The story takes place in the near future in a city called Heartland. Tsukumo Yuma is a young duelist who strives to become the Duel Monsters champion, despite being an amateur. One day, during a duel with a school bully, a mysterious spirit called Astral appears before Yuma, and helps him to win. Astral then explains to Yuma that he is searching for his lost memories, which have been transformed into 99 "Xyz Monster" cards called "Numbers" and have been scattered across the globe. The "Numbers" have the ability to possess the duelists who own them and bring out their darkest desires. In order to recover his memories, and collect the "Numbers" cards, Astral teams up with Yuma.

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Studios

• TV Tokyo
• Studio Gallop
• NAS
• 4Kids Entertainment
• Marvelous Entertainment
• Konami
• Digital Works

Staff

• Hirotoshi Takaya — Main Character Design
• Kazunori Takahashi — Animation Director (eps 11, 18, 26, 35, 44, 50, 57, 65, 73), Key Animation (ep 3)
• Tsutomu Kamishiro — Script (eps 27, 35, 36, 41, 45, 51-53, 57, 58, 61, 62, 68)
• Hiroki Harada — Animation Director (OP1-3), Character Design, Episode Director (OP1), Key Animation (OP2, OP3, ep 2), Storyboard (OP1, OP3)
• Shin Yoshida — Series Composition
• Yutaka Minobe — Music (eps 10-73)
• Conisch — Music
• Kazuki Takahashi — Original Creator
• Yasuyuki Suzuki — Script (eps 9, 15, 16, 21, 32, 40, 44, 50, 54, 63, 64, 72, 73)
• Yoshinobu Tokumoto — Episode Director (eps 27, 41, 52)
• Takashi Nakamura — Art Director
• Toshimitsu Takeuchi — Script (ep 28)
• Satoshi Kuwabara — Director, Storyboard (OP, eps 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 22, 25, 40, 49, 55, 62, 68)
• mihimaru GT — Theme Song Performance (OP)
• Nana Miura — Key Animation (eps 13, 62)
• Masahiro Hikokubo — Duel Composition
• Mitsuru Oowa — Mechanical Design, Prop Design (eps 1-24)
• moumoon — Theme Song Performance (ED)