Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

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| english         = Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
| kanji           = {{Ruby|遊|ゆう}}☆{{Ruby|戯|ぎ}}☆{{Ruby|王|おう}}{{Ruby|５Ｄ＇ｓ|ファイブディーズ}}
| romaji          = Yūgiō Faibu Dīzu
| genre           = Action, Adventure, Gaming
| image name      = 5d'senlogo.png
| image caption   = Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's logo
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| director        = [[Katsumi Ono]]
| studio          = Studio Gallop
| licensor        = 
| network         = {{flag|Japan}} TV Tokyo
| network other   = 
* {{flag|United States}} The CW4Kids, Cartoon Network, Jetix, Disney XD 
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} CITV, Sky One (14 Episodes)
* {{flag|Ireland}} RTÉ TWO
* {{flag|Germany}} RTL2
* {{flag|Mexico}} ZAZ, Cadena Tres Canal 28 (52 Episodes)
* {{flag|Chile}} ETC.TV
* {{flag|Ecuador}} Teleamazonas
* {{flag|Italy}} Italia 1, Boing
* {{flag|South Korea}} CHAMP, AniOne, AniBox
* {{flag|Australia}} Network Ten, Cartoon Network
* {{flag|Denmark}} Tv2
* {{flag|Canada}} YTV
* {{flag|Serbia}} Ultra TV
* {{flag|Montenegro}} IN TV
* {{flag|Croatia}} RTL
* {{flag|Morocco}} 2M TV
* {{flag|Portugal}} SIC K (64 episodes)
* {{flag|Turkey}} Jojo
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} MBC3
| first aired     = April 2, 2008
| last aired      = March 30, 2011
| num of episodes = 154 (123 dubbed)
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{{Infobox/Animanga/OVA
| title           = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode SP1|Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons]]
| director        = 
| studio          = 
| licensor        = 
| num of episodes = 1
| released        = November 15, 2008
| runtime         = 28 mins
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'''''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''''' is a ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime series, that began airing in Japan on April 2, 2008, as the successor to ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''. It was then followed by the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime. It also had a spin-off [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga)|manga series]].

This series was acquired by 4Kids Entertainment for broadcasting in the United States on Saturday, September 13, 2008. On June 1, 2009, Cartoon Network began airing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episodes weekly. In the UK, Season 1 was shown on CITV on weekdays and later on weekends in the afternoon; Season 2 started airing in late July 2011 early in the morning on weekdays. In Ireland, it aired on RTÉ Two on weekdays in the afternoon.

The world English Premiere of this series was shown at the San Diego Comic Con 2008, on Thursday, July 24, 2008, where the first English dubbed episode was shown.

[[The Duelist Genesis]] and [[Duel Terminal]]s were designed to introduce this new anime series to Yu-Gi-Oh! card game players. This series uses game mechanics from the [[Master Rules]]. This series introduced the [[Synchro Summon]]ing mechanic that was then adopted into the trading card game, and the main characters often had [[Synchro Monsters]] as the centerpiece of their Duels. [[Synchro Monster]]s were also a large part of many parts of the series' plot.

==Characters==
:''See [[:Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's characters]]''

The main character designs are by [[Kazuki Takahashi]].

==Plot==
[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh!5D'sLogo-JP.png|thumb|250px|Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's ({{ruby|遊☆戯☆王|YU-GI-OH}} {{Ruby|５Ｄ＇ｓ|ファイブディーズ}}) logo]]Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's is set in [[New Domino City]] some time after the events concerning [[Yugi Muto]] and [[Jaden Yuki]]. A new form of Dueling, "[[Turbo Duel]]s", now take place on motorcycles called "[[Duel Runner]]s". While regular Dueling still exists, Turbo Duels have become a popular form of entertainment for spectators, who watch them in specially-designed stadiums. This series also takes place in an altered time-line (due to [[Iliaster]] interfering with the past).

===Fortune Cup arc===
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====Escape from Satellite====
The story begins with the main antagonist, [[Jack Atlas]], stealing the "[[Stardust Dragon]]" card from [[Yusei Fudo]], the main protagonist, along with the first Duel Runner that Yusei ever built. He then leaves the "[[Satellite]]", an isolate ghetto of Domino City, and becomes the "Master of Faster" (AKA the reigning Turbo Duel Champion) in "[[New Domino City]]", a more fortunate and prosperous area of Domino City that upholds the Satellite's current isolation. Upset with Jack's betrayal and the current status quo, Yusei attempts to also leave the Satellite in order to find Jack and get his stolen Stardust Dragon card back.  Along the way, Yusei runs into "[[Sector Security]]", a ruthless and bias police force who try to keep Satellite residents from entering New Domino City through any means necessary. However, despite Sector Security playing dirty, Yusei manages to make it to New Domino City and challenges Jack to a Turbo Duel. Cocky that he'll win, Jack accepts Yusei's offer and sneaks him into the Kabia Dome for their Duel. However, in the middle of their Duel, a strange and powerful red dragon appears in the middle of the stadium; after the clash between [[Stardust Dragon]] and [[Red Dragon Archfiend]]. The mysterious dragon then knocks Yusei & Jack off their Runners, and also causing a city-wide blackout; ending the Duel in a draw. Not understanding what's going on, Yusei and Jack take off their driving gloves to reveal a painful, glowing red mark on their forearms. However, before Yusei and Jack can get any answers, [[Rex Goodwin]], Jack's manager and the Head of [[Sector Security]], arrives with Sector Security guards who then arrests, tries and sentences Yusei to be "rehabilitated" in [[The Facility]]. Upset with Goodwin's interference, Jack demands to know how and why Goodwin is here. Goodwin tries to tell Jack not to worry, and that all will soon be revealed to him.

