Future Card Buddyfight (Japanese:フューチャーカード バディファイト,Hepburn:Fyūchā Kādo Badifaito) was a Japanesecollectible card game created byBushiroad. The first products began releasing simultaneously worldwide from January 24, 2014.[1]
On June 15, 2020, Bushiroad announced it would end production of the card game, with the final new product release occurring on September 25, 2020, and official tournaments continuing through June 2021.[2]
An anime television series adaptation byOLM, Inc. andDentsu began airing from January 4, 2014.[3] An English version produced by Bushiroad andOcean Productions is airing in Singapore as well as being streamed worldwide viaYouTube. A manga adaptation was serialized inShogakukan'sCoroCoro Comic from November 2013 to April 2018. It was followed by a manga seriesShin Future Card Buddyfight from May 2018 to February 2019.[4] It is published in English byShogakukan Asia.[5][6] The English dub formerly aired in Canada.
The first season ended on April 4, 2015, and was followed by a sequel series,Future Card Buddyfight Hundred, which ran from April 11, 2015, to March 26, 2016.Future Card Buddyfight Hundred was followed byFuture Card Buddyfight Triple D which ran from April 1, 2016, to March 24, 2017.[7] After the airing ofFuture Card Buddyfight Hundred episode 25, it was announced on the official YouTube channel that all episodes from that point and onwards will be in Japanese only with English subtitles. It was followed byFuture Card Buddyfight X, which ran from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, and the dub resumed on April 15, 2017.[8][9]Future Card Buddyfight X was followed byFuture Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight which ran from April 7, 2018, to May 26, 2018.[10]Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight was followed byFuture Card Buddyfight Ace (Future Card Shin Buddyfight) which ran from June 2, 2018, to March 30, 2019.[11]
TheFuture Card Buddyfight Ace anime series ended in April 2019 and continued in the monthly manga – Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic Special from April 30, 2019, to early 2020.
Future Card Buddyfight Ace was released onKabillion on September 27, 2019. This is the first time that a Future Card Buddyfight series has aired on American television.[12] The original anime would also be released on Kabillion.[13]
In January 2020, the digital distribution rights to the franchise were acquired by Kidtagious Entertainment which has released the anime on multiple streaming platforms.[14]
A 12-year-old boy who is the main protagonist of the series. He is the brother of his sister Hanako and the younger brother of Yota Mikado. Throughout the series untilFuture Card Buddyfight X, he had three buddies, whom are all dragons, with his first buddy being Drum Bunker Dragon, his second being Bal Dragon, and his third and current buddy being Batzz. InFuture Card Buddyfight Ace, while not physically appearing, he has become the husband of Paruko Nanana and the father of his two sons Yuga and Haru.
Also known as Fang Slade Terrestrial XIV, he is Gao Mikado's first and original Buddy. Hailing from Dragon World, he is the son and heir of Drum Bunker Dragon Father, the leader of their clan. During the events ofFuture Card Buddyfight Hundred, he temporarily became an Omni Lord, a member of a group of monsters from other worlds who sought to protect Earth from the demonic monster Yamigedo, before stepping down from his title much later. Prior to the events ofFuture Card Buddyfight Triple D, he had returned to Dragon World to become the new chief of his clan.
A prodigy Buddy Police officer and is the buddy of Jackknife Dragon. He initially had an unbreakable streak of winning buddyfights and was undefeated until he met his match with Gao Mikado, eventually becoming one of his friends. While kind-hearted and humorous, Tasuku has a strong sense of justice and is dedicated to fighting all evil. However, after his sense of justice was corrupted by Kyoya Gaen, he joined the Disaster Group as the mysterious Purgatory Knight and the buddy of Demios Sword Dragon. After being brought back to his senses, he became buddies again with Jackknife. InFuture Card Buddyfight Triple D, he temporarily stepped down from the Buddy Police to continue his studies but continued to join Gao and his friends in their adventures before later rejoining the Buddy Police inFuture Card Buddyfight X. InFuture Card Buddyfight Ace, he is now the commissioner of the Buddy Police.
Voiced by:Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese); Jonathan Love (English)
Also known as Findar the 100th, he is a green dragon from Dragon World, who is Tasuku Ryuenji's Buddy. He has a very close relationship with Tasuku, who also sees him as family. InFuture Card Buddyfight Hundred, After finishing his training with Armordeity Dynamis, he evolved into a cybernetic dragon and is now part of Star Dragon World.
