Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh!
The English Yu-Gi-Oh! logo
Genre	Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shōnen
Created by	Kazuki Takahashi
Manga
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Written by	Kazuki Takahashi
Published by	Shueisha Sangatsu Manga VIZ Media Gollancz Manga Kana Carlsen Verlag Panini Comics Schibsted Forlagene Planeta DeAgostini Tong Li Editora JBC Elex Media Komputindo
Anime
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Studio	Toei Animation
Anime
Yu-Gi-Oh! (known in East Asia as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)
Directed by	Various
Studio	Studio Gallop
Anime
Pyramid of Light
Directed by	Ryosuke Takahashi
Studio	Studio Gallop
Spinoffs
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, Yūgiō, literally "Game King" or "King of Games") is a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise from Kazuki Takahashi, that mainly involves characters who play a card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), wherein each player purchases and assembles a deck of Monster, Magic, and Trap Cards in order to defeat one another.

Publication History

Beginning as a manga in Japan in 1996, the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise has since grown to an immensely successful global brand, spawning two manga series (split into three parts in the English translations), three anime series, and two movies, alongside a real-life version of the card game featured in the story, video games and toys.

Japanese manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Running from 1996 to March 8, 2004, the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga created by Kazuki Takahashi was one of the most popular titles featured in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. The manga initially focuses on Yugi Mutou as he uses games designed by himself to fight various villains. Yugi also gets into misadventures with his friends Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki, and Hiroto Honda. The plot starts out as fairly episodic and there are only three instances of Magic and Wizards in the first seven volumes. Starting around the eighth volume, the Duelist Kingdom arc starts and the plot shifts to a Duel Monsters-centered universe.

Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Illustrated by Akira Itou, one of the artists who illustrated the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, and supervised by Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! R (遊☆戯☆王R) is a spin-off of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, with most of the same characters in a new plotline, which takes place between the Battle City arc and the Egypt arc. The manga was first published in Shueisha's monthly magazine V-Jump on April 21, 2004. Although there is no explicit explanation on the meaning of "R" in the title, the letter probably stands for "Reverse", "Revolution", "Rebirth", or 'Retold.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX manga series is actually a manga adaptation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in English speaking countries) television series. The comic is illustrated by Naoyuki Kageyama.

Japanese anime

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series anime)

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The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! Toei version (Japanese version)

Produced by Toei Animation, this 27-episode anime is based on Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volumes 1-7, which do not focus much on Magic & Wizards. It is not connected in any way to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, another Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series made by Nihon Ad Systems (NAS), but is often referred to as the "first series" to distinguish it from the latter (or, erroneously, as Yu-Gi-Oh! Season/Series 0.) First aired on TV Asahi on April 4, 1998, the series ended its run on October 10, 1998.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)

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The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Japanese version)

Often referred to as simply "Yu-Gi-Oh!" or the "second series" of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ) is the series that introduced Yu-Gi-Oh! to the Western world. Produced by NAS, it was first aired on TV Tokyo on April 18, 2000, and later translated into more than 20 languages and aired in more than 60 countries. Mainly based on Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volume 8 and onward, the series ended its 224-episode run in Japan on September 29, 2004.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

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The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Monsters (Japanese version)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズGX), often known as "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX", is an anime spin-off of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, with a new protagonist, Judai Yuki (renamed Jaden Yuki in the U.S. version), and a new plotline that is not based on the original manga.Yugi did make an appearance in the first episode though. The "GX" in the title stands for "Generation neXt". The series mainly focuses on the life in a duelist academy known as Duel Academy. Also produced by NAS, it was first aired on TV Tokyo on October 6, 2004.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (遊戯王カプセルモンスターズ) is said to be released in Japan on November 14, 2006.

English manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volume 1 (English version)

The English version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga is released in the United States and Canada by VIZ Media in both the Shonen Jump magazine and in individual graphic novels. 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 few characters (e.g. Maximillion Pegasus) and for the Duel Monsters cards. Published in its original right-to-left format, the manga is largely unedited, especially compared to the English anime. The translator of the English manga is (for Volumes 1-7, Duelist 1, and Millennium World) Anita Sengupta and (for Duelist! 2 and beyond) Joe Yamazaki. Some content was revised in later printings of earlier volumes (e.g. swear words were removed, a reference to Lucky Strikes was removed, an enjo kōsai reference was replaced with a "nightclub" reference in the reprinting of Volume 1, and Ms. Chono's line remarking "cigarettes, lipstick, condoms?" was revised to remove "condoms").

Viz released volumes 1 through 7 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga under its original title. The Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs is released as Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, while the Egypt arc is released as Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World. As of the June 2006 issue, the Egypt arc can still be found in Shonen Jump.

In the United Kingdom the Viz volumes are released by Gollancz Manga. Prior to Gollancz' printings, the North American volumes had been available through Amazon.co.uk for British consumers.

In Brazil, the manga is monthly released by Editora JBC, and use the american names (like Téa, Joey, and Tristan) when it's possible, however, there isn't cuts like the enjo kōsai reference, the line Ms. Chono's line "cigarettes, lipstick, condoms?" and the Lucky Stripes reference aren't removed. Different from most brazilian released mangas there are 200 pages, instead of the tradicional 100 pages.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

The Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga series will be released in North America by VIZ starting in December 2006 [1].

English anime

Yu-Gi-Oh!

The English Yu-Gi-Oh! logo

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)

On May 8, 2001, 4Kids Entertainment obtained the U.S. merchandising and television rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters from Konami. They partnered up with Warner Bros. and released their dubbed version of the anime on Kids' WB! on September 29, 2001, under the title of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is divided into a number of seasons. The show aired from September 29, 2001 to June 10, 2006.

• Season 1 (episode 1-49), aired from September 29, 2001 to November 9, 2002.
• Season 2 (episode 50-97), aired from November 16, 2002 to November 1, 2003.
• Season 3 (episode 98-144), aired from November 1, 2003 to September 4, 2004.
• Season 4 (episode 145-184), aired from September 11, 2004 to May 28, 2005.
• Season 5 (episode 185-224), aired from August 27, 2005 to June 10, 2006.

• Starting from Season 3, a subtitle was added to the series title:
• Season 3 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm
• Season 4 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Waking the Dragons
• The first part of Season 5 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Grand Championship
• The second part of Season 5 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of the Duel

The English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is broadcast on many channels. In the United States it is broadcast on Kids' WB!; in Canada, it is broadcast on YTV; in the United Kingdomit is broadcast on Nickelodeon and in Australia on Network Ten and Nickelodeon. Like many anime originally created for the Japanese market, a number of changes (including the names of most of the characters) were made when the English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime was released.

On October 19, 2004, 4Kids, in association with FUNimation, released uncut Yu-Gi-Oh! DVDs after years of petitions from Yu-Gi-Oh! fans. These DVDs include the original, unedited Japanese animation and Japanese dialogue tracks with English subtitles, as well as all-new English dubs with translations closer to the original dialogues. Both language tracks use the original Japanese music. Each DVD contains three episodes. After three volumes were released, however, the DVD line was pulled for no apparent reason, with conflicting reports from various 4Kids representatives and analysts. Possibilities include money disputes with FUNimation, favoring the edited version over the uncut version, and Time Warner, owner of the Kids' WB! block, interfering with the release. Occasionally, online retailers such as Amazon will solicit future volumes, but nothing has come of it.

4Kids has no plans to translate the 27 episodes produced by Toei that make up the first series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Some people mistake Toei's series for a lost first season of the TV show, and refer to it as "Season (or Series) 0".

