Deeming Ignis superior, he decides to destroy humanity. It's revealed that Bohman is a sentient AI created by the Light Ignis, Lightning, who reveals that he's the one who destroyed the Cyberse World and steals Cal's brother's consciousness. At the same time, Varis revives Knights of Hanoi to fight against the new enemies. Aqua, the Water Ignis, follows soon after by becoming Skye's partner. In pursuit of Bohman, Yusaku and Ai are joined by Theodore Hamilton, a victim of the Lost Incident like Yusaku who uses the alias of Soulburner online and Ai's Fire Ignis friend based on Theodore, Flame. Meanwhile, Yusaku once again fights as Playmaker after the consciousness of the younger brother of his friend, Cal Kolter, is stolen by a mysterious enemy named Bohman. Three months after Hanoi's fall, Ai discovers the Cyberse World destroyed and his friends nowhere to be found, prompting him to return to Yusaku. With the help of two Charisma Duelists, Go Onizuka and Blue Angel, Playmaker is able to defeat Varis, saving the entire network and part ways with Ai who decides to return to his own world, the Cyberse World. As the appearance of this storm gives birth to Speed Duels, in which duelists surf the wind as they duel, Yusaku battles against Hanoi in order to uncover the truth concerning an incident that happened to him 10 years ago.
As the series begins, Yusaku sees the chance to capture this AI, which he names Ai, who sets off a digital maelstrom in LINK VRAINS known as the Data Storm. Both the Knights and SOL Technologies are also after a peculiar self-aware artificial intelligence program, who holds the key to a secret area inside the network named the Cyberse World, which the Knights of Hanoi seek to destroy. As a mysterious hacker organization known as the Knights of Hanoi, led by Varis, threatens this world, a high-school student and hacking genius named Yusaku Fujiki battles against them under the guise of Playmaker. In a place known as Den City, thousands of duelists take part in a virtual reality space known as LINK VRAINS, created by SOL Technologies, where users can create unique avatars and participate in games of Duel Monsters with each other. See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS characters It also introduces the game mechanic of "Link Summon", but unlike previous series, attempts to provide shared spotlight with other game-relevant types of summoning mechanics as well. The series revolves around the exploits of the protagonist Yusaku within the virtual world named VRAINS. The term 'VRAINS' derives from 'Virtual Reality' (VR), 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI), 'Network System' (NS). The series was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, which premiered in Japan on April 4, 2020. It has premiered in the United States on Novemon Pluto TV.
It is being simulcast outside of Asia by Crunchyroll courtesy of Konami Cross Media NY.
The series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from to September 25, 2019. It is the fifth anime spin-off in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS ( 遊☆戯☆王VRAINS, Yūgiō Vureinzu) is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop.