Shadowverse F Episode 2 Review and Evaluation: Beyond Expectations and Character Appeal

Shadowverse F - Shadowverse Flame - Comprehensive review and recommendation

■ Public Media

TV anime series

■ Original Media

Card games

■ Broadcast period

April 2, 2022 - March 25, 2023

■TV Broadcast

All 6 TV Tokyo affiliates

April 2, 2022 to October 22, 2022 (1st to 29th) Every Saturday 10:00-10:30

October 29, 2022 - March 25, 2023 (30th - 50th) Every Saturday 9:30-10:00

■ Online distribution (sequential distribution)

YouTube Official Channel (TV Tokyo Official AniTele Channel) April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

Rakuten TV April 2, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Saturday

Video Market April 2, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Saturday

music.jp April 2, 2022 - (1st - 50th episodes) Every Saturday

GYAO! Store April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

DMM.com April 2, 2022 ~ (1st to 50th episodes) Every Saturday

Niconico Channel April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Broadcast every Saturday

Google Play April 2, 2022 - (1st - 50th) Every Saturday

Hikari TV April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

Amazon Prime Video: April 2, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Saturday

d Anime Store April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

Bandai Channel: April 2, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Saturday

U-NEXT April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1-50) Every Saturday

Animehodai April 2, 2022 ~ (1st to 50th episodes) Every Saturday

TVer April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

Net TV Tokyo April 2, 2022 ~ (Episodes 1 to 50) Every Saturday

Anime Times Channel April 4, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Monday

HAPPY! Videos April 4, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Monday

MOVIEFULL+ April 4, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Monday

J:COM On Demand April 6, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Wednesday

Miru Plus April 6, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Delivered every Wednesday

TELASA April 6, 2022 - (Episodes 1-50) Every Wednesday

au Smart Pass Premium April 6, 2022 - (1st - 50th episodes) Delivered every Wednesday

■Broadcasting station

Broadcast: TV Tokyo series

■Frequencies

half an hour

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 50

■Original Story

・Original work: Cygames ^{Shadowverse・Cygames}

■ Director

・Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi

■ Production

・Animation Production: ZEXCS

Produced by TV Tokyo and the Shadowverse F anime production committee

■Works

© Anime "Shadowverse F" Production Committee, TV Tokyo

■ Story

● Shadowverse Club Revival Edition

Shadowverse College is a facility that trains professional players of "Shadowverse". Transfer student Tenryu Light decides to join one of the seven Shadowverse clubs, "Seventh Flame". However, Seventh Flame is on the verge of being disbanded due to a lack of members! To avoid disbanding, Light decides to look for new members. Awaiting Light are powerful rivals who can control a wide variety of cards...

● Shadowverse Club Competition

Thanks to the efforts of Tenryu Light, Seventh Flame has escaped the threat of being disbanded. They have started in earnest with their new teammates, but what awaited them was the Shadowverse Club Competition to decide the "strongest" in Shadowverse College! With their own methods of facing Shadowverse and gaining confidence in their aim to win, will Light and the others be able to defeat their powerful rivals and get revenge on Haruma? The turbulent Shadowverse Club Competition is about to begin!

●World Ranking Edition

Immediately after Seventh Flame becomes the strongest Shadowverse club at Shadowverse College, Wolfram Zelga announces the opening of the Shadowverse World Rankings. Shadowverse players from all over the world can participate! The top seven players in the rankings will be able to challenge Seven Shadows as the "strongest Shadowverse players." In the fierce battle with many professional players, will Light be able to use the newly implemented cards to defeat the powerful opponents?!

■Explanation

A few years after the Tree of Calamity incident that plunged the world into chaos, the world has regained peace. Shadowverse has become even more popular, and a facility to train professional players, Shadowverse Battle College, commonly known as Shadowverse College, has been established. Light Tenryu, a second-year junior high school student, is led by Wolfram Zelga, the founder of Shadowverse College, to transfer to Shadowverse College. Light, a complete Shadowverse beginner, decides to join the Shadowverse Club at the recommendation of his first friend, Subaru Makabe. The Shadowverse Club is a club activity made up of students who are serious about Shadowverse, and there are seven Shadowverse Clubs at Shadowverse College. Light decides to join one of them, Seventh Flame, by chance, but in fact, Seventh Flame only has one member and is in danger of being disbanded! In order to keep the club alive, Light decides to search for new members together with Seventh Flame captain Itsuki Mitsutagawa and Subaru Makabe. A suspicious shadow watches them. It is Haseura Haruma, captain of the Shadowverse club "First Reaper".

