Shows Like Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

Core Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise series — same card-game dueling format, monsters, and shounen anime tone.

Direct franchise sequel set at Duel Academy with the same Pendulum-era card-battle premise.

Same franchise — futuristic dueling spin on the card-game format Arc-V evolves from.

Immediate predecessor in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime line — same dueling, monster-summoning shounen formula.

Original Toei Yu-Gi-Oh! anime — foundation of the entire card-game/monsters franchise.

Card/toy-based monster battling shounen with proxy combat — closest non-Yu-Gi-Oh! analog.

Kid-aimed monster-summoning battle anime with tournaments and creature evolution — very close in audience and tone.

Classic shounen monster-battle adventure based on a game property, with similar fight-of-the-week structure.

Tournament-driven shounen action-fantasy with spirit/monster partners — same demographic and competitive format.

Long-running shounen action-fantasy with monsters and battles — different setting but similar audience.

High-school shounen battle anime with monsters and special weapons — adjacent power-and-monster fights.

Game-based fantasy action anime with summoned partners and battle setpieces — comparable game-IP roots.

Game-IP fantasy adventure with summon/monster combat across multiple worlds — fits the multi-dimension Arc-V vibe.

Shounen demon-tournament battle anime — similar tournament/duel arc structure with monsters.

Same lead VA (Kensho Ono); strategic battle anime with mecha proxy combat that echoes Arc-V's tactical duels.

Action-fantasy where summoned characters battle across worlds — thematically rhymes with Arc-V's dimensional duels.

Action shounen with monster-fighting warriors — darker tone but shared monster-battle DNA.

Game-derived hero with monster combat and adventure — adjacent power-fantasy appeal.

Kensho Ono lead with shounen tournament-competition structure — Arc-V's 'duel-tainer' tournaments share this beat.

Shounen action-fantasy with magic combat — broad genre overlap, lower direct match.