Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime)

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''' (遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ) is an anime based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. It is produced by Studio Gallop and Nihon Ad Systems, and the English version is distributed by 4Kids Entertainment and now currently by Funimation. The series began its 224 episode run in Japan on April 18, 2000 to September 29, 2004. In the U.S it air on September 29, 2001 to June 10, 2006. In Japan, the series aired on TV Tokyo. In the United States it is broadcast on Kids WB, Nicktoons, and on Cartoon Network. The story tells that 3000 years ago (5,000 years ago in the English Version) marked the turning point of an Egyptian dynasty. The Pharaoh's spirit was sealed inside one of the ancient relics, the Millennium Puzzle, after saving the kingdom from an enemy army. Now in the present age of 1996, the Millennium Puzzle is found by a young boy name Yugi Muto. Yugi unlocks the spirit of the puzzle and is possessed by the sprit of the old Pharaoh, who lost all of his memories from his old life. As a thank you to Yami Yugi who saved him from bullies, and gave him new friends. Yugi decided to help Yami Yugi find a way to recover his lost memories, and send him to the afterlife.

Background

 * Anime Series

The story follows Yugi Muto, a boy who managed to complete an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millenium Puzzle, which led to him to inherit another spirit known only as Yami Yugi. After defeating his rival, Seto Kaiba, in a game of Duel Monsters, Yugi is approached by a man named Maximillion Pegasus, who uses the power of another Millenium Item, the Millenium Eye, to kidnap the soul of his grandfather, Solomon Muto. Joined by his friends, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Tea Gardner, Yugi enters Pegasus' Duelist Kingdom tournament, battling against many opponents in order to reach Pegasus and defeat him, freeing his grandfather's soul. In the end Yugi also got the Kaiba brother's souls back. In order to thank Yugi and his friends, the Kaiba brothers gave him a ride back to Domino city, which was requested by Mokuba much to Seto's annoyance. Yugi also gives Joey the prize money, so Serenity Wheeler can have her eye operation, which made Joey very happy,

While in school, Yugi defeats Duke Devlin in a game call Dungeons Dice Monsters, which is a game that Duke created because he wanted to see how good Yugi's game skills were. While Yugi finds out that the game was created, because Duke wanted Pegasus to sponsor it, but the former couldn't because of the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. (In the manga, the game was created because Duke's father wanted to get revenge on Yugi for being Solomon Muto's grandson.) In the end Yugi, and Duke become friends after Duke game becomes a great hit.

Later on, Yugi learns that the other Yugi dwelling within him is actually a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times, who must seek to remember who he is. As such, Yugi enters the Battle City tournament, held by Kaiba, in order to obtain the three Egyptian God cards and Millenium Items needed to unveil the Pharaoh's past. Along the way, Yugi comes against even stronger opponents, including the wielder of the Millenium Rod, Marik Ishtar. Yugi defeats all of the Rare Hunters, and is ready for the Battle City Finals.

While on the way to the Battle City finals, Yugi and his friends also gets sucked into a virtual world run by Kaiba's adoptive father, Gozaburo Kaiba. In the end they escape from the virtual world the help of a reformed Noah Kaiba who is Gozaburo's biological son. At Battle City finals, Yugi wins the tournament and frees Marik from his dark half.

After obtaining all three Egyptian God cards, Yugi and his friends find themselves under attack by the order of Doma, who seek to gather souls in order to revive the ancient dragon, Leviathan. The gang learn that Mai Valentine was also apart of Dartz's group, but Joey makes her come back to her senses in one final duel with her. In the end they stop Doma's plan and peace is restored. Along with Dartz including his three henchmen named Rafael, Valon and Alister making amends with Yugi, Joey and Kaiba. Including that Mai has decided to not to speak to Joey again until the time is right.

While staying at Rebecca Hawkins' house, Yugi and the gang learn from Mokuba Kaiba, that they are participating in the KC Grand Championship Tournament that Kaiba is sponsoring himself. Things go wrong when the gang learn that Kaiba's rival, Siegfried is trying to ruin the tournament to get revenge on Kaiba for having the best Corporations. In the end, Kaiba stops Siegfried's plan of hacking viruses in the computers. Including for Yugi to defeat Siegfried's reformed little brother, Leon in a duel. In the end Yugi defeated Leon, and became champion once again. While Siegfried and Leon make amends with each other. Yugi and his friends are giving a ride back to Domino City once again by the Kaiba brothers.

Upon obtaining all the Millenium Items, the Pharaoh is sent back to Egyptian times to relive his past life, coming up against his nemesis, Ryo Bakura, who plots to rewrite history using the power of the evil Zorc. After the Pharaoh manages to defeat Bakura after his friends help him learn his true name, Atem, he and Yugi take part in one final duel so that Atem can return to the afterlife. In the end Yugi defeats Atem, and the former returned to the afterlife vowing to never forget Yugi and the others. Now that Atem's story is over, Yugi vows to become strong just like Atem since his own story has just begun.

In the manga, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters picks up its focus from where the earlier series leaves off, roughly corresponding to the eighth volume of the manga series.
 * Production

Duel Monsters serves as a continuation of the earlier series in terms of the story, yet there are differences in the two series where they overlap. In particular, the Death-T fight which is held by Yugi and his rival Seto Kaiba, is redone, and Miho Nosaka, a main character and good friend of Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Tea Gardner, and Ryo Bakura in the earlier series, does not appear in Duel Monsters. Whereas the earlier series introduces the characters (by virtue of being adapted from earlier volumes of the manga), Duel Monsters assumes that the viewers are familiar with the characters from the onset, and scenes referring to chronologically earlier events are redone. Because of the relative speed between the manga and anime releases, three extra (non-canon or filler) story arcs that are not found in later volumes have been added for Duel Monsters: Virtual World, Waking the Dragons, and Grand Championship. One of the other most notable changes is that, unlike the manga, the Duel Monsters anime, as the title suggest focuses on the Duel Monsters card-game more than the manga, and adds many Duel scenes that were not in the original manga itself, often changing parts of the plot to fit around addition of the duels.

As the two series are based on the same manga (albeit different parts therein), and the fact that only Duel Monsters was adapted into English, there has been some controversy regarding Yu-Gi-Oh! as a whole. Some have regarded that the fact that the earlier series was not adapted into English creates a large plothole in Duel Monsters, as they believe that the earlier series provides the necessary support and development of the series' main characters. Those opposing this view note the various clear differences between the plot and artwork style would also confuse viewers.

As a response to these critics, a separate "uncut" DVD release was commissioned between 4Kids Entertainment and FUNimation, with a new adaptation that is more consistent with the original. The uncut DVDs were pulled from solicitation after Volume 3 "Stolen - Blue-Eyes White Dragon" for no apparent reason, with a variety of explanations coming from, upon cross-examination, invalid sources with little elaboration. Lance Heiskell, a FUNimation representative, has noted legal rights as the reason for cancellation, although he was unable to expand on it. This appears to be the most likely possibility, given the DVDs' reportedly successful run.

Kids' WB! also edited episodes 4 and 5, and later episodes 14 and 15, fusing these episodes that were originally two-part episodes into half-hour episodes. 4Kids did dub them separately, but they were only seen in other countries and on DVDs. Later, when 4KidsTV rebroadcast the series, they eventually aired episodes 4 and 5 separately. It is unknown whether or not they will air episodes 14 and 15 separately.

As of recent, 4Kids had been uploading the original Japanese episodes, albeit unsubbed, to their YouTube channel, alongside the first Japanese opening and closing. The first 37 episodes had been uploaded; the first three have been subbed. If 4Kids will continue uploading the original episodes or if they have any plans to subtitle them is unknown. Whilst the episodes are encoded to the US region, Youtubers outside the US could view them if they set their region to 'Worldwide'.

With a legal issue brought about by failing to renew Shunsuke Kazama's (Yugi/Yami Yugi's Japanese voice actor) contract for rights to his work, 4Kids has removed its Japanese episodes from YouTube, at least until a resolution is made with Mr. Kazama.

A series of uncut DVDs were made by 4kids Entertainment and FUNimation. This adaption stuck closer to the original Japanese in dialogue and events. Text is not removed, and as such Japanese cards from the original version are used. Some original names such as Sugoroku Mutou are kept. Some characters names are a mixture of their original and English version names, such as Joey Katsuya and Tea Mazaki.

