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This list does not contain anime and manga that were either just the basis-or-inspiration for a card game created afterwards (examples include Final Fantasy TCG, Fire Emblem: Trading Card Game, Pokémon TCG...) or created at same time as anime/manga (examples include Juvenile Orion, Kaijudo...), and don't feature playing cards as in-universe items.

List of anime and manga featuring playing cards

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List of manga, anime, OVA, ONA in which playing cards as items are either featured as a source of power of the holder/owner (i.e. playing cards are major part of the power system in the universe) or used in a card game that is played, i.e. contested among characters, as part of the plot in the universe. In the latter case it's commonly known as a card game anime/manga. That is, stories that have some kind of card game mechanics (collecting and/or trading of cards, card play between characters, end of the turn/hand, winning a hand...). In some cases those manga/anime/OVA/ONA also originates from a card game.

Legend:

TCG - trading card game / collectible card game (CCG)
LCG - living card game
CBG - card battle game
DCG - digital card game
SNG - social network game
— doesn't exist (specifically for card games or card decks it means they don't exist in real life, they are in-universe only items)
Note: TCGs (and other variants) are usually named in the following fashion "Franchise's name Trading Card Game" (or "Franchise's name TCG" for short), but in this table the order is reversed, that is "TCG Franchise's name" is used, to optimize sorting.
Anime Manga Original medium Playable card game
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Card deck 		Ref(s)
Year Title Year Title Year Creator(s) Medium Year Type
2012 Aikatsu! — — 2012 Bandai Arcade TCG Aikatsu! 2012 ATCG Aikatsu! [1][2]
2021 Aikatsu Planet! — — 2020 Bandai Arcade TCG Aikatsu Planet! 2020 ATCG Aikatsu Planet!
— — 2000 Aim to Be a Card Master! 2000 Interu manga TCG Pokemon [3]
2016 Ange Vierge — — 2014 Sega Online TCG Ange Vierge 2014 OTCG Ange Vierge
— — before 2012 Animal Kaiser 2007 Bandai Namco Entertainment Arcade TCG Animal Kaiser 2007 TCG Animal Kaiser [4]
2023 Bakugan — — 2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ? ? ?
2007 Bakugan Battle Brawlers — — 2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited anime/TCG Bakugan 2006 TCG Bakugan [1][2]
2018 Bakugan: Battle Planet — — 2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ? ? ?
2012 Baku Tech! Bakugan 2010 Baku Tech! Bakugan 2006/07 Sega Toys, Spin Master, Nelvana Limited ? ? ?
2008 Battle Spirits Series — — 2008 Bandai, Sunrise, Inc. TCG Battle Spirits 2008 TCG Battle Spirits [1]
— — 2017 Battling with an Elf Deck 2017 Kurou Ooma, Takashi Watanabe manga — TCG Magic Walker [5]
2021 Build Divide — — 2021 Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno anime/TCG Build Divide 2021 TCG Build Divide [1]
1998 Card Captor Sakura 1996 Card Captor Sakura 1996 Clamp manga — Clow Cards, Sakura Cards, Clear Cards [1][2]
2011 Cardfight!! Vanguard 2010 Cardfight!! Vanguard 2010 Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, Takaaki Kidani anime/manga/TCG Cardfight!! Vanguard 2011 TCG Cardfight!! Vanguard [1][2]
— — 2003 Chaosic Rune 2003 Kenji Yamamoto manga ? ? [3][6]
2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter 2012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter 2012 Square Enix Arcade TCG Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter ? Machine Cards
2011 Chihayafuru 2007 Chihayafuru 2011 Yuki Suetsugu manga n/a karuta [1]
— — 2022 Cipher Academy 2022 Nisio Isin, Yūji Iwasaki manga poker cards (Leaky Poker) [7]
2013 Day Break Illusion 2013 Day Break Illusion 2013 Haruyasu Akagi, Hidenori Tanaka, Michiko Itō anime n/a tarot cards
— — 2018 Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. 1993 Wizards of the Coast TCG Magic: The Gathering 1993 TCH Magic: The Gathering [3]
— — 2024 Digimon Liberator 2024 online manga — TCG Digimon card game [8]
2001 Digimon Tamers 2004 Digimon Tamers 2001 Akiyoshi Hongo anime — TCG Digimon card game [2]
2007 Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure 2006 Dinosaur King 2005 Sega Arcade TCG Dinosaur King 2008 ATCG&TCG Dinosaur King
2014 Dragon Collection 2011 Dragon Collection 2010 Konami SNG Dragon Collection ? ? [9]
2002 Dragon Drive 2001 Dragon Drive 2001 Kenichi Sakura manga — Dragon cards
2002 Duel Masters (2002–?) 1999 Duel Masters (1999–2002) 1993 Wizards of the Coast TCG Magic: The Gathering 1993 TCG Magic: The Gathering [1][2]
