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{{Nihongo|'''''Yu-Gi-Oh!'''''|遊☆戯☆王|Yūgiō|lit. ''Game King''}} is a Japanese ] series about ] created by ] (Studio Dice). It was serialised in ]'s '']'' magazine between December 1996 and June 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named ], who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle, and awakens a ] alter-ego within his body that solves his conflicts using various games. {{Nihongo|'''''Yu-Gi-Oh!'''''|遊☆戯☆王|Yū Gi Ō|{{lit|Game King}}|lead=yes}} is a Japanese ] series written and illustrated by ]. It was serialized in ]'s '']'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The manga follows ], a young boy with an affinity for games, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi becomes host to a gambling alter-ego or spirit who solves his conflicts with various games. As the manga progresses, the focus largely shifts to the ] ''Duel Monsters'' (originally known as ''Magic & Wizards''), where opposing players "duel" one another in mock battles of fantasy monsters.


Two ] adaptations were produced; one by ] which aired in 1998 and another produced by ] which aired between April 2000 and September 2004. The manga series has spawned a franchise that includes multiple spinoff manga and ] series, a ] and numerous video games. Most of the incarnations of the franchise involve the fictional trading card game called '']'' (originally known as ''Magic & Wizards''), where each player uses cards to "duel" each other in a mock battle of fantasy "monsters". The '']'' is the real world counterpart to this fictional game on which it is loosely based. The manga series has spawned a ] that includes multiple spin-off manga, ] series, video games, and a real-world card game, the ], based on the fictional ''Duel Monsters'' game. The first anime series adaptation, simply titled '']'' and produced by ], aired from April to October 1998, while the second one, '']'', produced by ] and animated by ], aired from April 2000 to September 2004.

''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' has become one of the ] of all time.


==Plot== ==Plot==
{{see also|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters}} {{see also|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters{{!}}List of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' characters}}
''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' tells the tale of ], a timid young boy who loves all sorts of games, but is often bullied around. One day, he solves an ancient artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or one of his friends is threatened by those with darkness in their hearts, this "Dark Yugi" shows himself and challenges them to dangerous "Shadow Games" which reveal the true nature of someone's heart, the losers of these contests often being subjected to a dark punishment called a "Penalty Game". Whether it be cards, dice or role-playing board games, Dark Yugi is the king of them all and will take on all competition. As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends learn that this other Yugi inside of his puzzle is actually the spirit of a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times who had lost his memories. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against others that wield the mysterious Millennium Items and the dark power of the Shadow Games. ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' follows ], a timid young boy who is frequently bullied. Yugi has an affinity for games and, at the beginning of the series, is solving the {{nihongo|Millennium Puzzle|千年パズル|Sennen Pazuru}}, an ]ian artifact, hoping that it will grant him his wish of making friends. Yugi eventually completes the Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or any of his friends is threatened, the spirit, briefly possessing Yugi, challenges the antagonist to {{nihongo|Shadow Games|闇のゲーム|Yami no Gēmu|lit. "Game of Darkness"}} that reveal that person's true nature, with the loser often being subjected to an adverse {{nihongo|Penalty Game|]|Batsu Gēmu}}. Yugi and his friends gradually become aware of the spirit's existence, referring to him as the "other Yugi".


As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends learn that the spirit is actually that of a nameless ] of Ancient Egypt, who had lost his memories after being sealed inside the Puzzle. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against those who wield the other {{nihongo|Millennium Items|千年アイテム|Sennen Aitemu}} and the dark power of the Shadow Games.
The plot of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga is split into several major arcs.


==Development==
===Trial of the Mind===
In the initial planning stages of the manga, Takahashi had wanted to draw a horror manga.<ref>{{cite book|author=Takahashi, Kazuki|author-link=Kazuki Takahashi|title=Foreword|series=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World|date=January 2, 2007|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-4215-0694-4|page=1|volume=5}}</ref> Although the end result was a manga about games, some horror elements influenced certain aspects of the story. Takahashi decided to use "battle" as his primary theme. Since there had been so much "fighting" manga, he found it difficult to come up with something original. He decided to create a fighting manga where the main character does not hit anybody, but also struggled with that limitation. When the word "game" came to mind, he found it much easier to work with.<ref>{{cite book|author=Takahashi, Kazuki|author-link=Kazuki Takahashi|title=Foreword|series=Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|date=October 10, 2005|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-4215-0052-2|page=1|volume=9}}</ref>


When an interviewer asked Takahashi if he tried to introduce younger readers to real life gaming culture referenced in the series, Takahashi responded by saying that he simply included "stuff he played and enjoyed", and that it may have introduced readers to role-playing games and other games. Takahashi added that he created some of the games seen in the series. The author stressed the importance of "communication between people," often present in tabletop role-playing games and not present in solitary video games. Takahashi added that he feels that quality communication is not possible over the Internet.<ref name="SJVolume2Issue8InterviewPage140">{{cite journal|title=Interview: Kazuki Takahashi (part 2)|journal=]|date=August 2004|volume=2|issue=8|page=140|publisher=]}}</ref>
A mysterious man named Shadi arrives in Domino City to pass judgement on those who trespassed and pilfered from an Egyptian tomb, targeting the Domino City Museum. He meets Yugi and finds out that he has completed the Millennium Puzzle and has awakened a second personality within himself. Desiring to discover the Millennium Puzzle's true power, with the Millennium Scales and the Millennium Key, Shadi summons deadly Shadow Game trials that, if Dark Yugi can't successfully pass them, will kill his best friends.<ref name="YuGiOhTrialofTheMind">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volumes 2. August 2003. '']''.</ref><ref name="YuGiOhTrialofTheMind2">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volumes 3. December 2003. '']''.</ref>


Takahashi had always been interested in games, claiming to have been obsessed as a child and remained interested in them as an adult. In a game, he considered the player to become a hero. He decided to base the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series around such games and used this idea as the premise; Yugi was a weak childish boy, who became a hero when he played games. With friendship being one of the major themes of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', he based the names of the two major characters "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" on the Japanese word ''yūjō'', which means "friendship". Henshin, the ability to turn into something or someone else, is something Takahashi believed all children dreamed of. He considered Yugi's "henshin" Dark Yugi, a savvy, invincible games player, to be a big appeal to children.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Cullen|first=Lisa Takeuchi|date=December 18, 2002|title='I've Always Been Obsessed With Games'|url=http://www.time.com/time/interactive/multimedia/takahashi_int/frameset.exclude.html|url-status=dead|magazine=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020702174238/http://www.time.com/time/interactive/multimedia/takahashi_int/frameset.exclude.html|archive-date=July 2, 2002|access-date=November 13, 2018|quote=In a game, the player becomes the hero. The main character, Yugi, is a weak and childish boy who becomes a hero when he plays games. As far as the manga story goes, I think all kids dream of henshin if you combine the "yu" in Yugi and the "jo" in Jounouchi Yujo translates to friendship in English, }}</ref>
===Death-T===


Takahashi said that the card game held the strongest influence in the manga, because it "happened to evoke the most response" from readers. Prior to that point, Takahashi did not plan to make the story about cards.<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8">{{cite journal|title=Yugi's Early Days – An Exclusive Interview with Kazuki Takahashi!|url=https://archive.today/20240914211849/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DhgAAOSwBbVi~8Es/s-l1600.webp|journal=]|date=September 2004|volume=2|issue=9|page=8|publisher=]}}</ref>
One of the early villains that Dark Yugi faced, Seto Kaiba, comes back with a vengeance. The young president of Kaiba Corporation, who lost a Shadow Game of ''Duel Monsters'' (''Magic & Wizards'' in the Japanese manga) to Dark Yugi for stealing his grandfather's precious Blue-Eyes White Dragon card, suffered a Penalty Game in which he experienced a sensation similar to death, and suffered nightmares from it thereafter. Begrudged over the loss and humiliation, he decided to build a deranged theme park called Death-T, designed to enact revenge on Yugi by killing him with deadly games. Luring Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku Mutou, into a virtual ''Duel Monsters'' game, he defeats the old game master with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and tears up his precious card. When Kaiba tortures Sugoroku with an artificial Penalty Game and threatens his life, Yugi and his friends are forced to partake in Kaiba's deadly games in order to save him. However, Yugi also has to overcome the fear of his new-found "other self" and reveal his secret to his friends in order to survive.<ref name="DeathT">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volume 4. March 2004. '']''.</ref><ref name="DeathT2">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volume 5. June 2004. '']''.</ref>


Takahashi said that the "positive message" for readers of the series is that each person has a "strong hidden part" (like "human potential") within himself or herself, and when one finds hardship, the "hidden part" can emerge if one believes in him/herself and in his/her friends. Takahashi added that this is "a pretty consistent theme."<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8" />
===Monster World===


The editor of the English version, ], said that the licensing of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga had not been entirely coordinated, so Viz decided to use many of the original character names and to "keep it more or less violent and gory." Thompson said that the manga "was almost unchanged from the Japanese original." Because the core fanbase of the series was, according to Thompson, "8-year-old boys (and a few incredible fangirls)," and because the series had little interest from "hardcore, Japanese-speaking fans, the kind who run ] sites and post on messageboards" as the series was perceived to be "too mainstream," the Viz editors allowed Thompson "a surprising amount of leeway with the translation." Thompson said he hoped that he did not "abuse" the leeway he was given.<ref name="Comixologyinterview">{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=May 22, 2008|title=To All the Manga I've Edited Before|url=https://pulllist.comixology.com/articles/63/To-All-the-Manga-Ive-Edited-Before|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065514/https://pulllist.comixology.com/articles/63/To-All-the-Manga-Ive-Edited-Before|archive-date=2015-12-08|access-date=2024-09-14|website=]}}</ref> In a 2004 interview, the editors of the United States ''Shonen Jump'' mentioned that Americans were surprised when reading the stories in the first seven volumes, as they had not appeared on television as a part of the '']'' anime. Takahashi added "The story is quite violent, isn't it? ''''"<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8" />
Ryo Bakura, a fan of ], is a new transfer student at Domino City High, and quickly befriends Yugi Mutou and the rest of his friends. However, Bakura has a dark secret, he is also the owner of a Millennium Item, the Millennium Ring, and like Yugi, has another personality dwelling within him called Dark Bakura, who has been turning every game he plays into Shadow Games and putting Ryo's friends in a coma by putting their souls within miniature figures using Penalty Games; causing Ryo to constantly transfer schools and lose friends. Fearing for the safety of his new friends, he insists that they shouldn't play games together. Despite his plea, Yugi and his other pals come to Bakura's house to play his favorite ''Monster World'' game in order to cheer him up. Desiring to take Yugi's Millennium Puzzle, Dark Bakura turns this friendly tabletop RPG into a Shadow Game, trapping the souls of Yugi and his friends into their RPG miniatures. However, Dark Yugi takes over Yugi's body at the last second and the battle to free their new friend and their souls commence as they adventure into the ''Monster World'' campaign.<ref name="MonsterWorld">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volume 6. September 2004. '']''.</ref><ref name="MonsterWorld2">''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Volumes 7. December 2004. '']''.</ref>


