Future Card Buddyfight

Did You Know?

• In episode 4, characters from Cardfight!! Vanguard make special cameo appearances, including Aichi Sendou, Kamui Katsuragi, Ren Suzugamori, Toshiki Kai, and Tetsu Shinjo; Misaki Tokura is the only one with a spoken line.
• On January 8, 2021, Bushiroad sued Future Card Buddyfight creator Yoshimasa Ikeda and his company Studio Ikecchi for disseminating confidential information and copyright infringement.

Characters

Gao Mikado, a 12-year-old boy, is the main protagonist. He is the brother of Hanako and the younger brother of Yota Mikado. Over the course of the series until Future Card Buddyfight X, he has three dragon buddies: his first is Drum Bunker Dragon, his second is Bal Dragon, and his third and current buddy is Batzz. In Future Card Buddyfight Ace, though he does not appear physically, he has become the husband of Paruko Nanana and the father of two sons, Yuga and Haru. Drum Bunker Dragon, also known as Fang Slade Terrestrial XIV, is Gao's first and original buddy from Dragon World. He is the son and heir of Drum Bunker Dragon Father, the leader of their clan. Prior to Future Card Buddyfight Triple D, he returns to Dragon World to become the new chief of his clan. Tasuku Ryuenji is a prodigy Buddy Police officer and the buddy of Jackknife Dragon. He had an unbreakable winning streak until he met Gao Mikado, eventually becoming his friend. After his sense of justice was corrupted by Kyoya Gaen, he joins the Disaster Group as Purgatory Knight and the buddy of Demios Sword Dragon. Brought back to his senses, he reunites with Jackknife. In Future Card Buddyfight Triple D, he temporarily steps down from the Buddy Police to study but later rejoins in Future Card Buddyfight X. In Future Card Buddyfight Ace, he becomes the commissioner of the Buddy Police. Jackknife Dragon, also known as Findar the 100th, is a green dragon from Dragon World and Tasuku's buddy. After training with Armordeity Dynamis in Future Card Buddyfight Hundred, he evolves into a cybernetic dragon and becomes part of Star Dragon World.

Anime

The TV animation aired in Japan on TV Aichi starting January 4, 2014, produced by OLM, Inc. Bushiroad simulcast an English dub in Singapore, Malaysia, and North America via YouTube, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. Canada's Teletoon aired the English dub from January 8, 2015, to September 7, 2015, and again from October 2015 to February 2016. The English dub for Hundred went on hiatus on October 2, 2015.

Trading card game

One box of booster packs contains 30 packs, each with 5 random cards. Rarities are Common (C), Uncommon (UC), Rare (R), Double Rare (RR), Triple Rare (RRR), Buddy Rare (BR), and Special Parallel (SP). The first booster pack, BT01 – Dragon Chief, released on January 31, 2014. Subsequent packs include BT02 – Cyber Ninja Squad (April 5, 2014), BT03 – Drum's Adventures (July 4, 2014), BT04 – Darkness Fable (October 10, 2014), and BT05 – Break to the Future (January 30, 2015). For the Hundred series, booster packs include H-BT01 – Neo Enforcer Ver.E (May 1, 2015), H-BT02 – Galaxy Burst (July 17, 2015), H-BT03 – Assault of the Omni Lords (October 16, 2015), and H-BT04 – Mikado Evolution (January 22, 2016). Triple D booster packs include BP-BT01 – Unleash! Impact Dragon!! (April 15, 2016), BP-BT02 – Roar! Invincible Dragon!! (July 22, 2016), BP-BT03 – Annihilate!! Great Demonic Dragon!! (October 21, 2016), and BT-BT04 – Shine! Super Sun Dragon!! (December 23, 2016). Alternative packs for Triple D are BP-A01 – Buddy Rave (June 24, 2016) and BP-A02 – Four Dimensions (September 23, 2016). X booster packs include BP-X01 – The Dark Lord's Rebirth (April 21, 2017), BP-X02 – Chaos Control Crisis (July 14, 2017), BP-X03 – Overturn! Thunder Empire! (October 20, 2017), and BP-X04 – Rainbow Striker (December 22, 2017). X alternative packs are CBT-A01 – Crossing Generations (June 16, 2017), CBT-A02 – Evolution & Mutation (August 25, 2017), CBT-A03 – LVL Up! Heroes & Adventurers! (September 22, 2017), and CBT-A04 – New World Chaos (March 23, 2018). The X Climax Booster Pack is CBT-01 – Driven to Disorder (February 23, 2018). X2 booster packs include BP-X201 – Buddy Legends (April 20, 2018) and alternative BP-X2A01 – Solar Strife (June 8, 2018). Ace booster packs are BP-A01 – Gargantua Awakened (August 31, 2018), BP-A02 – Dimension Destroyer (November 2, 2018), BP-A03 – Buddy Lineage (December 14, 2018), and BP-A04 – True Awakening of Deities (January 11, 2019). Ace Ultimate Booster Packs are BP-AU01 – Superhero Wars Ω -Advent of Cosmoman!- and BP-AU02 – Miracle Fighters ~Miko & Mel~, both released on September 14, 2018.