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{{short description|Japanese anime television series}}
'''''Yu-Gi-Oh!''''', known in [[Japan]] as '''''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''''' (遊☆戯☆王デュエル モンスターズ ''Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu'') is an [[anime]] based off of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' [[manga]].
{{About|the anime series|the video game series|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games}}
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| name = Yu-Gi-Oh!<!--Use English title-->
| image = Yu-Gi-Oh! DVD vol 1.jpg
| caption = 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
| ja_kanji = 遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ
| ja_romaji = Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu
| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref name="AnimeUK">{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1|url=https://animeuknews.net/2014/11/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/|website=Anime UK News|date=November 17, 2014 |access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203084918/https://animeuknews.net/2014/11/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/|archive-date=February 3, 2019|url-status=live }}</ref>|[[Fantasy]]<ref name="AnimeUK"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Ulstein|first=Stefan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/augustweb-only/yugioh.html|website=[[Christianity Today]]|access-date=February 2, 2019|date=August 13, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203090523/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/augustweb-only/yugioh.html|archive-date=February 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Science fiction]]<ref name="AnimeUK"/>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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|type = tv series
|director = [[Kunihisa Sugishima]]
|producer = {{ubl|Hidetaka Ikuta|Naoki Sasada|Noriko Kobayashi}}
|writer = {{ubl|[[Junki Takegami]] (#1–121)|[[Atsushi Maekawa]] (#122–144)|[[Shin Yoshida]] (#145–184, #199–224)|Akemi Omode (#185–198)}}
|music = [[Shinkichi Mitsumune]]
|studio = [[Gallop (studio)|Gallop]]
|licensee = {{collapsible list|title=List|
{{English anime licensee
|AUS = {{ubl|[[Magna Pacific]] (2003–2012)|[[Roadshow Entertainment]] (2012–present)}}
|NA = {{ubl|[[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]] (2001–2012)|[[Konami Cross Media NY]] (2012–present)}}
|UK = [[Manga Entertainment]]
|SEA = {{ubl|[[Odex]]|[[Medialink]]}}
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|network = [[TX Network|TXN]] ([[TV Tokyo]])
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{{English anime network
|AU = [[Network 10|Network Ten]], [[9Go!]], [[Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)|Nickelodeon]]
|BI = [[Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], [[Nicktoons (British and Irish TV channel)|Nicktoons]], [[Sky One|Sky 1]]
|CA = [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]
|IE = [[RTÉ2|RTÉ Two]]
|PH = [[Cartoon Network (Filipino TV channel)|Cartoon Network]], [[ABS-CBN]], [[Studio 23]], [[Hero (TV channel)|Hero]], [[Radio Philippines Network|RPN]], [[C/S 9]], [[GMA Network|GMA]]
|UK = [[Sky One]], [[Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV1]] ([[CITV]])
|US = [[The WB]], [[Cartoon Network]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[The CW]], [[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons]]
|ZA = [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC South Africa]], [[SABC 1]], [[SABC 2]], [[SABC 3]]
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|first = April 18, 2000
|last = September 29, 2004
|episodes = 224
|episode_list = List of Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes
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|type = tv series
|title = Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
|director =
|producer =
|writer =
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|studio = Gallop
|licensee = {{English anime licensee
|NA = {{ubl|4Kids Entertainment (2006–2012)|Konami Cross Media NY (2012–present)}}
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|network = {{English anime network
|AU = 9Go!
|US = [[Kids' WB]], Fox ([[4Kids TV]])
|ZA = [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC South Africa]], [[SABC 1]], [[SABC 2]], [[SABC 3]]
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|first = September 9, 2006
|last = November 25, 2006
|episodes = 12
|episode_list = List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters episodes
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{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Anime films
|content =
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]''
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time]]''
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''
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{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Other series
|content =
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Anime|List of all ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series]]
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]''
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Other media
|content =
*[[List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games|Video games]]
*[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Trading card game]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
'''''Yu-Gi-Oh!''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'''''|遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ|Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu|lead=yes}} and alternatively subtitled '''''Rulers of the Duel''''' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese [[anime]] series animated by [[Gallop (studio)|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 [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series)|1998 anime television series]] produced by [[Toei Animation]]. The series revolves around a young high school boy named [[Yugi Mutou|Yugi Muto]] who battles opponents in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|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.


''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=December 22, 2014 |title=2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-22/2016-yu-gi-oh-film-teaser-recaps-20-years-of-manga-anime/.82496 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716234839/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-22/2016-yu-gi-oh-film-teaser-recaps-20-years-of-manga-anime/.82496 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |website=Anime News Network}}</ref> An English-language [[Dubbing (filmmaking)#Localization|localization]] of the anime series was produced by [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]], and aired in the [[United States]] from September 29, 2001, to June 10, 2006, on [[Kids' WB]]. [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|Twelve extra episodes]], which is American-produced, aired exclusively for the Western audience in mid-late 2006 shortly after the conclusion of the main series.
The series is not connected in any way to [[Toei Animation]]'s ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' television series, which aired on [[TV Asahi]]; both anime series are based off of the same manga series.


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!!]]''. Three films based on this anime series have also been produced: ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light|Pyramid of Light]]'' (2004), ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time|Bonds Beyond Time]]'' (2010) and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions|The Dark Side of Dimensions]]'' (2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yugioh-world.com/anime/yugioh-the-movie/|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light|website=YuGiOh! World|date=October 13, 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216120543/https://www.yugioh-world.com/anime/yugioh-the-movie/|archive-date=December 16, 2018|url-status=live }}</ref>
The second series of the anime was produced by [[Studio Gallop]] and [[Nihon Ad Systems]], and the Duel Monsters series became popular in Japan and other places around the world. In North America, the series is distributed by [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Television Animation]] and [[4Kids Entertainment]].


==Plot overview==
The "Death T" fight between Yugi Moto ([[Yugi Mutou]] in the manga and original Japanese adaptations) and [[Seto Kaiba]] is redone in the second series, and [[Miho Nosaka]] doesn't appear in the Duel Monsters series, unlike in the case with Toei's show. The second series more or less corresponds with the second fight between Yugi and Kaiba, and the [[Duelist Kingdom]] and [[Battle City]] plots and all of those onward in the manga. The Duel Monsters (a.k.a. Magic and Wizards) card game in the second season and beyond is a central plot device. Some "filler" material such as the Doma arc and the KC Grand Prix was added in the second series.
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===Season 1===
The series began its 224-episode run in [[Japan]] on [[April 18]], [[2000]]. The series ended its run on [[September 29]], [[2004]].
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The story follows [[Yugi Mutou|Yugi Muto]], a boy who completed an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, which led to him to inherit an [[Alter ego|alter-ego]] spirit. After defeating his rival, [[Seto Kaiba]], in a game of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|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===
The characters did not play by the exact rules of the card game right away in the anime. In the Battle City tournament, the characters started to play by the exact rules of the game.
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Yugi learns that the spirit dwelling within him is a nameless Pharaoh from [[ancient Egypt]]ian 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.


=== English anime ===
===Season 3===
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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 illegitimate stepbrother of Seto and Mokuba and son of Kaiba's adoptive father, Gozaburo. After returning to the real world, the finals of the Battle City tournament commence.


===Season 4===
Like many [[anime]] shows originally created for the Japanese market, a number of changes were made when the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' television show was released in the [[United States]]. These changes are frequently done to make the series more understandable, and to remove material which might be considered inappropriate for the target audience - young children. The changes to ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' include:
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Produced during the time ''Millennium World'' was being written, in a new, original story arc, the [[orichalcum|Orichalcos]] drains the power from the Egyptian God cards and begins gathering souls in order to revive the ancient dragon monster serpent, Leviathan. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba are each given a legendary dragon card to fight the Orichalcos and its leader, Dartz.


===Season 5===
* [[Americanization]] of character names (e.g. Yugi Mutou, [[Katsuya Jonouchi]], [[Hiroto Honda]], and [[Anzu Mazaki]] became Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Téa Gardner, respectively)
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* removing all instances of [[weapon]]s (like [[gun]]s and [[knife|knives]], which are often prevalent)
The final season is equivalent to ''Millennium World'' in the manga. However, the first half focuses on anime-original story arcs released during the time the final chapters of the manga were being written.
* removing scenes where two or more characters are fighting
* removing or obfuscating many references to religion, such as the [[pentagram]]
* removing or rewriting scenes where characters are in real danger of death (In the English anime, characters are instead threatened with the possibility of going to the [[Shadow Realm]], or they are "captured")
* removing or editing scenes where monsters undergo some form of violent death (such as being eaten or being stabbed)
* removing scenes where characters make obscene gestures
* editing scenes where a character or duel monster appears nude
* removing assorted [[sexual innuendo]]
* removing much writing in Japanese and English (this resulted in the unusual design of the ''Duel Monsters'' cards in the English version of the series)


After the Orichalcos has been eliminated, in another original story arc, Yugi and his friends battle in the KaibaCorp Grand Championship to face off another of Kaiba's rivals, Zigfried. Then, Yugi, his friends, and Solomon travel to India only to be taken to the world of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!_Capsule_Monsters|Capsule Monsters]].
[[4Kids Entertainment]] has not translated the 27 episodes that make up Toei's series (e.g. the first series). The English version only consists of the second series made by NAS. Some people mistake Toei's series for a lost first season of the TV show.


The latter half 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.
The rating is either TV-Y7 FV or TV-G in the edited on TV version.


==Localization==
4Kids and [[FUNimation]] since began to issue an uncut version of the Duel Monsters series on [[DVD]]. The uncut DVDs show episodes in their entirity without editing, use an English script that is much more faithful to the original Japanese, and include a Japanese-language track.
{{see also|Dubbing#Localization}}
[[File:YuGiOhlogo.PNG|thumb|The English ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' logo]]
In April 2001, [[4Kids Entertainment]] obtained the merchandising and television rights to the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shareholder.com/4kids/news/20010419-37124.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010825134956fw_/http://www.shareholder.com/4kids/news/20010419-37124.htm|archive-date=August 25, 2001|title=4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO YU-GI-OH!|publisher=[[4Kids Entertainment]]|date=April 19, 2001|accessdate=September 14, 2022}}</ref> In its 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 [[Federal Communications Commission|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.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zac|last=Bertschy|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-07-22|title=Kirk Up Your Ears|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=September 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011144052/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-07-22|archive-date=October 11, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>


An album containing some tracks from the English dub music entitled ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Music to Duel By'' was released on October 29, 2002, on [[DreamWorks Records]] on [[Compact Disc|Audio CD]] and [[Compact Cassette]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 3, 2002|title=4Kids Entertainment and DreamWorks Records Sign Yu-Gi-Oh! Record Deal Yu-Gi-Oh!: Music To Duel By Album to Hit Stores October 29, 2002|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-1003a.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614230009/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-1003a.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006|access-date=August 22, 2016|publisher=4kidsentertainment.com}}</ref>
=== Voice actors ===
==== Japanese version ([[seiyu|seiy&#363;]]) ====
* Yugi Mutou / Dark Yugi - [[Shunsuke Kazama]]
* [[Sugoroku Mutou]] - [[Tadashi Miyazawa]]
* Katsuya Jonouchi - [[Hiroki Takahashi]]
* Anzu Mazaki - [[Maki Sato]]
* Hiroto Honda - [[Takeyuki Kondo]]
* [[Ryo Bakura]] / Dark Bakura - [[You Inoue]] / [[Rika Matsumoto]]
* [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus J. Crawford]] - [[Jiro J. Takasugi]]
* [[Marik Ishtar]] / Dark Marik - [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]]
* [[Mokuba Kaiba]] - [[Junko Takeuchi]]
* Seto Kaiba - [[Kenjiro Tsuda]]
* [[Mai Kujaku]] - [[Haruhi Terada]]
* [[Shizuka Kawai]] - [[Mika Sakenobe]]