? Duel Masters (since ?) 2002 Duel Masters (since 2002) 2002 Shigenobu Matsumoto manga 2002 TCG Duel Masters
2006 Duel Masters Flash — — 2006 Koji Ueda anime 2002 TCG Duel Masters
2017 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 2011 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 2003 Hinowa Kōzuki light novel n/a tarot cards
2015 Exchange Student Zero — — 2015 anime [10]
2013 Fantasista Doll 2013 Fantasista Doll 2013 Toho, Gorō Taniguchi anime — TCG Fantasista Dolls [1]
2014 Future Card Buddyfight 2013 Future Card Buddyfight 2013/14 Bushiroad Online TCG Future Card Buddyfight 2013/14 OTCG Future Card Buddyfight [1][2][11]
2014 Gigant Big-Shot Tsukasa 2014 Bushiroad, Toru Hosokawa anime — Menko cards [12]
2023 High Card 2022 High Card -♢9 No Mercy 2022/23 Homura Kawamoto, Hikaru Muno anime/manga n/a poker cards (X-Playing cards) [13]
1999 Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Arc 1998 Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Arc 1998 Yoshihiro Togashi manga — TCG (Specified Slot Cards, Spell Cards, Free Slot Cards, Game Master-only Cards)
— — 2017 Ijin Game!! (Great Man Game) 2017 Katou Hironobu manga — TCG Grateful Magic [3]
— — 1999 King of Cards 1999 Makoto Tateno manga — TCG Chaos [3]
2012 La storia della Arcana Famiglia 2011 La storia della Arcana Famiglia 2011 HuneX visual novel n/a tarot cards [14]
2008 Live On Cardliver Kakeru ? Live On Cardliver Kakeru ? Choji Yoshikawa, POPLAR Publishing Co. TCG Live Battle Card: Live On ? TCG Live Battle Card: Live On [1][15][16]
2016 Luck & Logic — — 2016 Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, Yuhodo anime/TCG Luck & Logic — Logic Cards [1]
2016 We're Luck&Logic Club![Note 1] — — 2016 Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, Yuhodo anime/TCG Luck & Logic 2016 TCG Luck & Logic
2014 Majin Bone 2014 Majin Bone ?? Bandai DCG Majin Bone ?? DCG Majin Bone (Bone cards) [17]
2021 Mazica Party — — 2021 Takara Tomy, Dentsu anime/TCG Mazica Party 2021 TCG Mazica Party (Mazin cards) [18]
2005 Mix Master — — 2003 Cymedia MMORPG, Mix Master Online — Hench cards [1]
2000 Mon Colle Knights 1999 Mon Colle Knights 1997 Hitoshi Yasuda, Group SNE TCG Monster Collection 1997 TCG Monster Collection (Monster cards) [1][2]
2014 Oreca Battle 2012 Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle 2012 Konami Arcade TCG Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle 2012 TCG Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle
2004 Pretty Cure ? Pretty Cure 2004 Izumi Todo anime — Pretty Cure Cards, Dream Cards, PreCards
2020 Rebirth — — 2020 Bushiroad TCG Rebirth for you 2020 TCG Rebirth for you [19]
2011 Redakai — — ? ? anime or TCG Redakai ? TCG Redakai
2011 Rio: Rainbow Gate! — — 2003 Tecmo pachinko games Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen — Gate cards [20]
2016 Lostorage incited WIXOSS & Lostorage conflated WIXOSS — — 2014 Hobby Japan TCG WIXOSS 2014 TCG WIXOSS (LRIGs)
2014 Selector Infected WIXOSS & Selector Spread WIXOSS — — 2014 Hobby Japan TCG WIXOSS 2014 TCG WIXOSS (LRIGs) [1]
2020 Shadowverse — — 2016 Cygames Online TCG Shadowverse 2016 OTCG Shadowverse [1]
2000 Shinzo (Mushrambo) — — 2000 Izumi Todo, Mayori Sekijima Anime — En-Cards
2016 Soul Buster[Note 2] ? Soul Buster ? ? card game or manhua ? TCG Soul Buster [21][22]
2009 Summer Wars 2009 Summer Wars 2009 Mamoru Hosoda, Madhouse anime n/a hanafuda
2007 Tai Chi Chasers ? ? ? ? ? — Tai Chi cards
— — 2005 Touhou Sangetsusei ZUN Soft video game — Spell cards
2015 Turning Mecard — — 2014 Sonokong, Choirock Toyline Turning Mecard ? ?
— — 2017 UNBOY 2017 Narack manga ? [3]
2009 Weiss Survive ? Weiss Survive ? Bushiroad, Takuya Fujima anime/manga 2008 TCG Weiß Schwarz [1]
— — 2013 Wizard's Soul 2013 Aki Eda manga 1993 TCG Magic: The Gathering [3]
1998 Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 Kazuki Takahashi manga 1999 TCG Yu-Gi-Oh! [1][2]
2014 Z/X: Ignition 2012 Z/X Zillions of enemy X ? Nippon Ichi Software, Broccoli TCG Z/X ? TCG Z/X [1]
2019/20 Zenonzard The Animation 2019 ? ? Bandai Namco Entertainment ? — CBG Zenonzard [23]

List of anime and manga that only originates from a card game

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List of manga, anime, OVA, ONA that are based on a card game but the card game or the playing cards as in-universe items are not part of the plot, that is card game mechanics (collecting and/or trading of cards, card play between characters, end of the turn/hand, winning a hand...) is not part of the story.