====The Facility====
Yusei is sent to the Facility. Here he learns the legend of the [[Signers]]. He also fights against unjust treatment of the inmates, particularly by Dueling the warden [[Mr. Armstrong]]. After defeating Armstrong, Yusei is released. Yusei then takes time to retrieve his confiscated Deck and Duel Runner back.

====Fortune Cup====
The [[Iliaster]] group hold the [[Fortune Cup]] in the hopes of gathering the Signers. Yusei is forced to enter, for the safety of his captured friends from Satellite. After many twists and turns in the Cup, 4 Signers are finally gathered through [[Rex Goodwin]] and [[Lazar]]'s plans.

During Yusei and Jack's Duel, the [[Crimson Dragon]] reappears. Through the Crimson Dragon their Duel is transported elsewhere along with [[Luna]] and [[Akiza Izinski]], who are watching. The 5 of them witness the past, when the [[Stairway to the Dragon Star]] existed. As they pass it, Yusei notices 5 individuals on top of the Stairway who on that time carried the same Marks of the Dragon and were Signers back then. And after that they witness the future, where Satellite is being destroyed by a strange force, where on its remains a Spider mark appears. Jack pushes an intense Duel on Yusei in order to win and keep his title, but Yusei once again wins settling his score and being declared as the new King of Turbo Duels.

===Dark Signers===
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After the Crimson Dragon is seen at the Fortune Cup the [[Dark Signers]] take action and begin preaching its evil and asking the people of Satellite to join them if they want salvation. They intend to open a gate to the Netherworld in the [[B.A.D.]] area of Satellite.

Despite Yusei's distrust of Rex Goodwin, he accepts his help to receive more knowledge of the Dark Signers. Yusei returns to Satellite to save his friends from the new threat. He is then reunited with his friend [[Crow Hogan]], who is willing to assist in fighting the Dark Signers.

The Dark Signers turn out to be people who came back from the dead for power, revenge, or unfinished business. Their members include Yusei's former friend [[Kalin Kessler]] who believes Yusei betrayed him; [[Carly Carmine]], a reporter who developed a crush on Jack Atlas; [[Misty Tredwell]], a woman who believes Akiza Izinski is responsible for her brother's death; [[Devack]], a man who unleashes [[Demonic Monkey King Zeman (character)|Zeman the Ape King]] to spread evil in the [[Duel Monsters Spirit World]]; [[Roman Goodwin]], the brother of Rex Goodwin; and [[Greiger]], who still seeks vengeance on Goodwin.

During their [[Shadow Duel]]s, the Dark Signers sacrificed the souls of hundreds of people so they could unleash the [[Earthbound Immortals]].

The 4 Signers, with Mina, Trudge and Leo followed Goodwin's instructions and try to activate the control units of the Original [[Ener-D]] Reactor, to stop the [[King of the Netherworld]] from appearing in their world. The Signers, [[Leo]], and [[Crow Hogan|Crow]] faced off against the Dark Signers who were guarding their own unit. Although many of the Dark Signers had a change of hearts during their Duels, they would then end up being controlled and possessed by the Envoy of the Netherworld forcing them to complete their task of defeating the Signer. Still the Signers manage to defeat all of the existing Dark Signers along with their Earthbound Immortals, freeing the souls of those used to summon the Immortals. Each Dark Signer turned to dust after their defeat. Despite defeating all the current Dark Signers, the Signers were unable to activate all the control units on time, thus the [[King of the Netherworld]] was resurrected.

[[File:Signers face Dark Signers.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Signers]] and the [[Dark Signers]]]]
Rex Goodwin, who had been using both sides as his pawns, acquired the powers of both a Dark Signer and a Signer, through death and Roman's amputated arm bearing a [[Mark of the Dragon]]. Goodwin holds the ultimate [[Shadow Turbo Duel]] inside his Condor geoglyph as a ritual to welcome the King itself. Yusei, Jack and Crow accepted and engaged against him on a 3-on-1 Duel. Crow and Jack take damage, rendering them unable to continue, leaving only Yusei to finish the Duel. Goodwin's Mark of the Dragon relocates on Yusei's arm, while Crow takes Yusei's old Mark of the Dragon.

As Yusei claims victory, the [[Crimson Dragon]] destroys the King of the Netherworld. With the exception of the Goodwin brothers, the Dark Signers are returned to life, with no recollection of their time as Dark Signers.

===Pre-World Racing Grand Prix===
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[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's arc 3 cast.jpg|thumb|right|The cast for the third arc]]
At the beginning of season 2, a meteor in the shape of a giant tablet falls in the outskirts of the city. A group of servants of [[Iliaster]] arrive and manage to get [[Lazar]] to tow the tablet out of the crater.

Days after that, a mysterious [[Turbo Duel]]ist named [[Ghost]], appears and has been making other Duelists crash after losing in a Turbo Duel. When Yusei Duels him, he gets the upper hand only to have Ghost turn the tables and summon his Synchro Killer monster, "[[Meklord Emperor Wisel]]". Ghost says to him that [[Synchro Monsters]] are proof of humanity's evolution and they are not needed in this world. After being pushed into a corner, Yusei comes out on top by summoning "[[Majestic Star Dragon]]" to defeat Ghost. After the Duel, Yusei finds out that Ghost was actually a [[Duelbot]]. Much later after their Duel, Yusei and his friends go on numerous adventures of their own.

Yusei Duels Prof. [[Rudolph Heitmann]], at Duel Academy so that Leo, Luna, and their other classmates don't get expelled.

Crow Duels [[Bashford]], in a junkyard and tries to get him to move in with [[Martha]].

Jack Duels [[Don Piero]], who convinces poor people into taking loans by signing unfair contracts.

Luna is saved by Leo and Yusei from a boy´s spirit named [[Haley]], who thinks that Leo has come to hurt his little sister, [[Claire]].

Yusei gets kidnapped by a rival team from the [[World Racing Grand Prix]]. Later, after being rescued by Akiza, a female Turbo Duelist named [[Sherry LeBlanc]] appears and Duels against him. As direct result of it, [[Akiza Izinski|Akiza]] makes a choice involving [[Turbo Duel]]ing.

Yusei, who is looking for ways to defeat Wisel without [[Synchro Summon]], is then challenged by the mysterious [[Vizor]]. During their Duel, Vizor uses the new [[Accel Synchro Monsters]].

[[Akiza Izinski]] takes the exam to get a Duel Runner License, and engages in her first [[Turbo Duel]] against [[Trudge]].

Jack pursues and Duels [[Syd]], the leader of a gang of Duel Runner thieves, and gains a friend in Security officer [[Kaz]], owner of [[Chaos King Archfiend]].

One day, Luna and Leo meets a mysterious new rich classmate named Lester, a boy who apparently likes to hang out with Luna. Lester introduces the Duel Board to Luna, and Leo has Yusei make one for him. Lester gives Luna the board as a gift. However, one day a mysterious Duelist on a Duel board challenges them to a Duel. The Duelist turns out to be Lester, and he summons his ultimate monster, [[Meklord Emperor Skiel]]. Yusei and the rest of the gang arrive to watch the Duel, and Yusei thinks that Skiel looks like Wisel. Skiel absorbs Luna's "[[Ancient Fairy Dragon]]", and blasts Leo's "[[Power Tool Dragon]]" to pieces, which causes Leo to plummet down to the road below. However, the Crimson Dragon appears and saves Leo from death, and Skiel easily defeats Luna. The next day, no one in the school seems to know who Lester is besides them, and his mansion has vanished.

Yusei reveals to both Crow and Jack, about [[Iliaster]]'s involvement with the [[World Racing Grand Prix|WRGP]] and about the [[Accel Synchro Monsters]]. Later, the 3 of them are in charge of taking care of an amnesiac young man named [[Bruno]]. Yusei spends time with him, as they share common skills and interest in mechanical engineering. As a result they are able to create an ultimate engine program. However [[Lazar]] steals it and the 4 of them go after him. At the end of the chase, Yusei ends up Dueling against a [[Guard Robot]], who has him and Lazar locked inside a warehouse.

[[Jack Atlas|Jack]] Turbo Duels against a Duelbot who has taken his [[Fake Jack Atlas|identity]].

[[Crow Hogan|Crow]] Duels against [[Zora]]'s son, [[Lyndon]], in an effort to help him fix a broken clock in the town and prove to Zora that he can fix clocks.

===Crash Town===
[[Yusei Fudo|Yusei]] receives a letter from a woman named [[Barbara]]. Her letter says that [[Kalin Kessler]] needs Yusei's help. He is in Crashtown, a town ruled by Duels and is part of the [[Radley]] gang, who send other Duelists to slavery. Thus he is able to defeat him with the purpose of taking him away from that town. Unfortunately Kalin, Radley and himself instead end up becoming slaves, due to Barbara´s plotted scheme with [[Malcolm]]. Later Yusei tries to escape from the excavation with Kalin, and end up encountering [[West]] and [[Nico]]. However [[Lawton]] along with 2 other comrades appear too, therefore Yusei challenges him to a [[Turbo Duel]], so that Kalin and the kids can escape. The Duel ends inconclusively due to an underhanded action by Lawton, separating the kids from Kalin and Yusei and abducting them, thinking they met their demise when he saw them landing in a crevice. To his surprise, they are still alive and, challenges him to a Duel to free the town and retrieve the kids.