The English language release by 4Kids has been subject to censorship to make it more appropriate for children, for example mentions of death or violence were replaced by references to "being sent to the Shadow Realm".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dornemann|first=Emlyn|date=March 18, 2019|title=Anime Censorship in the 90s and Early 2000s {{!}} Comic Book Legal Defense Fund|url=http://cbldf.org/2019/03/anime-censorship-in-the-early-2000s/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200236/http://cbldf.org/2019/03/anime-censorship-in-the-early-2000s/|archive-date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|website=CBLDF}}</ref>
===Duelist Kingdom===


The Japanese title, {{nihongo||遊戯王|Yūgiō}}, stylized as {{nihongo|"Yu-Gi-Oh!"|遊☆戯☆王}}, translates into English as "Game King". {{nihongo||遊戯|Yūgi}} is also the name of the protagonist, while ''Yūgiō'' is also the title the second personality inhabiting his body holds as an invincible game master. Additionally, the character names "Yūgi" and "]" are based on the word {{nihongo||友情|yūjō|"friendship"}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-07-25|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Yu-Gi-Oh!|last=Thompson|first=Jason|website=]|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2022|quote=Even Jonouchi, a tough guy in school who's Yugi's future best friend, teases him in the first chapter before eventually his bromantic heart melts and they become best buddies. (The yu from Yugi and the jô from Jonouchi equals yujô, "friendship".|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531201104/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Yūjō'' is pointed out by Jōnouchi to Yūgi at the end of the first manga chapter, as "something visible yet invisible" (what's visible is the two of them, what's invisible is their friendship), as a way to tell Yūgi that he wants to be his friend. The pun was represented with a ] card titled {{nihongo|"''Yūjō Yu-jyo''"|友情 YU-JYO||"Yu-Jo Friendship"}}.
Following Seto Kaiba's defeat during the Death-T arc and Dark Yugi's ''Mind Crush'' Penalty Game, which puts him in a coma, Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the Japanese manga), the creator of the ''Duel Monsters'' card game and president of the gaming company I<sub>2</sub>, kidnaps Mokuba Kaiba and plans to usurp control of Kaiba Corporation. In order to do this, he must solidify his status as number one gamer among all the duelists in Japan and prove himself worthy by beating Yugi Mutou, the gamer who defeated Seto Kaiba, in a official ''Duel Monsters'' match. In order to do this, he organizes the Duelist Kingdom tournament and invites Yugi Mutou. The wielder of the Millennium Eye, Pegasus beats Dark Yugi on a technicality during a timed Shadow Game through a video tape, and takes his grandpa's soul as a Penalty Game, sealing it in inside the video tape, and forces Yugi to partake in his contest. Not long after, Jonouchi receives a video tape from his sister, Shizuka Kawai, informing him that she will soon go blind. Yugi, along with Jonouchi, Honda, Anzu, and Bakura must travel to Duelist Kingdom in order to free Yugi's grandfather and win the prize money to pay for Shizuka's eye operation.

===D·D·M===

A new game shop called the Black Clown opens across the street from Yugi's house, the Kame Game shop. Advertising a new game abbreviated "DDM" ("DDD" in the Japanese manga), Yugi and his friends decide to try out the new game on their free time. But unbeknownst to Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda, and Bakura, the owner of the new shop is Mr. Clown, who lost a Shadow Game called the Devil's Board Game to Sugoroku Mutou long ago, losing his youth and becoming disfigured as a Penalty Game in a competition for the Millennium Puzzle. Raising his son to be a master gamer in order to enact revenge by beating Sugoroku's grandson, new classmate Ryuji Otogi starts causing trouble for Yugi and his friends with his ] games as he plans to take revenge for his father using a game of his own creation, ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'' (''Dragons, Dice & Dungeons'' in the Japanese manga), in order to take the title of "Game King" as well as the Millennium Puzzle.<ref name="DDM">''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist''. Volume 9. October 2005. '']''.</ref><ref name="DDM2">''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist''. Volume 10. November 2005. '']''.</ref>

===Battle City===

One day, Seto Kaiba meets Ishizu Ishtar, holder of the Millennium Tauk, at the Domino City Museum and learns that the game of ''Duel Monsters'' was based on a Shadow Game played long ago by an Egyptian Dynasty ruled over by a nameless Pharaoh who resembled his rival Yugi Mutou, and that an organization of thieves and bootleggers ("the Ghouls of the gaming underworld"<ref>''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist''. Chapter 94. December 2005. '']''</ref>) robbed Ishizu of two of three God Cards that were made to be the strongest monsters in the game by Pegasus, based on the gods depicted on the stone tablet. In order to lure them out, Ishizu gives Kaiba the "God of Obelisk" and manipulates him into opening the Battle City tournament to lure them out. At the same time, Dark Yugi finally learns of his true origins, that he is the spirit of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh trapped in the Millennium Puzzle for thousands of years, and that the key to regaining his lost memory is to fight in the Battle City tournament. However, the owner of the last Millennium Item, the Millennium Rod, is the leader of the Ghouls, and has a vendetta against the nameless king and plans to kill him.

===Millennium World===

After conquering Battle City, Dark Yugi has obtained all three God Cards and now requires all seven Millennium Items to unlock his lost memories. Dark Bakura once again feigns allegiance with Yugi and relinquishes the Millennium Eye which he took from Pegasus before his death, promising the Millennium Ring later. A mysterious man named Bobasa offers to act as a guide for Dark Yugi under orders from their old enemy Shadi, promising him Shadi's Millennium Key and Scales. When Dark Yugi and his friends arrive at the museum to present the God Cards in front of the Memory Tablet, Dark Yugi seems to disappear into the Memory World, where Yugi and his other friends (sans Ryo Bakura, who is excluded because Bobasa had sensed an evil presence in his heart) decide to enter the Millennium Puzzle to find the true room to the Memory World using the Millennium Key, guided by Bobasa, in order to find the other Yugi. However, Dark Yugi was actually transported to the back of the Domino City Museum to play against Dark Bakura in the ''Shadow RPG'', a tabletop role-playing reenactment of history powered by the Millennium Puzzle's memories, with his player character being his past self, the young Pharaoh aided by his six priests. In order to stop Dark Bakura from resurrecting the evil god Zorc and save the souls of his friends who are trapped in the game world, he must defeat Dark Bakura in the RPG. At the same time, Yugi and his friends must search for Dark Yugi's true name as NPCs in the Ancient Egyptian game world that resembles the past, ravaged by the vengeful Thief King.

===Significance of Duel Monsters (Magic & Wizards)===

The early chapters of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' feature a variety of different games; but from volume 8 onwards, the most common game that appeared as a ] was the ''Duel Monsters'' card game through the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City tournament arcs; receiving elevated plot relevance in the latter arc. Other games still appear during the Dungeon Dice Monsters and Millennium World portions of the manga and gaming in general is often referred to; the modern card game being a recent fad in Japan imported from the United States within the original story.

However, the ]/] ] promotes ''Duel Monsters'' as the story's main premise as well as in filler, shifting its universe to a more ''Duel Monsters''-centric universe. ''Duel Monsters'' is played using a holographic image system created by Seto Kaiba (following his first Shadow Game match with Yugi). In the manga and first series anime, these were initially performed on tables called Duel Boxes, using holographic tubes, while the second series anime uses huge holographic fields called Duel Rings. Starting with the Battle City arc (as well as the series that followed), duels are performed using portable ]s, invented by Seto Kaiba using Solid Vision technology, which allows Shadow Game—esque games of ''Duel Monsters ''to happen anywhere.

==Development==
In the initial planning stages of the manga, Takahashi had wanted to draw a horror manga.<ref>''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (Japanese) Volume 36 ''Foreword''. 2004. '']''</ref> Although the end result was a manga about games, it was clear that some horror elements influenced certain aspects of the story. Takahashi decided to use "battle" as his primary theme. Since there had been so much "fighting" manga, he found it difficult to come up with something original. He decided to create a fighting manga where the main character doesn't hit anybody, but also struggled with that limitation. When the word "game" came to mind, he found it much easier to work with.<ref>''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist'' Volume 9. ''Foreword.'' '']''</ref>

When an interviewer asked Takahashi if he tried to introduce younger readers to real life gaming culture referenced in the series, Takahashi responded by saying that he simply included "stuff he played and enjoyed", and that it may have introduced readers to role-playing games and other games. Takahashi added that he created some of the games seen in the series. The author stressed the importance of "communication between people," often present in tabletop role-playing games and not present in solitary video games. Takahashi added that he feels that quality communication is not possible over the Internet.<ref name="SJVolume2Issue8InterviewPage140">''Shonen Jump''. Volume 2, Issue 8. August 2004. ''VIZ Media''. 140.</ref>

Takahashi had always been interested in games, claiming to have been obsessed as a kid and is still interested in them as an adult. In a game, he considered the player to become a hero. He decided to base the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series around such games and used this idea as the premise; Yugi was a weak childish boy, who became a hero when he played games. With friendship being one of the major themes of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', he based the names of the two major characters "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" on the word yūjō (友情), which means "friendship". Henshin, the ability to turn into something or someone else, is something Takahashi believed all children dreamed of. He considered Yugi's "henshin" Dark Yugi, a savvy, invincible games player, to be a big appeal to children.<ref name="Time Magazine 2001">''Time Magazine'', Vol.157 No.22. June 2001.</ref>

