Audience reviews
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ShinyVegeta
I grow up watching yugioh dm and yugioh gx , and I am a big yugioh fan , but when trying to watch the og dm yugioh anime , it was painful , I wanted to see fun duels and not a terrible story , which is what yugioh gx delivers me , it is a fun entertaining show , when it come to the duels , each character has their own theme when it comes to decks , and the best part about the series is the "filler" characters , such as belowski and bonapart , their deck as very fun , i wish there was more deck like those in real life , I might be bias because i was addicted to the yugioh gx tag force series which made me feel like i lived in the duel academy , but i enjoyed the duels very much , but the reason this show is not a masterpiece for me is because , in S3 they started to focuse more on the "stor…
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Yugioh GX is a strange and confounding show. It has one of, if not the best casts in the Yugioh franchise, but it heavily underitilizes or derails most of them. It has perhaps the most likable, fleshed out, and developed protagonist in the franchise but at the cost of a lot of characters the show doesn’t know what to do with. It has some of the most conceptually interesting and narratively sound arcs in all of Yugioh, but one of them is rushed while the other has an ending that almost killed its season outright. GX has a lot of potential that finds itself capitalized on brilliantly at times, but the show is just an inconsistent mess.
That being said, this is easily the best Yugioh anime, at least in context of the original timeline. Unlike Duel Monsters, GX doesn’t treat you like a moron…
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I honestly don't care what people say to this even if you watched the Eng dub and full of censorship, this anime will still be my childhood. (Eng dub = bad)
I've come to realize that in the later seasons the show has more to offer rather than just dueling, and it grounded itself by inserting consequence and growth toward the main character which he struggled at first which caused psychological trauma and an unforeseen shift to narrative which I think separates itself from the first yugioh
The First half of the 1st season was a slice of life kind of yugioh but the 2nd half got to the main story
The 2nd season are mixed with filler episodes and the main story episodes
The 3rd season didn't fool around and gave filler episodes and went straight to the mature side of the story which is w…
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX had big shoes to fill, being the second series (and a sequel in-universe to) the iconic first season of duel monsters. It took a lot of risks to create its own identity as opposed to going the Pokemon route and recycling the characters and plot while changing the setting, which can be alienating to people who grew up on DM and likely led to its polarizing reception at the time.
On the surface, GX feels like somewhat of an affectionate parody of the original, especially in the dub. The first episodes of the first season take the premise of yugioh and largely play it for comedy, as it slowly edges into darker waters and deconstructs both the premise of the original show as while as the characters it built up over several seasons. While the shift in tone can feel very sudden, th…
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The tightrope between absurdity and existentialism. The setting is not what it appears to be.
The series has remained fascinating to me for many years, despite its status as a tie-in to a trading card game. The expectations going in are low, but the show dazzled me as a younger man for its surprising depth of character writing and the journey of the characters. GX is absurd, but also unafraid to go to dark places. It's about growing up, the meaning of games, the pain of adolescence, and the Jungian shadow.
Judai is at first an annoying main character. Blithe, casually arrogant, undisciplined. But there is also an innocence to him that is in equal measure endearing and disturbing. There is something "off" about him, and as we learn more of his past in the later seasons, it all starts to m…
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Yu-Gi-Oh GX, how I love you so! I don't know why this is one of the most hated Yu-Gi-Oh series, because in my opinion, it's the best! I'm not quite sure why, but perhaps it's my nostalgia for it. Of course, the original Yu-Gi-Oh is a VERY close second to this for me, but for some reason this kind of just takes the cake. Let me give this a quick review.
Story: 6
It's Yu-Gi-Oh. Don't expect a deep plot obviously, because there won't be one. It's about people playing a children's card game for fun and to be the best, but there are also a lot of villains that appear that have the power to steal souls! It's not bad, but it's silly, don't you think? That's why I give the story a 6, which is fair. But surprisingly, there actually are some pretty damn deep moments within the anime, some of which…
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This isn't a perfect series, it has it's ups and downs, the first season suffers a lot from introducing a lot of characters and no real over all plot, though that improves in the second and third season.
What the show does have that I love is some really nice themes, and doesn't seem to suffer from 1 card syndrome like other yugioh's I've watched, where the main char only ever uses the same card every fight to win. His deck is varied with enough surprises and new editions, along with everyone else.
