Duel Masters Announced for Cartoon Network Broadcast

ICv2 News has reported that the Cartoon Network will begin airing the 26 episode Duel Masters anime TV series on March 13th, preceded by a 3 episode sneak peek broadcast during Toonami on February 27th. The Cartoon Network broadcast will coincide with the American release of the Duel Masters collectable card game (CCG) on March 5th.

Duel Masters was originally created by American game company Wizards of the Coast and licensed & developed by Shogakukan into a successful Japanese CCG.

The Duel Masters anime appears to be an obscure series that never aired on Japanese television but began its Japanese home video release last year. Even the official Japanese Shogakukan anime homepage does not mention Duel Masters. According to ICv2 News, the original Japanese combination of 2D characters and 3D CG rendered monsters in the anime series will be “enhanced” for its American release with additional American produced action sequences animated by Plastic Cow Studios.