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Announcements from Bushiroad English Conference Autumn 2024

Singapore (October 12, 2024) – During the Bushiroad English Conference Autumn 2024, Bushiroad International announced several new products for their English edition trading card game titles Cardfight!! Vanguard, Weiß Schwarz, and Shadowverse: Evolve; as well as Bushiroad Championship Series 24/25 World Finals and other event-related news.


Cardfight!! Vanguard
Several new tournament initiatives were announced for Cardfight!! Vanguard, as well as a new product.

The sixth booster pack, Generation Dragenesis, will go on sale February 28, 2025 and preorders are now available at all official Bushiroad stores. This product features fan-favorite units, “Interdimensional Dragon, Chronoscommand Dragon” and “Genesis Dragon, Trans-else Messiah”; as well as special Serial Number Rare cards to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Cardfight!! Vanguard G.

Yumenokessho Cup returns with Vol. 2 this November. All participating players will receive a pack of sleeves featuring POPY. The Top 8 players and winners will also receive an additional pack.

Yumenokessho Cup Vol. 3 will be held in January 2025. All participating players will receive a special promo card featuring ROSE, and winners will receive a playmat featuring a different illustration of ROSE.

The Destined Duo’s Cup will be held in the month of November. This special tournament will only be held in 50 shops worldwide and winners will receive an exclusive playmat featuring Akina Myodo and Suo Yobitsugi.

Vanguard Day returns in December. Participating players will receive a special promo card featuring Kuon Aikawa and Sybilt, and winners will receive a playmat featuring the same illustration.

Fans of BanG Dream! can look forward to receiving special Trigger and Sentinel cards at the MyGO!!!!! Panorama Cup this December.

The upcoming schedule is as follows:


Weiß Schwarz

New products were announced for Weiß Schwarz.

The characters from the hit anime series Rascal Does Not Dream series are returning in an all-new Booster Pack product. Cards featuring signatures from the cast of the series will also appear in the product.

Trial Deck & Booster Pack Rurouni Kenshin, featuring the legendary swordsman Kenshin Himura, will be released in 2025.

Premium Booster Marvel will be released in 2025, featuring fan-favorite superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America. Preorders will begin on October 14 at all official Bushiroad stores in Asia.

The upcoming release schedule is as follows.


Shadowverse: Evolve

To celebrate the release of Alterchaotica, official Bushiroad stores will be holding release tournaments in the Open 8 format from February 7 to March 7, 2025.

All participants will receive a promo version of Sekhmet, while the champion will walk away with a Super Legendary version of Sahaquiel, both featuring the set logo.

The ninth booster set, Duet of Dawn and Dusk, will launch on April 11.

Alternate-art Special-rarity cards will be featured in place of leader cards.

Fan-favorite character Vania will be returning, and characters such as Faust will be making their first appearances, bringing powerful new upgrades to the Vampire and Earth Rite archetypes respectively.

This set will also introduce new cards with the “Academic” and “Draconic Duelist” traits.

Preorders will be available soon.

To celebrate the release of Duet of Dawn and Dusk, official Bushiroad stores will be holding release tournaments in the Open 8 format from April 11 to May 11, 2025.

All participants will receive a promo version of Beastfaced Mage, while the champion will walk away with a Super Legendary version of Monochrome Duel, both featuring the set logo.

To ensure a fair gameplay environment for all players, the unevolved form of Curse Crafter will be limited to one per deck, starting from November 29. The evolved form will remain unrestricted.

The third Showdown Series will start in January 2025, culminating in Grand Showdown Someren 2025.

Grand Showdown Someren 2025 will be held in Someren, Netherlands, at Het Keelven on March 22, 2025.

Fairy Dragon, a Super Legendary Themis’s Decree, and a Super Legendary alternate-art version of Badb Catha will be handed out as prizes for the Showdown Challenges of this series. The champion of each Showdown Challenge will also receive a digital bye that can be redeemed for a free round at Grand Showdown Someren 2025.

Players who place highly will also receive promo cards with an exclusive hot-stamp color for Grand Showdown Someren 2025.

Brand-new Evolution Point cards featuring our ambassadors will be available in the year ahead.

These cards will be available at upcoming events and tournaments attended by our ambassadors, and via future giveaways.

To thank all our distributors and stores for their support of Shadowverse: Evolve, we’ll be sending each of them one Super Legendary promo version of Mini Soul Devil.


Events

The Bushiroad Championship Series 24/25 World Finals will be held at Tokyo Ryūtsu Center on May 2, 2025.

All sponsored invitees will also receive a single-day admission ticket to Bushiroad Card Festival 2025, as well as a supply set for the game or format they’re participating in.

Official Bushiroad stores will be holding special Lunar New Year tournaments in February 2025. More information will be announced soon.

Bushiroad EXPO 2024 continues at the Milan Games Week & Cartoomics in Milan, Italy, from November 22–24.

Toshiaki Takayama, the artist behind various iconic units from the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime will be making an appearance.

Bushiroad EXPO 2024 will also be part of Anime Festival Asia in Singapore from November 29 to December 1.

Rin Tateishi, voice of Anon Chihaya, and Hina Aoki, voice of Rana Kaname, from the popular band, MyGO!!!!! will also be hosting an exclusive talk stage, as well as autograph sessions.


Bushiroad Inc. is an entertainment company known for its popular trading card games such as Cardfight!! Vanguard and Weiß Schwarz, its mobile game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!, as well as other entertainment content that caters to a worldwide audience.

Bushiroad Inc. consists of 15 sub-entities: Bushiroad International Pte Ltd., Bushiroad USA Inc., Bushiroad Creative, Bushiroad Media, Bushiroad Move (HiBiKi), Bushiroad Music, Bushiroad Music Publishing, Bushiroad Fight (STARDOM), New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd., New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America, Inc., Hikosen Theater Company and Sopratico Co. Ltd.

Cygames, Inc. was founded in May 2011 and has since launched hit mobile games such as Rage of Bahamut, Granblue Fantasy, Shadowverse, Princess Connect! Re: Dive, World Flipper, and Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The success of its titles has allowed Cygames to expand into other media, including but not limited to manga, merchandise, and anime.

Following the releases of Granblue Fantasy: Versus and Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle, the company is currently developing more console titles, including Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Project Awakening, and Project GAMM.

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Weiß Schwarz Facebook – @weissschwarz_en

Shadowverse: Evolve Facebook (English) – https://www.facebook.com/ShadowverseEvolve/
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