Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
File:Yugioh gx logo.png The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (US version)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Shonen
Created by	Kazuki Takahashi
Anime
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Monsters (known internationally as Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Directed by	Various
Studio	Studio Gallop

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (遊☆戯☆王デュエル モンスターズGX Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu GX) is an anime spinoff of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. A manga version made by Naoyuki Kageyama (影山なおゆき Kageyama Naoyuki) is published in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine in Japan.

In North America, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Animation and 4Kids Entertainment. GX stands for Generation NeXt.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX starts out with the lead character Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese version) obtaining a card, Winged Kuriboh (Hane Kuribo), from Yugi Muto (Yugi Mutou in the English manga), the renowned Duel Monsters champion. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the exploits of Jaden and another female character named Alexis Rhodes as Jaden goes to a duelist academy, named Duel Academy. The academy was created by Seto Kaiba on a remote island, with its dormitories named after the three Egyptian God Cards. In the chain of the Egyptian God Cards, the most elaborate dorm and the highest of the God Chain, Obelisk Blue (オベリスク・ブルー Oberisuku Burū), is named after the God Card Obelisk the Tormentor a.k.a. The God of the Obelisk (Obelisk no Kyoshinhei (オベリスクの巨神兵), Kaiba's card. Those who earn the highest scores are sent to the Obelisk Blue dorm and wear blue suits to symbolize their highest ranking. The center dorm and the middle of the God Chain, Ra Yellow (ラー・イェロー Rā Yerō), is named after The Winged Dragon of Ra a.k.a. Sun Dragon Ra (Rā no Yoku Shin Ryū (ラーの翼神竜), Marik Ishtar's card. Those who were given regular or average scores are granted yellow suits to symbolize their middle ranking in the God Chain and are given dorms that are similar to Obelisk Blue's, but with less pleasantries. The lowest quality dorm, Slifer Red (Osiris Red, オシリス・レッド Oshirisu Reddo in the Japanese version), is named after Slifer the Sky Dragon (Osiris no Tenkūryū (オシリスの天空竜 in the Japanese version), Yugi's card. Those who failed completely or scored from low to lowest are given red suits to symbolize their low ranking in the God Chain and are given shoddy dorms. The naming choices reflect Kaiba's grudge against Yugi for losing to him. Produced by Nihon Ad Systems Inc., or NAS for short, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX started airing on TV Tokyo in Japan on October 6, 2004. The anime has been licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and is currently airing in in North America at 5pm Eastern time on Cartoon Network's Miguzi block.

Characters

Main Characters

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Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki)

Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name.

• Judai Yuki (遊城 十代 Yūki Jūdai) / Jaden Yuki - Jaden Yuki is the main character, who has to live in the worst dormitory of the duelist academy, Slifer (Osiris) Red. 15-year old Jaden gets the rare Winged Kuriboh (Hane Kuribo, ハネクリボー Hane Kuribō) card from Yugi Muto (Yugi Mutou in the Japanese verson), the famous duelist from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Jaden's deck is a Elemental Hero series Deck. Jaden's spirit partner is Winged Kuriboh.
• Asuka Tenjouin (天上院 明日香 Tenjōin Asuka) / Alexis Rhodes - 15-year old Alexis is a strong female duelist from the Obelisk Blue dormitory, which is the highest-level dormitory of the academy. Her family name in the Japanese version has been written as "Tenjoin", "Tenjouin", "Tenjyoin", and "10 Join" in Roman characters.
• Sho Marufuji (丸藤 翔 Marufuji Shō) / Syrus Truesdale - 15-year old Syrus is the weaker younger brother of Zane Truesdale and a friend of Jaden. He is in the Slifer Red dorm. Syrus looks at Jaden as his older brother since (he feels) his real older brother Zane is ashamed of having a weakling as his brother (In the original anime, Ryo is less ashamed as more wishing for his brother to learn from his mistakes). Syrus uses a Vehicroid series Deck. Syrus later become a part of Ra Yellow.
• Ryo Marufuji (丸藤 亮 Marufuji Ryō) / Zane Truesdale - 17-year old Zane Truesdale is Syrus's stronger older brother. He is in the Obelisk Blue dorm. Nicknamed "the Kaiser (A German title meaning "emperor)", Zane is (at least his brother assumes) ashamed of having a weaker younger brother, so Zane and Syrus do not keep in contact. Later it is revealed that Zane in fact does love his younger brother and Zane helps Syrus on different occasions. Zane uses a deck that revolves around his Cyber Dragons and the various formation they can be used it.
• Jun Manjoume (万丈目 準 Manjōme Jun) / Chazz Princeton - 15-year old Chazz is another strong duelist from the Obelisk Blue dorm. Chazz uses several decks throughout the series. He greatly dislikes Jaden, though as the series continues, they come to a shakey truce. Chazz's family pressures him to do his best, as his two brothers are a famous businessman and politician. Chazz, after losing to Bastion, left the school and later returned, only to be put in Silfer Red Dorm with Jaden. Chazz uses a rotating lineup of monsters, including Armed Dragon, Chthonian Soldier, and the VWXYZ series. However, he always uses the Ojama Trio in the later episodes as his trump cards. Ojama Yellow is Chazz's spirit partner, though Ojama Green and Ojama Black show up as well. Chazz has a huge crush on Alexis.
• Cronos de Medici (クロノス・デ・メディチ Kuronos de Medichi) / Dr. Vellian Crowler - 35-year old Vellian Crowler is the leader of the Obelisk dorm. Crowler holds a grudge against Jaden who he believes to be a slacker and tries to get rid of him on many occasions. He uses a Ancient Gear series Deck.
• Daichi Misawa (三沢 大地 Misawa Daichi) / Bastion Misawa - An analytical 15-year old who uses seven different decks (Six elemental decks and one "Anti-Jaden" deck) to beat his opponent. He is a Ra Yellow student. Bastion has a British accent in the dub. So far, he has used a Water Deck, an Earth Magnet deck, and has a known Fire deck that has yet to appear.
• Hayato Maeda (前田 隼人 Maeda Hayato) / Chumley Huffington - Another one of Jaden's friends, 16-year old Chumley has a face that resembles that of a koala. Chumley is in Jaden's dorm. He uses a beast deck that focuses on Austrialian animals. Chumley's father, Kumazo Huffington (Kumazo Maeda), is a famous duelist and, in the Japanese version he has a drinking problem involving sake, while in the English version, the owner of a successful hot sauce company. Towards the end of Jaden's first year at Duel Academy, Chumley leaves the school to work with Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the Japanese version) as a card designer.
• Tyranno Kenzan (ティラノ剣山 Tirano Kenzan) - A new student to Duel Academy introduced in episode 53, formerly a Ra Yellow but transfered to Silfer Red. He uses mostly dinosaur cards.

