Weekly Bites reveals: Aqua Force never sealed in reboot, Daiyūsha key art

Image 7: "Unite!! Team Q4"
Mitsusada Kenji, 3rd place in the Asia Circuit and a member of "Voyage," has decided to participate in a shop showdown. On this day, Mitsusada suddenly arrives in Card Capital.

Key artwork of Mitsusada "Koutei" Kenji and Super Dimensional Robo Daiyūsha, used as reference while animating the 2018 Cardfight!! Vanguard anime. Daiyūsha will be facing off against Miwa Taishi's Hero deck in the new series. Daiyūsha is voiced by Inada Tetsu, voice of Shinjо̄ Tetsu.

In this week's anime Question & Answer section, Vangarо̄-kun explains that the Aqua Force clan was never sealed in this new continuity, so Leon's lineage was never destroyed, and so he was never seduced by Void. This time, Leon was able to peacefully grow with his friends as a Vanguard fighter.

Rather than a "remake," the new series is a "Reboot" which explores a "what if" scenario for various characters. Those familiar with the previous series will enjoy both reuniting with the old cast and seeing how they're changed by this "what if."

Weekly Bites reveals: Nagisa to use Granblue, Extra Booster 2 sleeves

Image 6 "Declaration of War!! Shop Competition"
Sendou Aichi and friends go to the huge card shop "Voyage" that used to be Kamui's home, and meet the winner and runner-up of the Asia Circuit, Sōryū Leon and Daimonji Gouki.

Gouki will be appearing in episode 6 as a member of Team NwO, Nagisa with Others. He's a rival of Kamui's.

Nagisa is Gouki's little sister, and created Team NwO from the top 3 competitors in the Asia Circuit. However, it seems she considers Kamui a "traitor"...!?

Nagisa and Gouki riding Guiding Zombie. Both of them use Granblue in the new series, with Nagisa undergoing special training to use Gouki's deck.

Upcoming card sleeves for V-EB01 include Marine General of the Restless Tides Algos, King of Demonic Seas Basskirk, Ultimate Dimensional Robo Great Daiyusha, and Sōryū Leon sleeves. There will also be a deck holder themed after Algos.

Navalgazer Dragon teased in Vanguard anime

The fifth episode of the 2018 Cardfight!! Vanguard anime, "Let's Go to Card Capital!" teased several upcoming Aqua Force cards from V-Trial Deck 03: Sōryū Leon in its next episode preview. Among the cards shown are the grade 1 Tear Knight Theo, grade 2 Marine General of the Restless Tides Algos, and the grade 3 Navalgazer Dragon, all cards that debuted in the original Aqua Force Trial Deck six years ago.

Leon himself was briefly shown on television at the end of the episode, getting ready to participate in the Asia Circuit tournament. The title of the next episode, Image 6, is "Declaration of War!! Shop Competition." (In the sense of two shops pitted against one another, likely Card Capital and Voyage.)

The legible text at left reads "Born August 1st, male, blood type B, Aqua Force user. [...] Despite still being a middle schooler, he has participated in various large tournaments. [...]"

Tear Knight Theo and Battle Siren Dorothea.

Marine General of the Restless Tides, Algos.

Weekly Bites reveals: Cardfight!! Vanguard Origin Image 5 episode preview

Image 5: Let's go to Card Capital!!
Learning of the existence of the CF Research Club from Morikawa and his friends, Aichi hopes to become a new member. However, the CF Research Club is caught up in a crisis because of Morikawa and the others' low grades.

Adapted from chapter 4 of Itou Akira's Cardfight!! Vanguard manga.

Souryuu Leon of Team NwO is a 6th grade elementary student in the new series, and an Aqua Force user that became champion of the Asia Circuit. Vangaro-kun wonders why he's taken an interest in Aichi.

The grade 1 unit Tear Knight Theo after being ridden by Leon.

Weekly Bites Reveals: Card Shop Voyage and Team NwO

This week's special guests are voice of Tokura Misaki, Kitta Izumi, and Vanguard evangelist Maeda Seiji-sensei.

Weekly Bites episode 3, start! Stand up, Vanguard!

The fourth episode is titled "Misaki's Secret!!"

Episode summary
Card Capital's shop clerk Tokura Misaki takes an interest in Sendou Aichi, who changed greatly through Vanguard even though he lacked fight experience. Accepting Aichi's invitation, Misaki begins her first fight.

This is an early preview of Card Shop Voyage, a large shop that Kamui used to go to. Famous cardfighters like Daimonji Gouki and Mitsusada Kenji attend it, and Vangaro-kun wishes he could go too.

Team NwO (Nagisa with Others) is made up of Daimonji Nagisa, her older brother and the Asia Circuit's runner-up Daimonji Gouki, Asia Circuit champion Souryuu Leon, and third-place in the Circuit Mitsusada Kenji. Team NwO will challenge Card Capital in the new anime series.

This a significant divergence from the 2018 anime series' source material, Itou Akira Vanguard manga. In the original manga Kamui's shop was unnamed, and had been overrun by Foo Fighters lead by Yahagi Kyou.

English Aqua Force Trial Deck and Extra Booster 02 to launch August 31st

The official Cardfight!! Vanguard English Twitter account tweeted today that V-Trial Deck 03: Sōryū Leon and V-Extra Booster 02: Champions of the Asia Circuit will be launching simultaneously in English August 31st, 2018. The Aqua Force TD and its accompanying booster will be arriving 28 days after Extra Booster 01: The Destructive Roar, and is to be followed by TD04: Suzugamori Ren and Booster Set 02 in September. The release date for TD03 and EB02 is the same as the Japanese release date for BT02.

Champions of the Asia Circuit contains support for the Aqua Force, Granblue, and Dimension Police clans, comprising cards used by Team Nagisa With Others (NwO) in the 2018 Cardfight!! Vanguard "Origin" anime. It will launch in Japan July 20th, as will the Aqua Force Trial Deck.