Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film)

Yu-Gi-Oh!
VHS cover art
Kanji遊☆戯☆王
Revised HepburnYū☆Gi☆Ō
Directed byJunji Shimizu
Screenplay byYasuko Kobayashi
Based onYu-Gi-Oh!
by Kazuki Takahashi
Starringsee below
CinematographyJunichi Takeda
Edited byShigeru Nishiyama
Music byBMF
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company, Ltd.
Release date
  • March 6, 1999 (1999-03-06)
Running time
30 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥650 million

Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū☆Gi☆Ō) is a 1999 Japanese animated fantasy adventure short film based on a manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. The short film is directed by Junji Shimizu, written by Yasuko Kobayashi, and produced by Toei Animation. The short film was released in Japan on March 6, 1999, as part of Toei Animation Spring 1999 Animation Fair, featuring alongside Dr. Slump: Arale's Surprise Burn and Digimon Adventure.[2]

Taking place in the same continuity of the first anime series, the short revolves around a boy named Shōgo Aoyama, who is targeted by Seto Kaiba after obtaining a powerful rare card; the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

  1. ^ "遊☆戯☆王" ["Yu-Gi-Oh!"]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Animation Festivals". Kids Web Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved July 28, 2021.