Other Characters

See: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX minor characters

The Seven Shadow Riders

The villains of the first semester who intended to obtain the Sacred Beast Cards (Legendary Demon Cards). They were known as the "Seven Assassins" in the original version.

• Kagemaru (影丸) - The leader of the Seven Assassins. He was formerly the chairman of Duel Academy.

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Atticus Rhodes (Fubuki Tenjouin), a.k.a. Nightshroud (Darkness)

• Fubuki Tenjouin (天上院 吹雪 Tenjōin Fubuki) / Atticus Rhodes - Alexis's brother, who disappeared in a haunted dorm. In the Japanese version, he often writes his last name as "10 Join". Atticus is revealed to be Nightshroud (Darkness (ダークネス Dākunesu) in the original version), the first Shadow Rider. Atticus, as Nightshroud, wears a dark dragon mask and adopts an evil persona. After he is freed, Atticus reverts to his old self, much to the annoyance of his sister, as he is constantly trying to set her up with duelists or get her to go into show business with him. His deck revolves around Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Camula (カミューラ Kamyūra) - A vampiress who is the second Shadow Rider. Camula's deck theme reflects vampirism. She is very serious when it comes to dueling, as she hopes to revive her race from its destruction by the people of Medieval Times. She captures the souls of her opponents following their losses within dolls to fuel her cause, and bets her own soul (with the Shadow Game-exclusive "Illusion Gate," itself based on The Gates of Hell) to ensure victory. Her name is a reference to Joseph Sheridan le Fanu's novel, Carmilla.
• Amazoness Taniya (アマゾネス・タニヤ Amasonesu Taniya) - An amazoness who is the third Assassin. She plays an Amazoness Series deck. She fell in love with Bastion, and after sweet talking as well as amazing dueling, defeats Bastion and makes him her bridegroom. She has a pet tiger named Bass.
• Don Zaloog (首領－ザルーグ Shuryō Zarūgu) The fourth Assassin, the leader of the band of thieves called the Dark Scorpion Gang. He is sort of a Robin Hood figure, as he steals from the rich and never hurts or kills anyone. He masquerades himself as a detective named Keibu Manguer set to help hide the actual keys while his posse work on taking the keys incognito. His deck revolves around the Dark Scorpion Gang.
• Abidos the Third (アビドス3世 Abidosu) - The fifth Assassin. He is the spirit of an ancient pharaoh, who never lost a single duel. However, he realized that he only kept winning because his opponents always lost on purpose, simply because he was pharoah. Abidos joined the seven Assassins because he wanted to be part of a duel in which the opponent actually tried to win. His decked is themed on servants of the phaoraoh.
• Titan (タイタン Taitan) / The Shadow Duelist - Formely a shadow duelist hitman that Crowler hired to deal with Jaden. He was the one who captured Alexis and forced Jaden to duel for her. Despite his reputation for possessing the power of a Millennium Item, the "Millennium Item" was a fake Millennium Puzzle, and Titan used various tricks to mimic a shadow game. But he became the victim of a real Shadow Game, returning as the sixth Assassin (he returned from the Shadow Realm in the English anime) and dueled Alexis. He ultimately lost of course. He uses an Archfiend series deck.
• Daitokuji (大徳寺) / Lyman Banner - The professor of the Slifer dorm. The "Banner" that Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley know is later revealed to be Amnael (アムナエル Amunaeru), the seventh and final Assassin. He runs an Alchemic Deck, and is actually a Homunculus of his original self. In the English dub, he has a German accent.