An uncut version, featuring an all-new English dub track and the original Japanese audio, began release in October 2004, in association with [[Funimation Entertainment]]. Only three volumes, comprising the first nine episodes, were ever released. 4Kids would later release the uncut Japanese episodes on [[YouTube]] in March 2009,<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=4Kids Posts 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes in Raw Japanese|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-18/4kids-posts-2-yu-gi-oh-episodes-in-raw-japanese|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 14, 2023|date=March 18, 2009|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208231430/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-18/4kids-posts-2-yu-gi-oh-episodes-in-raw-japanese|url-status=live}}</ref> but were forced to stop due in August of that same year, due to rights issues.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=4Kids Stops Streaming Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-22/4kids-stops-streaming-japanese-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 14, 2023|date=August 22, 2009|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209064604/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-22/4kids-stops-streaming-japanese-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters|url-status=live}}</ref>
==== English version ====
* Yugi Moto / Yami Yugi - [[Dan Green]]
* Joey Wheeler - [[Wayne Grayson]]
* Téa Gardner - [[Amy Birnbaum]]
* Tristan Taylor - [[Sam Regal]]/ [[Frank Frankson]]
* Bakura / Yami Bakura - [[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]
* Maximillion Pegasus - [[Darren Dunstan]]
* Marik Ishtar / Yami Marik - [[J.T. Ross]]
* Mokuba Kaiba - [[Tara Jayne]]
* Seto Kaiba - [[Eric Stuart]]
* Mai Valentine - [[Megan Hollingshead]] / [[Bella Hudson]]
* Serenity Wheeler - [[Lisa Ortiz]]


On March 24, 2011, [[TV Tokyo]] and [[Nihon Ad Systems]] filed a joint [[lawsuit]] against 4Kids, accusing them of underpayments concerning the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchises and allegedly conspiring with Funimation, and have allegedly terminated their licensing deal with them.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 29, 2011|title=TV Tokyo, Nihon Ad Terminate ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Deal, Sue 4Kids|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-29/tv-tokyo-nihon-ad-terminate-yu-gi-oh-deal-sue-4kids|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430195058/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-29/tv-tokyo-nihon-ad-terminate-yu-gi-oh-deal-sue-4kids|archive-date=April 30, 2011}}</ref> This led to 4Kids filing for protection under [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 31, 2011|title=4Kids Files Shareholders' Report on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Lawsuit|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-31/4kids-files-shareholders-report-on-yu-gi-oh-lawsuit|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603223842/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-31/4kids-files-shareholders-report-on-yu-gi-oh-lawsuit|archive-date=June 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=April 6, 2011|title=4Kids Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-06/4kids-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530092721/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-06/4kids-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy|archive-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref> Although 4Kids had managed to settle the case in March 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Lawsuit Settled Between 4Kids, ADK, TV Tokyo|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-01/adk-tv-tokyo-amicably-settle-yu-gi-oh-suit-with-4kids|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921071928/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-01/adk-tv-tokyo-amicably-settle-yu-gi-oh-suit-with-4kids|archive-date=September 21, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> they ended up selling their rights to the franchise, among other assets, to [[Konami]]. Konami currently distributes the series and its spin-offs, in addition to producing English dubs through its renamed subsidiary, [[4K Media Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=June 16, 2012|title=Konami to Get 4Kids' Yu-Gi-Oh! Assets Under Proposed Deal|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-16/konami-to-get-4kids-yu-gi-oh-assets-under-proposed-deal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008214900/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-16/konami-to-get-4kids-yu-gi-oh-assets-under-proposed-deal|archive-date=October 8, 2014|access-date=November 1, 2023|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=4Kids Sells Yu-Gi-Oh!, CW Network-Related Assets Jointly to Konami, Kidsco|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-26/4kids-sells-yu-gi-oh-cw-network-related-assets-jointly-to-konami-kidsco|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007152151/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-26/4kids-sells-yu-gi-oh-cw-network-related-assets-jointly-to-konami-kidsco|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Konami Explains Transition of 4Kids' Yu-Gi-Oh Assets|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-30/konami-explains-transition-of-4kids-yu-gi-oh-assets|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009144849/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-30/konami-explains-transition-of-4kids-yu-gi-oh-assets|archive-date=October 9, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! main characters]]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! minor characters]]
* [[Duelist Kingdom]]
* [[Battle City]]
* [[Orichalcos Doom]] Coming Soon
* [[Memory World]] Coming Soon


