Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

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Synonyms: King of Games, Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Serie Zero, Yugi-Oh, Yuugiou, Yu-Gi-Oh Season 0

Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王

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Type: TV

Episodes: 27

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 4, 1998 to Oct 10, 1998

Premiered: Spring 1998

Broadcast: Saturdays at 18:00 (JST)

Producers: Nihon Ad Systems

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Game, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.29¹ (scored by 72,987 users)

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Ranked: #2531²

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Popularity: #751

Members: 127,723

Favorites: 805

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Ranked #2531Popularity #751Members 127,723

Spring 1998TVToei Animation

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Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yuugi Mutou. His beautiful childhood friend, Anzu Mazaki, is always there to stand up for him, but he can't depend on her forever. Katsuya Jonouchi, who is almost always accompanied by his verbal sparring partner Hiroto Honda, doesn't seem like a bad person either, despite always bringing Yuugi trouble. But most of all, Yuugi wishes for a true friend who understands him and would never betray him.

Yuugi treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him—the soul of the "King of Games."

Dark, twisted, strong, and reliable, the new personality named Yami Yuugi is the exact opposite of Yuugi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yuugi takes over Yuugi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game." The stakes are high as whoever loses shall have a taste of the darkness that resides within their own heart.

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Adaptation:	Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
Sequel:	Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (Movie)

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Yami Yuugi

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Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Kaiba, Seto

Main

Midorikawa, Hikaru
Japanese

Jounouchi, Katsuya

Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Mutou, Yuugi

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Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Bakura, Ryou

Main

Kashiwakura, Tsutomu
Japanese

Mazaki, Anzu

Main

Kakazu, Yumi
Japanese

Honda, Hiroto

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Okiayu, Ryotaro
Japanese

Yami Bakura

Supporting

Kashiwakura, Tsutomu
Japanese

Mana

Supporting

Kaiba, Mokuba

Supporting

Miwa, Katsue
Japanese

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Kakudou, Hiroyuki

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Sugishima, Kunihisa

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Hosoda, Masahiro

Episode Director

Kanemaki, Kenichi

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"Kawaita Sakebi" by Field of View

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"Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" by WANDS

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Jun 9, 2008

27 of 27 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

wowa (All reviews)

151 people found this review helpful

First of all, this series is a LOT different from "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters". While the card game was certainly present in this series, it wasn't nearly as important.

There are a lot of changes from this to Duel Monsters. Mokuba's character is 100% different, Kaiba is somehow more of a jerk, Yugi is tinier and he gets beat up one per episode. And Yami challenges people to shadow games, which end in insanity or death.

The episodes are really predictable, for the most part. One of the main characters is picked on, Yami challenges them to a shadow game and wins, the episode ends. Even so, read more

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Feb 7, 2007

27 of 27 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

OtakuFreak (All reviews)

79 people found this review helpful

Heck, I've been a big player of Yu-Gi-Oh! since the game came out. I never wanted to get hooked on it but I did anyways. Basically, Yu-Gi-Oh is one of those many animes that big named companies makes money off of with collectable cards, toys, and what nots. But before we all came to know the Yu-Gi-Oh! that 4Kids TV showed us on the WB channel every morning, there was a series that started it all way before the Cards were the all so important factor of the show. This was the Original Yu-Gi-Oh thread, to many it's known as the Zero Season.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! we read more

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Aug 26, 2014

27 of 27 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

literaturenerd (All reviews)

53 people found this review helpful

Overview: That other Yugioh series, the one you probably didn't see.

First a little background,

If you grew up in the 1990s, you probably saw at least a few episodes of Yugioh, the anime about children playing a poor man's version of Magic the Gathering featuring holographic monsters and rules that seem to change every episode. Yugioh was localized in the US by the infamous and now thankfully defuct company 4kids. All dark plot points involving death and people getting sent to hell were removed, and replaced with references to the "shadow realm". This is similar to early US dubs of Dragonball Z where in every god damned episode someone was getting sent to "another dimension". 4kids even made awkward edits where guns were photoshopped out and guards simply pointed at characters, although obviously they were supposed to be holding something. if you don't believe me, here is a sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYjJCnc6X1U

Finally, the part where I actually review season zero:

However, even the "uncut" version without the overzealous editing of 4kids wasn't that dark. The Yugioh that was popular in the US was intentionally a kid friendly show. This could NEVER be said about the first Yugioh series, also known as season zero. Comparing season zero to the later Yugioh series would be almost like comparing Berserk to Pokemon. Season zero is deliciously dark and morbid, with the main character callously murdering people in nearly every episode. Even if you disliked Yugioh as a kid, season zero will make you chuckle. Card games aren't nearly as important in season zero, and Yami is portrayed as the king of all games in general, not just card games. Almost every episode he challenges some poor soul to a new twisted survival challenge and ends up killing them like fucking Jigsaw. This show is pretty dark and twisted for a shonen genre, but I personally find it hilarious. Watching it is like learning that there was an original version of Disney's Recess that was R rated and dark as hell. Wouldn't you want to at least watch a few episodes for a laugh? The art is mediocre and lacks the polish of the later series, but who doesn't love Kaiba's green hair? No seriously, he has fucking green hair! The soundtrack is actually quite good with an absolutely amazing opening theme by Field of View. The characters and plot are obviously a bit different, but I actually like this version a lot better. If you vaguely remember Yugioh, but won't watch it because, "that's just a baby show", I think season zero might have you laughing and applauding in no time!

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Oct 20, 2015

27 of 27 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

lawlmartz (All reviews)

22 people found this review helpful

Children's Card Games Saga Part I: A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Away, Where Everyone Has Crazy Hair

Well, it's been a long time since I did a nostalgia review, and it took me so long to finish this series due to being unable to find synced audio and video versions of the show, I feel like I can be nostalgic about this show now. (Seriously, I had to quit watching this show for 6 months)

Anyway- so back in 1998, Yugioh was born. Not the 4Kids Yugioh I grew up watching in the early 2000s, but the version that nobody in the US ever read more

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