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

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The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (US version)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX has an English version, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in North America. Like the second series, it is licensed by 4Kids and has many of the same edits as the second series anime. The names of the main characters and many of the minor characters were changed.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX premiered on Cartoon Network in October 2005. It currently airs Monday-Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

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The logo for Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (遊戯王カプセルモンスターズ Yūgiō Kapuseru Monsutāzu) is a twelve-episode mini-series commissioned, produced, and edited by 4Kids (much like Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie - Pyramid of Light). Set before the end of the second Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series (Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters) - apparently somewhere in season 5 - Capsule Monsters involves Yugi, Joey (Jonouchi), Téa (Anzu), Tristan (Honda), and Yugi's grandfather Solomon (Sugoroku) being pulled into a world where Duel Monsters are real. They find monster capsules that they can use to summon monsters. It is similar to the Virtual RPG arc in many respects, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the early Capsule Monster Chess game featured in early volumes of the original manga.

The first mention of Capsule Monsters came on the retailer website, Talkin' Sports in December 2005, but this information was not widespread, and the existence of the project remained unknown to almost the entire fanbase until February 2006, when the Irish television network RTÉ Two aired the first four episodes. Historically, it was not unusual for RTÉ Two to premiere episodes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! dub some time ahead of other markets, but their lack of any kind of promotion or fanfare in doing so meant that Capsule Monsters was unknown right up until (what is believed to be) the third episode was accidentally stumbled across by LiveJournal user Angryhamster, who posted the news and screencaps to a LiveJournal community, Play the Damn Card. After initial confusion amongst fans - particularly over the discovery of the series in such an unlikely place - information was gathered from 4Kids that clarified the nature of the show.

Capsule Monsters is now currently airing on the British digital television channel, Sky One. It has been tentatively announced that 4KidsTV will acquire the license to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Series for the 2006 US Fall Saturday morning lineup. No further details have been released about the US version of the series.[2]

A full length movie entitled "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Capsule Monsters" will be released on DVD in America on May 23 2006. This is in fact a compilation of the first six episodes of the series, edited together to form a more seamless storyline. A second disc with the remaining six episodes will be released later in the year. [3] 4Kids had hosted a free "screening" of the first disc on May 22 2006 on the yugioh.com website. During the preview the movie in its entireity was shown, when all 6 episodes were shown together, it lasted aprox 90 min. The DVD not only includes the episodes, but also seven deleted scenes.

It is not clear how much of a difference there will be between the Japanese and English-language series.

Movies

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Known simply as Yu-Gi-Oh!, this first movie of Yu-Gi-Oh! has been released only in Japan. A 30-minute movie produced by Toei Animation, it was first shown in theaters on March 6, 1999. Its characters are from the first series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.

The movie is about a boy named Shougo Aoyama who is too timid to duel even after he got a powerful rare card, the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon, in his Deck. Yugi tries to bring Shougo's courage out in a duel with Seto Kaiba, who has his eyes on Shougo's rare card.

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 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 U.S. Its characters are from the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. In the movie, Yugi faces Anubis, his arch-rival from his time.

The extended uncut Japanese version of the movie premiered in special screenings in Japan on November 3, 2004 and normal theaters on Christmas Eve, 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game cards. 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 December 2004.

Characters

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Dark Yugi a.k.a. Yu-Gi-Oh (Yami Yugi), the alter ego of Yugi Mutou

The main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! (all anime, manga and movies except Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) is Yugi Mutou (Yugi Muto in the English anime), a shy, pure-hearted high school student and gaming expert who possesses an ancient Egyptian relic called the Millennium Puzzle, and the Nameless Pharaoh (Namonaki Pharaoh in Japanese) or Dark Yugi (Yami Yugi, also "the other Yugi" or, later on, "Atem", his real name, revealed only near the end of the series), a darker personality held in the Puzzle. Yugi's best friends, Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler), Anzu Mazaki (Téa Gardner), and Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor), are also primary characters, as well as Dark Yugi's main rival, Seto Kaiba.

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Yugi's three best friends: (from left to right) Anzu (Téa), Honda (Tristan), Jonouchi (Joey)

The main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese versions), an energetic boy who possesses great talents in Duel Monsters.