Kazuki Takahashi said that the card game held the strongest influence in the manga, because it "happened to evoke the most response" from readers. Prior to that point, Takahashi did not plan for the card game to make more than two appearances.<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8">''Shonen Jump''. Volume 2, Issue 9. September 2004. ''VIZ Media''. 8.</ref>

Takahashi said that the "positive message" for readers of the series is that each person has a "strong hidden part" (like "human potential") within himself or herself, and when one finds hardship, the "hidden part" can emerge if one believes in him/herself and in his/her friends. Takahashi added that this is "a pretty consistent theme."<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8"/>

The editor of the English version, Jason Thompson, said that the licensing of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga had not been entirely coordinated, so Viz decided to use many of the original character names and to "keep it more or less violent and gory." Thomspon said that the manga "was almost unchanged from the Japanese original." Because the core fanbase of the series was, according to Thompson, "8-year-old boys (and a few incredible fangirls)," and because the series had little interest from "hardcore, Japanese-speaking fans, the kind who run scanlation sites and post on messageboards" as the series was perceived to be "too mainstream," the Viz editors allowed Thompson "a surprising amount of leeway with the translation." Thompson said that he did not "abuse" the leeway he was given.<ref name="Comixologyinterview">"." ]. May 22, 2008. Retrieved on July 8, 2010.</ref> In a 2004 interview, the editors of the United States ''Shonen Jump'' mentioned that Americans were surprised when reading the stories in Volumes 1 through 7, as they had not appeared on television as a part of the ]. Takahashi added "The story is quite violent, isn't it? ''''"<ref name="SJVolume2Issue9InterviewPage8"/>


==Media== ==Media==
===Manga===
{{main|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters{{!}}List of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' chapters}}
Written and illustrated by ], ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' was serialized in ]'s ] magazine '']'' from September 17, 1996, to March 8, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『遊☆戯☆王』高橋和希先生が描く短期集中連載『THE COMIQ』が週刊少年ジャンプ46号(10/15発売)より掲載決定!!|url=https://www.shonenjump.com/j/2018/10/10/181010thecomiq_001.html|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421204223/https://www.shonenjump.com/j/2018/10/10/181010thecomiq_001.html|archive-date=April 21, 2021|language=ja|date=October 10, 2018|quote={{lang|ja|『遊☆戯☆王』(著:高橋和希)について「週刊少年ジャンプ」1996年42号（1996年9月17日発売）から2004年15号（2004年3月8日発売）まで連載}}|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 2004年15号|url=http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2004/15.html|website=Pop Web Jump|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206005424/http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2004/15.html|archive-date=February 6, 2008|language=ja}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters in thirty-eight {{Transliteration|ja|]}} volumes, released from March 4, 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872311-2&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 1|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=June 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609235049/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872311-2&mode=1}}</ref> to June 4, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873626-5&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 38|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205122945/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873626-5&mode=1}}</ref> Shueisha republished its chapters in twenty-two {{Transliteration|ja|]}} volumes from April 18, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:集英社文庫 (コミック版) 遊☆戯☆王 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618574-5|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706113047/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618574-5|url-status=live}}</ref> to March 18, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:集英社文庫 (コミック版) 遊☆戯☆王 22|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618595-0|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706112800/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618595-0|url-status=live}}</ref>


In North America, the manga was licensed by ]. The company started publishing it in its '']'' magazine from November 2002 to November 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Shounen Jump Exposed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-30/shounen-jump-exposed|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|date=July 30, 2002|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922090839/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-30/shounen-jump-exposed|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=SJ Runs Yu-Gi-Oh's End, Slam Dunk's Debut, Naruto's Origin|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh%27s-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|date=November 5, 2007|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225210532/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh%27s-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|url-status=live}}</ref> The company also released the manga in volumes, divided in three series; the first series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', includes the first seven volumes, and were released from May 7, 2003;<ref>{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/product/154|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095234/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/product/154|url-status=live}}</ref> to December 7, 2004.<ref name="vizvol7">{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 7|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-7/product/365|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095233/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-7/product/365|url-status=live}}</ref> the second series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist'' includes the original volumes 8–31, and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World'', includes the original volumes 32–38. Both series started publication in 2005; The first volume of ''Duelist'' was released on February 1,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-1/product/366|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 1|publisher=]|access-date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204406/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-1/product/366|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first volume of ''Millennium World'' on August 2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5097|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 1|publisher=]|access-date=February 22, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908100703/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5097|archivedate=September 8, 2006}}</ref> The 24th and last volume of ''Duelist'' was released on December 4, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-24/product/1163|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 24|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153634/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-24/product/1163|url-status=live}}</ref> and the seventh and final volume of ''Millennium World'' was released on February 5, 2008.<ref name="world7">{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6785|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 7|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224100626/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6785|archive-date=February 24, 2008}}</ref> Viz Media republished the series in thirteen three-in-one volume edition from February 3, 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3671|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915002639/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3671|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 6, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 12|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-13/product/5413|publisher=]|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224133710/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-13/product/5413|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Manga===
{{main|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters}}
The original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga by ] was serialized in ]'s '']'' from 1996 to March 8, 2004. Unlike the succeeding anime shows, it also features games unrelated to the Duel Monsters card game (known as ''Magic & Wizards'' in the Japanese manga). The plot starts out fairly episodic and the first seven volumes includes only three instances of ''Magic & Wizards''. In the eighth volume, the Duelist Kingdom arc starts and instances of ''Magic & Wizards'' becomes fairly common, and after the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc, it reappears again and becomes part of an important plot point during the Battle City arc. The last arc of the manga focuses on a ] that replicates the Pharaoh's lost memories, in which the battle system is based on an ancient Shadow Game played in his kingdom (stated in-series to be the precursor of ''Magic & Wizards'' and the indirect precursor to card games in general). The editors were Yoshihisa Heishi and Hisao Shimada. Kazuki Takahashi credits Toshimasa Takahashi in the "Special Thanks" column.<ref>''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World'' Volume 7. ]. 218.</ref>


A two-part short story by Takahashi, titled ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Transcend Game'', was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on April 11 and 18, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「遊☆戯☆王」原作と映画つなぐ新作がジャンプに、次号「H×H」連載再開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183063|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085729/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183063|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！6月には単行本33巻が発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183912|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|date=April 18, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085730/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183912|url-status=live}}</ref> Takahashi created the story to link the end of the original manga with the story of the '']'' anime film.<ref name="ANN-2016-12-12">{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Yu-Gi-Oh!, Rurouni Kenshin Manga Shorts|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-12/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-rurouni-kenshin-manga-shorts/.109807|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213112955/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-12/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-rurouni-kenshin-manga-shorts/.109807|url-status=live}}</ref> Viz Media published the manga in its digital '']'' magazine.<ref name="ANN-2016-12-12"/>
The English version of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga is released in the North America by ], running in '']'' magazine between 2002 and December 2007. The original Japanese character names are kept for most of the characters (Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda, for instance), while the English names are used for a minor number of characters (e.g. ]) and for the ''Duel Monsters'' cards. The manga is published in its original right-to-left format and is largely unedited, although instances of censorship appear such as editing out ] in later volumes. Viz released the first volume of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga up to the end of the Monster World arc under its original title. Starting from the last chapter of the seventh Japanese volume, the Duelist Kingdom, Dungeon Dice Monsters, and Battle City arcs are released under the title; ''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist'', while the Memory World arc was released as ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World''.


====Yu-Gi-Oh! R==== ====''Yu-Gi-Oh! R''====
{{main|Yu-Gi-Oh! R}} {{main|Yu-Gi-Oh! R}}
A spin-off manga titled '']'' was illustrated by ] under Takahashi's supervision. The story is of disputed canonicity and takes place in the original manga's universe, between the Battle City and Millennium World arcs, where Yugi and his friends must stop a man named Yako Tenma who plans to use Anzu Mazaki's body to revive the deceased Maximillion Pegasus.<ref>In volume 1 of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R'' manga, Akira Ito explains the manga, which describes a hidden story that does not appear in the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga, as a {{Nihongo|"reverse"|リバース|ribāsu}} of the original one, in an effort to expand the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise.</ref> It was serialized in ''V-Jump'' between June 2004 and January 2008 and was compiled into five tankōbon volumes. Viz Media released the series in North America between 2009 and 2010.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue</ref> A ] manga titled '']'' was illustrated by ] under Takahashi's supervision. It was serialized in '']'' between 2004 and 2007, and its chapters were collected in five volumes. Viz Media released the series in North America between 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 8, 2009|title=Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210065147/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|archive-date=February 10, 2009|access-date=October 20, 2014|website=]}}</ref>