The Duel rages on, with Lawton trying to defeat Kalin at all costs. However, Lawton is overpowered by Kalin and Yusei's tag team Dueling. And as the Duel progresses with Lawton about to lose, he and Barbara attempt to double-cross them again, but are stopped by [[Crow Hogan]] and [[Jack Atlas]]. In one last attempt, Lawton detonates explosives in the city creating a diversion. Kalin gives chase on Yusei's Duel Runner and catches him in order to finish his last turn. Kalin then ultimately defeats Lawton. After the Duel finally ends, Lawton and Barbara are taken into custody by [[Sector Security]]. Yusei, Jack and Crow go back to New Domino City, while Kalin stays to restore the town, as well as for Nico and West. A close-up of the sign then shows that the town is now Satisfaction Town, in honor of [[The Enforcers]].

===World Racing Grand Prix===
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Yusei Duels against [[Elsworth]], who has broken into [[Sector Security]]´s HQ along with [[Sherry]]. When Sherry and Bruno try to scan the card [[Z-ONE]], he, she and Yusei are momentarily transported to an odd area where a mysterious entity was.

Crow Duels against [[Bolton]] in order to find out the truth about [[Robert Pearson]]´s death. During their Duel, Crow obtains "[[Black-Winged Dragon]]", the same being his [[Signer Dragons|Signer Dragon]].

Yusei [[Turbo Duel]]s against [[Andre]], the Ace player of [[Team Unicorn]].

Crow has an accident and breaks his right shoulder three days before the tournament becoming unable to participate. Akiza gets to replace him.

The WRGP finally commences, and the first Duel of the preliminaries is [[Team 5D's]] against [[Team Unicorn]]. The series of Duels are a long and hard one for them, but in the end they end up victorious.

The second team they face off against is [[Team Catastrophe]].

After Team 5D's officially wins the round and enter the finals, [[Primo]] unleashes an army of [[Ghost]]'s which he calls "Diablo" to cause wreckage upon the city. During this events [[Bruno]] in his Vizor form helps Yusei achieve Clear Mind and obtain the "[[Shooting Star Dragon]]" card. Yusei later uses it against Primo to defeat him. However Jakob and Lester later appear before him, Jack and Crow.

After this meeting, Jack and Yusei travel to Nazca summoned by [[Greiger]]. In there he Duels against the [[Familiar of Red Nova]] and learns about "[[Blazing Soul]]". With it he obtains the "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" card.

Later Yusei and company captures Lazar in order to obtain some clues about Iliaster. They ultimately learn about the groups contact with the [[Momentum Express Development Organization]] after having to beat [[Cup Ramen Man]].

Yusei, Bruno and Sherry sneak into the company to find any clue to this group. There they learn about Infinity and experience its power as Iliaster to achieve [[Falsification of history]].

Later Leo with the help from Yusei and Bruno help repair [[Team Taiyo]]'s only Duel Runner. Meanwhile Crow, Akiza and Jack go to [[Team Ragnarok]]'s Exhibition Duel.

The WRGP Finals commence with Team 5D´s Dueling against [[Team Taiyo]]. Victory for Yusei and co. seems long as [[Zushin the Sleeping Giant]] is summoned during the match. However Team Taiyo is never the less defeated.

Yusei, Jack and Crow meet up with Team Ragnarok before their match. They learn the story behind the 3 Aesir of the Stars, as well as about the [[Rune Eye]]. Soon after, the 2 teams clash on the semifinals, each determined to win in order to face Team New World on the finals and stop Iliaster once and for all. Though Jack, Crow and Yusei are squared in by the 3 [[Aesir]] during the match, Yusei ends the Duel with a victory.

Before the WRGP finals begin, [[Carly Carmine]] gets busy writing an article of [[Team 5D's]], with the help of [[Akiza Izinski|Akiza]], [[Leo]], [[Luna]] and [[Mina Simington|Mina]].

The World Racing Grand Prix finals begins with [[Team 5D's]] going against the [[Three Pure Nobles]]. Team New World initial strategy during the match puts the Signers in a pinch, as Jakob's powerful Machine Emperor Grannel easily defeats both Jack and Crow. However even though Yusei has a chance to counter, the 3 individuals once again turn the table by combining into their true form [[Aporia]]. Although its [[Meklord Astro Mekanikle]] puts Yusei into a corner at first, Yusei is able to rise above the situation thanks to the combination of "[[Shooting Star Dragon]]", "[[Red Nova Dragon]]" and "[[Black-Winged Dragon]]". With this Team 5D's becomes the champion of the WRGP.

===Ark Cradle===
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However after this events, the [[Grand Design]] gets finally completed allowing the gigantic [[Divine Temple]] to descend upon the city. Team 5D's, with the help of Team Ragnarok, infilrate the citadel in order to stop it from annihilating the entire city within 12 hours. Standing in their way is [[Sherry LeBlanc]], having aligned with Iliaster upon seeing the future, the reborn [[Aporia]], the mysterious turbo Duelist [[Bruno|Antinomy]], and the enigmatic master of the Divine Temple itself, [[Z-one]].