The Duel Monsters themselves, as the primary battle agents in the series' card duels, can also be considered major characters, especially Kuriboh, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Jinzo, and the Ojama Trio. Duel Monsters like the Egyptian God Cards, The Legendary Dragon Cards and the Sacred Beast Cards are of much greater importance to the storyline.

See also:

• Yu-Gi-Oh! main characters
• Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters
• Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, manga or movie only characters
• Yu-Gi-Oh! R (for characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! R)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (for characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)

Central plots

Yu-Gi-Oh! (all anime, manga and movies except Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) tells the tale of Yuugi Mutou, a shorter-than-normal high school student who was given an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle in pieces by his grandfather. Upon completing the Puzzle, he is possessed by another personality which is later discovered to be the spirit of a 3000-year-old (5000-year-old, in the English anime) Pharaoh, who forgot everything from his time. As the story goes on, the two of them, together with Yugi's friends, try to find the secret of the Pharaoh's lost memories and his name by way of the card game Duel Monsters (Magic & Wizards in the original Japanese manga and Yu-Gi-Oh! R), which is mirrored in the shadow games (Yami no Game in Japanese).

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the story of Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese version), a young talented duelist who is given the card "Winged Kuriboh" by Yugi before Jaden's admission to Duel Academy (Duel Academia in the Japanese version), an elitist boarding school established by Seto Kaiba. Jaden, receiving low marks in his admission tests, is placed in the Slifer Red dormitory (Osiris Red) reserved for students with the lowest grades. The story goes on as Jaden faces challenges from different students in Duel Academy, and later finds himself entangled in a conflict related to the hidden secrets of the academy.

Terminology

• God Cards
• Sacred Beast Cards
• Millennium Items
• Orichalcos
• Shadow Game
• Shadow Realm
• Duelist Kingdom
• Battle City
• Virtual World
• Waking the Dragons
• Grand Championship
• Capsule Monsters
• Millennium World (also known as "Dawn of the Duel")
• The Ceremonial Battle

Media and release information (including episodes)

• Yu-Gi-Oh! media and release information
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX media and release information

Original games

Several of the fictitious games in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series have been adapted into card, board and video games.

Card game

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Blue-Eyes White Dragon

The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series introduces an original card game created by Takahashi. Different names can be used to refer to the game depending on where it appears:

• Magic & Wizards (M&W) — the original name of the card game, used in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! R mangas. In the case of the English manga, the game is renamed Duel Monsters in later-released chapters.
• Duel Monsters — used in Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime (Japanese and English versions), manga (English version only), and movies. The name is introduced to replace Magic & Wizards, probably due to its similarity to Magic: The Gathering.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game: Duel Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG) — the original name of the real Yu-Gi-Oh! card game released by Konami, used only in Asia.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG) — used in places where Upper Deck Entertainment distributes Yu-Gi-Oh!.

History

Designed by Kazuki Takahashi, Magic & Wizards (M&W), is a popular card game worldwide. Compared with its predecessor, M&W was very simple when it was first introduced in the manga: there were only two types of cards (Monster & Magic Cards); the result of a monster battle only relied on the Attack and Defense Points of the monsters and the effects of Magic Cards (which only appeared occasionally). According to the author, the game was designed as such because he felt that the rules of the Magic: The Gathering game were too complicated and he wanted to create something similar but simpler.

The original plan of Takahashi was to phase out M&W, which took him only one night to design, in just two episodes. After the first appearance of the game in the manga (in Volume 2, Duel 9), the reader response on it was enormous, and Shonen Jump started getting calls from readers who wanted to know more about the game. Takahashi realized that he had hit on something, so he modified the storyline to feature more of the card game. With the advance of the manga, the game continued to evolve, becoming more complicated.

The similarities between the games, of note card design (brown with an oval on back), effects and terminology (discarding, graveyard, sacrifice), usage, and pictures (including occult or religious based icons, alluding to the early days of Magic: The Gathering) are all there. The name of Magic's creator is mirrored through the creator of Duel Monsters, Pegasus J. Crawford (Maximillion Pegasus in the English versions), whom both share the same number of letters.