===Anime=== ===Anime===
====1998 TV series==== ====Anime franchise overview====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series)}}
! colspan="2"|No.
The first ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime adaptation was produced by ] and aired on ] between April 4, 1998 and October 10, 1998, running for 27 episodes. Often referred to by fans as "the first series" or "season zero", the series loosely adapts stories within the first seven volumes of the manga, focusing less on Duel Monsters, and is different in tone from NAS' adaptations. This adaptation was never released outside of Japan.
!'''Title'''
!Episodes
!Originally aired / Release date
!Director
!Studio
!'''Network'''
|-
! style="background:orange;"|
!1
|'']''
|27
|April 4, 1998 – October 10, 1998
|]
|rowspan="2"|]
|]
|-
! colspan="2"|Film
|colspan="2"|'']''
|March 6, 1999
|Junji Shimizu
|
|-
|-
! style="background:indigo;"|
!2
|'']''
|224
|April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004
|]
|]
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! colspan="2"|Film
|colspan="2"|'']''
|November 3, 2004
|rowspan="2"|Hatsuki Tsuji
|]<br>Gallop
|
|-
|-
! style="background:gold;"|
!3
|'']''
|180
|October 6, 2004 – March 26, 2008
|Gallop
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! colspan="2"|Miniseries
|'']''
|12
|September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006
|]
|4Kids Entertainment<br>Gallop
|]
|-
! style="background:cyan;"|
!4
|'']''
|154 + 1
|April 2, 2008 – March 30, 2011
|Katsumi Ono
|rowspan="7"|Gallop
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! colspan="2"|Film
|colspan="2"|'']''
|January 23, 2010
|Kenichi Takeshita
|
|-
|-
! style="background:#B30043;"|
!5
|'']''
|73 + 1
|April 11, 2011 – September 24, 2012
|rowspan="2"|Satoshi Kuwahara
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! style="background:#0F52BA;"|
!6
|'']''
|73 + 1
|October 7, 2012 – March 23, 2014
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! style="background:yellow;"|
!7
|'']''
|148
|April 6, 2014 – March 26, 2017
|Katsumi Ono
|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! colspan="2"|Film
|colspan="2"|'']''
|April 23, 2016
|Satoshi Kuwabara
|
|-
! style="background:#000080;"|
!8
|'']''
|120
|May 10, 2017 – September 25, 2019
|Masahiro Hosoda (#1–13)<br>Katsuya Asano (#14–120)
|rowspan="3"|TXN (TV Tokyo)
|-
! style="background:#0CA7ED;"|
!9
|'']''
|92
|April 4, 2020 – March 27, 2022
|rowspan="2"|Nobuhiro Kondo
|rowspan="2"|]
|-
! style="background:#21421E;"|
!10
|'']''
|144
|April 3, 2022 – present
|-
! style="background:gray"|
!11
|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles''
|TBA
|April 2025 – TBA
|TBA
|Konami Animation
|]
|-
! colspan="3"|Total
!13
1227 + 7
!April 4, 1998 – present
! colspan="3"|-
|}


====Television series====
This series is heavily ] from the manga, skipping many chapters, and often changes details of the manga stories it manages to adapt, featuring several key differences from the manga, including adding a new character to the group, Miho Nosaka, who was originally a one-shot minor character in the manga. Following its cancellation, this adaptation is not related to any other works thereafter aside from the Toei movie.
=====''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (1998 TV series)=====
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series){{!}}''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (1998 TV series)}}
The first ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' ] adaptation was produced by ] and aired for 27 episodes on ] between April 1998 and October 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 23, 1998|script-title=ja:番組表|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bangumi/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980523065859/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bangumi/index.html|archive-date=May 23, 1998|access-date=June 1, 2009|publisher=]|language=ja}}</ref>


====2000 TV series==== =====''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' (2000 TV series)=====
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000 TV series)}} {{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters}}
A second anime television series adaptation, produced by ] and animated by ], was broadcast for 224 episodes on ] from April 2000 to September 2004.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/7174|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414112530/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/7174|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}</ref>
''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}}, is the second adaptation of the series produced by ]. Loosely adapting the manga from volume eight onwards, the series features several differences from the manga and the Toei-produced series; largely focuses around the game of Duel Monsters, tying in with the real life '']''. The series aired in Japan on ] between April 18, 2000 and September 29, 2004, running for 224 episodes.


======''Capsule Monsters''======
In 2001, ] obtained the merchandising and television rights to the series from Konami, producing an English language version which aired in North America on ] between September 29, 2001 and June 10, 2006, also releasing in various countries outside of Japan. The adaptation received many changes from the Japanese version to tailor it for international audiences. These include different names for many characters and monsters, changes to the appearance of the cards to differentiate them from their real-life counterparts and various cuts and edits pertaining to violence, death and religious references to make the series suitable for children. An uncut version featuring the original Japanese version and an all-new English dub track began release in October 2004 in association with ], but only three volumes comprising the first nine episodes were ever released. 4Kids also began releasing the uncut Japanese episodes of the series to ] in May 2009, but were forced to stop due to legal issues with ] and Yugi's Japanese voice actor, ].<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=2009-08-21|accessdate=2010-09-29}}</ref> A different English dubbed adaptation was produced by A.S.N. and aired in South East Asia.
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters}}
''Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters'' is a 12-episode spin-off miniseries to the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' series, commissioned, produced and edited by ], which aired in North America between September and November 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Original Yu-Gi-Oh! Series Back on Saturday Morning|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/9557/original-yu-gi-oh-series-back-saturday-morning|website=ICv2|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=October 31, 2006|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125074812/https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/9557/original-yu-gi-oh-series-back-saturday-morning|url-status=live}}</ref>


====Films====
On March 24, 2011, ] and ] filed a joint ] 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 web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-29/tv-tokyo-nihon-ad-terminate-yu-gi-oh-deal-sue-4kids | title = TV Tokyo, Nihon Ad Terminate ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Deal, Sue 4Kids | publisher = Anime News Network | date = March 29, 2011 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref> This led to 4Kids filing for protection under ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-31/4kids-files-shareholders-report-on-yu-gi-oh-lawsuit | title = 4Kids Files Shareholders' Report on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Lawsuit | publisher = Anime News Network | date = March 31, 2011 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-06/4kids-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy | title = 4Kids Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy | publisher = Anime News Network | date =April 6, 2011 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref> Although 4Kids had managed to win the case in March 2012,<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-01/adk-tv-tokyo-amicably-settle-yu-gi-oh-suit-with-4kids</ref> 4Kids sold the rights to all ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' assets to ]'s 4K Acquisition Group.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-30/konami-explains-transition-of-4kids-yu-gi-oh-assets</ref>
Four animated films based on the franchise have been released.


=====''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (1999)=====
===Novel===
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film){{!}}''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (1999 film)}}
Based on the Toei animated series, the thirty-minute ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' film premiered in March 1999.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001950.html|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530215912/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001950.html|archive-date=May 30, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>


=====''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light''=====

A novel adaptation revolves focuses on some of the beginning parts of the manga and the Death-T arc, written by Katsuhiko Chiba. It was published in Japan by ] on September 3, 1999 and comprised of four sections.<ref> '']''. Retrieved January 26, 2013.</ref> The fourth section is an original story, occurring only in the novel. Two weeks after Yugi's battle with Kaiba in Death-T, Yugi gets a call from Kaiba, who tells him to meet for a game at the top floor of Kaiba Corporation. Yugi accepts, and when the game begins, they use a special variation of ''Magic & Wizards'' called the "Bingo Rule," which prevents the used of a specific card in each player's deck. Mokuba stumbles in on them, and tells Yugi that Kaiba has not yet awoken from his catatonic state. It turns out that the Kaiba that Yugi is playing against is a "Cyber Kaiba", controlled by the KaibaCorp computer, using all of Kaiba's memories.

===Other books===
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{{nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth''|遊☆戯☆王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―|Yūgiō Kyarakutāzu Gaido Bukku Shinri no Fukuin}} is a guidebook written by ] related to characters from the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga universe. It was published in Japan on November 1, 2002 by ] under their Jump Comics imprint and in ] on December 12, 2006 by ].<ref>http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873363-0 ]</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.fr/dp/2871299080 (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved January 26, 2013.</ref> The book contains profiles for characters, including information which has never been released elsewhere, including birth dates, height, weight, blood type, favorite and least favorite food. It also contains a plethora of compiled information from the story, including a list of names for the various games and Shadow Games that appear in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' and the various Penalty Games used by the Millennium Item wielders.

An art book titled, {{nihongo|''Duel Art''|デュエルアート|Dyueruāto}} was illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi under the Studio Dice label. The art book was released on December 16, 2011 and contains a number of illustrations done for the bunkoban releases of the manga, compilations of color illustrations found in the manga, and brand new art drawn for the book.<ref>http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782398-1&mode=1 Duel Art Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations</ref> It also contains pictures by Takahashi used for cards with the anniversary layout, pictures he has posted on his website and a number of other original illustrations.

The {{nihongo|''Theatrical & TV Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Super Complete Book''|劇場＆TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック| Gekijō & TV Anime Yūgiō Sūpā Konpurītobukku}} was released on May 1999 following the release of Toei's ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' movie earlier that year. The book includes episode information and pictures regarding the first ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime and movie, some pictures with the original manga with a section covering the making of certain monsters, and interviews regarding the first film. It also features an ] version of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' movie and is the only supplemental work released for Toei's version of the anime.<ref>http://www.amazon.co.jp/劇場-TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック-週刊少年ジャンプ編集部/dp/4087827658 Amazon Japan. Retrieved Feb 2013.</ref>

The {{nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book''|遊☆戯☆王 テンス　アニバーサリー　アニメーション　ブック|Yūgiō! Tensu Anivāsarī Animēshon Bukku}} is a book released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the ] adaption of the anime (as opposed to the manga), released on January 21, 2010. The book features scenes from the crossover movie, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time'', a quick review of the three ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' series, character profiles, duels and interviews with the staff of the movie. A fold-out double-sided poster is included with the book.<ref>http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/408779542X ''Amazon Japan''. Retrieved Feb 2013.</ref>

===Films===

====Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999)====
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film)}}
Based on the Toei animated series, the thirty-minute movie revolves around a boy named ], who is targeted by ] after obtaining a powerful rare card; the legendary '']''. The movie was released on March 6, 1999 and, like the TV series, was not released outside of Japan.

====Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light====
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light}} {{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light}}
''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light'', often referred to as simply ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie'', was first released in North America in August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-11/yu-gi-oh-the-movie|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 11, 2004}}</ref> The film was developed specifically for Western audiences by 4Kids based on the success of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise in the United States.
'']'', often referred to as simply ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie'', was first released in North America on August 13, 2004. The movie was developed specifically for Western audiences by 4Kids based on the overwhelming success of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise in the United States. ] distributed the film in most English-speaking countries. Its characters are from the second series ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime. In the movie, which takes place following the Battle City arc, Yugi faces ], the Egyptian God of the Dead. An extended uncut Japanese version of the movie premiered in special screenings in Japan on November 3, 2004 under the title ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light''. The movie was then aired on TV Tokyo on January 2, 2005. Attendees of the movie during its premiere (U.S. or Japan) got 1 of 4 free ] cards. The cards were Pyramid of Light, Sorcerer of Dark Magic, Blue Eyes Shining Dragon and Watapon. The Home Video Release also gave out one of the Free Cards with an offer to get all 4 by mail (though the promotion ended in December 2004). In ], ], ] and the United Kingdom, free promotional cards were also given out, however, they were given out at all screenings of the movie, and not just the premiere.


====Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time==== =====''Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time''=====
{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time}} {{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time}}
''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time'' is a ] that premiered in Japan in January 2010 and in North America in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:10ｔｈアニバーサリー劇場版 遊☆戯☆王 超融合！時空を越えた絆|url=https://jfdb.jp/title/2357|publisher=Japanese Film Database|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830092637/https://jfdb.jp/title/2357|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D's U.S. Theatrical Run Dated for February-March|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-22/yu-gi-oh-3d-u.s-theatrical-run-dated-for-february-march|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=January 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129000809/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-22/yu-gi-oh-3d-u.s-theatrical-run-dated-for-february-march|url-status=live}}</ref>
'']'', known in Japan as {{Nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie: Super Fusion! Bonds that Transcend Time''|劇場版　遊☆戯☆王　～超融合！時空を越えた絆～|Gekijō-ban Yūgiō ~Chō-Yūgō! Jikū o Koeta Kizuna~}}, is a ] released on January 23, 2010 in Japan. The film was released in North America by 4Kids on February 26, 2011 with additional footage, where it also received an encore screening in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-22/yu-gi-oh-3d-u.s-theatrical-run-dated-for-february-march | title = ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D's'' U.S. Theatrical Run Dated for February–March | publisher = Anime News Network | date = November 22, 2010 | accessdate = March 23, 2011}}</ref> The movie celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first NAS series (as opposed to the anniversary of the manga) and features an original storyline involving ], ] (Judai Yuki) from '']'' and Yusei Fudo from '']'', fighting against a new enemy named ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-05/toriko-yu-gi-oh-10th-special-anime-shorts-announced | title = ''Toriko'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Special'' Anime Shorts Announced | publisher = Anime News Network | date= July 5, 2009 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref> It was first teased with short animations featured at the start of episodes of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' during the third season. The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in July 2011, with the UK release by ] being the first bilingual release of the franchise since the Uncut ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' DVDs.<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/MangaUK/status/60965090953932800</ref>
====Voice actors====


=====''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions''=====
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{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions}}
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''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions'', which was produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the franchise, premiered in Japan in April 2016 and in January 2017 in North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's New Video Previews Duel|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-01/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-new-video-previews-duel/.99247|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 1, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085830/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-01/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-new-video-previews-duel/.99247|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Begins Listing Theaters for U.S. Screenings|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-begins-listing-theaters-for-u.s-screenings/.109965|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=December 16, 2016|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113231843/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-begins-listing-theaters-for-u.s-screenings/.109965|url-status=live}}</ref>
! align="center" width="15%" | '']'' (1999)
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====Spin-offs====
! ] ''(english)''<br><small>Anzu (japanese)</small>
{{Main|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|Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!}}
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Seven anime ] have been produced. The first, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', was broadcast from October 2004 to March 2008.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ GX|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/9001|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414070652/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/9001|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}</ref> It was succeeded by ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', which aired from April 2008 to March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王5D'S|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/10498|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414111717/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/10498|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}</ref> ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' aired from April 2011 to March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王 ZEXAL|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/14443|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414114313/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/14443|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王ゼアルⅡ ZEXAL|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18208|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414113624/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18208|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}</ref> ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V'', premiered the following month and aired until March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王アーク･ファイブ ARC-V|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18542|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320113959/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18542|archive-date=March 20, 2016|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王ＡＲＣ－Ｖ「ペンデュラムが描く奇跡」|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/201703/23144_201703261730.html|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627111002/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/201703/23144_201703261730.html|archive-date=June 27, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'', was aired from May 2017 to September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Premieres on May 10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-20/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-premieres-on-may-10/.115048|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=April 20, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085900/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-20/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-premieres-on-may-10/.115048|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Anime Ends on September 25 After 120 Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-10/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-ends-on-september-25-after-120-episodes/.150926|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315140218/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-10/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-ends-on-september-25-after-120-episodes/.150926|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' aired April 2020 to March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Unveils Visual, April 4 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-05/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-unveils-visual-april-4-premiere/.157197|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409003040/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-05/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-unveils-visual-april-4-premiere/.157197|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王ＳＥＶＥＮＳ(セブンス)　「デュエルの王」|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/202203/23144_202203270730.html|publisher=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320070004/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/202203/23144_202203270730.html|archive-date=March 20, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!'', an ] to ''Sevens'', premiered in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Anime Announces Cosplayer Enako in Cast, Song Artists, April 3 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-05/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announces-cosplayer-enako-in-cast-song-artists-april-3-debut/.183282|website=]|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-05/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announces-cosplayer-enako-in-cast-song-artists-april-3-debut/.183282|url-status=live}}</ref> An ] (ONA) series consisting of promotional shorts, titled ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles'', is set to premiere on ] in April 2025 with new episodes debuting every month.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets Series of Promotional Net Anime Shorts in April 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-20/yu-gi-oh-gets-series-of-promotional-net-anime-shorts-in-april-2025/.219355|website=]|access-date=December 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221221111/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-20/yu-gi-oh-gets-series-of-promotional-net-anime-shorts-in-april-2025/.219355|archive-date=December 21, 2024|date=December 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Novel===
A novel adaptation of some of the beginning parts of the manga and the Death-T arc, written by {{ill|Katsuhiko Chiba|ja|千葉克彦}}. It was published in Japan by ] on September 3, 1999, and has four sections.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊・戯・王 &#91;Yu-Gi-Oh&#93|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703086-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209054749/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703086-5|archive-date=December 9, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2022|publisher=]}}</ref> The fourth section is an original story, occurring only in the novel. Two weeks after Yugi's battle with Kaiba in Death-T, Yugi gets a call from Kaiba, who tells him to meet for a game at the top floor of Kaiba Corporation. Yugi accepts, and when the game begins, they use a special variation of ''Magic & Wizards'' called the "Bingo Rule," which prevents the used of a specific card in each player's deck. Mokuba stumbles in on them, and tells Yugi that Kaiba has not yet awoken from his catatonic state. It turns out that the Kaiba that Yugi is playing against is a "Cyber Kaiba", controlled by the KaibaCorp computer, using all of Kaiba's memories.


===Other books===
! ] ''(english)''<br><small>Katsuya (japanese)</small>
]
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{{nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth''|遊☆戯☆王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―|Yūgiō Kyarakutāzu Gaido Bukku Shinri no Fukuin}} is a guidebook written by Kazuki Takahashi related to characters from the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga universe. It was published in Japan on November 1, 2002, by ] under their Jump Comics imprint.<ref>{{Cite web|title=集英社の本 公式|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873363-0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413141725/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873363-0|archive-date=April 13, 2013|access-date=July 8, 2022}} ]</ref> The book contains profiles for characters, including information which has never been released elsewhere, including birth dates, height, weight, blood type, favorite and least favorite food. It also contains a plethora of compiled information from the story, including a list of names for the various games and Shadow Games that appear in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' and the various Penalty Games used by the Millennium Item wielders.
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An art book titled, {{nihongo|''Duel Art''|デュエルアート|Dyueruāto}} was illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi under the Studio Dice label. The art book was released on December 16, 2011, and contains a number of illustrations done for the {{Transliteration|ja|bunkoban}} releases of the manga, compilations of color illustrations found in the manga, and brand new art drawn for the book.<ref>{{Cite web|title=集英社の本 公式|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782398-1&mode=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215110942/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782398-1&mode=1|archive-date=February 15, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013}} Duel Art Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations</ref> It also contains pictures by Takahashi used for cards with the anniversary layout, pictures he has posted on his website and a number of other original illustrations. ] published an English version, translated by Caleb D. Cook.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duel art : Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations / English translation, Caleb D. Cook.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/203797102|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Trove|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222073804/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/203797102|url-status=live}}</ref>
! ] ''(english)''<br><small>Hiroto ''(japanese)''</small>
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The {{nihongo|''Theatrical & TV Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Super Complete Book''|劇場&TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック|Gekijō & TV Anime Yūgiō Sūpā Konpurītobukku}} was released in May 1999 following the release of Toei's ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' film earlier that year. The book includes episode information and pictures regarding the anime and film, some pictures with the original manga with a section covering the making of certain monsters, and interviews regarding the film. It also features an ] version of the film and is the only supplemental work released for the Toei anime.<ref>{{Cite book|title=劇場&TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4087827658|country=jp}}}}</ref>
! ]
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The {{nihongo|''Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book''|遊☆戯☆王 テンス アニバーサリー アニメーション ブック|Yūgiō! Tensu Anivāsarī Animēshon Bukku}} is a book released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the ] adaption of the anime (as opposed to the manga), released on January 21, 2010. The book features scenes from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time'', a quick review of the three ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' series, character profiles, duels and interviews with the staff of the film. A fold-out double-sided poster is included with the book.<ref>{{Cite book|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 10th Anniversary Animation Book (Vジャンプブックス)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|408779542X|country=jp}}}}</ref>
! ] ''(english)''<br><small>Sugoroku ''(japanese)''</small>
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*''Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Rule Guide — The Thousand Rule Bible'' - {{ISBN|4-08-782134-X}}, This is a rule book and strategy guide for the Junior and Shin Expert rules. This also has a Q & A related to certain cards, and the book comes with the "multiply" card.
! ]
*''Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Card Catalog The Valuable Book'' - This is a collection of card catalogues.
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**Volume 1 {{ISBN|4-08-782764-X}}
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**Volume 2 {{ISBN|4-08-782041-6}}
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**Volume 3 {{ISBN|4-08-782135-8}}
**Volume 4 {{ISBN|4-08-782047-5}}
**Volume 5 {{ISBN|4-08-782053-X}}
*''Yu-Gi-Oh!: Monster Duel Official Handbook'' by Michael Anthony Steele - {{ISBN|0-439-65101-8}}, Published by ] - A guide book to ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' cards and characters
*''Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm: Mighty Champions'' by Jeff O'Hare - {{ISBN|0-439-67191-4}}, Published by Scholastic Press - A book with puzzles and games related to Yu-Gi-Oh!