What I do like is how every characters deck has it's own theme and feel to it that progresses for the most part as the series goes on. We see a evolution in most of the characters deck's and themselves.
I really enjoyed this one over all, recently having watched the third season I had skipped…
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As some who appreciates good pacing and superb character development, until today, I'm not sure why most of the Yu-Gi-Oh fanbase dubs this spin-off the worst of them all.
Story 9/10
Developed story. You heard, right: developed story. An EXTREMELY developed story. GX starts as something typical and absurd but don't let that happiness fool because this series is far from it. GX is deep - much, much deeper than you could have ever imagined from a series like this. The plot is really something that constricts your heart little by little, season by season, until you can't take it anymore and just cry in frustration.
You probably heard the words "wait until season three," when you hear about GX, and you most certainly heard right. GX is a slow-paced, well-developed series that bore majority o…
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This is going to be a rather harsh review so skip it if you do like the series. Also it contains spoilers for some bits so read at your own risk.
I honestly do not understand how anybody is giving this series above a 5. It is one of the most painfully mediocre anime series I've come across in all my years of watching anime. The second half of 5D's which is a trainwreck compared to the first half is HIGH ART compared to GX. I'll admit I've only watched random bits of the series, but I've watched large chunks across the first three seasons, so I think I've seen enough to be able to judge it. However, if you do like this series, I commend you and am glad you can find some redeeming value in this series.
Characters: 2/10
These characters... Calling them "characters" is too kind. Even calling…
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Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Duel Monsters GX is oftenly known as the weakest Yu☆Gi☆Oh! series aside from Zexal, which in my honest opinion is under rating it a lot. The show may have it's flaws but it's actually an outstanding experience for anyone who looks for long running shows with great characters, funny interactions between them and entertaining story since it begins until it ends.
The show features a lot of one shot episodes and characters thrown in the "filler" category, which is the first point in trashtalking the show. When the story begins it takes a bit long to get into the first arc so the first 30 or so episodes are the ones that introduce you to the show's premise and characters that stay for the longest, which I found alright since they take all of it's time to be properly introduced in a…
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Perhaps the only case of anime where the dub actually did a better job than the original, and we're talking 4kids here.
Set approximately 10 years after the original ended, we meet Jaden, a student who enrolls in the famous Duel Academy, that trains people to becomes pros. Since it's a yugioh anime that's not Arc V (or 5ds) you can already guess that there isn't much in terms of character development, backstory etc etc. Jaden is nothing short of a hyperactive cheerful clown who has the occasional kinda-badass moments, and then we have the background cast of Alexis, Bastian, Chazz, Cyrus and a few others, though you will only remember Chazz since he's in almost as many episodes as Jaden (they're rivals... kindof... Usually it's Chazz making a fool of himself and then dueling Jaden for inse…
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This is my first time righting a review for an anime, but I will explain this as thoroughly as possible. I watched this in Sub because 4 Kids did a terrible job.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows a time period after that of the original Yugioh and we follow Yuki Judai, who is on his way to an elite school for duelists "Duel Academia" , as he progresses his success often grabs the attention others negatively, much like the original series with Yugi and Kaiba. If you watch the beginning your going to feel like this show is one of those normal high-school settings just with the addition of dueling, however as you progress things become much more intense. The first two seasons in a way are created for Judai to develop himself and for that reason they are the worst seasons of the series.
Once you get to…
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Right, so before I write anything, I'd like to say one thing:
Before you watch this Anime, you need to get past the fact that pretty much 70-80% of people who have watched the original will say that GX is terrible.
Obviously reviews are very much subjective; I am writing my opinion of the show here, and other people's views may differ. This is just my view.
Okay, so GX is obviously the follow-on series to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, and is set just after the events of the first series.
STORY: 7/10
It follows a new protagonist, Jaden/Judai Yuki, in his adventures at Duel Academy, a school where students are sorted into different three houses depending on their skills as a duelist and their time at the academy, and study Duel Monsters essentially.
Now off the bat you're probably thinking 'Th…
Read at the sourceShinatosark
Following up the original yugioh series, we have yugioh GX. Now if you are looking for something to top the original, this is sadly not it. While pretty fun to watch the story lacks a lot from the original yugioh which has a pretty deep story, GX offers a more childish and fun story to watch.
