Anime Vanguards is a tower defense game where you summon anime-style units and place them around the map to stop waves of enemies before they leak through. Gems pull your units, and during a match you spend in-round cash to upgrade them as the waves get heavier.
Where you put a unit matters as much as which unit it is, so corners and bends let area attackers hit the path from two sides. A team that wins on hard maps mixes damage with support and keeps its gold flowing instead of stacking only expensive heavy hitters. Elements like Passion, Spark, and Cosmic add another layer across Story, Raids, and Tournaments.
- Creator
- Kitawari
- Game Created
- January 28, 2024
- Last Updated On
- September 18, 2026
- Age Requirement
- All Ages
- Genre
- Strategy
- Subgenre
- Tower Defense
- Supported Devices
- DesktopMobileTabletConsoleVR
Game data
Gamemodes:
Anime Vanguards modes cover campaign progression, co-op farming, endurance runs, team testing, and competitive scoring. Story and Legend build your route forward, while restrictions in Dungeons, Elemental Towers, PvP, and other specialized modes change how you prepare a team. Rotating modes can refresh their targets and rewards, so check their rules before committing a run.
Banners:
Anime Vanguards uses rotating banners to shape how you spend Gems and event currency. Special is the regular unit route, Selection lets you set the middle Mythic, Event uses temporary event currency, and Special Memoria is for Memorias. Check the Index before pulling so you know the active pool, odds, and pity rules.
Units:
Anime Vanguards units drive the whole team-building loop, from early Rare and Epic picks to Mythic, Secret, Exclusive, and Vanguard goals. Compare rarity, element, type, passives, costs, place limits, and upgrade counts before planning upgrades or evolutions.
Items:
Anime Vanguards items connect the unit-building loop together: materials evolve units, currencies unlock shops and rewards, food levels units, portals open special challenges, and quest items push progression forward.
Evolutions:
Anime Vanguards evolutions turn selected base units into stronger forms, special variants, or later chain results. Compare the base unit, evolved result, rarity, stage, material summary, and availability before spending rare items.
Traits:
Anime Vanguards traits change how a unit performs after a reroll, from major pity traits like Monarch and Ethereal to basic tiered boosts like Vigor, Swift, and Range. Compare chance, pity, stat effects, and best-use notes before spending rerolls.
Memorias:
Memorias are one of Anime Vanguards' main unit-building systems. They add flat stats, passive effects, specialty-unit bonuses, and in some cases evolution paths, so they are worth checking before committing materials to a team.
Familiars:
Familiars are one of Anime Vanguards' unit-upgrade systems. They add extra effects, stat ranges, element buffs, or unit-specific behavior, so checking the familiar list helps players decide what fits a build before rerolling or corrupting a familiar.
Elements:
Elements are one of the small systems that can quietly change a unit's value in Anime Vanguards. Check them when a unit needs debuff protection, same-element support, boss damage, damage-reduction bypass, crit rate, or special cleanse/immunity behavior.
Enemies:
Anime Vanguards enemies and bosses fill the Enemy Index across story and raid maps. Compare map, type, act, danger level, abilities, mutators, multipliers, overshield, and unlock chance when tracking missing entries or preparing for harder waves.
Maps Stages:
Maps and stages shape most Anime Vanguards progression. Story maps build your account, Legend Stages and Raids add harder farming routes, Dungeons and Rifts bring special mechanics, Boss Events focus on rotating boss fights, and PvP has its own arena pool.
Mounts:
Mounts increase lobby travel speed and come from bundles, events, achievements, or mode shops. Availability matters because many bundle and event routes have ended, while achievement and shop rewards require a specific clear or currency. Pick a route that matches the content you already play, then save the exact token or finish the named challenge.
Modifiers:
Modifiers change stage rules, enemy defenses, counters, and boss attacks in Anime Vanguards. Effects and cooldowns show whether a threat repeats on a timer or triggers from a spawn, health threshold, hit count, or special action. Starting Cards shape the run early, Stacking Cards build repeated pressure, and Dungeon-Exclusive Cards offer bonuses or tradeoffs that need the right team.
