Accepting his sister's request, Akira began to describe the "Lost Incident" where a secret organization six children were kidnapped, Playmaker being one of the victims. Akira immediately assumed that Playmaker was the culprit for Skye's predicament and worked with Ghost Gal to turn all of LINK VRAINS into a trap to capture Playmaker. Emma believed Akira wanted her and Skye to capture the Ignis to avoid such an incident. Storm Access", Yu-Gi-Oh! [11], When Gore visited his office, Akira helped him by giving him Knight of Hanoi avatar so he can lure out Playmaker and Duel him. Akira wished that Go defeated Playmaker and retrieved an AI Program that he had. When Playmaker questioned Ghost Girl and Akira about why they were in the data bank, she explained they, were after the data as well. After witnessing Blue Angel getting slightly injured and fearing she would become the Deleted, he decide to log into LINK VRAINS and stop the Duel between them but was stopped by Hayami who encouraged him to watch the duel instead and felt relieved after Blue Angel won. The former welcomed them, and thanked them for coming. Playmaker saw Akira knew nothing of his goal, as he Link Summoned "Firewall Dragon". The latter attacked "Firewall Dragon", whom Playmaker protected with "Doppler Phase Coating". Her standard attire is a uniform that consists of a slate-colored jacket with a light blue trim, which she wears over a light yellow jumper. However, he was trapped in a cage made of vines to prevent him from come closer to Blue Angel. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy. [17] As Ghost Gal was helped by someone in entering the Data Storm, she had her cameras record the Duel between Varis and Playmaker, allowing Akira to remotely see it. Hayami confirmed this, referring to Akira as the Executive Director, due to his new promotion. Emma felt something was going on, in this peaceful era. This made Skye genuinely happy and she gave a cheerful smile to him. Akira grew to utterly hate Playmaker after his Duel against Blue Angel which resulted in Skye falling comatose. He refrained from explaining further after Playmaker told him to stop and went on recount the story himself. Ghost Gal reminded him he had people to take care of, for many accounts could not log out. As the Gore had his life endangered, Akira ordered his employees to force him to log out. Emma reminded that Akira hired bounty hunters to track Playmaker down, but realized Akira wanted to find Ignis without SOL Technologies' permission. He later learns to accept Skye going into Link VRAINS, as shown by how he allowed Skye to go with Emma to capture the Ignis in order to learn the truth. He utilizes a variety of Trap Cards to not only prevent the destruction of his Monsters, but strengthen his own arsenal as well. He admitted he knew the pain Playmaker bore, as he and Aoi lost their parents. Japanese [6] He is the former security manager of SOL Technologies until reinstated in Season 2.[7]. [23], Blue Angel suddenly appeared, much to Akira's surprise, and asked to hear the truth about the incident ten years ago before the duel ended. Gore questioned why Akira didn't inform them of this earlier, but was reminded they were only hired to capture Playmaker and his Ignis. VRAINS anime. He bet Ai for the data, and Akira accepted, seeing this was the only way to defeat Playmaker. 's Hymn" to get 800 LP to survive the direct attack. Sie ist die sechste Animeserie im Yu-Gi-Oh!-Franchise und wurde in Japan von 2017 bis 2019 gezeigt. With Jake Paque, Barrett Leddy, Mark Schenfisch, Danny Kramer. Go's manager said that Gore was not a Duelist who was after money. He also lost his cool when he is unable to stop the Duel between her and Playmaker. Thinking how he saved Syke when she was infected by the virus, he wanted to thank him for that. Emma stated Playmaker was after consciousness data, leading Skye to believe there was a connection towards the Ignis and that data. [45], The next day, he came to Emma's hideout, to warn her and Skye of the Ignis, as well as Bohman, who pose threat to humanity. He is a video game depiction of Akira Zaizen, a character from the Yu-Gi-Oh! After capturing Playmaker with LINK VRAINS, Akira questioned