■Cast

・Tenryu Right/Yuto Uemura

・Itsuki Mitsuda/Hibiki Yamamura

・Subaru Makabe/Nozomi Urawa

・Dragneel/Shiori Izawa

・Gentleman/Shotaro Morikubo

・Ren Kazematsuri/Rarisa Takeda

・Tsubasa Takanashi/Miyu Tomita

・Shirogane Mikado/Yuki Sakakibara

・Evil Star Ryouga/Ryota Osaka

・Shion Otosaka/Hana Shugai

・Slade/Hibiki Yamamura

・Baqueros/Nozomi Urawa

・ Shinobu Miki/Yuka Otsubo

・ Raido Tatsumi/Takumi Yasuaki

・Maity/Collecting Shells

・Amilos/Takeda Rarisa Takako

・Wingy/Miyu Tomita

・Demonia/Ryota Osaka

・Galuel/Yuki Sakakibara

・Amamiya Mimori/Hondo Kaede

・ Alice Kurobane/Yui Ogura

・Haseura Haruma/Okamoto Nobuhiko

・Hahajima Fuwari/Hanamori Yumiri

・Ikumi Seira / Bridcutt Seira Emi

Wolfram Zelga/Hikaru Midorikawa

・Andrea Rondo/Fumiko Orikasa

・Arc Ruler/Kousuke Toriumi

・Voden Craft/Kenta Miyake

・Hina Sinclair/Minase Inori

・Akiko Matsuo/Hitomi Kitazaki

・Kaguya Makabe/Hayami Matsuda

・Ryūgasaki Hiiro/Gakuto Kajiwara

・Yonatsuki Lucia/Junya Enoki

・Tabeoka Mysel/Iwata Mitsuo

・Maura Abelardo/Yuichi Iguchi

・Marguerite Valois/Akesaka Satomi

・Mami/Rio Mukai

Kana/Anand Snow

・Airi/Kasuga Sakura

・Misaki/Emiri Suyama

・Ain/Endo Aya

・Maya/Eri Ozeki

・Erina/Aya Suzaki

・Omasu/Ryunosuke Yamaguchi

・Kazuki Shindo/Jun Taya

・Kai Ijuin/Atsumi Tanezaki

・Takuma Kibakura/Shuhei Iwase

・Seiya Kibakura/Takashi Kondo

・Shirou Kiriyama/Yuichiro Umehara

・Miyabi Zaizenji/Rei Matsuzaki

・Vanessa Justine/Mikako Komatsu

・Vivian Justine/Megumi Toyoguchi

・Kuki Zuou/Okitsu Kazuyuki

・Kou the Snake God/Kengo Kawanishi

・Battle Fencer W/Hamano Daiki

・Battle Fencer/Shimazaki Nobunaga

・Bell Angel/Eri Ozeki

・Queen Insect/Yahagi Sayuri

Subaru's Father / Hitoshi Kamibeppu

・Light's Mother/Chiwa Saito

・Light's younger sister / Maria Naganawa

Tsubasa's mother / Karin Nanami

・The Mikado's Father / Masaaki Mizunaka

・Mai/Ayaka Suwa

・Susumu Fujioka/Toru Inada

Narration: Nobuyuki Hiyama, Naoto Kobayashi

■ Main staff

・Original work: Cygames

・Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi

Assistant Director: Naotaka Hayashi

Series Composition: Rintaro Isozaki, Deko Akao

・Art director/Ponzu

Original character design: Manabu Okada, Mikeboshi, Hesun, Onineko

・Character design: Daiki Harada

・Follower Director: Daisuke Kitagawa

・Sub-character design: Yasunari Nitta

・Digital Freak Design/Tomoko Miyagawa

・Prop design/Yoshiyoshi Iwanaga

Color design: Naoko Sato, Nanae Shinchi

Art Director: Jong Kwonbin

・Art setting/Mamio Ogawa

・Monitor graphics/sankaku

・3DCG Director: Shinsuke Oshima (DEEN DIGITAL)