Kuguru Uki (宇木 くぐる,Uki Kuguru)
Voiced by:Mikoi Sasaki (Japanese); Maddie Duke (English)
Gao's friend and supporter. Similarly to Baku Omori, she has strong knowledge on different types of buddyfight cards, which earned her the nickname "The Library". She has lights in her hair, which can light up.
Gao's friend and supporter. He is a professional deck-builder, who builds all of Gao's decks for his buddyfights. He is also known for his strong hunger, and is usually seen eating, even while attending class.
A 6th-grader student at Aibo Academy and one of Gao's classmates and rivals, before later becoming one of his friends. He is arrogant over his skills at buddyfighting and believes that Dragon Knights are superior to dragons, which initially made him despised by Drum Bunker Dragon. His buddy was originally Dragon Knight,Red Baron and his current buddy is Dragon Knight,El Quixote. Noboru is also known to get annoyed/angry at anyone who calls the Tiger on his shirt a "kitten", whether intentional or unintentional. InFuture Card Buddyfight Hundred he was captured by First Knight of the Apocalypse, Gratos, and then brainwashed into serving his master Yamigedo before he was later freed from his control. During the events ofFuture Card Buddyfight Triple D, he was accidentally turned into a girl by Demon Lord Asmodai but eventually turned back to normal.
Voiced by: Takumi Mano (Japanese); Griffin Kingston (English)
He is the main protagonist of theAce anime and the son of Gao Mikado and Paruko Mikado, older brother of Haru, cousin of Ion Nanana, grandson of Takashi and Suzumi Mikado and great-grandson of Hanae Juumonji.
In episode 4, characters fromCardfight!! Vanguard make special cameo appearances such as Aichi Sendou, Kamui Katsuragi, Ren Suzugamori, Toshiki Kai and Tetsu Shinjo.[15] Misaki Tokura (who is voiced byIzumi Kitta in Japanese andCarol-Anne Day in English (both of whom also voice roles in the Japanese and English versions ofBuddyfight) is the only one who has a spoken line.
The TV animation was released in Japan onTV Aichi on January 4, 2014,[16] with the animation done byOLM, Inc. Bushiroad simulcasts an English dub in Singapore, Malaysia, and in North America throughYouTube,Hulu, andCrunchyroll.[17][18] Canada'sTeletoon aired the English dub from January 8, 2015, to September 7, 2015.[19] It returned to Teletoon from October 2015 to February 2016. As with their first series,Cardfight!! Vanguard, Bushiroad is airing the series in English onYouTube andHulu. As of episode 17, the dub is also airing onCrunchyroll. The English airings are delayed from the Japanese airings by a few hours and are considered the same day simulcast, but due to the time difference between Japan and the States, the English airdate ends up being a day ahead of the Japanese airing. The English dub for Hundred went on a hiatus on October 2, 2015.
One box of booster packs contains 30 booster packs. Each pack contains 5 random cards. The rarities of cards are categorized into Common (C), Uncommon (UC), Rare (R), Double Rare (RR), Triple Rare (RRR), Buddy Rare (BR) and Special Parallel (SP).
List of Booster Packs
BT01 –Dragon Chief (ドラゴン番長,Doragon Banchō): Released on January 31, 2014
BT02 –Cyber Ninja Squad (サイバー忍軍,Saiba Ningun): Released on April 5, 2014
BT03 –Drum's Adventures (ドドド大冒険 〜ドラゴン大集合!!〜,Dododo Daibōken ~Doragon Daishūgō!!~): Released on July 4, 2014
BT04 –Darkness Fable (轟斬轟く!!,Gōzan Todoroku!!): Released on October 10, 2014
BT05 –Break to the Future (煉獄KNIGHTS,Rengoku Naitsu): Released on January 30, 2015
List of Hundred Booster Packs
H-BT01 –Neo Enforcer Ver.E: Released on May 1, 2015
H-BT02 –Galaxy Burst: Released on July 17, 2015
H-BT03 –Assault of the Omni Lords: Released on October 16, 2015
H-BT04 –Mikado Evolution: Released on January 22, 2016
List of Triple D Booster Packs
BP-BT01 –Unleash! Impact Dragon!!: Released on April 15, 2016
BP-BT02 –Roar! Invincible Dragon!!: Released on July 22, 2016
