First look at Yu-Gi-Oh: SEVENS, and thoughts

So recently NAS and Konami revealed a new anime during a stream alongside the  Master Rules 5 (I know it's Master Rules Revision April 2020), its name is Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS (so original, right?), we have no actual confirmation on when it'll begin or what else it might have, probably on April the first, so what we have right now is we have the actual characters, and the new "Rush Duel" Format, which to my knowledge, it's like Speed Duel in terms of having 3 Monster and Spell/Trap Zones, it has its own cards,  and it'll include legendary cards such as "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". The Gist of Rush Duels to my knowledge is you can have an unlimited number of Normal Summons, also, you get to draw until you have 5 monsters in your hand. So far, we got the full summary of the anime which reads as the following:

Oudo Yuga who attends Goha 7th Elementary, is a 5th Grader who develops inventions every day that he calls “Roads”. Yuga, who thinks the way Duels are run by adults are way too rigid and uncool, comes up with a new rule set everyone can enjoy.

In the days that follow, Luke in the next class over hears the rumor of a “King of Duels”. Investigating this with Yuga, they run into a mysterious person standing before an important monument… …

In order to be recognized as a King of Duels, you’ve gotta win Duels within a limited time!

“The Road I Dreamed Up, “Rush Duels” Can Do It!”

The story of Yuga and Luke, two young boys about to overturn the world of rigid unfun Duels with a new style is about to begin!!

From the looks of it, it sounds like it's kinda similar to Yuya and Pendulum Summoning, which is not exactly the most unique thing in the world to be honest, but if it works better, it'd probably be more okayish to some standards. As for the Characters:




王道 遊我（おうどう ゆうが) Oudo Yuga

Age 11

VA: Ishibashi Hiiro

A 5th Grader who loves Dueling and Inventing, who attends Goha 7th Elementary. He calls his inventions “Roads”. He thinks the Duels run by adults currently are overly rigid and super unfun, so he develops his own rule set that he dreams of entertaining the world with.

His Ace Monster is “Sevens Road Magician”.

Note: His name is basically “Royal Road” + “My Game”

ルーク（上城 龍久 かみじょう たつひさ） “Luke” Kamijo Tatsuhisa

11 Years Old

VA: Yashiro Taku

A classmate in the class next to Yuga’s, he’s the Self Proclaimed “Number One Duelist of Goha 7th Elementary”. He’s learned about the rumor of “The King of Duels”, and as he investigates about how to become a King, he learns about Yuga. Machines tend to breakdown around him.

His Ace Monster is “Rush Dragon Dragears”

Note: 上城 龍久 is composed of “Upper/Higher”, “Castle”, “Dragon” and “Eternity/Long Time”.

蒼月 学人（そうげつ がくと） Sougetsu Gakuto

12 Years Old

VA: Hanae Hatsuki

A Sixth Grader on the Student Council of 7th Elementary. A serious minded fellow who has no tolerance for tardiness, and has never been late to school. As the heir apparent of the “Sogetsu Style” of Dueling, he is fully sure of his righteousness.

Note: His name means “Blue Moon” combined with “Student”

霧島 ロミン (きりしま ろみん) Kirishima, Romin

11 Years Old

VA: Kusunoki Tomori

Yuga’s Classmate. Along with top class grades and being super good at sports, she’s the lead Guitarist of the Elementary School Band “Roar Romin”. While she doesn’t really like Duels, she’s a girl who is wrapped in mystery who often crosses pathes with Yuga and his buddies.

Her Surname means “Island of Mist”, relating to her nature as the likely “Mysterious Person” plot character.

To be honest, despite my gripe with the main cast being actual kids, Romin seems actually interesting, and i'd like to see how they execute her in application, Luke and  Gakuto, i need to see them beforehand. I have mixed feelings about Yuga.

As for the artstyle, it's hard to get used to something that is LESS detailed than we used to have, look at these two pictures for comparison:

Kotori Mizuki (on the left, known as Tori Meadows in the dub) vs Kirishima, Romin (on the right)

The difference is wildly huge, if you ask why, you'll know that Konami/NAS disowned Studio Galop, and instead, contracted with Bridge Studio, not a very known studio, and any Cardfight Vanguard! fan could easily recognize the new style, as i have been always saying, "Artstyle does not make the show", but even for someone like myself, it's kinda weird to get used to such drastic changes, i hope we still get Gill Bo No from time to time, by far, he's the greatest animator we've got all these years, at least from 5D's and onwards. On the bright side, NAS will finally tackle the concept of "monsters on 3D or CGI", something was omitted from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS for possibly ARC-V Fiasco.

One last thing to note that Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS is NOT a reboot, it's merely a new generation.

Like i said, it's not easy to adapt to drastic artstyle changes, people do not like sudden changes, i'm pretty sure as the time goes in, everyone, myself included will finally get used to such artstyle.Keep your fingers crossed until April the first or whenever they reveal new data about the animation. I'll leave you with the trailler.

With that being said, i'll see you guys next time, Goodbye.