===Trading card game===
! ]
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{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game{{!}}''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game}}
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The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card battle game developed and published by ]. Based on the Duel Monsters concept from the original manga series, the game sees players using a combination of monsters, spells, and traps to defeat their opponent. First launched in Japan in 1999, the game has received various changes over the years, such as the inclusion of new monster types to coincide with the release of new anime series. In 2011, '']'' called it the top-selling trading card game in history, with {{formatnum:25.2}} billion cards sold worldwide.<ref name="Guinness">{{Cite web|date=March 31, 2011|title=Best-selling trading card game company - cumulative|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/best-selling-trading-card-game/|access-date=July 8, 2022|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023408/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/best-selling-trading-card-game/|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2021|1}}, the game is estimated to have sold about {{nowrap|35 billion}} cards worldwide.<ref name="livedoor">{{Cite news|script-title=ja:「ワンピース」でも「鬼滅」でもなく…史上最も稼いだ意外なジャンプ作品|language=ja|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/|access-date=January 30, 2021|date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130215146/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|script-title=ja:『鬼滅の刃』は『ジャンプ』史上最も稼いだマンガではない！ 売り上げ1兆円作品とは（週刊女性PRIME）|language=ja|page=2|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2|access-date=July 8, 2022|date=January 29, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205071512/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2|archive-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Akaash|date=January 5, 2022|title=How Many Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Are There?|url=https://www.one37pm.com/popular-culture/how-many-yu-gi-oh-cards-are-there|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614204252/https://www.one37pm.com/popular-culture/how-many-yu-gi-oh-cards-are-there|archive-date=June 14, 2024|access-date=June 14, 2024|website=ONE37pm.com}}</ref>
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===Video games===
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There are several video games based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise which are published by ], the majority of which are based on the trading card game, and some based on other games that appeared in the manga. Aside from various games released for consoles and handheld systems, arcade machines known as ]s have been released which are compatible with certain cards in the trading card game. Outside of Konami's titles, Yugi appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting games '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Lucas|date=September 14, 2018|title=Jump Force Roster Now Includes Yu-Gi-Oh's Yami Yugi|url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/09/14/yami-yugi-announced-jump-force-roster-yu-gi-oh/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074111/https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/09/14/yami-yugi-announced-jump-force-roster-yu-gi-oh/|archive-date=December 16, 2018|access-date=December 16, 2018|website=PlayStation LifeStyle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DS / DSi - Jump Ultimate Stars|url=https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/jus/|access-date=December 16, 2018|website=www.spriters-resource.com|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118215700/https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/jus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Spinoffs=== ==Reception==
The manga has sold {{formatnum:40}} million copies.<ref name="zenkan">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:歴代発行部数ランキング|url=http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html|access-date=July 8, 2022|publisher=Manga Zenkan|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018040722/http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html|archive-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> In December 2002, Shonen Jump received the ICv2 Award for "Comic Product of the Year" due to its unprecedented sales numbers and its successfully connecting comics to both the television medium and the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' ]; one of the top CCG games of the year.<ref name="IC Award">{{Cite web|date=December 29, 2002|title=ICv2 2002 Comic Awards, Part 1|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725014616/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html|archive-date=July 25, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2008|publisher=ICv2}}</ref> In August 2008, TV Tokyo reported that over {{formatnum:18}} billion Yu-Gi-Oh! cards had been sold worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 14, 2008|title=18.1 Billion 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Cards|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13086.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202050641/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13086.html|archive-date=December 2, 2008|access-date=November 26, 2008|publisher=ICv2}}</ref> By 2011, it had sold {{formatnum:25.2}} billion cards worldwide.<ref name="Guinness" />


John Jakala of '']'' reviewed the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga in 2003 as part of reviewing the U.S. '']''. Jakala said that while the commercials for the second series anime made the anime appear "completely uninteresting," the comic "is unexpectedly dark and moody." Jakala added that at one moment the series "reminded me of ]'s work: Yugi finds himself drawn into a magical world of ancient forces where there are definite rules that must be obeyed." Jakala concluded that the fact the series uses games as plot devices "opens up a lot of story possibilities" and that he feared that the series had the potential to "simply devolve into a tie-in for the popular card game."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jakala|first=John|date=January 2, 2003|title=''Shonen Jump'' Volume 1 Review|work=]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shonen-jump-1|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211212951/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shonen-jump-1|archive-date=February 11, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
====Yu-Gi-Oh! GX====
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''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', known in Japan as ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX'', is the first spin-off anime series produced by NAS which ran for 180 episodes from October 6, 2004 and March 26, 2008. Taking place a few years after the events of the 2000 anime series, the series follows a boy named Judai Yuki as he attends a Duel Academy in the hopes of becoming the next Duel King. Like the previous seasons, 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series outside of Japan and aired it in North America between October 10, 2005 and July 12, 2008, though the fourth season was not dubbed.


], the editor of the English version of the manga, ranked ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' as number three of his five personal favorite series to edit, stating that he thinks "the story is actually pretty solid for a shonen manga" and that "you can tell it was written by an older man because of the obsession with death, and what might come after death, which dominates the final story arc," enjoying all the RPG and card gaming terminology found within the series.<ref name="Comixologyinterview" />
A manga adaptation by ] was serialized in Shueisha's ''V-Jump'' magazine between December 2005 and March 2011. The manga differs from that of the anime, featuring new storylines and monsters, as well as some personality changes in some of the characters. The series is published in North America by Viz Media.


Lisa Takeuchi Cullen argued that the manga series started to garner more popularity among Japanese children with the second series because of its somewhat "dark story lines, leggy girls and terrifying monsters". Cullen speculated that the series was not popular among Japanese parents, due to it being more intended for teenagers rather than the young kids that make up the audience for franchises such as '']''.<ref name="Time Magazine 2001">{{Cite magazine|last=Takeuchi Cullen, Lisa|date=June 4, 2001|title=Crouching lizard|url=http://www.time.com/time/interactive/entertainment/yugioh_np.html|url-status=dead|magazine=]|volume=157|issue=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010913025830/http://www.time.com/time/interactive/entertainment/yugioh_np.html|archive-date=September 13, 2001|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref>
====Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's====
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''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' is the second main spin-off series also taking place in the 2000 universe, which aired for 148 episodes between April 2, 2008 and March 30, 2011. It was later licensed by 4Kids and aired in North America between September 13, 2008 and September 10, 2011. This series focuses around a motorcycling duelist named Yusei Fudo and introduces new concepts such as Turbo Duels, duels which take place upon motorbikes called Duel Runners, and Synchro Monsters, which were also added to the trading card game.


''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' was used by ] as part of their ''Candy Toy'' toyline.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王 遊戯王スナック｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/1999/71951p3.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100018/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/1999/71951p3.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ 遊戯王コレクション２００１｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/78719.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100138/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/78719.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王 新・遊戯王コレクション｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/00432.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413030257/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/00432.html|archive-date=April 13, 2015|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
A manga adaptation by Masahiro Hikokubo and Satou Masashi began serialization in ''V-Jump'' from August 2009 and, like the ''GX'' manga, differs from the anime in storyline and characterization. The manga is also published in North America by Viz Media.


====Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal==== ==Cultural impact==
A ] parody video of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' was uploaded on ] on July 15, 2006, by Martin Billany (also known as LittleKuriboh) titled ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series – Episode One Redux''. After becoming popular, it started trend among anime communities to produce ] for different works.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Malcolm|date=August 22, 2013|access-date=January 7, 2025|title=The Abridged Series: An Emergence of a New Genre|website=]|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malcolm-collins/the-abridged-series-an-em_b_3789012.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Capps|first=Borealis|title=The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 3: What's In A Name?|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2024/03/13/the-evolution-of-abridged-anime-part-3-whats-in-a-name/|website=Anime Herald|access-date=January 7, 2025|date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>
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''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' is the third main spin-off series which aired in Japan between April 11, 2011 and September 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-13/yu-gi-oh-zexal-anime-manga-revealed | title = ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' Anime, Manga Revealed | publisher = Anime News Network | date = December 13, 2010 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref> The story revolves around a boy named Yuma Tsukumo who, joined by an interstellar being known as Astral, must gather the 99 Numbers cards that make up his memory. The series adds yet another monster type, Xyz Monsters, which were also added to the trading card game. 4Kids licensed the series and began airing the series in North America on ]'s ] block from October 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-10/japanese-firms-pitch-new-yu-gi-oh-at-licensing-expo | title = Japanese Firms Pitch New ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' at Licensing Expo | publisher = Anime News Network | date = May 10, 2011 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-17/4kids-files-to-prevent-yu-gi-oh-zexal-licensing | title = 4Kids Files to Prevent ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' Licensing | publisher = Anime News Network | date = May 17, 2011 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> After a legal battle with TV Tokyo and NAS caused 4Kids to file for bankruptcy, ] received the rights to the series. The series is currently airing on ]'s ] block, with Konami setting up a new studio to produce future episodes of the series.<ref>http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/23540.html</ref> A second series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II'', began airing in Japan from October 7, 2012.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-02/yu-gi-oh-zexal-ii-to-debut-on-october-7-in-new-timeslot</ref>


In ], ] showed off ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' cards Blue Eyes White Dragon and Exodia to the camera before running.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zeglinski|first=Robert|title=Noah Lyles showed off a Yu-Gi-Oh! Blue-Eyes White Dragon card before his run because it’s always time to duel|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/06/noah-lyles-yugioh-blue-eyes-white-dragon-100-meters-introduction-video|access-date=January 7, 2025|work=For the Win|publisher=]|date=June 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Isabel|title=Noah Lyles explains why he ran with 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' cards at U.S. Olympic trials, lists goals for Paris Olympics|url=https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/noah-lyles-explains-why-he-ran-with-yu-gi-oh-cards-at-u-s-olympic-trials-lists-goals-for-paris-olympics/|access-date=January 7, 2025|work=]|date=July 5, 2024}}</ref>
The manga adaptation written by Shin Yoshida and illustrated by Naoto Miyashi, began serialization in the extended February 2011 issue of Shueisha's '']'' magazine, released on December 18, 2010. Unlike the ''GX'' and ''5D's'' manga adaptations, this manga follows the storyline of the anime more closely.<ref name="zexalpromo">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-17/yu-gi-oh-zexal-tv-anime-promo-video-streamed|date=December 17, 2010|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal TV Anime's Promo Video Streamed|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref>

====Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters====
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''Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Mosters'' is a twelve-episode spin-off miniseries commissioned, produced and edited by 4Kids Entertainment, which aired in North America between September 9, 2006 and November 25, 2006. It is set before the end of the second ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime series, apparently somewhere during season 5, and involves Yugi and his friends being pulled into a world filled with real Duel Monsters they can summon using capsules. It is similar to the Virtual RPG arc in many respects, but it does not seem to have anything to do with the early Capsule Monster Chess game featured in early volumes of the original manga. It is currently the only animated ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' media not to be released in Japan, though it is referred to as ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ALEX''.