and tortured him while refusing to believe that Hanoi caused Skye's comatose. Akira apologized, and stated that "the special mission" was still in preparation: Gore was still finishing the program needed to execute. Ai wanted to stop Lightning, and while they did not know how would the war look like, Yusaku feared a much bigger threat than the Tower of Hanoi. Akira helps George, and warns him of the dangers of the experimental chip. She reminded that they had to help other people out; since they could not log out, Akira thought of restarting the system. Later, he, Bishop, Knight and Rook discussed about the incident caused by the duel between Playmaker and Knight of Hanoi. [28] Hayami alerted Akira about a footage of a Duel in LINK VRAINS. Later, Akira and Emma were watching Playmaker's infiltration in the system on the latter's computer. While both men expressed their disbelief at working with each other again, Gore declined to explain his own reasons for doing so. The hacker was defeated, but the program to hurt them started falling to Ghost Gal. Aoi is a fair-skinned young woman. VRAINS episode 24:"The Fate Shouldered by the Dark Mask", Yu-Gi-Oh! On the third turn, Ghost Gal and Akira charged, only to see Shepherd continued hiding, for he intended them to be decoys. VRAINS anime and is the step-brother of Yusaku's classmate Aoi Zaizen. It was why he needed to protect the code key, and demanded Ai to go back. Akira Special Summons "Tindangle Acute Cerberus". Playmaker claimed even if Akira believed revenge was pointless, he still discovered that the Knights of Hanoi had involvement in the project. Deck It began airing on TV Tokyo in Japan on May 10, 2017. Akira seeing that Soulburner's card are cyber cards. Kolter introduced himself as Unnamed, who had provided support for the other two avatars. Tindangle Hayami confirmed this, since her specialty was managing equipment, which was stored in a special room inside SOL Technologies building. Seeing Kitamura developed the AI army to confront the Knights of Hanoi, Akira reminded them unlike Aoi, the AI-s could not be turned into Anothers, and forbade her to enter LINK VRAINS. Ghost Gal noticed that Ai sought revenge on the company, and Shepherd assumed it was just because he was an AI program. However, she got too excited and spilled some coffee on the table. Akira told that the culprit even revealed their identity, and played the message they had left behind. A TV special, Yu-Gi-Oh!LABO, was aired between April 5, 2017 and May 3, 2017 to introduce its characters and setting.It can be legally watched on Crunchyroll with subtitles here. This allowed Playmaker to attack Akira directly with "Decode Talker" and drop his LP to 1100, though the latter monster was then destroyed by Akira's "Tindangle Delaunay". Akira simply asked of them to be ready to capture Playmaker. Anime debut View and download this 1106x722 Yu-Gi-Oh! Akira refused, and Ai started to complain, claiming he is the great Ignis everyone was searching for. Soulburner thought they'd turn themselves in to the police, to which Varis confirmed, but only after they hunted the Ignis down. 財 (ざい) 前 (ぜん) 晃 (あきら) 財前 晃ざいぜん あきらRōmaji: (Zaizen Akira) The culprit hacked by their company's SOLtiS androids, which Shepherd found humorous. Varis smiled, and asks about Ai's whereabouts. VRAINS anime; Akira Hukui, a mentioned character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! On the other hand, Akira dislikes Yusaku's alter ego "Playmaker" for having stolen Ai. Akira Zaizen Just before he fell paralyzed, Akira remembered Blue Maiden, and managed to press the button to activate the virus bomb, thus stopping Bohman's Skill. However, Bohman managed to beat Blue Maiden, and Akira screamed at his sister's defeat. Akira attacked Playmaker's "Flame Administrator" and halved Playmaker's LP. The series is being simulcast with English subtitles outside of Asia by Crunchyroll. In addition, Akira and Skye used "Tindangle" monsters to Link Summon "Tindangle Acute Cerberus". Akira reminded the importance of winning, else Skye's sacrifice would've been in vain, and all of this would lead to more victims. The series features Charisma Duelists who use VR and are similar to YouTubers. He wanted to thank Playmaker, who immediately logged out, and logged out as well. [14] He added that Ai was captured by a hacker named "Playmaker". Go simply stated his reasons were his own, and did not want to explain himself. Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) (62) Yu-Gi-Oh! Akira knew that consequence, but feared of worse possibilities if they did nothing. Since "Security Gardna" was placed on the top link of "Tindangle Acute Cerberus", Akira used "Gergonne's End" to nuke all monsters linked to inflict massive damage on Playmaker, believing the latter has lost hope in winning. He then asked doctor about Aoi's condition and learned that she is in coma and don't know when she'll wake up. They also noticed the real Ai having quickly defeated Dr. Genome and Baira. When he saw Blue Angel summon "Dark Angel", he went in panic and tried to stop the Duel between them. Barrett Leddy[4] Much to his displeasure, the two dodged the trap, which two of bounty hunters have triggered and were blown away. He wanted to shed some light over the incident, and Ghost Gal added Akira was demoted, due to the incident with Varis. Akira wished everything would go as planned, and logged out. Before leaving, Akira told Gore that if he changed his mind, he could contact him anytime. He then went to hospital and attempt to follow her to emergency room but was stopped by a nurse. Playmaker saw Akira knew nothing of his goal, as he Link Summoned "Firewall Dragon". VRAINS episode 14:"Ghost Girl's Invitation", Yu-Gi-Oh! Playmaker demanded the name of the mastermind, but Akira refused to give out the name, fearing this would only feed Playmaker's desire for revenge and hatred. Akira ordered Ghost Gal to follow Varis and Playmaker, but Ghost Gal was unable to enter the Data Storm. Ai realized Akira played a Flip monster deck, with unique strategies. One of them was integrated into Akira's Duel Disk, to share knowledge about their enemy's possible moves. Dr. Kogami explained anyone that is trapped inside the Tower of Hanoi cannot leave, and once the tower was completed, data worldwide would be erased. S2: Three months have passed since the Tower of Hanoi was stopped and Knights of Hanoi defeated. Before leaving, Akira told Onizuka that if he changed his mind, he could contact him anytime. Akira pointed out the pointlessness of summoning the monsters, as Playmaker was unable to attack. [67], However, she didn't want to see her brother getting hurt, and wanted to protect him, to which Ai provoked her into fighting him. She wanted to ask him what is an Ignis, as Emma told her that Akira would have answers. Also when asked when is the next match Blue Angel vs Playmaker he clearly says no in means to protect her. [32], With Varis' defeat, Playmaker stopped the Tower of Hanoi, which emitted the data back. [39], Akira informed Gore and Shepherd of the gate in the restricted area, through which Playmaker and Soulburner had gone to. VRAINS episode 5:"The Three Count Rings", Yu-Gi-Oh! Emma stated they had to wait for the gate to be reopened, while Akira wished there was a way to speak with Playmaker. Akira was shocked, but Emma claimed this was just to make connections with that company. Blue Maiden added that they'd have control over SOLtiS androids, too. [29], He stormed back to his apartment, ignoring his robot servant, only to see Skye unconscious. Instead, he wanted to Duel both siblings for the code key, to give them a chance. Despite this, he appears to genuinely care for Skye, and seems to be rather protective of her as he advises her to quit Speed Dueling out of concern for her safety, and when he is asked whether Blue Angel will duel Playmaker, he says no so as to protect her. Hayami reported no problems, and the two observed the world of LINK VRAINS, which became a cyberspace, where people around the world could connect to. Hayami was worried that they didn't get approval from the boss, but Akira stated they had no time for that, for something big would occur soon, for Playmaker warned him about that. It first aired in Japan on July 17, 2019. Playmaker continued on defensive, as Akira noted that "Link Processing Failure" would stop Spectre's monsters from attacking. In