Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
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 Muto who battles opponents in the Duel Monsters card game. The series begins from chapter 60 in volume 7 before loosely adapting the remaining chapters of the original manga by making story changes that conflict with the events of the manga canon.
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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) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kunihisa Sugishima |
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| Written by |
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| Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
| Studio | Gallop |
| Licensed by | List |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | List |
| Original run | April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004 |
| Episodes | 224 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters | |
| Studio | Gallop |
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| Original network | |
| Original run | September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime films | |
| Other series | |
| Other media | |
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, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!. Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, an American-produced miniseries, aired exclusively in the United States in 2006. Three films based on this anime series have also been produced: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time, and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions.[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 Jonouchi), 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 possesses 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, 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
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. television broadcast laws under the FCC dictated that the "Duel Monster" cards in the anime were not allowed to look exactly like the real cards that are sold; otherwise, the show would legally be considered a infomercial rather than an animated television series, and thus the cost to air it during daytime hours would become 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
| Role | Japanese | English[11] | |||
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| 4Kids Entertainment (2001-2006) | Voiceovers Unlimited (2001-2002) | ||||
| Yugi Mutou/ Pharaoh Atem | Shunsuke Kazama | Jay Snyder | Chuck Powers | ||
| Katsuya Jouno'uchi | Hiroki Takahashi | Joey Wheeler | |||
| Vinnie Penna | Dwayne Tan | ||||
| Anzu Mazaki | Maki Saitou | Tea Gardner | |||
| Amy Birnabum | Alison Lester | ||||
| Hiroto Honda | 1-51 | Takayuki Kondou | Tristan Taylor | ||
| 1-10 | Sam Riegel | Brian Zimmerman | |||
| 52-224 | Hidehiro Kikuchi | 11-224; uncut | Greg Abbey | ||
| Seto Kaiba | Kenjirou Tsuda | Eric Stuart | Christian Lee | ||
| Mokuba Kaiba | Junko Takeuchi | 1-184 | Tara Sands | Christian Lee | |
| 185-224 | Carrie Keranen | ||||
| Ryou Bakura | 1-40 | You Inoue | Ted Lewis | Chuck Powers | |
| 41-224 | Rika Matsumoto | ||||
| Suguroku Mutou | Tadashi Miyazawa | Solomon Mutou | |||
| Maddie Blaustein | Chuck Powers | ||||
| Pegasus Crawford | Jirou Jay Takasugi | Maximillion Pegasus | |||
| Darren Dunstan | Brian Zimmerman | ||||
| Mai Kuujaku | Haruhi Nanao | Mai Valentine | |||
| 1-144 | Megan Hollingshead | Alison Lester | |||
| 145-224 | Erica Schroeder | ||||
| uncut | Kathleen Delaney | ||||
| Shizuka Kawai | Mika Sakenobe | Serenity Wheeler | |||
| Lisa Ortiz | Alison Lester | ||||
| Dinosaur Ryuuzaki | 1-97 | Kin Fujii | Rex Raptor | ||
| 1-144 | Sam Riegel | Brian Zimmerman Christian Lee | |||
| 98-224 | Yuuichi Nakamura | 145-184 | Sebastian Arcelus | ||
| 185-224 | Tony Salerno | ||||
| Insector Haga | Urara Takano | Weevil Underwood | |||
| James Carter Cathcart | Brian Zimmerman | ||||
| Ryouta Kajiki | Daisuke Namikawa | Mako Tsunami | |||
| Andrew Rannells | Dwayne Tan | ||||
| "Bandit" Keith Howard | Hajime Komada | Ted Lewis | Brian Zimmerman Christian Lee | ||
| Shadi | Nozomu Sasaki | Vinnie Penna | Brian Zimmerman Chuck Powers | ||
| Rebecca Hawkins | Kaori Tagami | Kerry Williams | Alison Lester | ||
| Arthur Hawkins | Saburou Kodaka | Mike Pollock | Chuck Powers | ||
| Ryuuji Otogi | Ryou Naitou | Duke Devlin | |||
| Marc Thompson | |||||
| Ishizu Ishtar | Sumi Shimamoto | Nell Balaban | Alison Lester | ||
| Marik Ishtar | Tetsuya Iwanaga | Jonathan Todd Ross | Christian Lee | ||
| Rishid Ishtar | Konta | Odion Ishtar | |||
| J. David Brimmer | Brian Zimmerman | ||||
| Noah Kaiba | Chisa Yokoyama | Andrew Rannells | Taaz Gill | ||
| Gozaburou Kaiba | Tetsuo Komura | 98-184 | Richard Will | Chuck Powers | |
| 185-224 | Ted Lewis | ||||
| Saruwatari | Masahiro Okazaki | Kemo | |||
| Eric Stuart | Brian Zimmerman | ||||
| Isono | Masami Iwasaki | Roland | |||
| 1-127; 149-224 | David Wills | Brian Zimmerman Chuck Powers | |||
| 128-148 | Vinnie Penna | ||||
| Dartz | Yuu Emao | Vinnie Penna | |||
References
- ^ a b c Wolf, Ian. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1". Anime UK News. from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Ulstein, Stefan (August 13, 2004). "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Christianity Today. 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. from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light". YuGiOh! World. from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Bertschy, Zac. "Kirk Up Your Ears". Anime News Network. 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. 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. 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. from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Adds English-Subtitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime". Anime News Network. from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "Crunchyroll To Stream English Subtitled "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"". Crunchyroll News. 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