===Other Media===

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The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card battle game developed and published by ]. Based on the Duel Monsters concept from the original manga series, the game sees players using a combination of monsters, spells and traps to defeat their opponent. First launched in Japan in 1999, the game has received various changes over the years, such as the inclusion of new monster types to coincide with new anime series, and is currently the top selling trading card game in the world.

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There are several ]s based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise which are published by Konami, the majority of which are based on the trading card game, and some based on other games that appeared in the manga.

==Reception==
John Jakala of '']'' reviewed the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga in 2003 as part of reviewing the U.S. '']''. Jakala said that while the commercials for the second series anime made the anime appear "completely uninteresting," the comic "is unexpectedly dark and moody." Jakala added that at one moment the series "reminded me of ]'s work: Yugi finds himself drawn into a magical world of ancient forces where there are definite rules that must be obeyed." Jakala concluded that the fact the series uses games as plot devices "opens up a lot of story possibilities" and that he feared that the series had the potential to "simply devolve into a tie-in for the popular card game."<ref>{{cite web | last = Jakala | first = John | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shonen-jump-1 | title = ''Shonen Jump'' Volume 1 Review | publisher = Anime News Network | date = January 2, 2003 | accessdate = May 23, 2011}}</ref> In December 2002, Shonen Jump received the ICv2 Award for "Comic Product of the Year" due to its unprecedented sales numbers and its successfully connecting comics to both the television medium and the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' ]; one of the top CCG games of the year.<ref name="IC Award">{{Cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html |title=ICv2 2002 Comic Awards, Part 1 |publisher=ICv2 |date=2002-12-29 |accessdate=2008-07-01 }}</ref> In August 2008, TV Tokyo reported that card game series has sold over $18 billion worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13086.html|title=18.1 Billion 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Cards |publisher=ICv2 |date=2008-08-14 |accessdate=2008-11-26 }}</ref> Jason Thompson, the editor of the English manga, ranked ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' as number three of his five personal favorite series to edit.<ref name="Comixologyinterview"/>

At the time when the manga series started to garner more popularity among Japanese children with the second series anime, video games, and trading card game, because of its somewhat "dark story lines, leggy girls, and terrifying monsters", the series wasn't popular among Japanese parents, who believed that ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' was more meant for teenagers than the young kids that make up the audience for franchises such as '']''.<ref name="Time Magazine 2001"/>


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Manga series by Kazuki Takahashi This article is about the original manga series and franchise in general. For other uses, see Yu-Gi-Oh! (disambiguation). "YGO" redirects here. For the airport with the IATA code, see Gods Lake Narrows Airport.

Yu-Gi-Oh!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yugi Mutou
遊☆戯☆王
(Yū Gi Ō)
Genre
Manga
Written byKazuki Takahashi
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 17, 1996 – March 8, 2004
Volumes38 (List of volumes)
Novel
Written byKatsuhiko Chiba
Illustrated byKazuki Takahashi
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedSeptember 3, 1999
Anime television series
Anime films
Other series
Other media
icon Anime and manga portal

Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū Gi Ō, lit. 'Game King') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The manga follows Yugi Mutou, a young boy with an affinity for games, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi becomes host to a gambling alter-ego or spirit who solves his conflicts with various games. As the manga progresses, the focus largely shifts to the card game Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), where opposing players "duel" one another in mock battles of fantasy monsters.

The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga, anime series, video games, and a real-world card game, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, based on the fictional Duel Monsters game. The first anime series adaptation, simply titled Yu-Gi-Oh! and produced by Toei Animation, aired from April to October 1998, while the second one, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, produced by NAS and animated by Gallop, aired from April 2000 to September 2004.

Yu-Gi-Oh! has become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.

Plot

See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters

Yu-Gi-Oh! follows Yugi Mutou, a timid young boy who is frequently bullied. Yugi has an affinity for games and, at the beginning of the series, is solving the Millennium Puzzle (千年パズル, Sennen Pazuru), an Ancient Egyptian artifact, hoping that it will grant him his wish of making friends. Yugi eventually completes the Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or any of his friends is threatened, the spirit, briefly possessing Yugi, challenges the antagonist to Shadow Games (闇のゲーム, Yami no Gēmu, lit. "Game of Darkness") that reveal that person's true nature, with the loser often being subjected to an adverse Penalty Game (罰ゲーム, Batsu Gēmu). Yugi and his friends gradually become aware of the spirit's existence, referring to him as the "other Yugi".

As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends learn that the spirit is actually that of a nameless Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who had lost his memories after being sealed inside the Puzzle. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against those who wield the other Millennium Items (千年アイテム, Sennen Aitemu) and the dark power of the Shadow Games.

Development

In the initial planning stages of the manga, Takahashi had wanted to draw a horror manga. Although the end result was a manga about games, some horror elements influenced certain aspects of the story. Takahashi decided to use "battle" as his primary theme. Since there had been so much "fighting" manga, he found it difficult to come up with something original. He decided to create a fighting manga where the main character does not hit anybody, but also struggled with that limitation. When the word "game" came to mind, he found it much easier to work with.

When an interviewer asked Takahashi if he tried to introduce younger readers to real life gaming culture referenced in the series, Takahashi responded by saying that he simply included "stuff he played and enjoyed", and that it may have introduced readers to role-playing games and other games. Takahashi added that he created some of the games seen in the series. The author stressed the importance of "communication between people," often present in tabletop role-playing games and not present in solitary video games. Takahashi added that he feels that quality communication is not possible over the Internet.

Takahashi had always been interested in games, claiming to have been obsessed as a child and remained interested in them as an adult. In a game, he considered the player to become a hero. He decided to base the Yu-Gi-Oh! series around such games and used this idea as the premise; Yugi was a weak childish boy, who became a hero when he played games. With friendship being one of the major themes of Yu-Gi-Oh!, he based the names of the two major characters "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" on the Japanese word yūjō, which means "friendship". Henshin, the ability to turn into something or someone else, is something Takahashi believed all children dreamed of. He considered Yugi's "henshin" Dark Yugi, a savvy, invincible games player, to be a big appeal to children.

Takahashi said that the card game held the strongest influence in the manga, because it "happened to evoke the most response" from readers. Prior to that point, Takahashi did not plan to make the story about cards.

Takahashi said that the "positive message" for readers of the series is that each person has a "strong hidden part" (like "human potential") within himself or herself, and when one finds hardship, the "hidden part" can emerge if one believes in him/herself and in his/her friends. Takahashi added that this is "a pretty consistent theme."

The editor of the English version, Jason Thompson, said that the licensing of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga had not been entirely coordinated, so Viz decided to use many of the original character names and to "keep it more or less violent and gory." Thompson said that the manga "was almost unchanged from the Japanese original." Because the core fanbase of the series was, according to Thompson, "8-year-old boys (and a few incredible fangirls)," and because the series had little interest from "hardcore, Japanese-speaking fans, the kind who run scanlation sites and post on messageboards" as the series was perceived to be "too mainstream," the Viz editors allowed Thompson "a surprising amount of leeway with the translation." Thompson said he hoped that he did not "abuse" the leeway he was given. In a 2004 interview, the editors of the United States Shonen Jump mentioned that Americans were surprised when reading the stories in the first seven volumes, as they had not appeared on television as a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. Takahashi added "The story is quite violent, isn't it? "

The English language release by 4Kids has been subject to censorship to make it more appropriate for children, for example mentions of death or violence were replaced by references to "being sent to the Shadow Realm".

The Japanese title, Yūgiō (遊戯王), stylized as "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (遊☆戯☆王), translates into English as "Game King". Yūgi (遊戯) is also the name of the protagonist, while Yūgiō is also the title the second personality inhabiting his body holds as an invincible game master. Additionally, the character names "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" are based on the word yūjō (友情, "friendship"). Yūjō is pointed out by Jōnouchi to Yūgi at the end of the first manga chapter, as "something visible yet invisible" (what's visible is the two of them, what's invisible is their friendship), as a way to tell Yūgi that he wants to be his friend. The pun was represented with a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game card titled "Yūjō Yu-jyo" (友情 YU-JYO, "Yu-Jo Friendship").

Media

Manga

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

Written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 17, 1996, to March 8, 2004. Shueisha collected its chapters in thirty-eight tankōbon volumes, released from March 4, 1997, to June 4, 2004. Shueisha republished its chapters in twenty-two bunkoban volumes from April 18, 2007, to March 18, 2008.

In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media. The company started publishing it in its Shonen Jump magazine from November 2002 to November 2007. The company also released the manga in volumes, divided in three series; the first series, Yu-Gi-Oh!, includes the first seven volumes, and were released from May 7, 2003; to December 7, 2004. the second series, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist includes the original volumes 8–31, and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, includes the original volumes 32–38. Both series started publication in 2005; The first volume of Duelist was released on February 1, and the first volume of Millennium World on August 2. The 24th and last volume of Duelist was released on December 4, 2007, and the seventh and final volume of Millennium World was released on February 5, 2008. Viz Media republished the series in thirteen three-in-one volume edition from February 3, 2015, to February 6, 2018.