Difference from Anime to Manga

 * Yu-Gi-Oh!.jpg the manga this storyline takes place after the Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 manga. But in the anime, the storyline doesn't take place after Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 what so ever.
 * In the manga, Solomon gets scare to death after losing to Kaiba in a duel by seeing a virtual simulator. But in the anime, he gets injured after being shock to death by seeing the virtual simulator off screen.
 * In the anime, Yugi battles Kaiba after Solomon lost by trying to teach Kaiba about the heart of the cards. But in the manga, they fought at Death-T.
 * In the manga after Yami Yugi mind crush Kaiba, he shatter the evil in Kaiba's heart by making Kaiba fix the missing piece of his heart like a jigsaw puzzle. This has led Kaiba to be in a coma for six months. But in the anime, Yugi still mind crushed Kaiba, but shattered all the evil in Kaiba's heart so he can still walk away after the penalty game.
 * In the anime when Yugi and his friends meet Pegasus through a video tape, Tristan is present. But in the manga Tristan is not present at all.
 * In the manga when Yugi duels against Pegasus through a video tape, he battles him for 20 minutes. But in the anime, he battles him for 15 minutes.
 * In the manga when Yugi battles Pegasus through a video tape, Yugi's friends and grandpa are not frozen at all. But in the anime, Yugi's friends and grandpa are frozen.
 * In the manga during the conclusion of Yugi's duel against Pegasus through a video tape, Yugi's score is 200 Life Points while Pegasus has 500 Life Points. In the anime, Yugi had 400 Life Points while Pegasus had 1200 Life Points.
 * In the manga when Yugi's grandpa is shown on TV after his soul is taken, It is Yami Yugi who sees this in person. But in the anime, it is Yugi who sees this instead.
 * In the manga, Yugi's Grandpa lost his soul after Yugi loses to Pegasus through their duel via the television, his soul is placed in the videotape. But in the anime, his soul is shown on TV but is officially put in a soul card.
 * In the manga after Yugi lost against Pegasus, Yami Yugi is shown staring outside in front of the Domino City high school fence. But in the anime, it is Yugi who stares at the fence, while Yami Yugi's mind is heard on screen.
 * In the manga when Joey got Serenity's video tape that was sent to him to look at through a VCR, Yugi and the others are present when he sees the tape on screen. But in the anime, Yugi and the others are not present during this scene and Joey looks at the video tape by himself.
 * In the manga, Bakura joins Yugi and the others on the boat ride to Duelist Kingdom. But in the anime, he doesn't join Yugi at all and goes on the boat ride by himself.
 * In the manga, Yugi and the gang don't meet Mai till after they get off the cruise. Including that that Joey and Tristan call her a babe after smelling her perfume. Which makes Tea angry at all three of them by calling them idiots. But in the anime, it's Yugi and Joey who only meet Mai on the cruise, while Tea angrily comments from the shadows with Tristan, that boys are unbelievable when they met an older woman.
 * In the manga, the arenas in Duelist Kingdom where the players fight are on a table in a booth with holographic projectors. In the anime, the duel arenas are bigger in Duelist Kingdom and the players stand on the platforms.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi threatened all his star chips to Weevil who found this to be funny. But in the anime, Yami Yugi threaten his life as a duelist by risking to lose his whole card deck, to which Weevil found to be very interesting.
 * In the manga, after Yami Yugi defeated Weevil he threatened Weevil to get off island now or he will drag him by his legs in order to so. But in the anime, Joey threatened Weevil to get off the island, which caused Weevil to faint on the ground.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi suspected that Mai wanted to battle him from the start. But in anime, this scene never happen. Instead Mai saw how many star chips Yugi had.
 * In the manga, Yugi and the gang decide to still cheer Joey during his first duel. Even giving no advice on how to defeat Mai. But in the anime, Yugi and the gang see how Joey is struggling against Mai, and in the end it is Yami Yugi who gives Joey the hint on how to defeat Mai.
 * In the manga, Yugi and the gang decide to still cheer Joey during his second duel. But in the anime, they say that it would be better for him to fight a weaker duelist than a strong duelist. Even offering for Yugi to take Joey's place in the duel, which made Joey mad that Tea and Tristan are not letting him fight his own battles.
 * In the manga when Joey and Tristan eat Mako's fish, Yami Yugi is shown being amuse by saying oh boy while seeing this. But in the anime, it is Yugi being shown to be amused.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi is shown to learn a little bit about Mako's reputation. But is unsure if he is a skilled duelist. In the anime, it is Yugi who knows about Mako when they first meet.
 * Also in the manga, when Yami Yugi and the gang are about to leave after Mako gave them free fish to eat, Mako throws a bowing arrow a few inches away from Yami Yugi's feet. But in the anime, it is Yugi who is shown during this scene.
 * In the manga when Mako is eating with Yugi and the gang, he explains a little bit about his past to them. But in the anime, he explain about his past during his duel with Yami Yugi.
 * In the manga, Mako and his dad wreak their ship after an oil spill, but both survive. Even that his dad would borrow other fishermens’ boats during bad weather to fish, since they lost theirs. That’s how he died. In the anime, Mako tells the story of how dad died when their ship crashed the first time. Mako then goes on a several minute-long hysterical rant, confusing everyone as to whether he’s fighting with the sea or against it.
 * In the manga, it never shows how Mokuba escaped Pegasus' castle so he can go confront Yugi. But in the anime, it does shown how Mokuba escaped The castle.
 * In the manga Pegasus doesn't spy on Yugi whatsoever. But in the anime, he uses a security camera to spy on Yugi during a duel.
 * In the manga, Kemo never told Yami Yugi that never was a time limit for eliminated duelists to leave the island. But in the anime, he tricks them saying that the boat leaves in 30 minutes.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi and the others sees the eliminated duelist leaving the island by boat before they found Mokuba. But in the anime, this happens after they found Mokuba.
 * In the manga, Mokuba confronts Yami Yugi after the eliminated duelist left the island by boat. But in the anime, Mokuba confronts Yugi before the eliminated duelist's leave.
 * In the manga, Joey never shouted that he will beat up Mokuba during their first meeting. But in the anime, he does say this.
 * In the manga, Tristan never threatened that he'll beat Mokuba if he takes Yugi's card deck. But in the anime, he does say this.
 * In the manga, after Yami Yugi's duel with Mokuba is shorten. Mokuba tells the gang that he never let Pegasus' henchman have Kaibacorp, even if they open his stomach. But in the anime, Mokuba says that he will protect Kaibacorp in the name of his older brother.
 * In the manga, it never shows how Mokuba was kidnapped to be taken to Pegasus' castle. But in the anime, it does show how he was kidnapped.
 * In the manga, it's reveal that Mokuba had swallowed the key on purpose since it unlocks all documents to Kaibacorp, so that Pegasus' henchmen won't get it. But in the anime, it's reveal that the key is the duel monsters photo locket picture of Seto that Mokuba wears around his neck.
 * In the manga, Kemo confronts Mokuba when he is about to hand Yami Yugi his star hips. But in the anime, Kemo confronts Mokuba when he tells him to call back the boat so he can give the Stars Chips back to the eliminated duelist that he stole them from.