==External link==
===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 [[Asatsu-DK|ADK]] ([[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]' parent company) and [[Shunsuke Kazama]], the Japanese voice of Yugi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ravegrl.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/4kids-youtube-removal-of-yu-gi-oh-episodes-was-due-to-nonrenewal-of-japanese-voice-actors-contract-by-adk/|title=Removal of Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes was due to Nonrenewal of Japanese Voice Actor's Contract by ADK|publisher=Word Press|date=August 24, 2009|access-date=September 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104041351/http://ravegrl.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/4kids-youtube-removal-of-yu-gi-oh-episodes-was-due-to-nonrenewal-of-japanese-voice-actors-contract-by-adk/|archive-date=January 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ravegrl.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/4kids-youtube-official-japanese-yu-gi-oh-episodes-removed-from-youtube-never-to-return-again/|title=Official Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes Removed from YouTube, Never to Return Again|publisher=Word Press|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=September 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104142428/http://ravegrl.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/4kids-youtube-official-japanese-yu-gi-oh-episodes-removed-from-youtube-never-to-return-again/|archive-date=November 4, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 11, 2015, the Japanese version of the series began streaming on [[Crunchyroll]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Crunchyroll Adds "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Season 1 with English Subtitles|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/13-1/crunchyroll-adds-yu-gi-oh-season-1-with-english-subtitles|website=Crunchyroll News|access-date=August 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821225625/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/13-1/crunchyroll-adds-yu-gi-oh-season-1-with-english-subtitles|archive-date=August 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll Adds English-Subtitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-11/crunchyroll-adds-english-subtitled-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-anime/.90354|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729053945/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-11/crunchyroll-adds-english-subtitled-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-anime/.90354|archive-date=July 29, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll To Stream English Subtitled "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/04-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-english-subtitled-yu-gi-oh-gx|website=Crunchyroll News|access-date=August 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812164014/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/04-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-english-subtitled-yu-gi-oh-gx|archive-date=August 12, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [http://www.yugioh.com English Yu-Gi-Oh! website]
* [http://kidswb.warnerbros.com/web/shows/external_shows.jsp?id=POK Kids' WB Yu-Gi-Oh! website]
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yugioh2000/ TV Tokyo Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters site] (in Japanese)
* [http://www.ratandfox.net/YuGiOh/ Yu-Jyo - A ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Episode Guide] - features TV episode synopses, with a focus on the differences between the American and Japanese versions


