Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh!
	Cover of the first DVD volume, featuring the protagonist Yugi Mutou in the foreground and the Duelist Kingdom arc's antagonist, Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) in the background
遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ; (Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu)
Genre	Adventure; Fantasy; Science fiction;
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Produced by	Hidetaka Ikuta; Naoki Sasada; Noriko Kobayashi;
Written by	Junki Takegami (#1–121); Atsushi Maekawa (#122–144); Shin Yoshida (#145–184, #199–224); Akemi Omode (#185–198);
Music by	Shinkichi Mitsumune
Studio	Gallop
Licensed by	List AUS: Magna Pacific (2003–2012); Roadshow Entertainment (2012–present); ; NA: 4Kids Entertainment (2001–2012); Konami Cross Media NY (2012–present); ; SEA: Odex; Medialink; ; UK: Manga Entertainment; ;
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	List AU: Network Ten, 9Go!, Nickelodeon; BI: Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Sky 1; CA: YTV; IE: RTÉ Two; PH: Cartoon Network, ABS-CBN, Studio 23, Hero, RPN, C/S 9, GMA; UK: Sky One, Nickelodeon, ITV1 (CITV); US: The WB (Kids' WB), Cartoon Network, Fox (4Kids TV), The CW (The CW4Kids/Toonzai; /Vortexx), Nicktoons; ZA: SABC South Africa, SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3; ;
Original run	April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004
Episodes	224 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Studio	Gallop
Licensed by	NA: 4Kids Entertainment (2006–2012); Konami Cross Media NY (2012–present); ;
Original network	AU: 9Go!; US: Kids' WB, Fox (4Kids TV); ZA: SABC South Africa, SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3;
Original run	September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime films
	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light; Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time; Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions;
Other series
	List of all Yu-Gi-Oh! series; Yu-Gi-Oh! R;
Other media
	Video games; Trading card game;

Yu-Gi-Oh!, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ, Hepburn: Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu) and alternatively subtitled Rulers of the Duel in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 anime television series produced by Toei Animation. The series revolves around a young high school boy named Yugi Muto who battles opponents in the Duel Monsters card game. The series begins from chapter 60 in volume 7 before loosely adapting the remaining chapters of the original manga by making story changes that conflict with the events of the manga canon.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004, running for 224 episodes; A remastered version, highlighting certain duels, began airing in Japan in February 2015.^[3] An English-language localization of the anime series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment, and aired in the United States from September 29, 2001, to June 10, 2006, on Kids' WB. Twelve extra episodes, which is American-produced, aired exclusively for the Western audience in mid-late 2006 shortly after the conclusion of the main series.

The series has since spawned its own metaseries. Duel Monsters would be succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!. Three films based on this anime series have also been produced: Pyramid of Light (2004), Bonds Beyond Time (2010) and The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016).^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wolf, Ian (November 17, 2014). "Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ Ulstein, Stefan (August 13, 2004). "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ "2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light". YuGiOh! World. October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[AnimeUK-1] Wolf, Ian (November 17, 2014). "Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[2] Ulstein, Stefan (August 13, 2004). "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[3] "2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[4] "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Pyramid of Light". YuGiOh! World. October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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