History Franchise / CardfightVanguard

* ''VideoGame/RideToVictory'' (2013; Japan only, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS): A game published and developed by [=FuRyu=] Corporation. The game follows the player character (from a selection of six available) as they strive to become the National Champion.

* ''[[VideoGame/CardfightVanguardEX Cardfight!! Vanguard EX]]'' (2019; Japan only, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch): The game based on the V Series reboot. It follows the story of Izuru Shidou.
* ''[[VideoGame/CardfightVanguardDearDays Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days]]'' (2022, Switch, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}): Set in the overDress universe, the game focuses on Yuki Ichidoji, a high-schooler who learns about Vanguard after witnessing her brother playing the game. The game features an original cast and story alongside characters from the overDress series who also appear and have several story arcs that can be played. Notable for being the first Vanguard console game to be localized and released worldwide.

* ''[[VideoGame/CardfightVanguardZero Cardfight!! Vanguard Zero]]'' (2019; Android, iOS): A mobile game published by Bushiroad and developed by [[https://www.gamestudio.co.jp/ GameStudio]]. It notably changes and simplifies the standard rules, allowing for quicker and snappier cardfights. The plot is a heavily abridged retelling of the original anime series. In late 2021, the game underwent a sizeable update, adding in the story, characters, cards, and mechanics from ''Cardfight!! Vanguard G''.

* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez'': A spin-off that takes place after the story of overDress and will+Dress.

** The second half of V-Series, which took some elements from Link Joker arc focused on the main cast's high school life and after the Pshyqulia Zombie arc, there was a Vanguard Koishien mini tournament arc featuring teams from various high schools.

* ''Anime/{{MiniVan}}'': A flash anime based on the {{Yonkoma}} manga.

* '[=MiniVan=]'': A {{Yonkoma}} manga about the anime & manga characters.

* ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG'': A spin-off with a new cast which later turns out to be the sequel to the original anime.

* ''Manga/{{MiniVan}}'': A {{Yonkoma}} manga about the anime & manga characters.

* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden: Swordsman of Light'': A manga which follows the story of the units on cray.

* ''[=MiniVan=]'': A flash anime based on the {{Yonkoma}} manga.

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* ''[=MiniVan=]'': A {{Yonkoma}} manga about the anime & manga characters.

* ''Ride to Victory'' (2013; Japan only, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS): A game published and developed by [=FuRyu=] Corporation. The game follows the player character (from a selection of six available) as they strive to become the National Champion.
* ''Lock on Victory'' (2014; Japan only, 3DS): This game closely follows the plot of Link Joker arc, where the player character (chosen from a list of the same six characters from the previous game, plus five new characters in this game, one of them voiced by Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, no less!) gets to choose which of the three high schools to join (Aichi's Miyaji, Kai's Hitsue or Ren's Fukuhara), and win the Vanguard High School Championship while fighting the invasion of Link Joker.
* ''Stride To Victory'' (2016; Japan only, 3DS): This game introduces ten new characters, and follows the plot of the first season of ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG''.
* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Zero'' (2019; Android, iOS): A mobile game published by Bushiroad and developed by [[https://www.gamestudio.co.jp/ GameStudio]]. It notably changes and simplifies the standard rules, allowing for quicker and snappier cardfights. The plot is a heavily abridged retelling of the original anime series. In late 2021, the game underwent a sizeable update, adding in the story, characters, cards, and mechanics from ''Cardfight!! Vanguard G''.
* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard EX'' (2019; Japan only, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch): The game based on the V Series reboot. It follows the story of Izuru Shidou.
* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days'' (2022, Switch, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}): Set in the overDress universe, the game focuses on Yuki Ichidoji, a high-schooler who learns about Vanguard after witnessing her brother playing the game. The game features an original cast and story alongside characters from the overDress series who also appear and have several story arcs that can be played. Notable for being the first Vanguard console game to be localized and released worldwide.

** While the V-series show the characters participating in tournaments such as the Asia Circuit, the Vanguard Koshien or the Esuka Cup, the tournaments themselves are OutOfFocus with only a few fights being shown.

The franchise is a cardgame conceived by Creator/{{Bushiroad}} which started out as both an [[Anime/CardfightVanguard Anime]] and Manga which were both about a shy boy named Aichi Sendou who through Vanguard gains more confidence and friends, but besides mostly using the same characters, the stories they had went in a completely different direction. The cardgame itself quickly gained popularity not only in Japan, but also overseas even without Bushiroad doing any marketing thanks to its relatively simple rules which made it easy and fun to play.

Eventually the story of the original cast seemingly concluded with its last season ''Legion Mate''. However the story went then on in ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG'' which follows a new protagonist named Chrono Shindou who suddenly finds a Vanguard deck in his locker and as a result is dragged into the world of Vanguard. At first this seems to be spin-off which also uses old characters alongside the new ones, but it later turns out to be a continuation of the original anime.

Eventually Chrono's story also concluded, but instead of creating a new anime series or spin-off. They decided to reboot the franchise with ''Anime/CardfightVanguardVSeries'' which is about Aichi again, but this time is based on the manga, but eventually spinning off to a prequel with Shinemon Niita growing into his role as Card Capital's manager, and an alternate universe story involving Aichi's sister Emi Sendou as a magical girl.

After the V Series concluded, a brand new anime spin-off began known as Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress. This series follows Yu-Yu Kondo and a group of cardfighters known as Team Blackout as Yu-Yu is pulled into the world of Vanguard.