 * In the manga, Kemo uses Mokuba as a hostage after he sees him giving Yami Yugi Star Chips. But in the anime, he uses Mokuba as a hostage after slapping the star chips out of Mokuba's hand and sends the Star Chips into the ocean.
 * In the manga in order for Mokuba's freedom, Kemo tells Yami Yugi to come find him when he has an opponent for him to face. But in anime, Kemo tells Yami Yugi to meet him in 1 hour to face his opponent.
 * In the manga, Kaiba is shown to beat up Pegasus' henchman while being spotted by them. But in the anime, he knows how to get pass Pegasus' henchman without having to beat them up.
 * In the manga, Imitator of Death uses a puppet of Kaiba to hide is voice. But in the anime, he pretends to be Kaiba. Including using Kaiba's deck to make Yami Yugi become confuse.
 * In both the manga and anime, Mokuba tells Yami Yugi that he believed their earlier conversation that Kaiba will come back and that he will still wait for him. Including that Mokuba told Kemo multiple times that Kaiba isn't dead, which gave Yami Yugi the strength to battle on against the Imitator of Death.
 * In the manga, Kaiba's will to wake up from his coma is what led for the first Ble Eyes White Dragon to be destroyed. But in the anime, Kaiba helped Yugi destroyed the Dragon by putting a virus in it.
 * In both the manga and anime, Yami Yugi had 500 Life Points when he defeated the Imitator of Death.
 * In the manga due to the holy elf card, Yami Yugi's Blue Eyes White Dragon had 3800 Life Points when it defeated the Imitator of Death. But in the anime, it had 4100.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi gave the Imitator of Death a penalty game that made him see that he was going to be eaten by his own puppet. But in the anime, Yami Yugi made the Imitator of Death vanish off the face of the earth.
 * In the manga, it is Yami Yugi who noticed that Mokuba is gone after the duel with the Imitator of Death. But in the anime, it is Tea who noticed it.
 * In the manga before Joey duels against Rex Raptor, he sees duelist are scare to duel him because Yami Yugi is right next to him. But in the anime, this scene is never shown.
 * In the manga, it is Joey who forbids his friends from giving him advice during his duel against Rex Raptor. But in the anime it is Mai who does this.
 * In the manga, during Joey's duel against Rex Raptor since Joey forbid them to give advice to him. Yugi tries to break the promise to help Joey, but Yami Yugi stops him telepathy by saying that this is Joey's battle, and that he needs to fight alone. But in the anime, this scene never happen at all.
 * In the manga after Joey defeated Rex Raptor, Mai even cheered for him. But in the anime, this never happened.
 * In the anime, Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura battle with Yug, Joey, Tea, Tristan and Bakura's souls inside of cards and it is their first battle. But in the manga, their first battle is in the RPG miniature world.
 * In the anime, Kaiba decides to go to Duelist Kingdom upon learning that Mokuba is held prisoner there. But in the manga, he comes to Duelist Kingdom after waking up from his coma that he got after losing to Yugi.
 * In the manga, when one of Seto Kaiba's Suits betrays him, he puts a gun to his head during their helicopter ride and Kaiba jams it with a card and pushes the suit out the helicopter into the lake below. But in the anime, he goes to Pegasus's castle by himself.
 * In the manga, Panik confronted Mai in her tent in order to duel her. But in the anime, he grabs Mai behind a bush instead to battle her.
 * In the manga, when Yami Yugi meets Panik for the first time. He calls Panik before they start their duel. But in the anime, this is never heard or mention.
 * In the manga, only Mai and Tea are shown during Yami Yugi's duel against Panik. But in the anime, Joey, Triatan and Bakura are shown watching the duel alongside Mai and Tea.
 * In the manga, Panik's job is to eliminate every duelist off the island to make sure he gets to Yugi. But in the anime, his job is to only eliminate Yugi as a order by Pegasus.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi wonders if Panik is stealing 40 star chips by eliminating duelist off the island. But in the anime, he doesn't say this whatsoever.
 * In the manga, Panik calls Pegasus stinky by saying he can afford to make his plan work with the prize money if he have to. but in the anime, he doesn't say this whatsoever.
 * In the manga, Yami Yami also calls Panik a blockhead. But in the anime, he just refers to Panik as a coward.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi threatens his life if he loses to Panik. But in the anime, he threatens his star chips.
 * In the manga when Panik duels Yami Yugi, he places a rope around the latter's neck so that when he wins he will hang his opponent. But in the anime, Panik douses the arena in flames.
 * In the manga, when Yami Yugi launches the catapult turtle into the air to break down Panik's shield. Yami Yugi risks the attack by having his life points drop down to 300. But in the anime, his life points drop down to 50 instead.
 * In the manga, when Panik lose the duel Yami Yugi says that the rope is around his neck. But in the anime, Panik uses huge flames to try and kill Yami Yugi, but Yami Yugi is protected by the Millennium Puzzle.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi gives Panik the penalty game of being hunged. But in the anime, Yami Yugi mind crushed Panik instead.
 * In the manga, when Mai refused the star chips that Yami Yugi won back for her. He gives her encouraging advice that leads to her taking the star chips back. But in the anime, Yami Yugi doesn't give Mai encouraging advice and Mai takes the star chips when Joey joked that he will take them off of Yami Yugi's hand.
 * In the manga, Joey gets angry about how loud Kaiba's helicopter is. Evening threatening to beat him up since he wants to duel the next day. But in the anime, he is still angry but comments if Kaiba knows anything about night time.
 * In the manga, it shows the full out come of Joey's duel with Kaiba. But in the anime, the duel is shorten to save screen time.
 * In both the manga and anime, right after Kaiba duels Joey, he doesn't know about the 10 star chip rule whatsoever when he goes to Pegasus' castle.
 * In the manga after Joey's duel against Kaiba, his nightmare is that he draws a bad card and sees Blue Eyes White Dragon. He then hears Kaiba calling him a worthless dog, and wakes up from his dream. In the anime, he is defeat by Kaiba having his cards destroy, and vows to Kaiba who tells him that this pose suits him for a worthless dog. He then wakes up from his dream telling Yugi and the others to get up.
 * In the manga, Bandit Keith tells Pegasus' island has real life skeleton heads on the island. But in the anime, Keith tells Bonz that the skeleton heads are fake.
 * In the manga, Joey is with Yami Yugi and the others trying to find a opponent to duel, out of no where without Yugi and the others knowing Joey gets snatched by Bandit Keith's lackeys. In the anime, Joey wonders off by himself and is then snatched by Bandit Keith's lackeys.
 * In the manga, while the gang is searching for Joey, Yami Yugi uses his Millennium Puzzle to see where Joey is at. When he learns that Joey is inside a cave, Yami Yugi tells everyone to follow him. But in the anime, Yugi and the others guess that Joey is in the cave near where he dropped his wallet. They then have Wacky Adventures with skeletons and fake boulders, none of which happens in the manga.
 * In the manga, while trying to find the cave that Joey is in. Yami Yugi tells them that he saw the cave in a vision. He also tells Joey not to give up during his duel, and that is always a chance to win. Once they find the cave, Yami Yugi tells Joey that he's coming. But in the anime, this scene is never shown.
 * In the manga, when Yami Yugi and the others are searching for Joey in the cave. Yami Yugi tells Joey not to give up and not to forget about why they came to Duelist Kingdom in the first place. But in the anime, this scene is never shown.
