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Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if Anime Reveals Visual, More Cast, April 25 Premiere

The official Twitter account for Bushiroad's Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise announced on March 31 that Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if, the newest anime series in the franchise, will premiere on April 25. The anime will air on TV Aichi and TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and will air on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m.

The anime stars:

• Atsuko Enomoto as Emi Sendō
• Yuri Yoshida as Shuka
• Mamoru Miyano as Kōji Ibuki
• Aimi as Suiko Tatsunagi

Bushiroad and Akira Itō are credited with the original work. Takaaki Kidani is credited as the executive producer and with the original story. Itsuro Kawasaki is directing the anime and is also credited for composition. Satoshi Isono is designing the characters. OLM is animating the show.

Bushiroad announced the anime on January 22. The anime will explore an alternate universe to the main series. The story will focus on Kōji Ibuki (an antagonist in the Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard series) and Suiko Tatsunagi. Aichi's sister Emi Sendō will also appear in the story, as will the new character Shuka.

The BanG Dream! franchise's all-male band Argonavis will perform the opening theme song "What-if Wonderland!!," and Peaky P-key, one of the D4DJ franchise's in-story groups, will perform the ending theme song "Gonna be right."

Sources: Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise's Twitter website, Comic Natalie