Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh!
	Cover of the first DVD volume, featuring the protagonist Yugi Mutou in the foreground and the Duelist Kingdom arc's antagonist, Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) in the background.
遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ; (Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu)
Genre	Adventure; Fantasy; Science fiction;
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Produced by	Hidetaka Ikuta; Naoki Sasada; Noriko Kobayashi;
Written by	Junki Takegami (#1–121); Atsushi Maekawa (#122–144); Shin Yoshida (#145–184, #199–224); Akemi Omode (#185–198);
Music by	Shinkichi Mitsumune
Studio	Gallop
Licensed by	show List
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	show List
Original run	April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004
Episodes	224 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Studio	Gallop
Licensed by	NA 4Kids Entertainment (2006–2012); Konami Cross Media NY (2012–present);
Original network	AU 9Go! US Kids' WB, Fox , Cartoon Network
Original run	September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
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Yu-Gi-Oh!, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ, Hepburn: Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu), is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 anime television series produced by Toei Animation. The series revolves around a young high school boy named Yugi Mutou who battles opponents in the Duel Monsters card game. The series begins from the end of volume 7 before adapting the remaining chapters of the original manga.

Yu-Gi-Oh! originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004, running for 224 episodes; A remastered version, highlighting certain duels, began airing in Japan in February 2015.^[3] An English-language localization of the anime series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment, and aired in the United States from September 29, 2001, to June 10, 2006, on Kids' WB.

The series has since spawned its own metaseries. Duel Monsters would be succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, an American-produced miniseries, aired exclusively in the United States in 2006. Two of the franchise's films based on this anime series have also been produced: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time.^[4]

Plot Overview[]

Season 1[]

The story follows Yugi Muto, a boy who completed an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, which led to him to inherit an alter-ego spirit. After defeating his rival, Seto Kaiba, in a game of Duel Monsters, Yugi is approached by Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters, who uses the power of another Millennium Item, the Millennium Eye, to kidnap the soul of Yugi's grandfather. Joined by his friends Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jounouchi), Tristan Taylor (Hiroto Honda), and Téa Gardner (Anzu Mazaki), Yugi enters Pegasus' Duelist Kingdom tournament in order to defeat Pegasus and free his grandfather's soul.

Season 2[]

Yugi learns that the spirit dwelling within him is a nameless Pharaoh from ancient Egyptian times, who doesn't remember anything of his past. Yugi enters Kaiba's Battle City tournament in order to obtain the three Egyptian God cards needed to unveil the Pharaoh's past. Along the way, Yugi encounters more Millennium Item wielders, including Marik Ishtar, the wielder of the Millennium Rod, and his elder sister Izhizu Ishtar who possess the prophesying Millennium Necklace.

Season 3[]

The first twenty-four episodes of the season form an original story arc that sees Yugi and his friends get sucked into a virtual world run by Noah, the legitimate son of Kaiba's adoptive father, Gozaburo. After returning to the real world, and the finals of the Battle City tournament commence.

Season 4[]

In a new, original story arc, the Order of Orichalcos drains the power from the Egyptian God cards and begins gathering souls in order to revive the ancient dragon, Leviathan. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba are each given a legendary dragon card to fight the Orichalcos and its leader, Dartz.

Season 5[]

In the final, original story arc, Yugi and his friends battle in the KaibaCorp Grand Championship. The rest of the season sees Ryo Bakura, the owner of the Millennium Ring, overcome by the dark spirit within the Ring. When Yugi and his friends go to Egypt, they find themselves sucked 5,000 years into the past, where Pharaoh must battle Bakura and his evil essence, Zorc the Dark One. After returning to the present day, Yugi and Pharaoh duel each other in the ultimate test.

Localization[]

The English Yu-Gi-Oh! logo

In the 4Kids adaptation, character names, settings, and other aspects were changed. The show's visuals and sound effects were replaced, and a new music score was used. In addition to explaining these changes, 4Kids' senior vice president of digital media, Mark Kirk, also explained during an interview with Anime News Network that U.S. TV broadcast laws dictated that the "Duel Monster" cards were not allowed to look exactly like the real cards that are sold; otherwise, the show would legally be considered a commercial rather than a cartoon, and the cost to air it would be exponentially higher.^[5]

Streaming[]

In July 2009, 4Kids announced plans to release the original, Japanese version of the anime series with subtitles on their YouTube channel. However, In August 2009, these episodes were removed due to legal issues with ADK (NAS' parent company) and Shunsuke Kazama, the Japanese voice of Yugi.^[6]^[7] On July 11, 2015, the Japanese version of the series began streaming on Crunchyroll.^[8]^[9] The news came over a week after an earlier announcement that streaming of subtitled episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX would begin on August 1, 2015.^[10]

Cast[]