fact, the attacker announced he'd fight Akira and take his code key. When Playmaker ordered Akira to move, he refused and admitted that he obtained the data, learning what happened to Playmaker ten years ago. However, when Revolver appeared and told Akira that he could capture Ai or save Aoi, he reluctantly freed Playmaker and apologized to him for violently toturing him. Akira let Blue Maiden use "Tindangle Returner" to her tactics. He logged in to LINK VRAINS and ran off to Blue Angel, who was lying on the floor. The effect activated, seemingly dealing 4500 LP damage to Playmaker. Hayami believed it to be a Hanoi trap, but Akira nevertheless ordered the bounty hunters to go in and investigate. Still, he swore to protect Skye and keep her happy. She noted that just as nobody would stand up to Playmaker, nobody would prevent her brother from protecting her, causing Akira to smile. Playmaker trusted that Akira was a good person, but doubted he knew anything about the pain he bore. Yu-Gi-Oh! Playmaker tried to have "Firewall Dragon", enhanced with "Alert Lancer", attack "Tindangle Token" to finish the Duel. Akira was then interrogated by Bishop, Knight, and Rook when they found out that Blue Angel was related to him and wondered if she was secretly working with Hanoi. Akira was not displeased, since his wish to cure Aoi was fulfilled when Playmaker gave out the virus removal program. Akira learned from Ghost Girl that Blue Angel logged out of LINK VRAINS and was happy. When they asked him whether there would be a match between Playmaker and Blue Angel, Akira told them that it would never happen. Akira felt uneasy about the title, even if he was second-in-command, while Hayami reminded he was one of the people that saved LINK VRAINS. Episode 1. Yu-Gi-Oh! However, the Queen appeared on the screen, reminding Akira not to interfere. Ai has discovered Zaizen and Blue Maiden in the network, and in order to seize control of SOL Technologies' system, he challenges the two of them to a Duel. The latter became sad upon hearing the latter's name, while Ghost Gal exclaimed they could not wait around any longer. [10] After Playmaker defeated the Knight, Akira wondered if Playmaker and Ai have teamed up. There, Akira came to Skye's bed and watched as she woke up from her coma. However, Akira didn't think it would be a good idea to shut down LINK VRAINS for their company didn't decrease in profits and the Data Storm was confirmation that Cyberse was safe. Akira asked of her to give such data to him, but Emma stated she was not forced to do so, claiming he could pay her. However, the trap was too complex, and the attempt failed. She left, claiming Playmaker could buy such data to know more about the ten-year-past incident.[23]. Akira greeted them, since he requested their meeting. Skye looked at Yusaku, who simply stated he was fighting for himself. While Akira cried that she was restored, Skye smiled, seeing how her brother cared for her. Despite taking a lot of damage to his body, George claimed he "seized it". Yu-Gi-Oh! Hayumi analyzed that Soulburner's cards were not found in SOL Technologies' database. Akira was also surprise when Playmaker told him he only hates Hanoi. Akira wished that Go protected Link VRAIN and if he succeeded, Sol Technologies would become his main sponsor. Since the bridge collapsed soon after his defeat, Specter's current status is unknown. Akira also stated the SOL Technologies' data bank contained the name of the mastermind behind the Hanoi Project. Personal He showed two routes out of the central station. They saw a pedestal with golden pillars, where the data about 10 years ago was located. Duel Hour block. Akira realized they were Cyberse cards, and suspected Soulburner could be one of the victims of Hanoi Project. VRAINS episode 7:"Angel of Hanoi", Yu-Gi-Oh! In order to block Playmaker's attacks, Spectre showed Akira was captured. VRAINS episode 10:"Impact! Akira already reinforced his defenses by setting a monster, a card and Special Summoning "Tindangle Base Gardna". Since the latter's ATK would be doubled by "Judgment Arrows", Akira and Blue Maiden glared each other before the former played "Marincess Decision" in the GY. He thought he would