Director of photography: Yuta Nakamura, Shigeki Asakawa, Masahiko Koshiyama

Edited by Daisuke Hiraki

・Sound Director/Riki Iida

Music: Yoshihiro Ike

・Sound Production/Sonirud

・Animation Production: ZEXCS

Produced by TV Tokyo and the Shadowverse F anime production committee

■ Main Characters

・Tenryu Light

A boy who is new to Shadowverse. He transfers to Shadowverse College by chance and joins the Shadowverse club. He looks cool, but he's not very good with electronic devices.

・Mitsuda River Itsuki

Captain of Seventh Flame. He is working hard to rebuild Seventh Flame, which is on the verge of being disbanded. He is kind-hearted and gentle. However, he shows his inner strength when it matters most.

・Subaru Makabe

Light's first friend. Unusually for someone at Shadowverse College, he doesn't take Shadowverse very seriously. He's a bright and lively mood maker, but sometimes he can look gloomy.

Gentleman

An avatar of unknown identity. He was the shadow chief of Six Magic and gave orders to Shinobu, but after a battle with Light, he joined Seventh Flame. In reality, his true identity is Shion Otsuzaka.

・Shion Otsuzaka

The true identity of a gentleman. He can't speak well unless he is in the gentleman avatar state. He is not good at human relationships, and he ends up saying sarcastic things and badmouthing people.

・Ren Kazematsuri

A first-year student at Shadowverse College, he is a junior to Light and the others. He was a member of the Fifth Sword, but joined the Seventh Flame. He admires heroes.

・Tsubasa Takanashi

A third-year student at Shadowverse College, and Light's senior. Former captain of Third Feather. A bit of a downer, he's always in a low mood.

・Shirogane Mikado

The chairman of Shadow College. He has the smile of an angel and the cruelty of a fallen angel.

・Evil Star Ryouga

He is a student at Shadow College, but is not currently attending school. He likes music and often wears earphones. He hates the weak, and treats his DigiFriends badly.

■ Main robot items

・Digital Frequencies

It is a gold rare card in Shadowverse, and is popular as a companion card that you can communicate with. It seems that if you become good friends with it, it will become a legendary card...

● DigiFre

Dragnil

Light's Digifriend. Knuckle Dragon Dragneel. Nicknamed Dragneel. Unlike other Digifriends, he is a mysterious being who can converse. Partner: Tenryuu Light. Class: Dragon.

Slade

Itsuki's Digifriend. Blossom Wolf Slade. Nicknamed Slade. Partner: Mitsutagawa Itsuki. Class: Elf.

Bakels

Subaru's digital friend. Petit Ghost Bakels. Nicknamed Bakels. Partner: Subaru Makabe. Class: Necromancer.

・Amilos

Ren's Digifriend. A serious knight. Partner: Ren Kazamatsuri. Class: Royal.

Wingy

Tsubasa's DigiFriend. She is very curious and often follows people. Partner: Tsubasa Takanashi. Class: Bishop.

・Maity

A gentleman's digital friend. As dignified as a queen. Partner: Gentleman. Class: Witch.

・Garuel

Mikado's Digifriend. Very noble, she only trusts Mikado. Partner: Shirogane Mikado. Class: Neutral.

Demonia

Ryouga's Digifriend. Ryouga treats him badly. Partner: Evil Star Ryouga. Class: Vampire.

■Subtitle

● Shadowverse Club Revival (#1-25)

・#01／My Shadowverse journey begins here! (2022/04/02)

・#02/This is my brilliant idea (2022/04/09)

・#03/I know because I fought it (2022/04/16)

・#04/Ladies and Gentlemen! (2022/04/23)

・#05／Please grant me a favor (2022/04/30)

・#06/Courage always gives you strength! (2022/05/07)

・#07／That's my strength! (2022/05/14)

・#08/Expectations are a curse (2022/05/21)

・#09/Show us your battle! (2022/05/28)

・#10/There's no point in taking it seriously (2022/06/04)

・#11/I don't want you to understand me...(2022/06/11)

・#12／That's why Shadowverse is fun! (2022/06/18)