 * In the manga, Joey won his duel against Bonz before Yami Yugi and the others arrive at his aid. But in the anime, Yugi and the others arrive and give Joey advice to defeat Bonz.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi tells himself that it's not Joey's good luck that got him to defeat Bonz, which is something not to describe as luck or miracles. He says that it's his desperation to win and the concern for burdens that is the true strength of a true duelist. But in the anime, this scene is never shown.
 * In the manga, after Joey's duel with Bonz. Yami Yugi angrily tells Keith that the only rule on the Duelist Kingdom island is a duelists pride. But in the anime, this scene is never shown.
 * In the manga, after Yugi and his friends are trap in the cave. Keith beats up Bonz for losing a duel against Joey. Then he beats up his other two lackeys to get their star chips. But in the anime, he beats up all three of them to get 10 star chips.
 * In the manga, after Yami Yugi's tag team duel against the pardox brothers, he senses that Bakura is trying his hardest not to be possessed by Yami Bakura. But in the anime, he doesn't sense this whatsoever.
 * In the manga, Kaiba is shown by using Pegasus' henchman as a hostage to gain entry in the castle, even after beating them up. But in the anime, he doesn't do this whatsoever but knocks the henchman out in order to get the prison keys while he is in the castle.
 * In the manga, Tea knows that their are two Yugis after the duel against Panik. She even thinks that they are one person. But in the anime, she starts to figure this out while they are approaching Pegasus' castles. Along with accepting that Yugi is his usual self.
 * In the manga, Bandit Keith presents his chips to enter the Castle after Yugi and Kaiba start their duel. But in the anime, he does it before Yugi and Kaiba's duel.
 * In the manga, during his duel against Kaiba. Yami Yugi uses Kaiba's ancient lamp as a sacrifice to unleash Dark Magician from the magic box. But in the anime, Yami Yugi used Kaiba's magic lamp card as a sacrifice to unleash Dark Magician from the magic box.
 * In the manga, when Yami Yugi was about to be defeated by Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the attack made his Life Pionts drop down to 100 because he didn't use defense mode to protect him self. But in the anime, he had 900 life Points instead when the first blast attacked him. This leads him to have his Life Points drop down to 400. It is during the second blast that he uses defense mode to protect himself.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi used Kurioh with multiply as his ultimate defense. He then uses Living Arrow and Polymerization cards to fuse his Mammoth Graveyard to Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. This leads to Yami Yugi summoning Celtic Guardian to attack one of the weaker Blue Eye heads, leading Kaiba's Life Points to go from 900 to 300. But in the anime, Kaiba's Life Points went down from 900 to 400 instead.
 * In the manga, when Kaiba's Life Points drop down to 300. He imagined his younger self trying to save a young Mokuba from the melting Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. While he fail to save Mokuba while the dragon is still melting, his younger self looks at him angrily without saying anything. This leads to Kaiba screaming in pain on seeing this. But in the anime, the dragon melts all over Mokuba and crumbles before a young Seto can get to Mokuba in time. After the dragon crumbled the young Seto angrily scolds his older self for saving Mokuba. Kaiba then screams in pain upon seeing this.
 * In the manga, knowing that his Life Points are at 300. Kaiba said that game had just begun and started stepping backwards one tile for every 100 damage he took, putting him in danger of falling from the tower to his death if his Life Points reach 0. He stated that if their positions were reversed, he would kill Yugi without hesitation. In the anime, as Kaiba stood up on the edge of the castle. He said that the shockwaves from Yugi's attack may cause him to fall to his death. Including that he wants to fight Yugi at his strongest level, so he can defeat him. Then as Yugi is having trouble wondering to save Kaiba or not. He tells Yugi to see if he has the guts to slice his throat.
 * In the manga, Yami Yugi lose the 100 Life Points when Yugi chose not to attack the weaken Blue Eyes White Dragon heads with his Celtic Guardian. This leaded to his defeat as Kaiba used "Monster Reborn" to revive one of the dragon's heads in full health with 3000 ATK. Kaiba proceeded to win by attacking "Celtic Guardian" with the revived head. But in the anime, Yugi had 400 Life Points.
 * In the manga, Tea didn't cry at all when she told Yugi that he did the right thing on not killing Kaiba. But in the anime, she did cry when she told this to Yugi.
 * In the manga, after Tea told Kaiba off for trying to die during a duel. Joey told Kaiba not to forget that Yugi was the one who saved him. But in the anime, this scene is not shown at all.
 * In the manga, Mai says that the Star Chips are a token of her appreciation, and Yugi accepts them. But in the anime, Yugi accepts the star chips after Tea beat Mai in a duel.
 * In the anime, after his rematch duel with Yami Yugi. Kaiba is ambushed when he is walking to Pegasus' castle by a gunmen and neutralizes the threat by put a card into the ignition trigger. But in the manga, he uses violence to get into the castle.
 * In the anime, when Yugi and his group gather at Pegasus's castle with 10 star chips to gain entry into the castle. They get past Kemo because Mai flirts with him. But in the manga, Joey punches Kemo's lights out instead so they can get inside; because Kemo refused to let Tristan, Tea and Bakura enter.
 * In the manga, while being inside Pegasus' castle. Joey is shown to easily beat Bandit Keith to a pulp. But in the anime, Keith blocks Joey's punches before he can beat Keith up.
 * In the manga, Yugi is well aware that Keith sneaked inside Joey's room. But in the anime, Yugi doesn't know about this and neither does Joey.
 * In the anime, Bandit Keith threatens Pegasus with a gun but Pegasus opens a trap door ejecting Keith from the island. But in the manga, Bandit Keith approaches Pegasus after losing to Joey and threatens Pegasus to give him the prize money with a knife. Pegasus gives Keith a penalty game for losing to Joey and turns his hand into a gun which is used to shoot himself killing Keith until he is brought back to life in Yu-Gi-Oh! R.
 * In the anime, Yugi and Joey battle to determine who will face Pegasus in the finals. But in the manga, they don't battle and it is just Yugi who battles Pegasus, since Pegasus thought that a battle between the two friends will be pointless.
 * In the manga, after Yami Yugi defeated Pegasus. Pegasus explained face to face with Yami Yugi about his past, and why he made the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. But in the anime, Pegasus runs off before Yugi can question him. They decided to go him and only found his dairy. It's turned out that he wrote all the answers that Yugi seeped into the diary in case he lose the duel against Yami Yugi.
 * In the manga, Pegasus dies after Yami Bakura removed his millennium eye. But in the anime, Pegasus survives the attack and basically becomes sick.
 * In the manga, Mokuba decides to let Yugi and his friends ride home with him and Kaiba as a thank you gift for saving Kaiba Corporation for them. But in the anime, it is Joey and Tristan who run off asking Kaiba to give them a ride home, since all the boats left the island.
 * In the manga, Mai also asks Joey and Tristan if she can join them on going back to Japan. To which Joey and Tristan pull down the helicopter ladder for her to stay on while the helicopter is about to take off completely. But in the anime, she leaves the island after her duel with Yami Yugi when they were in Pegasus' castle.