Upon reaching the Ark Cradle, the Signers are split into groups by Z-one. Akiza with Crow, Jack with the twins, and Yusei with Vizor. Each group then goes in to stop the 3 [[Planetary Gear]]s within the citadel. Akiza and Crow go first going up against Sherry who is fighting so that Z-one can grant her wish of being able to reunite with her family. However the 2 Signers working as a team defeat her and Sherry ends up shifting sides again, holding the promise to her father of doing justice.

The next group to arrive at the second gear are Jack, Leo, and Luna. In there they are shocked as a rebuilt [[Aporia]] appears before them. He forces them to a Duel attaching devices that are linked to their lifepoints and lives. The Duel ends up being a battle of despair against hope, as Leo fights against Aporia intensively. Such that Leo is awakened as the 6th Signer, obtaining [[Life Stream Dragon]], and helping the Duel turn around that in the end Aporia loses. However after the Duel ends, the grounds where they are ends up collapsing and the trio escape. They all 3 watch as Aporia falls and disappears.

Finally after this, Yusei and Vizor arrive to the third gear. On there, Z-one restores Vizor's memory so that he can fight against Yusei. The Duel begins after Vizor reveals to Yusei who he really is. During the Duel, Antinomy overpowers Yusei with his [[Delta Accel Synchro]] monster. However Yusei's will earn him victory, yet because of the Duel, a black hole was formed sucking up both Duelists. After Antinomy reveals to Yusei the true reason he fought against him, he sacrifices himself so that his friends can survive. Before dying, Antinomy tells him to change the future by using the light beyond Accel Synchro.

After the final Planetary Gear is stopped the group reunites. They all learn about who Bruno really was and go to where [[Z-one]] is located, all of them settling to stop him once and for all. Reaching to where their final opponent is, Yusei intends to fight against him just to be stopped by a changed Aporia. He has appeared there with the intention of Dueling Z-one which surprises everyone. The human robot reveals its reasons and also what was Z-one's original plan from the beginning. Nevertheless, Z-one easily defeats Aporia with the help of his "[[Timelord]]"s.

After this, as a final will, Aporia fuses its Duel disk to Yusei's runner so that the final battle against Z-one can commence. Before the Duel, [[Yusei]] obtains all the [[Signer Dragons]] cards from his friends. With this he flies towards Z-one thanks to Aporia's powers. Finally the match begins, during the initial part the mysterious God's mask is shatters revealing his face. Furthermore his futuristic background is told up in which it lead Z-one to modify all of himself to become Yusei Fudo. As the Duel advances the machine God overpowers Yusei with his "Timelords". Yet one final encounter with Dr. Fudo allows Yusei to obtain a new power, "[[Shooting Quasar Dragon]]". With it, Yusei is able to finally cause a reversal on the Duel allowing him to cause some major damage to its opponents life points. Yet Z-one, as a last chance, tries to defeat Yusei with its "[[Sephylon, the Ultimate Timelord]]", however his new monster isn't enough to bypass Yusei´s final strategy. In an ultimate attack using Stardust Dragon, Yusei wins. After the match the only pending business is the Divine Temple itself to which Z-one sacrifices himself in order to disintegrate the citadel.

===Team 5D's future===
[[File:5dend.png|thumb|180px|The extended ending of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
After a few months since the battle with [[Z-one]], everything on New Domino City is marching towards a brighter future. However during that time, the [[Signers]] have seemed to distanced themselves from one another. Furthermore, they are unclear on what path to follow toward their own futures. [[Akiza]] is about to graduate and unsure whether or not to go abroad to study medicine. [[Crow]] works as a Public Security officer, however he receives an invitation from a Pro Dueling League from overseas. [[Yusei]] has the completed the [[Fortune]] mainframe, which will ensure that Z-one's future will never come to pass, and now unsure of what to do next. [[Leo]] and [[Luna]] have been told that they may have to leave New Domino City to live with their parents. Meanwhile, Jack is looking to regain his title as King of Duelists after receiving an invitation from the [[Ride Ace]] League, for this has been fighting against various tough opponents. After the group gathers, he appears to tell them this, and Yusei seeing that he and the others are unable to go on their own paths, challenges him to a Duel.

The Duel begins with each other summoning their respective ace Monsters, and as Jack attacks its opponent with Red Dragon Archfiend, Yusei activates [[Star Excursion]] removing both their monsters. Yusei declares that with them gone, their own futures have disappeared as well, and so that through their Duel everyone will able to find it. After Jack and Yusei bring out their ace monsters, Yusei ultimately emerges the victor of the Duel. He states that his battle with Jack has made him realize that he wishes to remain in New Domino City, while the rest of his friends go their separate paths with knowledge that they will one day be reunited. 

An extended ending will be featured on the final DVD of the series, confirmed by Katsumi Ono.<ref>http://twitter.com/katsuono/status/53091630495965184</ref> It contains a creditless ending and additional a clip show ending. While the creditless ending is played with "Kizuna", the clip show is played with "Future Colors". At the end of the ending you can see the WRGP trophy with the glasses of Bruno and a picture of Team 5D's.

