Card Masters (2019 TV series)

Card Masters is an American/Canadian animesque animated television series from the writers of Time Force and Cottonsweet. In development since February 12th, 2018, the series was animated at Silver Link and produced by Nelvana, YTV Family, and NickFamily Studios for YTV Family and Nicktoons Family. The series began airing on August 17th, 2019. The first season was listed at 13 episodes.

In December 2019, the series was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, known as Card Masters: Regional Tournament, which would continue from the ending of the first season. The season would premiere in August 2020.

A spin-off series, Card Masters Darkfall, was ordered as an AuraNightfall original anime series with a potential re-airing on BXX upon completing its AuraNightfall run. The anime would premiere in October 2022 with a simulcast on Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, and Flare+. This was followed by a sequel series to the original series, titled Card Masters: NEXT, which was ordered by YTV 2 and NFCartoons for an October 2023 broadcast, with a simulcast via Crunchyroll and Flare+.

Characters

 * Kamiji Somoha (voiced by Richard Ian Cox)

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Season 1
Kamiji Somoha is a normal college student who discovered a pack of possessed cards from Ancient Greece, and now must battle his way to sealing the Mysterious Trojan in his card once again.

Season 2
After sealing the Mysterious Trojan, Kamiji is invited to participate in a regional tournament using the remaining cards, with the tournament organizers hoping that the rest of them wouldn't be evil.

Darkfall
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Season 1
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Season 2
TBA.

Darkfall
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Crossover
During the series' run, Kamiji also appeared in a few episodes of CodeScan; specifically, episode 13 of the original series and episode 12 of SuperDrive (episode 38 overall).

Syndication
In September 2019, Beta Cartoon bought the cable syndication rights to the series alongside CodeScan.

Trivia

 * The creators have cited Cardcaptor Sakura, Jewelpet Twinkle, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters as inspiration for the series.
 * Card Masters was developed as a side project that would eventually air alongside the final season of Time Force and Cottonsweet.
 * Out of all possible names, Kamiji Somoha was chosen as the protagonist's name so that "the series would feel more like an anime".