 * In the anime after the duelist kingdom tournament, Yugi and friends battle Rebecca Hawkins and the Big 5 in the virtual world as filler episodes. But in the manga, they do not meet Rebecca at all or the Big Five.
 * In the anime, Joey and Duke duel after Duke made Joey pick up a dice from a cup while knowing that the dice was still in the cup. as opposed to using a playing card trick. But in the manga, Duke uses card tricks against Joey after Yami Yugi figure out that Duke was using these tricks to cheat.
 * In the anime, Duke's father is not evil nor shows up on screen.
 * In the manga, the game Yugi and Duke play is different than the rules of Dungeon Dice Monsters and Yami Bakura arrives to give Yugi encouragement to win without the Millenium Puzzle. In the anime, Yugi duels Duke since Duke hates Yugi for defeating Pegasus. Including that Pegasus was trying to help Duke make the Dungeon Dice Monsters more popular.
 * In the anime, Bandit Keith is brainwashed by Marik into dueling Yugi after taking his puzzle. Yugi must rebuild his puzzle when Keith starts a fire leading for Joey and Tristan rescue him.
 * In the manga, Joey wears a jacket throughout battle city. But in the anime, he does not.
 * In the anime, the rare hunter that beat Joey loses to Yugi by having his life points dropped to 0, as opposed to losing due to his win condition being gone. But in the manga, all of this happens when Yugi duels against Duke's father, Mr. Crown.
 * In the anime, Joey and Weevil's duel includes the summoning of the Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth. But it is not present in the manga.
 * In the manga, Bakura journeys with Joey through Battle City and gets separate when he meets Marik. In the anime, none of this happens.
 * In the anime, Yugi and Kaiba's first tag duel is fully shown. But in the manga, it is not fully shown.
 * In the manga, Mask of Light straps a chain around Kaiba's duel disk and forces him and Yugi to duel on top of a building in a life or death duel. In the anime, none of this happen while Yugi and Kaiba decide to team up in order to save Mokuba and Tea who are held capture.
 * In the manga, When Tea is held captive by Marik, Yugi is forced to duel Joey or she will swallow a poisoned capsule. Mokuba is then held at knifepoint by a Rare Hunter so Kaiba cannot interfere with the duel. But in the anime, Tea is stuck to a chair with a giant metal box over her head that will fall on top of her if anyone tries to help her. Including that Mokuba stays at Kaiba side instead of having a knife being close to his neck.
 * In the anime, Bakura and Bonz's duel is fully shown. But in the manga, it is not shown.
 * In the manga, Bonz is killed by Bakura after losing. But in the anime, he is not kill.
 * In the anime, Mai gets a filler episode that reveals her childhood when she battles Yami Marik. But in the manga, her past is not shown.
 * In the anime, Mai and Yami Marik's duel is lengthened as well as using different monsters which include holding arms and holding legs which are not real cards. But in the manga, their duel is shorten.
 * In the anime, the duel between Yami Marik and Yami Bakura is lengthened and has Bakura taking the god card as opposed to Bakura sending it straight to the graveyard. But in the manga, their duel is shorten.
 * In the anime, the virtual world ark and the rematch between Joey and Kaiba is added as filler. But all of this is not added in the manga.
 * In the anime, the battle between Kaiba and Yugi's god cards is lengthened. But in the manga, it is short.
 * In the manga, Kaiba starts the countdown to detonate the Duel Tower before Yami Yugi and Yami Marik start their duel. But in the anime, he doesn't start a countdown.
 * In the anime, Kaiba blows up the tower after the final duel. But in the manga, he blows up the tower after everyone is safety off the island along with him and Mokuba.
 * In the anime, the last episode of season 3 is a flashback episode that is a filler. But it is not present in the manga.
 * In the manga, Yugi and co. go to the Domino Museum to present the God Cards to the tablet, which is still on display there. The RPG table is set up in a back room of the museum. One month later, they travel to Egypt to have the Ceremonial Duel. But I n the anime, the entire arc takes place in Egypt. Because the tablet has already been moved back to the tomb from which it came. The RPG table is like, in the Shadow Realm or something. The Ceremonial Duel happens the day after the RPG.
 * In the manga, The rooftop duel between Kaiba and Yami Bakura does not occur. But in the anime, it does.
 * In the manga, Yami Bakura gives the Millennium Eye to Yami Yugi. But in the anime, he gives it to Kaiba.
 * In the manga, Yugi and co. are met by Bobasa in front of the museum. Bobasa claims to have been sent by Shadi to help them with finding the Pharaoh’s memories. Bobasa uses the Scales to weigh everyone’s heart (and kicks Bakura out of the group because the scales detect Yami Bakura), then helps Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Tea unlock the door in the Millennium Puzzle. He follows them around in the Memory World until Zorc is released from the tablet. At that point, he turns into Hasan. At the end, Hasan is killed, and he (and by extension, Bobasa) is revealed to have been Shadi all along. But in the anime, it’s Shadi who meets Yugi and co. in the underground tomb. Shadi helps them find the door out of the Millennium Puzzle, but he does not follow them onto the game board. They meet Bobasa during the scene in the marketplace where Kisara is discovered. Bobasa hangs out with them and helps them find the tomb where the pharaoh’s name is kept. Then he disappears, never to be explained. Hasan the game piece dies protecting Atem from an attack by Zorc. A few episodes later, Shadi possesses the corpse of Hasan and protects the pharaoh again, and dies.
 * In the manga, the main part of Yami Bakura, the one that’s being hosted by regular Bakura, is the one sitting on the other side of the RPG table. And it is Bakura’s physical body that’s sitting there, not any sort of spiritual manifestation. Only Atem is sucked into the tablet. The hunk of Yami Bakura that was planted inside the Puzzle before Battle City sneaks into the Memory World when Yugi and co. open the door between the Puzzle and the Memory World. This is the part that will stand in their way when he rewinds time, and when he’s trying to block their way to learning the pharaoh’s name. But in the anime, the main part of Yami Bakura, the one from the host, gets sucked into the tablet with Atem. The part that was planted in the puzzle also gets sucked into the tablet. One of these becomes the player sitting at the table, and one immediately possesses the Thief King game piece. This second part is the part that will eventually possess Tristan, and is the part that tries to keep them from learning the pharaoh’s name).
 * In the manga, Atem's mother is shown in a flashback. But in the anime, she is not shown.
 * In the manga, the High Priest of Darkness kidnaps Priest Seto from the battle against Zorc. Seto tries to save Kisara from the collapsing palace, but the High Priest kills her, then possesses Seto. Atem and possessed-Seto face off after Zorc has been defeated. But in the anime, Priest Seto is kidnapped from the tomb where the Millennium Items tablet is kept. They end up at the (not-yet-collapsing) palace. The High Priest kills Kisara, Seto kills the High Priest, and then possessed-Seto fights Atem when Atem arrives. All of this is happening while the (anime-only) timer for the revival of Zorc runs out. Seto and Atem then go on to fight Zorc in the final battle.
 * In the anime, Kaiba’s whole participation the final battle against Zorc doesn’t happen. There’s no fusing the three BEWD souls and the Dragon Master Knight, or any other cards he summons in the battle. But in the manga, he never joined Yugi in this battle.
 * In the manga, Mokuba and Kaiba are not present for the Ceremonial Duel. But in the anime, they are present during the ceremonial battle.