==Development==
[[Kazuki Takahashi]] had promised himself that ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' would be the last ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series. However, he was approached at the end of 2006 with the idea for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The production staff and TV board were long time associates and friends, who had spread ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' to many people in the world, so Takahashi agreed, under the condition that this would be the last ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series.<ref name="bunkoban 21 afterword">[[Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban - Volume 021|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' bunkoban volume 21]] afterword.</ref> Despite this, another series ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' has since been created.

With the intention of being different rather than repeat the same ideas, Takahashi prepared for criticism and decided how the setting would look, designed the main characters and the [[Duel Runner|D-Wheel]]. The story development was left to the writers.<ref name="bunkoban 21 afterword" /> Takahashi drew from a previously rejected story that he had submitted for Weekly Shonen Jump that had been centered on the Nazca Lines, which involved the deaths of five heroes with distinctive birthmarks at the hands of a giant enemy atop the Nazca glyphs. The heroes would be reborn years later, with only their birthmarks to remind them of their past lives, and would regain their memories bit-by-bit. He stated that he saw Duel Runners as a necessity in order to gather the heroes and villains in a single place outside of a tournament or school setting, and that it opened up the world. Despite this, he did not intend for Duel Runners to be as widely available as they were in the series, and was surprised, but pleased to see [[Tetsu Trudge]] using one in the first episode rather than a more exclusive, later debut. Takahashi merged these two concepts into the Shadow Turbo Duels that take place in a track made up of the geoglyphs, which he was determined to include.<ref name="Duel Art">[[Duel Art]] An Interview with Kazuki Takahashi.</ref>

The first episode aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 2, 2008, with subsequent episodes every week.<ref>[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yugioh/episodes/episodes1/ Tv-Tokyo.co.jp] Episodes 1 to 13.</ref>

==Differences in adaptation of 4Kids==
[[File:5D's dub card explanation.png|thumb|180px|"[[Montage Dragon]]" during the card explanation part of the dub]]
* In the Japanese anime, the class system between the upper class residents [[New Domino City]] and the often rejected residents of [[Satellite]] is a recurring theme throughout the series. While the class system exists in the English anime, it is not as severe and much less emphasized. Some dialogue referring to the class system such as "Satellite scum" is replaced. 
* Nerve and Blitz also had their names switched, so now they are Blitz and Nervin respectively.

* The English dub adds a card explanation when a certain card is played during a Duel, usually once an episode and mostly only about what is obvious to the viewer (ATK, DEF, Level and Attribute). It displays the card's ATK and DEF, type, attribute and effect (if it's a monster). With Spells, Speed Spells, and Traps, it just explains their effect.

* In the English version changes have been made to character names and personalities. Certain scenes and images have been altered and removed as well. The show's darker content also has been changed in order to give the show a more Western younger feel and make the show more marketable across non-English countries.
* Terms like "Riding Duel" and "D-Wheel" have been replaced on the dub for "Turbo Duel" and "Duel Runner", respectively.

* The original music and sound effects are completely replaced in the English version. Much of the 4Kids dub sound effects are made from the original Japanese sound effects or are made sounding like the sound effects from the original Japanese version, though much quieter. But this is the first of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime dubs to have some of the sound effects from the original Japanese version used along with the music completely replaced.

* Things such as nudity, religions, blood, weapons, killing, and death are censored in the English version.

* [[Life Points]], [[ATK]], [[DEF]], and [[Level]] meters are redesigned in the English version.

* Due to FCC regulations as well as to make the show more marketable to non-English speaking countries and even for the purposes of cultural streamlining, intended to make the show more understandable or palatable to Western audiences, instances of Japanese and English text are airbrushed out, blurred or replaced with horizontal lines, odd-shapes, and other meaningless symbols in the English version. Not only that but this is the first of 4Kids anime adaptations to ever show Japanese and English changed to languages similar to Latin. The text on the Duel Runners are edited out or replaced with some kinds of symbols. When the players' Life Points reach 0, the screens on the Duel Runners have the word "DEFEAT" replaced with a big X.

* The show is one of 4Kids' anime dubs to still be close captioned by the National Captioning Institute.

* The English dub excluded episodes 36-41 from their original television run; however, 4Kids has since put the missing episodes on the 4Kids website. The television broadcast continued from episode 42 onwards.

* According to the 4Kids' website, the second season (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road to Destiny) is set to air on September 18, 2010 on Toonzai. It will air two new episodes every Saturday after that. The first season of the dub returned to the CW4Kids on May 29, 2010 at the 11:00 AM block. On August 7, 2010, the CW4Kids aired the first season finale. On Saturday, August 14, 2010, 4Kids showed reruns of the first season beginning with Yusei's second Duel with Dark Signer Kalin and ending with the first-season finale once more on the same date as the premiere of "Road to Destiny".  However, the  11:00 AM slot was replaced by the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, and now only one new episode airs at 11:30.

* In the current fall line-up, Toonzai!, a name given by 4Kids to emphasize the fact the the majority of its current running shows are anime series, began airing the new season of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Road to Destiny on September 18, 2010.

* 4Kids has decided to skip Episode 85 and has confirmed that on November 27, it will go straight towards the Crashtown arc after episode 84 airs in English. However, Episode 85 aired later on February 5, 2011, after being put up on Hulu, Toonzaki, and the 4Kids website.