soon be rejoined with Skye, and vanished. Akira was furious, wondering what was Ghost Girl thinking. Blue Maiden noted the final battle has started, Akira put his final hopes in these heroes. Akira is a man who values work above all other things. By the end of Season 3, Akira becomes CEO of SOL Technologies, succeeding Queen as the Top Executive. He went to the computer to authorize this action, but was rejected. He claimed Playmaker was too conceited in the past, and he would not feel happiness, just like Akira didn't. Go's manager said that Onizuka wasn't a Duelist who was after money. Seeing Kitamura sent two AIs to Duel Playmaker, Akira and Emma logged into LINK VRAINS, and went deeper to access the data bank.[24]. Male Akira turned around, but was surprised to see Playmaker survived as "Security Gardna" prevented all effect damage during that turn. "Tindangle Hound's" effect caused "Firewall Dragon's" ATK to be reduced. However, he protected her and fell down in defeat. Akira wanted to stop the project, but the Queen, in person, arrived to have the experiment continued, for the company would prosper for these AI chips. Skye asked him what happened, and was told the Queen has fallen. Ai noted it was the scary pooch again, while Akira then used the latter's effect to set "Tindangle Intruder" and gain its ATK, which summed up to 4700. Akira was surprised Playmaker would continue fighting, though he swore he wouldn't fall and continued his turn. While Ai revived "Fire Phoenix", Pandor continued sensing a great pain from Ai, a similar feeling when the other copies of Pandor had been deleted. When he woke up, Akira complemented him, but reminded he was taking too much damage. The next installment will likely focus on Pandor and her background as a hunter of the Ignis. Ai's distinct features that distinguishes him from the other Ignis is his pointed top and his clown shoe like feet. Peace has returned and LINK VRAINS is upgraded to New LINK VRAINS. Akira appears to genuinely cares for Aoi, and seems to be rather protective of her as he advises her to quit Speed Dueling out of concern for her safety. Akira activates the effect of "Tindangle Angel". VRAINS image with 1 favorites, or browse the gallery. Akira discusses the Duel between Playmaker and the knight of Hanoi with Bishop, Rook and Knight. The two ladies passed through the "gate"; Akira, who lost their signal, prayed for Skye's safe return. Akira was not pleased, since he could not touch the equipment that held the data. The series follows Yusaku Fujiki. Rook proposed to close down LINK VRAINS and perform some maintenance. Instead, he noted there was another bounty hunter. Akira added that due to the removal of Cyberse the supply of data material had steadily been decreasing and the performance of the network had fallen by 30%. "Zaizen"「財前」can be translated as "before wealth" or "before riches". Go was alarmed at the figure, while Blood Shepherd noticed the figure did not log out yet. : 10 Bad Cards That Are Great In Duel Links Characters in anime like Yu-Gi-Oh! Akira and Blue Maiden held hands, promised to never be apart ever again. He was contacted by his employee, as George was taking too much damage to his body. George was amused, since Akira led him to this experiment, but did not care what happened to him afterwards, though Akira simply stated he was just an employee. At sunset, Akira met Go Onizuka and his manager, he was surprised that Onizuka lived in a warehouse and thought he would have a lavish lifetime. Akira complied, and gave Emma a program that would force her to log out in dire circumstances. Soulburner demanded the reason why would Ai do this. This angered Playmaker and he went on to defeat Specter. They told him to control this incident, before the connection was severed. He seems to be a stubborn workaholic though in his conversation with Aoi he states that he cares about her. Kengo stated he was misled, for he didn't apply for the job to have a new Ignis created. Skye concluded that SOL Technologies have eradicated an Ignis, though Akira felt many of his company would disagree. [14] He then watched the Duel between Blue Angel and Playmaker and was angered that Skye disobeyed his orders.