Year Title Original medium Ref(s)
Year Creator(s) Card game
2002 Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution ? ? TCG Aquarian Age
? Force of Will the Movie 2012 Force of Will Inc. TCG Force of Will [24]
2018 Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King 2008 Square Enix CCG Lord of Vermilion
2015 Venus Project: Climax 2015 Galat CBRPG Venus Project

See also (Similar)

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  • Beast Saga, energy bodies with destructive power called "Godlots", where each one is composed of three parts, are scattered around the planet and collected
  • Dragon Nest: Shungeki no Sedo (2010) by TATSUBON, enchanted Power Stones are collected
  • Enmusu (Renai Shusse Emaki En x Musu) (2002) by Takahiro Seguchi, talismans, of which there are 15 in existence, are collected for a prize[25][26]
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, magicians search and collect a set of 21 artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds"
  • Medabots (Medarot), Medafighters/Medarotters collect robot medals and Medaparts and use them with Medawatch/Medarotch in Robattles.
  • Monster Rancher, search and battles for Mystery Discs and Monster Tablets
  • Psyren, Psyren calling cards
  • The Rolling Girls, vigilantes search and collect moonlight stones that supposedly make a person possesses unlimited power when worn
  • Smash Bomber (2006) by Hiroyuki Takei & DAIGO - individual and team battles with and for special discs, among which golden discs are the rarest[27][28]
  • Yo-kai Watch, instead of cards coin-like discs called Yo-kai Medals that are stored in a book called Yo-kai Medallium are used

Notes

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  1. ^ It does not share the same universe with the other media in the Luck & Logic franchise. It was aired during the one minute before every episode of the Luck & Logic anime, and will be continued along with new anime series. All episodes can be found on Youtube and Blu-Ray.
  2. ^ Based on the classic Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Soul Buster Card Game presents the story in modern day China. The Soul Buster Card Game was adapted into an anime.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "The 20 Best Anime Based on Trading Card Games". 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "10 Best Anime About Trading Card Games". 18 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "7 Great Card Battle Manga Without Anime". 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ https://mangadex.org/title/985b11f5-dab8-4319-a045-fefe9937de64/great-animal-kaiser
  5. ^ "Elf Deck to Senjougurashi".
  6. ^ "Chaosic Rune".
  7. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Just Lost its Title as Shonen Jump's Wildest Card Game Manga". Screen Rant. 17 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Comic｜Digimon Liberator".
  9. ^ "Dragon Collection (TV Series 2014–2015) - Plot - IMDb". IMDb.
  10. ^ "Upcoming Australian-made card game battle anime is a confusing mix of genres". 6 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Future Card Buddyfight Manga Ends, but New Series Launches in May (Updated)".
  12. ^ "Bushiroad Makes Card Game Comedy Anime Gigant Shooter Tsukasa". Anime News Network. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  13. ^ "High Card (TV) - Anime News Network".
  14. ^ https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/features/2018/9/20/romance-is-in-the-cards-a-look-at-la-storia-della-arcana-famiglia?srsltid=AfmBOoprCfK81-taBNMFOHZds4xtevceLToNNNSoCDlJ4f6dQhEHCuKG
  15. ^ "Cardliver, Ghost School Manga Get TV Anime (Updated)".
  16. ^ "Live Battle Card: Live-On DS Images - LaunchBox Games Database".
  17. ^ "Majin Bone".
  18. ^ "Takara Tomy Reveals Mazica Party Franchise with April TV Anime".
  19. ^ "Rebirth (TV Series) (2020)".
  20. ^ "Rio - Rainbow Gate! (TV) - Anime News Network".
  21. ^ "Studio Pierrot Unveils Soul Buster Chinese Co-Production Anime for October".
  22. ^ "Soul Buster Card Game (Chinese)".
  23. ^ "Zenonzard".
  24. ^ "Force of Will Anime Film's 1st Trailer Previews Cthulu-based Short 'L.S'".
  25. ^ "Renai Shusse Emaki en x Musu".
  26. ^ "Enmusu (Manga) - Anime News Network".
  27. ^ "Smash Bomber".
  28. ^ Smash Bomber. January 2006.
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