・#13／Shadowverse is a game of survival of the fittest! (2022/06/25)

・#14/It's inevitable that you don't have it! (2022/07/02)

・#15／Battle in your own way♪(2022/07/09)

・#16／I'll show you the real Shadowverse! (2022/07/16)

・#17／I want to get excited about Shadowverse (2022/07/23)

・#18/My rhythm is the devil's heartbeat (2022/07/30)

・#19／If it's a trump card, I have it too! (2022/08/06)

・#20/That's why it's so much fun! (2022/08/13)

・#21／If you don’t surpass it, there’s no point in talking about it (2022/08/20)

・#22/I finally found you! (2022/08/27)

・#23/You Can't Surpass the King! (2022/09/03)

・#24/You're so slow (2022/09/10)

・#25/Is this your true self? (2022/09/17)

●Shadowverse Club Competition (#26-37)

・#26／The Shadowverse Club Competition Begins...! (2022/10/01)

・#27/It's not the same as it used to be! (2022/10/08)

・#28／I’m everyone’s senior too! (2022/10/15)

・#29／I'm going to show you what I aspire to! (2022/10/22)

・#30/I'm not feeling too bad (2022/10/29)

・#31／Show the strength of flowers blooming in the field! (2022/11/05)

・#32/You too will despair! (2022/11/12)

・#33／I can reach you now! (2022/11/19)

・#34/Everyone! It's the resort! (2022/11/26)

・#35/Let's make memories together (2022/12/03)

・#36/Everything is fun for me (2022/12/10)

・#37／I'll satisfy you! (2022/12/17)

●World Rankings (#38-50)

・#38／Come to us! (2022/12/24)

・#39／This is the Justine Sisters' trump card! (2023/01/07)

・#40／Why do we need to get stronger? (2023/01/14)

・#41/This is our new power! (2023/01/21)

・#42／Take this step with all your might! (2023/01/28)

・#43／Some views can only be seen alone(2023/02/04)

・#44／I will light up your future(2023/02/11)

・#45／I have high hopes for you(2023/02/18)

・#46/Heroes are just a kid's game! (2023/02/25)

・#47／Still, I will stick to myself! (2023/03/04)

#48/The dazzling light will eventually fade away (2023/03/11)

・#49／To Me, You (2023/03/18)

・#50／I've finally come this far! (2023/03/25)

■ Related works

・Shadowverse

・Special edition of the TV anime "Shadowverse F"

・Shadowverse F Seven Shadows

■ Theme songs and music

・OP1

Mind's Eye

Lyrics by Nuyuri

・Composition: Nuyuri, Suda Kenna

Arrangement: Nuyuri

・Song: Lanndo feat. Suda Kenagi

・OP2

・Tick-Tock

・Lyrics/Heroism

・Composition: Heroism

・Arrangement/Heroism

・Song: NEWS

・ED1

・My Turn

Lyrics by Teruichi Tsurusaki

・Composition: Teruichi Tsurusaki

Arrangement: Teruichi Tsurusaki

・Singer: Alice Kurobane (Yui Ogura)

・ED2

・STAR

・Lyrics by MUTEKI DEAD SNAKE

・Composition: MUTEKI DEAD SNAKE

・Arrangement: MUTEKI DEAD SNAKE

・Song: Super Tokimeki♡Publicity Department

■ Evaluation

"Shadowverse F - Shadowverse Flame -" is a TV anime series based on Cygames' popular card game "Shadowverse", and a total of 50 episodes were broadcast from April 2, 2022 to March 25, 2023. This work delves deep into the world of Shadowverse and tells the story of the growth and friendship of young people who aim to become professional players. Below, we will evaluate this work in detail from various perspectives, including the story, characters, production, and music.

story

Shadowverse F is made up of three main arcs: Shadowverse Club Revival, Shadowverse Club Competition, and World Rankings. Each arc depicts the growth and challenges faced by protagonist Light Tenryu and his friends, and is characterized by compelling storytelling.

The Shadowverse Club Revival arc begins with Light transferring to Shadowverse College and joining the Seventh Flame, a club on the verge of being disbanded. This arc shows Light meeting and deepening friendships with various characters as he searches for new club members. The battle scene with Gentleman in particular is impressive and is an episode that symbolizes Light's growth.