Story 5/10: Jaden goes to a dueling school and just goes threw seperate arcs. It is a simple story and not very in depth. Fun to watch, nothing more.
Art 7/10: The art in yugioh GX is average, the monsters look alright but some are made childish, too childish and annoying.
Sound 9/10: Music is very catchy, game on get your game on!
Character 7/10: Most of the characters develop throughout the anime and there are some hilarious characters in the pack, although also some annoying ones. Kid show, v…
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I don't get why everyone says Yugioh GX sucks so much, I prefer it more than the other three. Probably because of the dub. But this series was amazing and heart-felt and I don't regret watching it.
Okay, first off the story. The first season is what drew me to the series because of the light-hearted themes in it. At one point, things kinda got serious but nonetheless it still had its comic relief. The story was kind of scattered though. It wasn't until around later did it finally get into it's actual plot, not that I had a problem with. The second season was the same thing but with a different plot. The third season started off light hearted but then later on we see a much more meaningful plot that leads on into season four. I loved that. Not even the duels turned me off. In fact, it had…
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First of all, I came here, not to talk about the story, but to get rid of this burden after watch this series
I have a lots of comments about this one
I am a Yu-gi-oh fan, and I am the type of person who likes to see all series
I got really disapointed, unfortunately I saw this GX series in 3 languages, the first season I've downloaded in the original language (JAP) and I started to like it, but around 50th or 60th episodes, I couldn't find in Japanese, and downloaded Portuguese Version, which kinda sucks
Around 80th's I had the bad luck to encounter the disgusting version of Cartoon Network and 4Kids, which made me hate GX series
It's all wrong in English series, the duel card format, the soundtrack, the voices and their accents, the fuckin' american lame jokes that completely ruined…
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Please note before you read this, the scores i gave it were all 10's. I'll explain in detail shortly
Yu-Gi-Oh!, as we all know it , is a super successful card game show, and downright franchise. Most of the content that spill's out of its universe, is made purely, for cash. The original series people will argue, is the same. And they are right, but here's how I look at it. So fucking what? As a child, me and the kids my age were absorbed into this show and its card game. I was about maybe around 9 when GX came out, and as a kid I could not see the huge flaws that make up this show. We loved it so much, all these franchises, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon. Hell, maybe even some Digimon. These things, make up what I liked to do as a kid with friends and alone. And at the age of 16, I am secure enough…
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After watching the whole series in just two weeks or so, I will tell you how I felt about this series. I watched the orignal Japanese version, not the English dubbed version (although I've watched some on TV).
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is a sequel of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series as most would know. The game of Duel Monsters has gotten so popular that there are pro leagues as well as specialized schools to mainly train and teach students to become great duelists. It's an interesting setting and did intrigue me.
The story follows after a young boy named Yuki Judai, who just starts to attend an elite Duel Monsters school called, "Duel Academia" The school is divided in three different classes, "Obelisk Blue", "Ra Yellow" and "Osiris Red" (the names should sound familiar for those who watched the origin…
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I have a little confession: Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters GX wasn't that bad, BUT wasn't that good.
Okay, let's begin:
10 years have passed after we broke up from our beloved Yugi, Atem and their friends, here comes a new story about Judai, a dueling dreamer, who is going to a duel academy to learn how to be the best dueler all over the world. Without to notice, Judai meets Yugi on his way to school, when Yugi gives him a luck card: The Winged Kuriboh (Judai calls him at the beginning 'Partner' and after that, the real name). Since then, Judai comes to school and the adventures begin.
Until here everything is good and pretty. But the 2 first seasons were unnecessary to me. Why? Because they were such as fillers and boring. The improvement is seen in the 3rd season, when there are good episodes…
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It's best to note that while the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime is not the worst anime in existence, it is far from the best. This series puts a couple of blemishes on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise; in fact, when compared with the manga, it earns the same reaction you'll find from avid Tsukihime fans: "What anime?"
The premise of a dueling academy makes a lot of sense when you consider the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh! is about a children's card game. While the importance of a children's card game seems exaggerated in the viewers' eyes, you have to remember that in this animeverse, it -isn't-. Duel Monsters is the most popular--and clearly the most influential--sport of the world. Plus, when you realize the Academia still has the required graduation classes (though you won't see them too much on-screen), you realize…
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