Aside from the main series Anime/Manga there were also various spin-off media and video games which sadly enough weren't brought overseas.

* ''Ride to Victory'' (Japan only) (2013) (3DS): A game produced by the [=FuRyu=] Company. The game follows the player character (Chosen from 6 available) in his/her way to become the National Champion.
* ''Lock on Victory'' (Japan Only) (2014) (3DS):. It follows closely to the plot of Link Joker Arc where the player character (Chosen from the same 6 characters from the previous game + 5 new characters in this game, one of them voiced by Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, no less!) gets to choose which of the 3 high schools (Aichi's Miyaji, Kai's Hitsue or Ren's Fukuhara) to join and win the Vanguard High School Championship while fighting the invasion of Link Joker.
* ''Stride To Victory'' (Japan Only) (2016) (3DS): This game introduces 10 new characters, and follows the plot of the first season of ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG''.
* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Zero'' (2019): A mobile game.
* ''Cardfight!! Vanguard EX'' (2019) (UsefulNotes/PlayStation4/Switch): The game based on the reboot. It follows the story of Izuru Shidou.

!!The entire Franchise or multipe entries contain examples of:
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Games are regulary with lives at stake. Usually during TournamentArc the main protagonist and his team are determined to win the tournament for the sake of their goal and teammate.

** The V-Series which is a reboot to the original series and adaptated from manga isn't connected to the orginal timeline, and during the IF arc the main characters Ibuki, Suiko, Kourin, and Miwa travel to the IF world where they meet alternate versions of their friends and teamup with Shuka and alternate versions of Emi and Kai to stop the IF version of Aichi and correct distortions.

** In original series, Season 1 after losing to Team Asteroid during the national tournament, Team Q4, and Card Capital regulars went to train with Team Ceaser at a beach in order to make a strong comeback for the nationals. In Season 2 team Q4 went with Asteriod to a resort for a vacation and training.

* {{Fanservice}}: Their are many attractive male characters to show off their abs and muscles, and female characters to show off their curves during BeachEpisode and FuroScene.

** In the orginal series, starting from Season 3 (Link Joker arc) Aichi and Kourin enrolls to Miyaji Academy the same school as Misaki, and along with their new friends Naoki and Shingo, they would form a Vanguard club at their school. Aichi's former teammate Kai is also a member of Vanguard club at his school and both of them along with Ren's team would compete as rivals in order to enter a tournament, but that didn't last long since Ren's team won and the writers had to mostly focus on Link Joker invansion.
** This trope is Downplayed in G series. The NEXT arc has team Try 3 parting ways and enrolling to different high schools, forming a new team to enter the U-20 Championship in order to fulfill their goals and compete with each other as rivals. Chrono enrolls to Harumi High School, Shion enrolls to Fukuhara high the same school Ren and his team studied, and Tokoha moves to Paris. But NEXT mostly focuses on them and their teammates competing at U-20, rather than their high school life.

* MrFanservice: The series is filled with CastFullOfPrettyBoys, who frquently get ShirtlessScene during BeachEpisode and FuroScene.

** In V-Series, after taking shower at Kai's apartment, Ren gets a naked scene while whiping his head with a towel and this prompt Kai to freak out. Kai, Aichi, Naoki, Shingo and male members of student council get a shirtless scene while they were relaxing at a hot spring.

* MsFanservice: Their are many attractive female characters in the franchise who wear sexy outfits. When they are depicted as their units during fights, they tend to wear least modest outfits.
** In orginal series Misaki, Asaka and Yuri wore a bikini during BeachEpisode. Asaka's V-Series counterpart also gets many sexy shots, in order to highlight her curves.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: This is the franchise main theme. No matter how powerful a villian is, they're helpless against the hero who has the support of his/her friends.
* TrueCompanions: All the ''Vanguard'' series and its spin-off's. Not only is the main protagaonist and his team are this, but also the supporting characters and their teammates have very strong bond with each other and will go through any extent to be by their aide through thick and thin.

** Season 1 of the original series is a successsion of tournament arcs with the characters first taking part in a card shop tournament before moving to participate as a team in Regional and National competitions. Season 2 focuses on the Asia Circuit tournament, where a team requires only 3 members, their are 4 stages taking place at Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Japan, where only 4 teams can win at one stage. Season 3 feature a tournament between various high schools before the focus shifts toward dealing with the titular Link Joker.
** In G series season 1 has team Try 3 taking part in various tournaments in order to get points for their G quest. Season 2 focuses on them taking quest at different branches in order to become Generation Masters and prove to the orginal main cast, they're worthy and strong enough to help them defeat Ryuzu. Season 4 focuses on Under 20 Championship, Try 3 part ways, form their own team and compete in U-20 as rivals.

** The fourth series [=overDress=] is set in a alternate timeline, which isn't connected to the orginal and G series.

** In the orginal series, strating from Season 3 (Link Joker arc) Aichi and Kourin enrolls to Miyaji Academy the same school as Misaki, and along with their new friends Naoki and Shingo, they would form a Vanguard club at their school. Aichi's former teammate Kai is also a member of Vanguard club at his school and both of them along with Ren's team would compete as rivals in order to enter a tournament, but that didn't last long since Ren's team won and the writers had to mostly focus on Link Joker invansion.

** The second half of V-Series, which took some elements from Link Joker arc focused on the main cast high school life and after the Pshyqulia Zombie arc, their was a Vanguard Koishien mini tournament arc for high schoolers.