In the Shadowverse Club Competition arc, the Seventh Flame takes on the challenge of a competition to determine the strongest Shadowverse College. In this arc, the individuality of each Shadowverse club stands out, and it is moving to see Light and the others face Shadowverse in their own ways. In particular, the showdown with Haseura Haruma is the climax and will grab the viewers' hearts.

In the World Ranking arc, after Seventh Flame becomes the strongest Shadowverse club, they challenge the world rankings against players from all over the world. In this arc, Light is shown using his new cards to defeat strong opponents. In particular, his battle with Sister Justine is an unmissable scene, showing Light's growth and the depth of his friendship.

character

The characters in Shadowverse F are unique and charming. The protagonist, Tenryu Light, is a Shadowverse beginner, but is portrayed growing alongside his friends. Light's first friend, Makabe Subaru, is a bright and energetic mood maker, but the dark expression he sometimes shows adds depth to the character. Mitsutagawa Itsuki, the captain of Seventh Flame, is a kind and gentle character, but shows his inner strength when it matters most.

The gentleman, Shion Otsuzaka, is a character who is not good at human relationships and often says nasty things, but it is moving to see him grow through his battles with Light. Each character, such as Ren Kazamatsuri, Tsubasa Takanashi, Mikado Shirogane, and Ryouga Jasei, has their own unique personality and adds excitement to the story.

Shadowverse's gold rare cards, known as DigiFries, are also depicted as important characters. Light's DigiFries Dragneel is a mysterious being that can talk, unlike other DigiFries, and plays an important role as a partner to support Light's growth. Each DigiFries brings out the individuality of the characters, such as Itsuki's Slade, Subaru's Bakelus, Ren's Amiros, Tsubasa's Wingy, Gentleman's Matey, Mikado's Galuel, and Ryoga's Demonia.

Production

Shadowverse F has been highly praised for its animation by ZEXCS. Character design is by Daiki Harada, who vividly depicts the individuality of the characters. In addition, many staff members worked together to complete the work, including follower director Daisuke Kitagawa, sub-character designer Yasunari Nitta, digital frame designer Tomoko Miyagawa, and prop designer Yoshiyoshi Iwanaga.

Experts from various fields have come together to enhance the quality of the work, including art director Kane Kwonbin, art setting director Ogawa Mamio, monitor graphics from sankaku, 3DCG director Oshima Shinsuke (DEEN DIGITAL), cinematographers Nakamura Yuta, Asakawa Shigeki, and Koshiyama Masahiko, editor Hiraki Daisuke, sound director Iida Satoki, music composer Ike Yoshihiro, and sound production from Sonirud.

music

The music of Shadowverse F is also something not to be missed. The opening theme, "Shingan," is sung by Lanndo feat. Keina Suda, and its powerful melody and lyrics bring out the theme of the work. The second opening theme, "Tick-Tock," is sung by NEWS, and its refreshing melody will soothe the hearts of viewers.

The ending theme "My Turn" is sung by Alice Kuroba (Yui Ogura), and the lyrics are touching, symbolizing the growth and friendship of Light and his friends. The second ending theme "STAR" is sung by Cho Tokimeki♡Sendenbu, and its bright and cheerful melody adds to the atmosphere of the work.

■Recommendation

"Shadowverse F - Shadowverse Flame -" is recommended not only for Shadowverse fans, but also for those who like anime and card games. The story is moving, the characters are unique, the production is high quality, and the music is heartwarming. In particular, the scenes depicting the growth and friendship of Light and his friends will grab the viewers' hearts. In addition, the Shadowverse battle scenes are spectacular and are sure to draw the viewers in.

This work is broadcast on the TV Tokyo series and is available on many platforms, including the official YouTube channel, Rakuten TV, Video Market, music.jp, GYAO! Store, DMM.com, Niconico Channel, Google Play, Hikari TV, Amazon Prime Video, d Anime Store, Bandai Channel, U-NEXT, Animehodai, TVer, Net TV Tokyo, Anime Times Channel, HAPPY! Video, MOVIEFULL+, J:COM On Demand, Miru Plus, TELASA, and au Smart Pass Premium. Please enjoy this touching story.