Teifore: Legend of the Mystical Dragons

Teifore: Legend of the Mystical Dragons is a Japanese-South Korean animated series and multimedia franchise based on the Card Warriors trilogy of films and television series, which itself is based on the trading card game. The show is a reboot/refresh of the film trilogy and original television series, but with production now being in Japan and South Korea and the show will have a 2D art style, with CG being used for heavy action sequences. The show will also focus on trying to push out the card game worldwide.

Characters

 * A
 * B
 * C
 * D
 * E
 * F

Reoccurring characters

 * FA
 * FB
 * FC
 * FD
 * FE
 * FF
 * FG
 * FH

Minor characters

 * EA
 * EB
 * EC
 * ED
 * EE
 * EF
 * EG
 * EH
 * EI

Production
Production of the show started in the winter of 2019, where Firebasket Japan and then-SurgeAnime met with Beta Cartoon executives for a new animated series set and animated in Japan, and after negotiations that went for a few months, the show was officially put into production in February of 2020. The show was originally set to be released in July of 2020, but due to the coronavirus, as well as delays in the card game and the original series, it was delayed to October of that year. The first season currently has a 48 episode order, which will be either be extended or shortened by the performance of the show worldwide where it gets released in the spring of 2021 on the various networks of then-SurgeAnime and Beta Cartoon, with EXO having worldwide rights alongside then-SurgeAnime.

A second season compiling of another 48 episodes was announced in the summer of 2021, to be released in the spring of 2022. Two television specials were to be aired in December and February to promote new booster sets. Nightway Productions would leave production of Teifore during production of Season Two.

Before the end of 2022, Vision Animation Japan would close it's doors. A few animators that didn't join Studio Acesky's H studio would form Studio Kaze, of which joined the production for the rest of the season.

A third season compiling of 44 episodes was announced in the fall of 2022, to be released in the late spring of 2023. A.C.G.T and SurgeKorea Animation would leave the production, with OLM Team Kato and Studio VOLN replacing the two studios.

Series overview

 * Season One (October 24, 2020 - September 25, 2021, 48 episodes)
 * Season Two (April 2, 2022 - March 4, 2023, 48 episodes)

Television specials and films
Two hour long television specials were produced in the summer of 2021 after production of Season One has ended, to air in December 2021 and February 2022. After the second special ended, it was rumored that a theatrical film would be produced for 2023.

Manga
A manga based on the first season started in the spring of 2021, and a original "filler" storyline was produced during the Fall 2021/Winter 21/22 hiatus, with the storyline slated to end in June 2022, so that the manga could adapt the second season.

Video game
A video game was announced in April of 2022, to be released for the Holiday 2022 season, produced by Comet Game Studios.

Impact
Ever since the broadcast of the anime in Japan, sales of the card game doubled, and it had a big impact in Asia, while in America, it had a decently sized but small impact due to card games not really be the norm and Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, among others still king.