==Cast==
[[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh!]]
{{see also|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters}}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
[[Category:Animated children's television series]]
|+Major cast
[[Category:Programs broadcast by YTV]]
! rowspan="2" |Role
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Japanese
! colspan="3" |English<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Yu-Gi-Oh-Duel-Monsters/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |<small>4Kids Entertainment (2001-2006)</small>
!<small>Voiceovers Unlimited (2001-2002)</small>
|-
!Yugi Mutou/ Yami Yugi
| colspan="2" |[[Shunsuke Kazama]]
| colspan="2" |[[Dan Green (voice actor)|Jay Snyder]]
|[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Katsuya Jounouchi
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Hiroki Takahashi]]
! colspan="3" |Joey Wheeler
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Wayne Grayson|Vinnie Penna]]
|[[Dwayne Tan]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Anzu Mazaki
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Maki Saitou]]
! colspan="3" |Tea Gardner
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Amy Birnbaum|Amy Birnabum]]
|[[Alison Lester (actor)|Alison Lester]]
|-
! rowspan="3" |Hiroto Honda
! rowspan="2" |<small>1-51</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Takayuki Kondō|Takayuki Kondou]]
! colspan="3" |Tristan Taylor
|-
!<small>1-10</small>
|[[Sam Riegel]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
|-
!<small>52-224</small>
|[[Hidehiro Kikuchi]]
!<small>11-224; uncut</small>
|[[Greg Abbey]]
|-
!Seto Kaiba
| colspan="2" |[[Kenjiro Tsuda|Kenjirou Tsuda]]
| colspan="2" |[[Eric Stuart]]
|[[Christian Lee (actor)|Christian Lee]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Mokuba Kaiba
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Junko Takeuchi]]
!<small>1-184</small>
|[[Tara Sands]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Christian Lee (actor)|Christian Lee]]
|-
!<small>185-224</small>
|[[Carrie Keranen]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Ryou Bakura/ Yami Bakura
!<small>1-40</small>
|[[Yō Inoue|You Inoue]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
!<small>41-224</small>
|[[Rica Matsumoto]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Suguroku Mutou
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Tadashi Miyazawa]]
! colspan="3" |Solomon Mutou
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Maddie Blaustein]]
|[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Pegasus J. Crawford
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Jirou Jay Takasugi]]
! colspan="3" |Maximillion Pegasus
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Darren Dunstan]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
|-
! rowspan="4" |Mai Kujaku
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" |[[Haruhi Nanao]]
! colspan="3" |Mai Valentine
|-
!<small>1-144</small>
|[[Megan Hollingshead]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Alison Lester (actor)|Alison Lester]]
|-
!<small>145-224</small>
|[[Erica Schroeder]]
|-
!<small>uncut</small>
|[[Kathleen Delaney]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Shizuka Kawai
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Mika Sakenobe]]
! colspan="3" |Serenity Wheeler
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Lisa Ortiz]]
|[[Alison Lester (actor)|Alison Lester]]
|-
! rowspan="4" |Dinosaur Ryuuzaki
! rowspan="2" |<small>2-59</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Kin Fujii]]
! colspan="3" |Rex Raptor
|-
!<small>1-144</small>
|[[Sam Riegel]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
[[Christian Lee (actor)|Christian Lee]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |<small>131-224</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)|Yuichi Nakamura]]
!<small>145-184</small>
|[[Sebastian Arcelus]]
|-
!<small>185-224</small>
|Tony Salerno
|-
! rowspan="2" |Insector Haga
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Urara Takano]]
! colspan="3" |Weevil Underwood
|-
| colspan="2" |[[James Carter Cathcart]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Ryouta Kajiki
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Daisuke Namikawa]]
! colspan="3" |Mako Tsunami
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Andrew Rannells]]
|[[Dwayne Tan]]
|-
!"Bandit" Keith Howard
| colspan="2" |[[Hajime Komada]]
| colspan="2" |[[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
[[Christian Lee (actor)|Christian Lee]]
|-
!Shadi
| colspan="2" |[[Nozomu Sasaki]]
| colspan="2" |[[Wayne Grayson|Vinnie Penna]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
!Rebecca Hawkins
| colspan="2" |[[Kaori Tagami]]
| colspan="2" |Kerry Williams
|[[Alison Lester (actor)|Alison Lester]]
|-
!Arthur Hawkins
| colspan="2" |[[Saburou Kodaka]]
| colspan="2" |[[Mike Pollock (voice actor)|Mike Pollock]]
|[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Ryuji Otogi
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Ryō Naitō|Ryou Naitou]]
! colspan="3" |Duke Devlin
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Marc Thompson (voice actor)|Marc Thompson]]
|
|-
!Ishizu Ishtar
| colspan="2" |[[Sumi Shimamoto]]
| colspan="2" |[[Nell Balaban]]
|[[Alison Lester (actor)|Alison Lester]]
|-
!Marik Ishtar
| colspan="2" |[[Tetsuya Iwanaga (voice actor)|Tetsuya Iwanaga]]
| colspan="2" |[[Jonathan Todd Ross]]
|[[Christian Lee (actor)|Christian Lee]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Rishid Ishtar
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Konta (musician)|Konta]]
! colspan="3" |Odion Ishtar
|-
| colspan="2" |[[David Brimmer|J. David Brimmer]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
|-
!Noa Kaiba
| colspan="2" |[[Chisa Yokoyama]]
| colspan="2" |[[Andrew Rannells]]
|[[Taaz Gill]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Gozaburou Kaiba
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Tetsuo Komura]]
!<small>98-184</small>
|Richard Will
| rowspan="2" |[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
!<small>185-224</small>
|[[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Saruwatari
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Masahiro Okazaki]]
! colspan="3" |Kemo
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Eric Stuart]]
|[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
|-
! rowspan="3" |Isono
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |[[Masami Iwasaki]]
! colspan="3" |Roland
|-
!<small>1-127; 149-224</small>
|[[David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Brian Zimmerman (actor)|Brian Zimmerman]]
[[Chuck Powers]]
|-
!<small>128-148</small>
|[[Wayne Grayson|Vinnie Penna]]
|-
!Dartz
| colspan="2" |[[Yuu Emao]]
| colspan="2" |[[Wayne Grayson|Vinnie Penna]]
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yugioh2000/ TV Tokyo Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters site] (Japanese)
* [http://www.nasinc.co.jp/jp/index.php?action=USER.WORKS.DETAIL&master_id=28&mm_category=TVアニメ（放送中）&work=1&classes=&age=&adk= NASinc. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters site] (Japanese) {{dead link|date=May 2021}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://nicktoons.nick.com/shows/yu-gi-oh|title=Nicktoons US website}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://nick.co.uk/nicktoons/shows/yugioh/index.aspx|title=Nickelodeon UK ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' webpage}}
* {{anime News Network|anime|5074|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters}}

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Revision as of 18:58, 19 September 2024

This article is about the anime series. For the video game series, see List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games.