Episodes

 * 224

Films

 * Yu-Gi-Oh! movie 1 (Pyramid of Light)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! movie 2 (The Dark Side of Dimensions)

Theme Songs

 * Opening


 * "Voice" (Ep. 1 - 48)
 * "Shuffle" (Ep. 49 - 80)
 * "Wild Drive" (Ep. 81 - 131)
 * "Warriors" by (Ep. 132 - 189)
 * "Overlap" (Ep. 190 - 224)
 * Ending


 * "Energizing Shower" (Ep. 1 - 48)
 * "The Afternoon of that Day" (Ep. 49 - 80)
 * "Paradise" (Ep. 81 - 131)
 * "These Overflowing Feelings Don't Stop" (Ep. 132 - 189)
 * "EYES" (Ep. 190 - 224)

Sagas

 * Duelist Kingdom (Ep. 1 - 42)
 * Legendary Heroes (Ep. 43 - 45)
 * Dungeon Dice Monsters (Ep. 46 - 49)
 * Battle City (Ep. 50 - 97)
 * Virtual World (Ep. 98 - 121)
 * Battle City Finals (Ep. 122 - 144)
 * Waking the Dragons (episode 145 - 184)
 * KC Grand Championship (Ep. 185 - 198)
 * Dawn of the Duel (Ep. 199 - 219)
 * Ceremonial Battle (Ep. 220 - 224)

Voice Cast

 * Japanese


 * Shunsuke Kazama as Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi/Pharaoh Atem, Timaeus (Human Form)
 * Hiroki Takahashi as Joey Wheeler, Hermos (Human Form)
 * Maki Saitou as Tea Gardner
 * Takayuki Kondo as Tristan Taylor (first half)
 * Hidehiro Kikuchi as Tristan Taylor (second half)
 * Yu Inoue as Ryo Bakura/Yami Bakura (first half)
 * Rica Matsumoto as Bakura (Thief), Ryo Bakura (second half)/Yami Bakura
 * Haruhi Terada as Mai Valentine
 * Jiro Jay Takasugi as Maximillion Pegasus J. Crawford
 * Kenjiro Tsuda as Seto Kaiba, Critias (Human Form), Priest Seto
 * Junko Takeuchi as Mokuba Kaiba
 * Mika Sakenobe as Serenity Wheeler
 * Ryo Naito as Duke Devlin
 * Tadashi Miyazawa as Solomon Muto
 * Tetsuo Komura as Gozaburo Kaiba
 * Chisa Yokoyama as Noah Kaiba
 * Daisuke Namikawa as Mako Tsunami
 * Eisuke Tsuda as Siegfried von Schroider
 * Hiromi Setsu as Siegfried von Schroider (Young)
 * Seiko Noguchi as Leon von Schraider/Leon Harry
 * Hajime Komada as Bandit Keith
 * Kaori Tagami as Rebecca Hawkins
 * Saburo Kodaka as Arthur Hawkins
 * Urara Takano as Weevil Underwood
 * Kin Fujii as Rex Raptor (first half)
 * Yuichi Nakamura as Rex Raptor (second half)
 * Kazunari Kojima as Black Magician/Mahad
 * Yuki Nakao as Black Magician Girl/Mana, Mako Tsunami (child)
 * Chieko Higuchi as Chris
 * Yusaku Yara as Ironheart
 * Yu Emaou as Dartz
 * Masahito Kawanago as Priest Karim
 * Sumi Shimamoto as Priest Isis
 * Tadashi Miyazawa as Priest Shimon
 * Nozomu Sasaki as Priest Shada, Shadi
 * Rie Nakagawa as Blue-Eyes White Dragon/Kisara
 * Masami Iwasaki as Isono (Seto's Main Body Guard)
 * Masami Iwasaki as Mako Tsunami's father
 * Masami Suzuki as Ghost Kotsuzuka, Mrs. Muto
 * Chiaki Kosaka as Mrs. Wheeler
 * Akiko Kimura as Marik Ishtar (Child)
 * Akari Hibino as Marik's Mother
 * Motomu Azaki as Marik's Father
 * Sakura Nogawa as Ishizu Ishtar (child)
 * Rie Tanaka as Vivian Wong
 * Tetsuya Iwanaga as Marik Ishtar/Yami Marik
 * Sumi Shimamoto as Ishizu Ishtar
 * Konta as Odion
 * Kouji Ishii as Dark Mask
 * Maiko Itou as Esper Roba
 * Yoshihisa Kawahara as Rafael
 * Takeshi Maeda as Valon
 * Yukishige Iemura as Alister
 * Yoshitaka Kaidu as Zork Necrophades
 * Youichi Kobiyama as Akunamukanon
 * Yu Mizushima as Bobasa, Light Mask
 * Yuji Kishi as Tetsu Trudge
 * English