* On June 18, 2011, 4Kids has decided to skip Episodes 111 to 122. It will go straight to the episode where [[Team 5D's]] and [[Team Ragnarok]] meet each other for the first time. However, Subtitled versions of the skipped episodes are being posted on the Toonzai website.

* On September 10, 2011, episodes 135-136 were merged into a one hour episode, which aired on Toonzai.  However, the ending was edited so that after [[Aporia]] lost, the Divine Temple disappeared from existence.  As a result, the special one hour episode ended with the celebration of Team 5D's victory as the series finale. [[Ark Cradle (arc)|The last season]] was not dubbed, leaving the series incomplete just like how [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|the previous series]] was also left incomplete. According to the Toonzaki webmaster, they ended the series like this due to "low ratings".
* As of May 26, 2010, Germany, who had previously based their adaptation on the 4Kids version, switched to basing it on the original Japanese version of the show, starting with episode 65. The same thing happened in Italy. The Italian dub stopped at episode 124, but episodes 125-154 were dubbed and aired in 2016.
* In Portugal, the series was shown until episode 64. In Mexico, only until the 52.
* In Brazil, only 13 episodes on DVD were released. It is worth mentioning that episode 9 came with defect, where there is an interlacing between the audio in Brazilian Portuguese and the audio in English.

==German adaptation==
[[File:5D RTL2.png|thumb|250px|An edited sequence from the German adaptation of the series, from [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 065|episode 65]]]]
Up until Episode 64, the German dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s was adapted from the American 4Kids dub, but by episode 65, the German dub had crept ahead of the English one (German premiere: May 26, 2010 vs. U.S. premiere: September 18, 2010), so the decision was made to dub the next season using the original Japanese material. The 10th anniversary sequence along with the openings, [[FREEDOM]] and [[BELIEVE IN NEXUS]], is kept intact, along with the rest of the soundtrack used in the series and card artwork is not altered. 4Kids Dub names, where they existed are used, and both the VS. clip before a Duel starts and the screen that appears during the [[Standby Phase]] of a [[Turbo Duel]] are edited to include those. The title card, the card of the day sequence, the eye-catches, and the ending themes, [[-OZONE-]] and [[Close to you]], are cut. Dialogues about death are either altered or kept on a case-by-case basis. Every overt story change from before Episode 65, such as Trudge having met Yusei before their Duel in Episode 1, is ignored, while Flashback sequences of earlier episodes reuse their recorded dialogue, leading to several inconsistencies. Every overtly violent sequence was taken the scissors to for the initial television broadcast. These cut scenes would be restored for the eventual DVD release.<ref name="schnittberichte">https://www.schnittberichte.com/svds.php?Page=Titel&ID=4688</ref>

The entire German dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, both the earlier adapted-from-4Kids seasons (Ep 1-64), as well as the “uncut” season (Ep 64-116) were aired on RTL II between March 2009 and November 2010 on a weekday afternoon time-slot. Though, amit programme restructuring starting in late 2010, the channel did not pick the series back up for the remaining 36 episodes, instead electing to air re-runs on a Sunday morning time-slot until April 2013, before cutting Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, as well as all other anime content (Pokémon, Case Closed, Inazuma Eleven, etc.), from their programme altogether. The competing channel Nickelodeon had announced that they would pick up Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s starting in April 2012, but cancelled it on short notice due to problems acquiring the “material”.<ref name="kids-zone">[http://www.kidszone.de/aid,880318/Yu-Gi-Oh-Vorerst-doch-keine-Ausstrahlung-bei-Nickelodeon/ “No Yu-Gi-Oh! at Nick yet.”] from Kidszone [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510223553/http://www.kidszone.de/aid,880318/Yu-Gi-Oh-Vorerst-doch-keine-Ausstrahlung-bei-Nickelodeon/ ''archived'']</ref> No specific reason was given, with many fans speculating that the recently concluded lawsuit between TV Tokyo/NAS and 4Kids Entertainment, regarding the international license of Yu-Gi-Oh!, may have had something to do with it.

In 2015 during the Animagic, a German anime and manga Convention, DVD publisher KSM announced that they intended to release ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', ''5D's'' and ''ZEXAL'' with the missing episodes being dubbed. However in 2016, KSM stated there had been a miscommunication and implied that it may not be possible to continue dubbing episodes that have not yet been adapted in the US.<ref name="anime2you">https://www.anime2you.de/news/116859/ksm-anime-aeussert-sich-zu-den-unsynchronisierten-yu-gi-oh-folgen/</ref>

==Episodes==
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode listing (season 1)|Episode listing (season 1)]]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episode listing (season 2)|Episode listing (season 2)]]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode SP1|Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons]] (OVA)

===DVD release===
:''See: [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's DVD listing]]''

A 28 minute DVD, containing the [[Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons|special episode]] is included in the ''[[Duelist Box]]'' product.