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
Anime television series
Directed byKunihisa Sugishima
Produced by
  • Hidetaka Ikuta
  • Naoki Sasada
  • Noriko Kobayashi
Written by
Music byShinkichi Mitsumune
StudioGallop
Licensed by
List
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
List
Original run April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004
Episodes224 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
StudioGallop
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • 4Kids Entertainment (2006–2012)
    • Konami Cross Media NY (2012–present)
Original network
Original run September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime films
Other series
Other media

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) and alternatively subtitled Rulers of the Duel in the United States and Canada, 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.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 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. Twelve extra episodes, which is American-produced, aired exclusively for the Western audience in mid-late 2006 shortly after the conclusion of the main series.

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!!. Three films based on this anime series have also been produced: Pyramid of Light (2004), Bonds Beyond Time (2010) and The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016).[4]

Plot overview

Main article: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes

Season 1

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (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

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (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

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (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 illegitimate stepbrother of Seto and Mokuba and son of Kaiba's adoptive father, Gozaburo. After returning to the real world, the finals of the Battle City tournament commence.

Season 4

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (season 4)

Produced during the time Millennium World was being written, in a new, original story arc, the Orichalcos drains the power from the Egyptian God cards and begins gathering souls in order to revive the ancient dragon monster serpent, Leviathan. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba are each given a legendary dragon card to fight the Orichalcos and its leader, Dartz.

Season 5

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (season 5)

The final season is equivalent to Millennium World in the manga. However, the first half focuses on anime-original story arcs released during the time the final chapters of the manga were being written.

After the Orichalcos has been eliminated, in another original story arc, Yugi and his friends battle in the KaibaCorp Grand Championship to face off another of Kaiba's rivals, Zigfried. Then, Yugi, his friends, and Solomon travel to India only to be taken to the world of Capsule Monsters.

The latter half 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

See also: Dubbing § Localization
The English Yu-Gi-Oh! logo

In April 2001, 4Kids Entertainment obtained the merchandising and television rights to the series.[5] In its 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.[6]

An album containing some tracks from the English dub music entitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Music to Duel By was released on October 29, 2002, on DreamWorks Records on Audio CD and Compact Cassette.[7]

An uncut version, featuring an all-new English dub track and the original Japanese audio, began release in October 2004, in association with Funimation Entertainment. Only three volumes, comprising the first nine episodes, were ever released. 4Kids would later release the uncut Japanese episodes on YouTube in March 2009,[8] but were forced to stop due in August of that same year, due to rights issues.[9]

On March 24, 2011, TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems filed a joint lawsuit against 4Kids, accusing them of underpayments concerning the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchises and allegedly conspiring with Funimation, and have allegedly terminated their licensing deal with them.[10] This led to 4Kids filing for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code.[11][12] Although 4Kids had managed to settle the case in March 2012,[13] they ended up selling their rights to the franchise, among other assets, to Konami. Konami currently distributes the series and its spin-offs, in addition to producing English dubs through its renamed subsidiary, 4K Media Inc.[14][15][16]

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.[17][18] On July 11, 2015, the Japanese version of the series began streaming on Crunchyroll.[19][20] 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.[21]

Cast

See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters
Major cast
Role Japanese English[22]
4Kids Entertainment (2001-2006) Voiceovers Unlimited (2001-2002)
Yugi Mutou/ Yami Yugi Shunsuke Kazama Jay Snyder Chuck Powers
Katsuya Jounouchi 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/ Yami Bakura 1-40 You Inoue Ted Lewis Chuck Powers
41-224 Rica Matsumoto
Suguroku Mutou Tadashi Miyazawa Solomon Mutou
Maddie Blaustein Chuck Powers
Pegasus J. Crawford Jirou Jay Takasugi Maximillion Pegasus
Darren Dunstan Brian Zimmerman
Mai Kujaku 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 2-59 Kin Fujii Rex Raptor
1-144 Sam Riegel Brian Zimmerman

Christian Lee

131-224 Yuichi 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
Ryuji 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
Noa 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

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