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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/YuunaInamura voices both Yuzu and her Fusion counterpart, Serena.
** Creator/KenshoOno voices both Yuya and his Fusion counterpart, Yuri. [[spoiler:And then there is Zarc.]]
** Creator/MaiFuchigami voices not only Grace Tyler, but also [[spoiler:Ray]]. In the English dub, Grace and Gloria Tyler are both voiced by Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld.
** Creator/YuiIshikawa voices Olga and Reira Akaba.
** Manabu Sakamaki voices both Tsukikage and Hikage.
** Masamichi Kitada usually voices Roget, but he also voices one of the Obelisk Force mooks that challenge Tsukikage in episode 89.
** Many minor characters share the same seiyuus.
** In the English dub, this is [[SignificantDoubleCasting taken to extremes where the main characters]] are concerned. Michael Liscio Jr. voices Yuya, his dad, [[spoiler:all of Yuya's counterparts, including [[BigBad Zarc]]]]. Similarly, Emily Jenness voices Zuzu, [[spoiler:all her counterparts, and Ray Akaba]]. The dub also sees Billy Bob Thompson voicing Declan Akaba and Gong Strong.
* AmateurCast: Most of the cast of ARC-V consists of new voice actors, but a notable aversion is with the protagonist Yuya Sakaki, in a series first. Whereas all of the protagonists [[Anime/YuGiOh in]] [[Anime/YuGiOhGX the]] [[Anime/YuGiOh5DS previous]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal series]] have been voiced by newbie voice actors, Yuya is instead voiced by Creator/KenshoOno, who, by the time of ARC-V, had already been an established voice actor with a handful of roles under his belt. This makes him the first Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist since [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries the 1998 anime series by Toei]] to be voiced by a notable voice actor.
* AllStarCast: Despite the show casting mostly newcomer voice actors, there are still some big names voicing prominent characters.
** Creator/KenshoOno voices the main protagonist Yuya, his EvilCounterpart Yuri and the BigBad Zarc. While most of the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' protagonist are voiced by newcomers, Ono was a well established VA prior to playing Yuya.
** Creator/YoshimasaHosoya voices Yuya's main rival, who is also the BigGood of the series: Reiji Akaba. Hosoya was already well known for playing Reiner Braun in ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''.
** Creator/YuiIshikawa voices Reira Akaba, one of the supporting characters; as well as Olga, a minor character. She is well known for playing Mikasa Ackerman, the main female lead in ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''.
%%** Creator/NatsukiHanae voices Hokuto Shijima, a recurring characters in the Standard arc.
%%** Creator/AyumuMurase voices Haili, a minor character in the series, and one of the LDS exchange students.
* AnimeFirst: As with ''GX'' and ''5D's'', the anime of ''ARC-V'' premiered first on 2014 while the manga series (both the official version and spin-off) were released in 2015.
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** Yuto and Yugo are voiced by Takagi twins Creator/ManpeiTakagi and Creator/ShinpeiTakagi respectively and both of them were well established actors prior to landing their voice acting roles in arc v
** Melissa Claire is voiced by Yuka Hirata who is a famous Japanese actress and gravure idol.
* CreatorBacklash: Tsutomu Kamishiro seems to have not had a pleasant time of working on the series, as his Twitter name was [="@FuckTheYugioh"=] before he deactivated his account.
* CrossDressingVoices:
** Sora is voiced by Creator/MieSonozaki.
** The other children are also voiced by women, regardless of the gender.
** In the English dub, played straight with Tate, Sora, [[spoiler: and Riley]].
* HeAlsoDid: Series composer Kotaro Nakagawa was also credited for his work on other anime, including ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'', ''Manga/{{Planetes}}'', ''Anime/GunXSword'', ''Anime/CodeGeass'', ''Manga/PsychicSquad'', ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'', ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' and ''Manga/PrisonSchool''.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 73rd episode of ARC-V marked the overall 777th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, which was celebrated with a special opening showcasing [[Anime/YuGiOh all]] [[Anime/YuGiOhGX the]] [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds previous]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL anime]] protagonists as well as Yuya.
* TheOriginalDarrin: After being replaced by Tom Wayland for the later episodes of 5DS, Christopher C. Adams returns as the voice of Crow.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** In the Italian dub, Aster is voiced by Davide Fumagalli since his original voice actor Creator/SimoneDAndrea has moved from Milan to Rome since a long ago and usually comes back only to reprise long-running roles such as [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries James]] or [[Franchise/DragonBall Adult/Future Trunks]].
** In the English Dub, Yuzu's father was originally voiced by Tom Wayland in early episodes before being replaced by Billy Bob Thompson.
* RealLifeRelative: The seiyuus of dimensional counterparts [[Creator/ManpeiTakagi Yuto]] and [[Creator/ShinpeiTakagi Yugo]] are twin brothers.
* ReferencedBy: Your usual gaggle of AbridgedSeries.