The real game

Magic & Wizards has been brought to life in three versions, by two different companies. The first version, known as the Carddas version, was first released by Bandai in September 1998. Only three boosters had been released for this version before the license of the card game was sold to Konami later. The game was popular, although it used a simplified and modified version of the gaming rule used in the manga, and is less faithful to the manga compared with Konami's versions of the game.

The second version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards was released by Konami on December 16, 1998, included as special pack-in cards in the first Yu-Gi-Oh! video game, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters . These cards are not to be confused with those of Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG released later by the same company. The two versions are different in terms of design, with the looks of the former closer to those in the manga, to an extent that their effect texts are all directly quoted from the manga. Only 10 cards were released for this version, and Konami didn't have any gaming rules for these cards, as they were intended for collection purpose only. They cannot be used in the later-released Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG.

The third version, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG, was first released on February 4, 1999, by Konami. The gaming rule of this version is much more sophisticated and mature compared with the Carddas version, while at the same time does a much better job in preserving the style and feeling of M&W. Succeeding the popular Carddas version, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG was an instant hit. On March 1, 2002, the English version of the game was brought to the U.S. by Upper Deck Entertainment under the new name, Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, with the release of its first set, Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. On March 19 of the same year, Konami released its first Yu-Gi-Oh! video game in the U.S. for Gameboy Color, known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories. Currently, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG/TCG have been released in more than 40 countries.

Other games

Apart from Magic & Wizards, several other games have been adapted from the original manga, the most famous of which being:

• Capsule Monster Chess (Capmon) — a sort of pre-Mage Knight collectible miniatures game. Video game: Capsule Monster Coliseum
• Monster World — a role-playing chess game. Video game: Monster Capsule GB (available in Japanese only)
• Dungeon Dice Monsters (DDM), known in the Japanese manga as Dragons Dice & Dungeons (DDD) — a dungeon crawl board game where the tiles are created by unfolding the faces of 6-sided dice. Video game: Dungeon Dice Monsters.

Among the three, only Dungeon Dice Monsters has been released as a real collectible game, but the game wasn't popular, and currently no more new figures are released. On March 29, 2003, Mattel released the English version of the first booster of Dungeon Dice Monsters in America, under the title DragonFlame, but so far, only three of the seven boosters in Japanese version have been released, with the last one released in June 2003.

Response

Upon its airing in the U.S. in 2001, the English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! instantly became the number 1 Saturday morning show for kids on network television, and has consistently maintained its lead with strong ratings among boys, leading Kids' WB! to expand the show to six days a week beginning April 1, 2002. The October 27, 2001 issue of TV Guide named Yu-Gi-Oh! one of this season's top 10 best new kids' shows.

The merchandising of Yu-Gi-Oh!-related products and games has drawn criticism from adults and anime fans, and the series is widely described as toyetic. Manga fans argue that the first several volumes are not merchandising-based. These volumes have no bearing on the 2nd series TV series as aired in the United States, which is the source of all US merchandising attempts.

Yu-Gi-Oh!-related books (not including manga)

Several books based on the manga and anime have been released inside and outside of Japan.

Released in English

• 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!

Not released in English

All books are published by Shueisha and credit Kazuki Takahashi as the author.

• Yu-Gi-Oh! (novel) - ISBN 4-08-703086-5, This is a novelization of the first two story arcs of the manga. The novel was created by Katsuhiko Chiba [4].
• 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.
  • Volume 1 ISBN 4-08-782764-X
  • Volume 2 ISBN 4-08-782041-6
  • Volume 3 ISBN 4-08-782135-8
  • Volume 4 ISBN 4-08-782047-5
  • Volume 5 ISBN 4-08-782053-X
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guide Book - 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) - ISBN 4-08-873363-0, This book is a character guide related to the manga.