The White Organization

The villians of the 2nd Semester that want to take over Duel Academy. The members are:

• Takuma Saiou (斎王琢磨 Saiō Takuma) - A mysterious duelist who is leader of the White Organization. He uses a Tarot deck.
• Ed Phoenix (エド・フェニックス Edo Fenikkusu) - A new student to the Duel Academy introduced in episode 53 who is a very talented duelist. Ed's main deck, like Jaden's, is a hero series, but is different as he also uses Destiny Heroes.
• Gin Nagareboshi (銀流星 Silver Shooting star) - An assassin of the White Association and the champion of the Shooting Game. His deck revolves on the B.E.S. Tetran.
• X (エックス) - A top rank duelist of the White Association. He uses a deck destruction deck.
• Rose (ローズ) - Saiou's representative, who plays a frog deck.
• Ikazuchimaru (雷丸) - Assassin of the White Association, Korimaru's partner. Uses a Thunder/Lightning deck.
• Korimaru (氷丸 Kōrimaru) - Assassin of the White Association, Ikazuchimaru's partner. Uses an Ice deck.

Characters from the original series

• Yugi Mutou / Yugi Muto (武藤遊戯 Mutō Yūgi) - The protagonist of the original series who gives Jaden the Winged Kuriboh card. Yugi has grown up a bit since the original series and has turned out a lot like Atem in height and in voice, even though his face is not visible in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
• Seto Kaiba (海馬瀬人 Kaiba Seto) - A character from the original series who started Duel Academy. He appears in episode 35 in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Only a silhouette standing in front of a bright window in his office is visible. Kaiba also appeared in episode 62.
• Mokuba Kaiba (海馬 モクバ Kaiba Mokuba) - He appears in episode 62 in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
• Meikyū Brothers (迷宮 Meikyū) / Paradox Brothers - Twin Brothers that dueled Yugi and Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonouchi in the English manga and the Japanese versions) in the original manga series and the second anime series. In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, the brothers appear in episodes 10-11, dueling Jaden and Syrus.
• Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・J・クロフォード) / Maximillion Pegasus - The creator of Duel Monsters makes a brief appearance in episode 50 to hire Chumley for a job designing cards for Industrial Illusions.
• Sugoroku Mutou (武藤 双六 Mutō Sugoroku) / Solomon Muto: Appeared in Episode 75 when the Duel Academy students when on a field trip to Domino. He is kidnapped by Ikazuchimaru and Korimaru.

Episode List

• Yu-Gi-Oh! media and release information

Voice Actors

Japanese version (Seiyū)

• Judai Yuki - KENN
• Asuka Tenjouin - Sanae Kobayashi
• Sho Marufuji - Masami Suzuki
• Ryo Marufuji - Takeshi Maeda
• Jun Manjoume - Taiki Matsuno
• Cronos de Medici - Hiroshi Shimizu
• Daichi Misawa - Yuki Masuda
• Hayato Maeda - Takehiro Hasu
• Hane Kuribo - Shimika Ishiba
• Sameshima - Masami Iwasaki
• Daitokuji / Amnael - Kappei Yamaguchi
• Emi Ayukawa - Michiko Neya
• Tome - Mariko Nagahama
• Titan - Norio Wakamoto
• Chosaku Manjoume - Takahiro Hirano
• Shoji Manjoume - Makoto Tomita
• Ojama Yellow - Mariko Nagahama
• Fubuki Tenjouin / Darkness - Kouji Yusa
• Camula - Irie Kanako
• Taniya - Kazue Komiya
• Don Zaloog - Taiten Kusunoki
• Abidos the Third - Mamoru Miyano
• Kagemaru - Mugihito
• Napoleon - Naoki Tatsuta
• Ed Phoenix - Akira Ishida
• Takuma Saiou - Takehito Koyasu
• Tyranno Kenzan - Hiroshi Shimozaki

English version

• Jaden Yuki - Matthew Charles
• Alexis Rhodes - Priscilla Everett
• Syrus Truesdale - Wayne Grayson
• Zane Truesdale - Scottie Ray
• Chazz Princeton - Anthony Salerno
• Vellian Crowler - Sean Schemmel
• Bastion Misawa - Eric Stuart
• Chumley Huffington - Ted Lewis
• Sheppard - David Wills
• Lyman Banner - Wayne Grayson
• Fonda Fontaine - Bella Hudson
• Dorothy - Kerry Williams
• The Shadow Duelist - Eric Stuart
• Slade Princeton - Jonathan Todd Ross
• Ojama Yellow - Sean Schemmel
• Atticus Rhodes / Nightshroud - Jason Anthony Griffith
• Camula - Bella Hudson

External link

• 4Kids Yu-Gi-Oh! GX page
• TV Tokyo Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX website (Japanese)
• NASinc. (Japanese)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX at TV.com
• http://yugioh.com/
• Janime's GX Page