Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊戯王, Yūgiō, lit. "Game King") is a manga series by Kazuki Takahashi that was adapted into three television anime series and several films.
The original 1998 anime series was produced by Toei Animation and was broadcast in Japan from April 4, 1998 to October 10, 1998, running for 27 episodes. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters was animated by Studio Gallop and ran for 224 episodes, premiering in Japan on April 18, 2000 and concluding on September 29, 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters was an original miniseries commissioned by 4Kids Entertainment for broadcast in the United States, where it aired twelve episodes from September 9 to November 25, 2006.