AniWorthDuel Masters
Introduction
The world of Duel Masters is one of five great civilizations. Through a card game, duelists can bring these worlds into existence, making what was previously abstract into reality. These skilled duelists are known as Kaijudo masters.
Shobu Kirifuda is the best player at his local playground, and seeks to become a world-class master like his father. His first step on the road to conquest begins with winning a local tournament. Rather, it should have, except he is destroyed by the best Kaijudo master in the world, Knight. Shobu loses, but upon remembering the words of wisdom his father instilled into him, decides to continue on the road of becoming a duelist who can enjoy the game for what it is. And so begins his journey to victory－and as we all know, the journey is the most important part!
Audience ratings
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Audience reviews
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LegionIscariot
Duel Masters was a show with soooo much potential.
Its the Magic The Gathering version of Yu-Gi-Oh.
The plot is interesting. The main characters are likeable.
The duels are fun to watch. The monsters look cool.
The card game itself is actually well made and fun to play.
However the anime feels cheaply made in some areas. Especially the audio quality. Sometimes you can barely hear what some people are saying.
The animation is not great. Sometimes straight up terrible. I think whether or not you'd like this anime is dependent on whether or not you find the duel masters card game interesting.
Despite the flaws its a show i really liked and wanted to succeed.
Read at the sourceprepare4trouble
Who's the kid with the spiky hair?
(This review is based off the English dub.)
Duel Masters is a card game based show that aired on Cartoon Network 2004-2006, at the tail end of the original Yu-Gi-Oh's airing. Yu-Gi-Oh's popularity certainly influenced it being dubbed, but how good a show is it on its own?
Even having no interest in card game anime at the time, I ended up watching this as it was airing. The nostalgic cast was what originally caught my ear. There were a lot of familiar and talented VAs who seemed to have fun and do a great job here. But I stayed for the dub script. Was it a parody? Sort of, depending on how you define parody. This dub still followed the plot and advertised the card game per the original design. Those in charge of the English adaptation perhaps had similar…
Read at the sourceaskafahu
Pros:
+ The battles in the beginning when this card-game concept looked fresh
+ Kyoshiro Kokujo
Cons:
- Annoying and uninteresting characters - Repetitive comedy by unlikable characters which make it a drag and pain to watch
- Story having no work and is predictable to the max
- The battles in the mid and last-half of the show become unwatchable as nothing new is done, new cards which are introduced get overshadowed by the same talk after each move, show reactions after each move, show the crowd after each move, show every single supporting character after each move formula which feels like it's on a loop from the start and they just didn't realize it.
- Battle animation being poor (MS Paint level)
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Read at the sourcetrzr23
[ PROs and CONs REVIEW ]
PROS:
+If you’re aged 12 or below, then you might actually like this anime.
+If you prefer Cartoon Network and Disney type cartoons over actual anime, then this is a real treat. The 3D creature animations are cool.
+The actual Duel Masters Trading Card Game isn’t half bad. I bought a few packs and played it with my friends around 7 years back. It’s pretty entertaining if you understand the concept. +Dubbing is, to an extent, well done in English. No idea about the JAP version.
+The comedy is at a passable level and you find yourself laughing with AND at the show.
+And of course, if you’re already a fan of the Duel Masters TDC, then you can’t go wrong with this anime.
CONS:
-If you like Yu-Gi-Oh, then you’re going to absolutely LOATHE this anime, because Due…
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