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Novachaser01
I've recently been struck by a wave of nostalgia for a classic Shonen Jump story in Yu-Gi-Oh! and decided it would be a good idea to cross this early days adaptation off my bucket list. (Also because I'm struggling to find subbed episodes of the successor anime that focuses on card dueling). Since this was never officially localized, expect subtitles only and low visual quality. However, the age wasn't what bothered me about the anime. It was how it handled the adapting the source material.
For those out of the loop, Yu-Gi-Oh! began as a semi dark story for a Shonen manga, filled with games of life and death in retribution of ne'er-do-wells. A high schooler (despite his size) completes an Egyptian puzzle that gives him a dark alter ego with expert level game skills. The series would eventu…
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WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE CRAZY HAIR IN THIS ANIME??
Man, I really like how this anime delivers its ideas. Maybe that’s why it’s so fun. But even beyond that, the anime kind of turns into a jigsaw-style survival game. Like, in the first episode, Yugi’s edgy side just straight up kills a guy out of nowhere?? AMAZING introduction, though I wish that side of Yugi showed up more often, because in the end it turns into something like, "yeahh let’s win with the power of friendship."
The story? Very well written, and it manages to stay on track without getting lost or becoming tiresome. Sure, it has its fair share of character and plot clichés—without those, it wouldn’t really be a kids’ show, right? But even that works well with the formula it follows: introduce a bad guy, bad guy has to play a Sh…
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I just finished rewatching it after 2-3 years and its actually pretty solid.Changed my score from 6 to 8.
As much as I enjoyed duel monsters becuase it is literally my childhood,I gotta say I liked the idea of unique games in each episode.It made the show exciting although there wasn't an actual plot.It's more like bad guy shows up Yami defeats him and gives him hell.
Also it is much much darker than Duel Monsters(especially the 4kids dub version)as this season includes scenes such as Yami burning a criminal or leaving Kaiba paralysed and in a freakin comma.
To end my review as for the music and the art:
The art was the same as Duel Monsters and I can say that I enjoyed the OP song and the ED song as well
Read at the sourceKiririnshi01
Well what can i say about this series is that was very good.
The series has little to no changes based on the manga only the inclusion of one character (Miho) besides that not many changes ocurred
Is practically the Yugi Oh that we knew and loved my recomendation for people is that first read the manga after that you will notices that there isn't much of a change and wasn't boring since everything changed with each episode it wasn't like duel monsters that was duel and duel and duel and duel to the point it became boring while duel monster had better animation it wasn't nearly as entertaining as this one.
This series deserves a remake with the animation style shown on Dark Side of Dimensions specially with anzu since she got changed for duel monster same as Yugi grandpa
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 0 was indeed an anime that surprised me, I loved the duel monsters edition to the series, and so I thought that this original adaption might dissapoint me, guess If I was wrong. I litterately struggled to keep myself from finishing this anime in one go. I will be writing a spoilerless review.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 0 is the very first original anime in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! series. This anime was the first one made, however due to this anime containing several elements not to appropriate for children it was never aired outside of japan. I can also see why, many of these elements were far from for something you should show in a G rated series, However this is an anime you wouldn't want to miss out on.
Indeed, This anime was nothing like I had expected it to be. When you see the other versi…
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Amazingly fun and enjoyable. At first the events do not revolve around a central plot, which is partly negative (since the first episodes, except the first, can be considered "unnecessary"), and partly positive (because those very first episodes end up being independent and very fun).
It's also interesting to see how Yami Yugi is presented, and how the other characters see him, always seeing him as the same Yugi as ever, just with more confidence. It was kind of sad that they did not attach so much importance to his past as Pharaoh the way they later did in Duel Monsters. One thing Yugioh Zero sins on, in my opinion, is about character evolution, since almost everyone has no personality change or maturation from start to finish (except for Jonouchi, which shows remarkable evolution at the…
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So you think you know YuGiOh? Likely, you started out watching the YGO Duel Monsters dub on TV, then watched the Japanese version and saw how much stuff had been left out in order to make the series more kid friendly for the US. Having done that, you might think you have the whole story.
What if I told you that there was another series, totally different from DM, even though it's set in Domino and has the exact same characters? You'd say I'm either lying or crazy! I don't blame you.
However, this series does in fact exist! In 1998, two years before DM was adapted into an anime, the studio Toei adapted the first set of YGO manga into an anime, known simply as YuGiOh, sometimes called Season Zero or Shadow/Dark Games by avid watchers.
Everyone is there: Yugi, Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu, Kaiba…
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I've decided to nostalgia trip a little bit on Yu Gi Oh! duel monsters, a show I grew up watching after school and realized that I did not ever see the actual first season (King of Games otherwise known as Season Zero). Likely for good reason, if this "King of games" season was what I was first exposed to of the franchise, I'd have a hard time believing the Duel Monsters season would be worth watching because at times this show was laughable.
With all the censorship 4kids had done on the franchise I can't even imagine how they would even present this up to their standards. Yugi gets beat up seemingly every second episode among other tricky subject matter to get around. I also feel like the card games profit would have suffered initially just because of the nature of this show was again la…
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(Breakdown of my ratings below)
Colloquially known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0, this show loosely follows the plot of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, which was actually a horror series that focused on villain-of-the-week stories and all manner of games, not just Duel Monsters. Yami Yugi is a dark, imposing figure here, who doles out punishment games to anyone who wrongs him, shattering their psyche and leaving them a shadow of their former selves.
