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Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS S1E3 — First Contact

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Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS•Season 1•Episode 3

First Contact

7.1/10 · 22 votesMay 24, 201724 min

Ranked #21 of 46 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

Yusaku begins to examine the information hidden in the Mysterious Lifeform. Meanwhile, after his Duel against the Knights in the network, he became famous as the hero who saved Link VRAINS. Learning that the lifeform is with Playmaker, SOL Technology sets up an operation to

Directed byYasumi Mikamoto

Written byShin Yoshida

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Shoya Ishige

Shoya Ishige

Yuusaku Fujiki (voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Ryoken Kogami (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Ai (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Takeru Homura (voice)

Taku Yashiro

Taku Yashiro

Flame (voice)

Yuki Nakashima

Yuki Nakashima

Aoi Zaizen (voice)

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Shin Yoshida

Writer

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Mizuki Sato

Animation Director

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Yasumi Mikamoto

Director

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Issei Hasegawa

Animation Director

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Masahiro Takada

Storyboard Artist

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Masahiro Hosoda

Series Director

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Episode Summary

"First Contact" is episode 3 of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS season 1. It scored 7.1/10 from 22 votes, ranking #21 of 46 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Directed by Yasumi Mikamoto and written by Shin Yoshida, it aired on May 24, 2017.

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