A two-part short story by Takahashi, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Transcend Game, was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on April 11 and 18, 2016. Takahashi created the story to link the end of the original manga with the story of the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions anime film. Viz Media published the manga in its digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! R

A spin-off manga titled Yu-Gi-Oh! R was illustrated by Akira Ito under Takahashi's supervision. It was serialized in V Jump between 2004 and 2007, and its chapters were collected in five volumes. Viz Media released the series in North America between 2009 and 2010.

Anime

Anime franchise overview

No. Title Episodes Originally aired / Release date Director Studio Network
1 Yu-Gi-Oh! 27 April 4, 1998 – October 10, 1998 Hiroyuki Kakudō Toei Animation TV Asahi
Film Yu-Gi-Oh! March 6, 1999 Junji Shimizu
2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 224 April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004 Kunihisa Sugishima Gallop TXN (TV Tokyo)
Film Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light November 3, 2004 Hatsuki Tsuji 4Kids Entertainment
Gallop
3 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 180 October 6, 2004 – March 26, 2008 Gallop TXN (TV Tokyo)
Miniseries Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters 12 September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006 Eric Stuart 4Kids Entertainment
Gallop 		4Kids TV
4 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 154 + 1 April 2, 2008 – March 30, 2011 Katsumi Ono Gallop TXN (TV Tokyo)
Film Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time January 23, 2010 Kenichi Takeshita
5 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal 73 + 1 April 11, 2011 – September 24, 2012 Satoshi Kuwahara TXN (TV Tokyo)
6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II 73 + 1 October 7, 2012 – March 23, 2014 TXN (TV Tokyo)
7 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V 148 April 6, 2014 – March 26, 2017 Katsumi Ono TXN (TV Tokyo)
Film Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions April 23, 2016 Satoshi Kuwabara
8 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS 120 May 10, 2017 – September 25, 2019 Masahiro Hosoda (#1–13)
Katsuya Asano (#14–120) 		TXN (TV Tokyo)
9 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens 92 April 4, 2020 – March 27, 2022 Nobuhiro Kondo Bridge
10 Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! 144 April 3, 2022 – present
11 Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles TBA April 2025 – TBA TBA Konami Animation YouTube
Total 13

1227 + 7

April 4, 1998 – present -

Television series

Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series)
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series)

The first Yu-Gi-Oh! anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation and aired for 27 episodes on TV Asahi between April 1998 and October 1998.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000 TV series)
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

A second anime television series adaptation, produced by NAS and animated by Gallop, was broadcast for 224 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004.

Capsule Monsters
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters is a 12-episode spin-off miniseries to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series, commissioned, produced and edited by 4Kids Entertainment, which aired in North America between September and November 2006.

Films

Four animated films based on the franchise have been released.

Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999)
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film)

Based on the Toei animated series, the thirty-minute Yu-Gi-Oh! film premiered in March 1999.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, often referred to as simply Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, was first released in North America in August 2004. The film was developed specifically for Western audiences by 4Kids based on the success of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in the United States.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time is a 3-D film that premiered in Japan in January 2010 and in North America in February 2011.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, which was produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the franchise, premiered in Japan in April 2016 and in January 2017 in North America.

Spin-offs

Main articles: 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!!

Seven anime spin-offs have been produced. The first, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, was broadcast from October 2004 to March 2008. It was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which aired from April 2008 to March 2011. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal aired from April 2011 to March 2014. Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, premiered the following month and aired until March 2017. Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, was aired from May 2017 to September 2019. Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens aired April 2020 to March 2022. Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!, an interquel to Sevens, premiered in April 2022. An original net animation (ONA) series consisting of promotional shorts, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles, is set to premiere on YouTube in April 2025 with new episodes debuting every month.

Novel

A novel adaptation of some of the beginning parts of the manga and the Death-T arc, written by Katsuhiko Chiba [ja]. It was published in Japan by Shueisha on September 3, 1999, and has four sections. The fourth section is an original story, occurring only in the novel. Two weeks after Yugi's battle with Kaiba in Death-T, Yugi gets a call from Kaiba, who tells him to meet for a game at the top floor of Kaiba Corporation. Yugi accepts, and when the game begins, they use a special variation of Magic & Wizards called the "Bingo Rule," which prevents the used of a specific card in each player's deck. Mokuba stumbles in on them, and tells Yugi that Kaiba has not yet awoken from his catatonic state. It turns out that the Kaiba that Yugi is playing against is a "Cyber Kaiba", controlled by the KaibaCorp computer, using all of Kaiba's memories.

Other books

The Gospel of Truth series guide for the manga

Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth (遊☆戯☆王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―, Yūgiō Kyarakutāzu Gaido Bukku Shinri no Fukuin) is a guidebook written by Kazuki Takahashi related to characters from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga universe. It was published in Japan on November 1, 2002, by Shueisha under their Jump Comics imprint. The book contains profiles for characters, including information which has never been released elsewhere, including birth dates, height, weight, blood type, favorite and least favorite food. It also contains a plethora of compiled information from the story, including a list of names for the various games and Shadow Games that appear in Yu-Gi-Oh! and the various Penalty Games used by the Millennium Item wielders.

An art book titled, Duel Art (デュエルアート, Dyueruāto) was illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi under the Studio Dice label. The art book was released on December 16, 2011, and contains a number of illustrations done for the bunkoban releases of the manga, compilations of color illustrations found in the manga, and brand new art drawn for the book. It also contains pictures by Takahashi used for cards with the anniversary layout, pictures he has posted on his website and a number of other original illustrations. Udon Press published an English version, translated by Caleb D. Cook.

The Theatrical & TV Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Super Complete Book (劇場&TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック, Gekijō & TV Anime Yūgiō Sūpā Konpurītobukku) was released in May 1999 following the release of Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! film earlier that year. The book includes episode information and pictures regarding the anime and film, some pictures with the original manga with a section covering the making of certain monsters, and interviews regarding the film. It also features an ani-manga version of the film and is the only supplemental work released for the Toei anime.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book (遊☆戯☆王 テンス アニバーサリー アニメーション ブック, Yūgiō! Tensu Anivāsarī Animēshon Bukku) is a book released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the NAS adaption of the anime (as opposed to the manga), released on January 21, 2010. The book features scenes from Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, a quick review of the three Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series, character profiles, duels and interviews with the staff of the film. A fold-out double-sided poster is included with the book.

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Rule Guide — The Thousand Rule Bible - ISBN 4-08-782134-X, This is a rule book and strategy guide for the Junior and Shin Expert rules. This also has a Q & A related to certain cards, and the book comes with the "multiply" card.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Card Catalog The Valuable Book - This is a collection of card catalogues.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh!: Monster Duel Official Handbook by Michael Anthony Steele - ISBN 0-439-65101-8, Published by Scholastic Press - A guide book to Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and characters
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm: Mighty Champions by Jeff O'Hare - ISBN 0-439-67191-4, Published by Scholastic Press - A book with puzzles and games related to Yu-Gi-Oh!

Trading card game

A group of young men playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card battle game developed and published by Konami. Based on the Duel Monsters concept from the original manga series, the game sees players using a combination of monsters, spells, and traps to defeat their opponent. First launched in Japan in 1999, the game has received various changes over the years, such as the inclusion of new monster types to coincide with the release of new anime series. In 2011, Guinness World Records called it the top-selling trading card game in history, with 25.2 billion cards sold worldwide. As of January 2021, the game is estimated to have sold about 35 billion cards worldwide.

Video games

Main article: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games

There are several video games based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise which are published by Konami, the majority of which are based on the trading card game, and some based on other games that appeared in the manga. Aside from various games released for consoles and handheld systems, arcade machines known as Duel Terminals have been released which are compatible with certain cards in the trading card game. Outside of Konami's titles, Yugi appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting games Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and Jump Force.

Reception

The manga has sold 40 million copies. In December 2002, Shonen Jump received the ICv2 Award for "Comic Product of the Year" due to its unprecedented sales numbers and its successfully connecting comics to both the television medium and the Yu-Gi-Oh! collectible card game; one of the top CCG games of the year. In August 2008, TV Tokyo reported that over 18 billion Yu-Gi-Oh! cards had been sold worldwide. By 2011, it had sold 25.2 billion cards worldwide.

John Jakala of Anime News Network reviewed the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga in 2003 as part of reviewing the U.S. Shonen Jump. Jakala said that while the commercials for the second series anime made the anime appear "completely uninteresting," the comic "is unexpectedly dark and moody." Jakala added that at one moment the series "reminded me of Neil Gaiman's work: Yugi finds himself drawn into a magical world of ancient forces where there are definite rules that must be obeyed." Jakala concluded that the fact the series uses games as plot devices "opens up a lot of story possibilities" and that he feared that the series had the potential to "simply devolve into a tie-in for the popular card game."

Jason Thompson, the editor of the English version of the manga, ranked Yu-Gi-Oh! as number three of his five personal favorite series to edit, stating that he thinks "the story is actually pretty solid for a shonen manga" and that "you can tell it was written by an older man because of the obsession with death, and what might come after death, which dominates the final story arc," enjoying all the RPG and card gaming terminology found within the series.

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen argued that the manga series started to garner more popularity among Japanese children with the second series because of its somewhat "dark story lines, leggy girls and terrifying monsters". Cullen speculated that the series was not popular among Japanese parents, due to it being more intended for teenagers rather than the young kids that make up the audience for franchises such as Pokémon.

Yu-Gi-Oh! was used by Bandai as part of their Candy Toy toyline.

Cultural impact

A fandub parody video of Yu-Gi-Oh! was uploaded on YouTube on July 15, 2006, by Martin Billany (also known as LittleKuriboh) titled Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series – Episode One Redux. After becoming popular, it started trend among anime communities to produce abridged series for different works.

In 2024 US Olympic track and field trials, Noah Lyles showed off Yu-Gi-Oh! cards Blue Eyes White Dragon and Exodia to the camera before running.

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