Patreon. Cardfight Pro is funded by public contributions from readers like you. 

News: Leaders & Deletors Poster Shows Gaiden Units, Oksizz Stride

July 22nd, 2015. The first poster for G-Comic Manga Booster 01: Leaders & Deletors was made public today through Bushiroad's official Japanese Cardfight!! Vanguard Twitter account, teasing several units from the first Comic Booster of the G series. Intended to feature Ibuki Kouji's Deletor cards from Itou Akira's ongoing Cardfight!! Vanguard manga, and Sendou Aichi's Alfred cards from the same series, the booster set will also include units featured in Koshimizu Makoto's Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden: Shining Swordsman manga. While Koshimizu's Gaiden manga has yet to be licensed by any western publisher, Itou's manga has been licensed by Vertical Inc. The seventh volume will be published in English this August, while the eighth volume will follow in early November.

The poster most prominently features Ibuki's signature grade 3, Docking Deletor Graywon, as well as Aichi's Blaster Blade. The poster also teases what appears to be a stride revival of Daunting Deletor Oksizz on Ibuki's side, and the Shining Swordsman character Lola--Blaster Rapier's past self. Leaders & Deletors will include 45 different cards, 16 of which are reprints from previous sets, and will only include support for Royal Paladin and Link Joker. The set's tagline is "Which will you choose? To command Ibuki Kouji's Deletors, or Sendou Aichi's Royal Paladins."

Itou's manga, which served as the template for the animated series and first debuted ahead of it at the 2010 Tokyo Toy Show, has gained steady popularity internationally. Most recently the title received a cross-promotion with the LINE messaging system, making Cardfight!! Vanguard manga themed emoticons available to users.

G-CMB01: Leaders & Deletors will launch on September 26th 2015 in Japan. No international launch date has been announced at this time. Today's article was made possible by the donations of our patrons at Patreon. Cardfight Pro is funded by public contributions from readers like you.