BP-BT03 –Annihilate!! Great Demonic Dragon!!: Released on October 21, 2016
BT-BT04 –Shine! Super Sun Dragon!!: Released on December 23, 2016
List of Triple D Booster Pack Alternatives
BP-A01 –Buddy Rave: Released on June 24, 2016
BP-A02 –Four Dimensions: Released on September 23, 2016
List of Triple D Climax Booster Packs
CBT-01 –Dragon Fighters: Released on February 24, 2017
List of X Booster Packs
BP-X01 –The Dark Lord's Rebirth: Released on April 21, 2017
BP-X02 –Chaos Control Crisis: Released on July 14, 2017
BP-X03 –Overturn! Thunder Empire!: Released on October 20, 2017
BP-X04 –Rainbow Striker: Released on December 22, 2017
List of X Booster Pack Alternatives
CBT-A01 –Crossing Generations: Released on June 16, 2017
CBT-A02 –Evolution & Mutation: Released on August 25, 2017
CBT-A03 –LVL Up! Heroes & Adventurers!: Released on September 22, 2017
CBT-A04 –New World Chaos: Released on March 23, 2018
List of X Climax Booster Packs
CBT-01 –Driven to Disorder: Released on February 23, 2018
List of X2 Booster Packs
BP-X201 –Buddy Legends: Released on April 20, 2018
List of X2 Booster Pack Alternatives
BP-X2A01 –Solar Strife: Released on June 8, 2018
List of Ace Booster Packs
BP-A01 –Gargantua Awakened: Released on August 31, 2018
BP-A02 –Dimension Destroyer: Released on November 2, 2018
BP-A03 –Buddy Lineage: Released on December 14, 2018
BP-A04 –True Awakening of Deities: Released on January 11, 2019
List of Ace Ultimate Booster Packs
BP-AU01 –Superhero Wars Ω -Advent of Cosmoman!-: Released on September 14, 2018
BP-AU02 –Miracle Fighters ~Miko & Mel~: Released on September 14, 2018
List of Ace Climax Booster Packs
S-CBT01 –Golden Garga: Released on March 1, 2019
S-CBT02 –Violence Vanity: Released on March 1, 2019
One box of character packs contains 30 character packs. Each pack contains 5 random cards. The rarities of cards are categorized into Common (C), Uncommon (U), Rare (R), Double Rare (RR), Triple Rare (RRR), Buddy Rare (BR), SECRET, and Special Parallel (SP)
List of Character Packs
CP01 –Burning Valor (100円ドラゴン,Hyaku-en Doragon): Released on March 14, 2014
One box of extra packs contains 15 booster packs. Each pack contains 5 random cards. The rarities of cards are categorized into Common (C), Uncommon (UC), Rare (R), Double Rare (RR), Triple Rare (RRR), Buddy Rare (BR) and Special Parallel (SP).
List of Extra Packs
EB01 –Immortal Entities (不死身の竜神,Fujimi no Ryūjin): Released on June 6, 2014
EB02 –Great Clash!! Dragon VS Danger (ヤバすぎ大決闘!! ドラゴン VS デンジャー,Yabasugi Daikettō!! Doragon Bāsasu Denjā): Released on September 12, 2014
List of Hundred Extra Packs
H-EB01 –Miracle Impack!: Released on June 12, 2015
H-EB02 –Shadow Hero: Released on August 14, 2015
H-EB03 –Lord of Hundred Thunders: Released on September 25, 2015
H-EB04 –Buddy Allstars+: Released on December 18, 2015
One box of perfect packs contain 10 perfect packs. Each pack contains 6 random cards. The rarities of cards are categorized into Double Rare (RR), and Buddy Rare (BR). The RR cards are in a golden print.
List of Perfect Packs
PP01 –Golden Buddy Pack Ver.E: Released on March 6, 2015
List of Hundred Perfect Packs
H-PP01 –Terror of the Inverse Omni Lords: Released on February 26, 2016
Support for the organized play program is provided by Bushiroad.[20]Tournaments and workshops are available in Europe, the United States and Asia-Oceania region. A special promotional card is given to participants of the workshops or tournaments.
Organizers of the events are given a choice between a best-of-1 format and a best-of-3 format for the monthly sanctioned tournaments.[21]
On January 8, 2021, it was announced Bushiroad was suingFuture Card Buddyfight creator Yoshimasa Ikeda and his company Studio Ikecchi for disseminating confidential information about the franchise and copyright infringement and credibility damage to the company. Ikeda had continuously used images from Future Card Buddyfight without Bushiroad's permission.[22]