 * Dan Green as Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi/Pharaoh Atem, Timaeus, Tetsu Trudge
 * Amy Birnbaum as Tea Gardner
 * Frank Frankson as Tristan Taylor
 * Wayne Grayson as Joey Wheeler, Dartz, Shadi, Hermos & Solomon Muto (Funimation Uncut version)
 * Eric Stuart as Seto Kaiba, Critias, Priest Seto
 * Tara Jayne as Mokuba Kaiba (Season 1 - 4)
 * Caroline Lawson as Mokuba Kaiba (Season 5)
 * Ted Lewis as Ryo Bakura/Yami Bakura, Bandit Keith, Alister, Gozaburo Kaiba (Season 5)
 * Megan Hollingshead as Mai Valentine (Season 1 - 3)
 * Bella Hudson as Mai Valentine (Season 4 - 5), Dark Magaician Girl/Mana
 * Sam Regal as Rex Raptor (Season 1 - 3)
 * Anthony Salerno as Rex Raptor (Season 4 - 5)
 * Jimmy Zoppi as Weevil Underwood
 * Jonathan Todd Ross as Marik Ishtar/Yami Marik, Espa Roba
 * Karen Neill as Ishizu Ishtar
 * Maddie Blaustein as Solomon Moto
 * Lisa Ortiz as Serenity Wheeler
 * Marc Thompson as Duke Devlin
 * Alyson Johnson as Vivian Wong
 * Andrew Rannells as Leon von Schroeder, Mako Tsunami & Noah Kaiba
 * Darren Dunstan as Maximillion Pegasus
 * David Wills as Gozaburo Kaiba (Season 3)
 * Kayzie Rogers as Ishizu Ishtar
 * Michael Alston Baley as Odion & Shada
 * Michael Sinterniklaas as Dark Magician/Mahad
 * Kerry Williams as Rebecca Hawkins
 * Mike Pollock as Arthur Hawkins
 * Pete Zarustica as Aknadin & Zigfried von Schroeder
 * Marc Thompson as Rafael & Valon
 * Brian Maillard as Ironheart
 * Veronica Taylor as Chris

Trivia
all information on the '''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''' (Anime) came from http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Duel_Monsters
 * The Duel Monster series is not to be confused with the earlier series of the same name. As the series is the second to be based on the manga. Some sources state erroneously that the first series produced by Toei Animation is a "lost first season", although the two series are unrelated aside from plot continuity. The success of the Duel Monster series was one of the main factors in creating a real-world version of the game that served as the focal point of the series, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.
 * Ishizu Ishtar is named after Isis, egyptian goddess who at one point was the principle goddess of Egypt. "Isis" is taken from an onomatopoeic Asianic word, Ish-ish, meaning "she who weeps." A rather fitting name, as Isis is heavily concerned about her brother, Malik.
 * The beginning of Yugi and Jounochi's names form "yujou," Japanese for "friendship".
 * Kaiba's given name "Seto" is based on the Egyptian God Set.
 * Tea's Japanese name, "Anzu" means "apricot."
 * In the Japanese version, the nameless spirit inside Yugi's puzzle is known to the audience as "Yami Yugi" or "Dark Yugi." Yugi calls the spirit inside his puzzle "Mou Hitori no Boku" meaning "The Other Me." At first, Yami Yugi calls his host "Mou Hitori no Ore," meaning the same thing, only less formal. After Yugi beats Pegasus, Yami Yugi calls his host "Aibou" meaning "partner." Yugi's friends refer to the spirit as "Mou Hitori no Yuugi," or the "The Other Yugi."
 * Serenity's Japanese name, Shizuka, means "quiet," "peaceful," or "calm."
 * "Yugi" means "game" or "to play."
 * Mai's Japanese last name, Kujaku, means "peacock."
 * Yugi's hair is based off a five-fingered hand, from the saying that when a person is born and becomes able to see, the very first thing that a person visually memorizes is the shape of their palm.
 * The title Yu-Gi-Oh literally means "King of Game" or "King of Duel" which is used in the series. Yugi means "game" and the letters oh or u means king.
 * Marik is the Japanese transcription of the arabic name "Malik" which means "king". Kisara means "broken" in arabic.
 * The title "Yugioh" is intended as a double word pun. "Yugioh" means "Game King" but if the "ou" is interpreted as an honorific then "Yugi-oh" basically means "King Yugi," which serves as a clue to the other Yugi's true identity.