Yu-Gi-Oh!-related video games

All Yu-Gi-Oh!-related video games are produced by Konami. The English version video games generally use the 4Kids English anime names, as opposed to the Viz English manga names, which are nearly the same as the Japanese names. At Comic-Con 2006 Konami anouced that the Yu-Gi-Oh video games had sold a total of 17.5 million copies world wide. The newest game in each particular platform is listed first, followed by the second newest, etc. The Japanese version of the game, if any, is stated in the bracket. Each game generally includes a few promotional cards (usually three) for use with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.

The Japanese Game Boy Advance games with "Expert" or "International" in the title follow the rules of the OCG/TCG much more closely than the ones without. As well, "International" versions generally have multiple languages on all versions, and all versions of a given "International" title can play against each other via game link.

Released in English

Game Boy Advance

• Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters International 2)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler (Yu-Gi-Oh! Sugoroku's Sugoroku)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 8: Reshef of Destruction)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Expert 3)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 7: The Duelcity Legend)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters International ~Worldwide Edition~)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 5: Expert 1) (English version uses "Duel Monsters 6" interface)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy [5] (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Mezase Duel King!)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006

Game Boy Color

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holygod Advent)

GameCube

• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Falsebound Kingdom)

Nintendo DS

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Nightmare Troubadour)

PC

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Online (website)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion (North America and Europe only)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge (North America and Europe only)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny (North America and Europe only)

PlayStation

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! True Duel Monsters: Forbidden Memories)

PlayStation 2

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum (Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses (website) (Yu-Gi-Oh! True Duel Monsters II: Succeeded Memories)

Playstation Portable

• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Estimated Release Date: Q4 2006 US)

Xbox

• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny

Not released in English

Game Boy

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (no official website available, Yu-Gi-Oh! Uncensored's Duel Monsters review page posts screenshots of this game.)

Game Boy Color

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule GB [6]
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories

References

1. Itou, Akira (2005). Yu-Gi-Oh! R (遊☆戯☆王R) Volume 1. Shueisha.

External links

English

Official sites

• Official website of English Yu-Gi-Oh! Alternate URL: [7]
• Official website of English Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Shonen Jump Yu-Gi-Oh! page
• Official website of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
• Kids' WB! Yu-Gi-Oh! webpage
• YTV Yu-Gi-Oh! webpage
• Nickelodeon United Kingdom Yu-Gi-Oh! webpage
• Nickelodeon Australia Yu-Gi-Oh! webpage
• English Yu-Gi-Oh! video games line-up
• Yu-Gi-Oh! forums

Game Archive and Review sites

• MobyGames' entry for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Series

Information sites

• TV.com's Yu-Gi-Oh! page Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series guide.
• Anime News Network Encyclopedia Yu-Gi-Oh! page provide basic information and press releases about the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, with links to other Yu-Gi-Oh!-related entries in the encyclopedia.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! card search with pictures and detailed information

Fan sites

• Janime - Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime/Manga World - up-to-date information on Yu-Gi-Oh! (except the card game), manga scans in English and Japanese, screenshots, various movie clips and song clips, anime and manga episode summaries, character's deck lists, etc.
• Yu-Jyo - A Yu-Gi-Oh! Episode Guide - features TV episode synopsis, with a focus on the differences between the American and Japanese versions.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Uncensored - Details the differences between the English and Japanese versions of Yu-Gi-Oh anime, trading card game, and the video games.
• Pojo Yu-Gi-Oh! page - Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! page.
• PerfectDuel - A complete American fan site dedicated to the series of Yu-Gi-Oh! Featuring over 100 pages of content, and over 30 music video tributes.

Japanese

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dotcom (Japanese website) (遊☆戯☆王ドットコム Yūgiō Dottokomu)
• Official website of Yu-Gi-Oh! first series anime
• Official website of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
• Official website of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (requires Flash)

• Yu-Gi-Oh! card-related products line-up
• Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! video games line-up

Multi-language

• Official page for Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! card game
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Online the online version of Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! card game