** There is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC35esd_-aL_t1sEaM7UnSug one]] by [=YuGiOhKetchup=] that began on 2014 and has more than twenty one episodes to date. It also has its own page [[WebVideo/YuGiOhArcVTheAbridgedSeries here]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgysdcdB2vlWdxTOCtM_Zk5MYx4iYW-lN Majestic Pink Hippo Productions]] has two episodes.
* RoleReprise: The alternate universe versions of ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'', ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]'', and ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL ZEXAL]]'' characters who appear in this series are voiced by the same Japanese voice actors who originally voiced them in their respective originating series.
** Same in the English version, with special credit to Crow, who has his original dub actor, Clay Adams, return to voice him instead of Tom Wayland, who took over during the series as Adams had to leave New York during production.
* StarMakingRole
** Shun Kurosaki is [[Creator/YamatoKinjo Yamato Kinjo]]'s major debut VA role.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The Creator/{{Nicktoons}} broadcast schedule was erratic, with premieres often being delayed or outright pulled from the schedule with little-to-no advance warning. Nicktoons had to skip the ''entire second season'' just to catch up with the rest of the world.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: In the English dub, Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuto are all voiced by the same person (Michael Liscio, Jr.) because [[spoiler:they're all entities split off from Zarc]].
* SpoiledByTheMerchandise: Several cards during the era were revealed ''long'' before they ended up making an appearance in the anime proper. Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon, Enlightenment Paladin, and quite a few of Yuya's Magicians being an example.
* TeasingCreator:
** In nearly every Yu-Gi-Oh! series, each character has or gains a Superpowered Evil Side, which is seen by fans to be one of the best parts of a show, and actively and eagerly await for any new protagonist to have one. ARC-V delivers on the evil side, but takes a crack at the audience with Yuya's dark side: he was originally a normal entertainer who, in order to appeal to increasingly demanding and bloodthirsty fans, became more violent and cruel in his duels until he and his monsters went mad and turned against them. So the start of this character's downfall is because the audience wanted it - and since the real-life audience wants that sort of thing, they're also to blame.
** Action Cards have long been a ScrappyMechanic among the fandom. They get some mixed reviews throughout the series in-universe by characters new to them, and [[spoiler:Jack and Sergey's]] duel has an important point being them ''ignoring'' Action Cards, to say nothing about Gongenzaka's opinion of them. [[spoiler:It reaches the point where in episodes 104 and 105, when both Edo and Kurosaki grab an Action Card, only to discover that its effects will not help them at all.]]
* TroubledProduction:
** By many accounts, Tsutomu Kamishiro was a big sufferer of ScheduleSlip, and frequently turned in scripts late. This resulted in rushed situations elsewhere--most notably, Yuya-Zarc's rather uninspired gargoyle-esque look. He also butted heads with the rest of the staff, as he wanted to push the series in [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids a more cynical direction]] and did not accept contributions if failing to align with his plans. This can be seen in how several episodes that he wrote tended to undo progress in others, or with his episodes having a much more cynical and dark tone in comparison to the other writers.
** Series director Katsumi Ono, previously having worked on ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', was a major figure behind the Synchro arc being as long as it was while the other arcs were shortened. That being said, this may have been more of an effect of Kamishiro's conflicts with the writing staff, as several Season 1 writers left, forcing the arc to be extended to accommodate any ideas that may have been lost in the process, with Ono's previous experience on ''5Ds'' helping to provide some context and content.
** Reiji's Japanese VA also had a busy schedule, forcing the character's role to be limited.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** WordOfGod stated that Yuto and Yugo were intended to appear in the first episode. Their clash is later shown as a flashback in episode 18. That's also why Dark Rebellion is obscured in said flashback even though its appearance was already revealed.
** Creator/KenshoOno was originally going to voice Yuya and all of his counterparts. It was later decided that he should voice Yuya and Yuri since they are polar opposites in terms of personality and the Takagi twins would voice Yuto and Yugo in the voice similar to Ono's. This did, however, happen in the English dub, where Michael Liscio, Jr. voiced Yuya and all his counterparts.
** Similar to the Barian Observer element of ZEXAL, [[https://forums.ygorganization.com/showthread.php/1994-ARC-V-episode-127-130-summaries-including-SPOILERS episode summaries]] talked about another plot element that was likely dropped. Episode 121's summary mentions Reiji's mother having some sort of scheme going on. How this would fit into the story is unknown, but the implication is that she would become an antagonist.
** Yugo was supposed to have white hair but the creators opted to have his D-Wheel and his suit white instead.

!!Misc. Trivia:
* Yuya has used more Extra Deck summoning methods than any other previous protagonist from any previous series.
** Fun Fact: Yuya has used 'Performapal Silver Claw' as a material for the summoning of monsters corresponding with each Extra Deck summoning type at least once.
* For the first time in any Yu-Gi-Oh! series, the various Duel Disk designs are actually commented on in-universe by the characters and are used as a way for the characters to determine which dimension they come from, such as when Sora thought Serena, who was protecting Kurosaki, was Yuzu until she activated her Duel Disk and saw it was from Academia.
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