Cosmetics:
Cosmetics give Anime Vanguards units visual looks tied to an exact character or Normal/Shiny variant. Standard Cosmetics follow banner unit groups, Skins use event, bundle, or competitive routes, and Special Cosmetics connect to modes such as Raids, Rifts, Portals, Dungeons, and Worldlines. Availability shows whether the acquisition group is open or limited, so the unit form and route should be matched before chasing a look.
Emotes:
Emotes are player expressions earned through achievement groups, Trophy Exchange, mode shops, unit evolution, or bundles. Shop routes use their named currencies, while God Requiem comes from evolving Haruka Rin and Piano Emote comes from its bundle. Availability and Obtainment show whether the route is open and what progress or currency it needs.
Profile Customization:
Profile Customization covers Titles, Profile Banners, and Cursors that change a label, backdrop, or pointer. Unlocks can use Trophies, achievements, unit ownership or evolution, shops, leaderboards, staff roles, gamepasses, and bundles. Availability separates practical goals from retired routes and restricted awards, so the status matters as much as the requirement.
Stat Ranks:
Stat ranks add percentage bonuses to a unit's Damage, SPA, and Range, with separate grades for each stat. The Cyan NPC can reroll or transfer them, and 100% Stat Potential changes the rank chances after a unit reaches 5,000 takedowns. Evolution can raise eligible grades, but Z+ cannot become Godly through evolution.
Crafting Recipes:
Crafting at the Upgrades-area station combines essences, materials, and Gold into new items. Synthesis trades duplicate eligible Legend Stage evolution drops for a chosen result, while dismantling converts colored essences back into Green Essence. Check the action type and inputs before spending because each system returns materials differently.
Collectibles
Achievements:
Achievements reward Story clears, Raid and Dungeon challenges, Collector progress, and long-term objectives for named units. Each objective sits inside a group with its own requirement and reward. Finishing every required objective in that group unlocks a separate Completion Bonus or Bonus Rewards entry, which can add currency, rerolls, mounts, emotes, or other rewards.
Anime Vanguards: Extermination Event Pt. 2 Gameplay Tips
- Build around jobs, not rarity alone. A smoother team usually needs damage, slowing or support, farming value, boss pressure, and enough coverage for the stage layout.
- Save rare evolution items and rerolls for units you actually plan to keep using. A strong upgrade matters more when it lands on a carry or support slot already doing work.
- Pick the mode before planning the farm. Story maps, Legend Stages, Raids, Dungeons, Rifts, Boss Events, and PvP all push different rewards and team needs.
- Check the smaller systems when a team feels stuck. Elements, familiars, memorias, traits, and enemy mechanics can change a run even when the unit roster looks strong.
Anime Vanguards: Extermination Event Pt. 2 Events
Recent updates, live events, and completed event history for Anime Vanguards: Extermination Event Pt. 2.
25th Hour
CompletedStarts (PT): Aug 10, 2026, 6:00 PM.Ends (PT): Aug 11, 2026, 6:00 PM
Extermination Event Pt. 2
CompletedStarts (PT): Jul 27, 2026, 2:10 PM.Ends (PT): Jul 28, 2026, 11:00 AM
Stargazing
CompletedStarts (PT): Jul 12, 2026, 2:30 PM.Ends (PT): Jul 13, 2026, 1:00 PM
Extermination Event Pt. 1
CompletedStarts (PT): Jul 5, 2026, 1:30 PM.Ends (PT): Jul 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
The Extermination Event Pt. 1 in Anime Vanguards: Godly Ascension focuses on clearing extermination stages to earn Event Coins and unlock powerful upgrades. Players can expect...
Eternal Adversaries
CompletedStarts (PT): Jun 21, 2026, 5:30 PM.Ends (PT): Jun 22, 2026, 5:00 PM
Godly Ascension
CompletedStarts (PT): May 30, 2026, 2:00 PM.Ends (PT): Jun 1, 2026, 2:00 PM
The Godly Ascension event lets players upgrade their Mythic units, especially the God unit, by performing Ascension to boost their base stats for tougher battles.
UPDATE 10 | PART 2
CompletedStarts (PT): Jan 11, 2026, 1:00 PM.Ends (PT): Jan 17, 2026, 1:00 PM















































































