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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

It's time to duel!

20008.31 Season224 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He 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." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".

Created by Kazuki Takahashi
Written by Kazuki Takahashi
NetworksTV TokyoTV OsakaTVhTSC

Top Cast

Kenjiro Tsuda

Kenjiro Tsuda

Seto Kaiba (voice)

Hiroki Takahashi

Hiroki Takahashi

Katsuya Jonouchi / Joey Wheeler (voice)

Shunsuke Kazama

Shunsuke Kazama

Yugi Muto / Yami Yugi (voice)

M

Maki Saito

Anzu Mazaki / Téa Gardner (voice)

Takayuki Kondo

Takayuki Kondo

Hiroto Honda / Tristan Taylor (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Ryo Bakura / Yami Bakura (voice)

Junko Takeuchi

Junko Takeuchi

Mokuba Kaiba (voice)

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Tetsuya Iwanaga

Marik Ishtar (voice)

Ryou Naitou

Ryou Naitou

Ryuuji Otogi / Duke Devlin (voice)

Haruhi Nanao

Haruhi Nanao

Mai Kujaku / Mai Valentine (voice)

Themes & Keywords

egyptmonstercard gamemythologymagicfriendshipfriendsremakeschooltrapgiant monsterduelbased on mangabattletrappedstrategymysteriouscardshounenanimejapanese high schoolrivalmysterious eventsfantasysecretadventure

About Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is a animation, action & adventure series that first aired in 2000 exploring themes of egypt, monster, card game, mythology, magic, friendship. Created by Kazuki Takahashi, it stars Kenjiro Tsuda, Hiroki Takahashi, Shunsuke Kazama. Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He 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." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".

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