Ranked #3604

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

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Just when everyone thought the Yugioh anime franchise was over, Kazuki Takahashi did it again. Creating another anime and manga series, proving audiences will never get tired of people playing with cards over and over again.

Despite having used Duel Monsters as a plot device in every episodes of every Yu-Gi-Oh series, Zexal still manages to be entertaining, set in a colorful futuristic city (unlike 5d's) called 'Heatland', likeable and somewhat relate-able characters, great art and okay voice acting and a decent attempt at creating a story which anyone can get into.

=Story [6]=

Basically, the story follows an happy-go-lucky energetic boy with very bad duelling skills who comes across an 'alien' named Astral, who's memories have been transformed into 99 'number cards', which possess numerous minor characters. Astral then helps Yuma defeat these people in order to obtain the number card and another piece of his memory.

=Character [6]=

The characters are likeable though are pretty generic. you've got the hero of he story, his sidekick and future love interest?, hero's trusty best friends, a nerd, a girl who thinks she's a cat and so on. What Zexal is lacking is a good villain, Kaito is just a attempt at cloning Seto Kaiba, the characters are pretty much the same, though Kaito just doesn't fit into the villain role.

=Art [8] and Sound [8]=

The art upgrade is very nice, the backgrounds are really impressive and the colour's used are very bright (to appeal to children I guess). The character designs are nothing special though.

The voice acting is good, again nothing special. The first OP and ED were alright, though the second OP and ED were awesome, though it's a shame they were wasted on a anime like this, where mostly the only fans they could get would be 8-12 year olds.

=Enjoyment [7]=

The enjoyment level isn't too high for this one, don't go in expecting it to be as good as the originals because it isn't. There's a lot of cliches and the story is very repeatable and predictable.

=Overall [6]=

Overall, Zexal isn't very good, it's more of a step down compared to the other three series. Though, Yu-Gi-Oh is Yu-Gi-Oh and collectable card games are collectable card games, things which will always have an audience no matter how boring they become. read more

I jumped for joy when a new yugioh series came out XD. Yugioh zexal takes place in a futuristic world where we have robots cleaning garbage, hovercraft vehicles and motorcycles that look similar to 5D's D Wheel : 0. Ok we have a new main character - Yuuma Tsukumo who wants to become a Duel Chamlpion( or King of Games) At first yuuma dueling skills are not so good but he meets an alien or duel spirit name Astral- who has no memories and is searching for the 99 Number Cards which holds a piece of his Memories( Kioku). Certain people obtain the number cards and Yuuma and Astral must duel them. It appears others are searching for the fable 99 Number cards too for their own personal gain( World Domination much) XD. As Yuuma wins each duel he gets better and he gains new friends. Yugioh Fans- don't get discouraged by the way it looks because you will miss out on some awesome epic duels ever!!!! 10/10 read more