==Music==
===Opening Themes===
'''Japanese opening theme''': [[Kizuna]] (Bonds)
*'''Performer''': Kra
*'''Album''': [[Kizuna (CD)|Kizuna]]
*'''Episodes''': 01-26, 154 (DVD Only)

'''Japanese opening theme 2''': [[Last Train - The New Morning]]
*'''Performer''': Knotlamp
*'''Episodes''': 27-64

'''Japanese opening theme 3''': [[FREEDOM]]
*'''Performer''': La-Vie
*'''Episodes''': 65-103

'''Japanese opening theme 4''': [[BELIEVE IN NEXUS]]
*'''Performer''': Masaaki Endoh
*'''Episodes''': 104-129

'''Japanese opening theme 5''': [[Road to Tomorrow ~Going My Way!!~]]
*'''Performer''': Masaaki Endoh
*'''Episodes''': 130-153

===Ending Themes===
'''Japanese ending theme''': [[START]]
*'''Performer''': Nakagauchi Masataka
*'''Album''': [[START/Sun will shine away|START / Sun will shine away]]
*'''Episodes''': 01-26

'''Japanese ending theme 2''': [[CROSS GAME]]
*'''Performer''': アリス九號 (Alice Nine)
*'''Episodes''': 27-64

'''Japanese ending theme 3''': [[-OZONE-]]
*'''Performer''': Vistlip
*'''Episodes''': 65-103

'''Japanese ending theme 4''': [[Close to you]]
*'''Performer''': ALvino～Alchemy vision normal～
*'''Episodes''': 104-129

'''Japanese ending theme 5''': [[Future Colors]]
*'''Performer''': Plastic Tree
*'''Episodes''': 130-154

===Insert Songs===
'''Japanese insert song''': [[You Say ~Ashita e~]] (''"You say... to tomorrow"'')
*'''Performer''': La-Vie
*'''Episodes''': 72, 90, 92

'''Japanese insert song''': [[Clear Mind (song)|Clear Mind]]
*'''Performer''': Masaaki Endoh
*'''Episodes''': 109, 110, 122, 129, 134, 154

'''Japanese insert song''': [[YAKUSOKU NO MELODY]] (The Melody of Promises)
*'''Performer''': Masaaki Endoh
*'''Episodes''': 154

===Soundtracks===
* The first soundtrack, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Sound Duel Vol I]] features music from the [[Fortune Cup]]. 
* The second soundtrack, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Sound Duel Vol II]] features music from the [[Dark Signers (arc)|Dark Signers arc]], as well as music from Season 2 of the anime. 
* The [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Sound Duel Vol III]] features music from the Second Season, including the Ark Cradle arc.

===English Themes===
The 4Kids TV website held an open vote for what should be the theme of the English dubbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. Eight one minute songs were playable. The song with the most votes would be chosen to be featured when the dub premiered on CW4Kids on September 13. The voting was only open to those who had registered an account on the 4Kids.tv website.

Users could vote for one of the following songs.
* [[Better be Better than Best]]
* [[Hyper Drive]]
* [[Let's Ride, Let's Go]]
* [[Need for Speed]]
* [[Rev it Up]]
* [[Secret of Five‎]]
* [[We are the Ones]]
* [[We Ride to Survive]]

'''English opening theme''': [[Hyper Drive]]
*'''Episodes''': All episodes

===Italian Theme===
The Italian version of the series [1 season], although based on the English adaptation, uses a different theme song.
The Italian version of the series [2 season], based on the Japanese version uses the same song.

'''Italian opening theme''': [[Yu Gi Oh Duel Runner]]
*'''Episodes''': All episodes

==Title misinterpretation==

Though "5D's" stands for "5 Dragons", it has been incorrectly quoted as standing for "5 Duel Scoop" by 4Kids. V-Jump magazine printed a feature in its "Yu-Gi-Oh! Ōkoku" (Yu-Gi-Oh! Kingdom) series in which "5DS" (without the apostrophe) was labeled as "5 Duel Scoop," with "scoop" referring to the information within the feature itself. Merchandise, television commercials, the logo itself, and other references all state the name as "Faibu Diizu". ICv2 News also has the name "5 Duel Scoop" incorrectly listed in its 4Kids article. In the 4Kids version, 5D's stands for 5 Dimensions, and is labeled when televised in the UK as such. The real meaning of the title is revealed when the signers and their friends take part in the World Turbo Duel Grand Prix as "Team 5D's" in allusion to the five marks of the dragon they possess.

==Manga==
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The Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's manga is published in [[V Jump]]. It maintains the characters and settings from the anime, but uses a different storyline and characters are given different cards.

==Trivia==
* This is the first spin-off series to introduce a new type of Summoning; the [[Synchro Summon]].
* This is the first anime series to not feature [[Ritual Summon]]ing.
* This is the last anime series to feature monsters being [[Normal Summon]]ed in [[Defense Position]].

==See also==
*[[Portal:Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Portal:''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'']]

==External links==
{{Wikipediapar|''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''}}
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yugioh/index2.html Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'S] at [[TV Tokyo]] (Japanese)
* [http://www.konami.jp/th/yugioh_5ds/ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'S Konami] (Japanese)
* [http://www.4kids.tv/show/yu-gi-oh-5ds/ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's at 4Kids] (English)

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