Major cast hide
Role	Japanese		English^[11]
Role	Japanese		4Kids Entertainment		Odex/ Voiceovers Unlimited
Lead roles
Yuugi Mutou/ Pharaoh Atem	Shunsuke Kazama		Jay Snyder
Katsuya Jounouchi	Hiroki Takahashi		Joey Wheeler
Katsuya Jounouchi	Hiroki Takahashi		Vinnie Penna		Dwayne Tan
Anzu Mazaki			Téa Gardner		Tia Gardner
Anzu Mazaki			Amy Birnabum
Hiroto Honda	1-51	Takayuki Kondou	Tristan Taylor
	1-51	Takayuki Kondou	1-10	Sam Riegel
	52-224		11-224; uncut	Greg Abbey
Seto Kaiba	Kenjirou Tsuda		Eric Stuart
Mokuba Kaiba	Junko Takeuchi		1-184	Tara Sands
Mokuba Kaiba	Junko Takeuchi		185-224	Carrie Keranen
Ryou Bakura	1-40	You Inoue	Ted Lewis
Ryou Bakura	41-224	Rika Matsumoto	Ted Lewis
Recurring roles
Suguroku Mutou	Tadashi Miyazawa		Solomon Mutou
Suguroku Mutou	Tadashi Miyazawa		Maddie Blaustein
Pegasus Crawford			Maximillion Pegasus
Pegasus Crawford			Darren Dunstan
Mai Kuujaku	Haruhi Nanao		Mai Valentine
			1-144	Megan Hollingshead
			145-224	Erica Schroeder
			uncut	Kathleen Delaney
Shizuka Kawai			Serenity Wheeler
Shizuka Kawai			Lisa Ortiz
Dinosaur Ryuuzaki	1-97		Rex Raptor
	1-97		1-144	Sam Riegel
	98-224	Yuuichi Nakamura	145-184	Sebastian Arcelus
	98-224	Yuuichi Nakamura	185-224	Tony Salerno
Inspector Haga	Urara Takano		Weevil Underwood
Inspector Haga	Urara Takano		James Carter Cathcart
Ryouta Kajiki	Daisuke Namikawa		Mako Tsunami
Ryouta Kajiki	Daisuke Namikawa		Andrew Rannells		Dwayne Tan
"Bandit" Keith Howard			Ted Lewis
Shadi	Nozomu Sasaki		Vinnie Penna
Rebecca Hawkins			Kerry Williams
Arthur Hawkins			Mike Pollock
Ryuuji Otogi	Ryou Naitou		Duke Devlin
Ryuuji Otogi	Ryou Naitou		Marc Thompson
Ishizu Ishtar	Sumi Shimamoto
Marik Ishtar	Tetsuya Iwanaga		Jonathan Todd Ross
Rishid Ishtar			Odion Ishtar
Rishid Ishtar			J. David Brimmer
Noah Kaiba	Chisa Yokoyama		Andrew Rannells
Gozaburou Kaiba			98-184	Richard Will
Gozaburou Kaiba			185-224	Ted Lewis
Saruwatari			Kemo
Saruwatari			Eric Stuart
Isono	Masami Iwasaki		Roland
			1-127; 149-224	David Wills
			128-148	Vinnie Penna
Dartz			Vinnie Penna

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wolf, Ian. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ Ulstein, Stefan (August 13, 2004). "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ "2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light". YuGiOh! World. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
^ Bertschy, Zac. "Kirk Up Your Ears". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
^ "Removal of Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes was due to Nonrenewal of Japanese Voice Actor's Contract by ADK". Word Press. August 24, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
^ "Official Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes Removed from YouTube, Never to Return Again". Word Press. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
^ Luster, Joseph. "Crunchyroll Adds "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Season 1 with English Subtitles". Crunchyroll News. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
^ "Crunchyroll Adds English-Subtitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
^ Guest Author. "Crunchyroll To Stream English Subtitled "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"". Crunchyroll News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

External links[]

TV Tokyo Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters site (Japanese)
NASinc. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters site (Japanese)^{[dead link]}
Nicktoons US website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Nickelodeon UK Yu-Gi-Oh! webpage at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[AnimeUK-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wolf, Ian. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[2] Ulstein, Stefan (August 13, 2004). "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[3] "2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[4] "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light". YuGiOh! World. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[5] Bertschy, Zac. "Kirk Up Your Ears". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.

[6] "Removal of Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes was due to Nonrenewal of Japanese Voice Actor's Contract by ADK". Word Press. August 24, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2010.

[7] "Official Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes Removed from YouTube, Never to Return Again". Word Press. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2010.

[8] Luster, Joseph. "Crunchyroll Adds "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Season 1 with English Subtitles". Crunchyroll News. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

[9] "Crunchyroll Adds English-Subtitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

[10] Guest Author. "Crunchyroll To Stream English Subtitled "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"". Crunchyroll News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

[11] "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

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