It is officially revealed today that the eighth TV series from the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime franchise, entitled Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!, is set to premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in April 2022. This will be the first time in the franchise that the protagonist is an alien. Following the ongoing seventh series Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, which has been aired in Japan since April 2020, the eighth series will be directed by Nobuhiro Kondo and produced by Bridge. 

The story takes place in Rokuyo-cho, the birthplace of the Rush Duel. One day, Yuhi Oudou and Yuamu Oudou, two elementary school siblings who run a UTS (Uchuzin Trouble Soudansho / Alien Trouble Consultation Office) to get rid of annoying aliens, discover a spaceship, and when they step into it, they find an alien named Yudias Belgyar (This spelling may not be correct), who comes from the faraway Belgyar Cluster. He has come to Earth in search of the Rush Duel, which is said to lead his friends to a new future after they were forced to leave their home planet, but he has no idea what the Rush Duel is. Yuhi decides to give him a hand, and challenges Yudias to a duel.

Main Voice Cast:

• Yudias Belgyar: Lounsbery Arthur
• Yuhi Oudou: Toshiki Kumagai
• Yuamu Oudou: Koko Fukushima
• Zweejyo: Takuya Eguchi

Main Staff:

• Original Story: "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (Shueisha Jump Comics)
• Director: Nobuhiro Kondo
• Assistant Director: Naoto Hashimoto
• Series Composition: Toshimitsu Takeuchi
• Duel composition: Masahiro Hikokubo
• Character Design: Kazuko Tadano, Hiromi Matsushita
• Sound Director: Koji Yamamoto
• Animation Production: Bridge

Source: "Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!" official website / Twitter

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