Your enjoyment of this show will almost entirely hinge on your feelings towards the rest of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. If you love Yu-Gi-Oh!, there's probably at least some entertainment to be gained from this show for you. To someone like me, who's been a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan their whole life, it's incredibly charming. If you hate Yu-Gi-Oh!, you probably won'…
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Watch this show only for the novelty of it being the OG series for Yugioh. I wouldn't recommend this show for someone who isn't already a fan of Yugioh Duel Monsters because in all honesty if you are looking for a great story or great characters or amazing art and sound this isn't the show for you. I would recommend this show for anyone who likes Yugioh Duel monsters to basically see it all started and the inspiration for some of the fights in duel monsters such as the first duel with kaiba to even the final arc of the show. This show is worthwhile for that reason alone. I would also probably someone who likes older 90s shounen as there is a lot of comparisons to be made with the older shounen and this show with some of the battles and the tropes having the feel of older shounen.
The stor…
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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 saw- what we know as Season 0. Though it sports the Yugioh name, this show and Yugioh Duel Monsters are almost nothing alike- though you can see where many of the ideas for Duel Monsters came from in this- an homage of sorts for the Japanese audience who did se…
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Yu Gi Oh
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Let's clear up some confusion. This wasn't the version dubbed by 4kids that you look back on with nostalgic fondness. No, this was the anime BEFORE that. The one that was actually more concerned with adapting the manga source material than selling trading cards.
This Yu-Gi-Oh anime (often called Season 0 because it starts from the beginning) followed the sweet, often bullied Yugi Muto. However, after he solved the millennium puzzle against all odds, and became possessed by a dark entity. This more serious, more confident "Yami Yugi" surfaced whenever normal Yugi came into contact with a cruel human being. Yami Yugi would then challenge the evil person to a game. And here's the kicker: rarely did he suggest a game of cards.
Nope, I got to see a whole sundry of games. And…
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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…
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Yu-Gi-Oh is yet another anime that follows the same trend of Pokemon and Digimon. A boy uses fantasy monsters to fight evil and save the world. You know, the usual stuff. Of course, this series has a lot to other for those who are interested in TV shows similar to this.
PROS
The art style is a bit better than other anime shows from the 90's, but you can only do so much with the visuals until the flaws are seen. I think, though, despite this, that the show should be applauded for having as good of visuals as there are.
One thing I always look for in anime like this is the uniqueness of the Yu-Gi-Oh creatures themselves. I would say 70% of them look different from one another. Every now and then, though, you will see a Digimon who looks too similar to another Yu-Gi-Oh. Since the majorit…
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The original Yugioh.
The original stays true to its name YUGIOH= King of Games, Game King. It’s not only about duel monsters but about games.
The main problem is that I didn't understand the games at all.
It was basically advertisement to sell games.
Each episode is basically the same. Yugi or his friends get into trouble and it's up to Yami Yugi to save the day with a shadow game, not necessarily duel monsters, there's a wide variety of games.
All the characters are basically the same as YGO Duel Monsters, however Yugi is more timid, Yami is darker, there's a girl named Miho who is part of the group (they decided not to include her in YGO DM), Mokuba is completely different, he's a jerk just like his brother.
To be honest I think the main reason I watched and liked this anime is b…
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The premise of Yugioh is that a young High School boy solves an ancient Egyptian puzzle that unleashes another self within his mind. This other self challenges those who do evil to karmic games and destroys their minds when they cheat. The story is laughably bad. The games are different in virtually every episode so they constantly have to take time out of the action to explain the rules for the episode. Add that to the fact that the other Yugi frequently wins through pure BS, I mean the power of friendship, and you get a story that's so stupid and cheesy it feels like an old B-movie. To Yugioh's credit there are some really funny moments, although most of them are unintentionally hilarious as a result of how bad the anime is.
The characters are what really hut the anime. Most of the mai…
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Now this is an interesting little endeavor I set upon. I originally began to watch Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters because a friend of mine directed me to a site which had download links to subbed episodes (of course, he’s not here at the moment and can’t find it again). Being the strange and organized completist I am, I noticed that the original series created by Toei Animation was only 27 episodes, so I decided to watch that first. Exactly two months to the day later, I finished it…and was left…well, just read on. Just note: I have not read the original manga that the show is based on, and I have limited information about it, so forgive me if I make a mistake on something.
Story [4.0]
Although the idea is an interesting one, I think it was poorly executed. It reminds me of a little-know Nickelo…
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Many American Yu-Gi-Oh! fans were surprised when reading the first seven volumes of the manga, seeing how different the tone was compared to the dubbed TV series shown in the US (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) and how the stories that were shown in the manga weren't present in the anime. In truth, before the series that most countries outside of Asia would recognize, there was a series produced by Toei that was based on the game-centered first seven volumes of the manga.
Before I go into review-mode, I'd like to point out that this series IS NOT called "season zero", "The Shadow Games/Yami no Game", or whatever other crap people are calling it this week. This was done by a different animation company (Toei) and has nothing to do with the series most of us know in the US, aside from having the…
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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, it's fun to watch, because the bad guys always get what they deserve. And you get to see some real action as opposed to half an hour of children's card games. Also Joey crossdresses.
I would recommend thi…
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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 meet young little Yugi Moto. Like in the show here he was introduced as a kind and loving friend to Tea (Anzu), Joey (Jonouchi), and Tristan (Honda). There is also another character that was forgotten to be shown as well, Miho Nosaka. Miho…
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