I find the story interesting because it has links to Ancient Egypt-something that interests anyone, if only a little. Though it may take a little while in getting to explanations of what exactly is going on, the creators made sure to explain it through the characters. However, the underlying story is that the Pharaoh Yami Yugi/Atem is trying to recover his memories. It's hard to critique this anime's storyline, not because it doesn't have one, which it does, but because throughout the five seasons, there are several different plots. Do not be discouraged by the length because once you start they will fly by in a flash and then you will want to rewatch them just to compare to the beginning because over the span of the anime the characters go through wonder transformations. It is gem and defiantly worth watching the whole 224 episodes. Overall I have to say I loved this anime. You really feel for the characters and want them to succeed. The characters are very well developed and their back stories are told in a nice and informative way adding great depth to them. There is a little romance tension in this anime which common for shounen anime which is a nice touch. The main themes in this anime is friendship, courage and bravely. They are well paced and thoroughly a joy to watch. The battle can be intense, surprising and thrilling. Never in wildest dreams did I think that watch other people play a card game could be so interesting. The surprising thing is that I have actually watched all 224 episodes at least twice. The main change is that when one enemy is defeated another new more powerful opponent appears to take over the world. There are plenty of side stories and diversion to the main goal however the main group of characters stay constant throughout the entire anime. Yugi must enter the tournament and defeat Pegasus to save his grandpa soul.Īs you can tell the story is quite complicated and it spans over 224 episodes. After defeating the current world champion, Seto Kaiba, in an unofficial duel the card game’s creator, Pegasus, forces Yugi to enter this tournament by capturing his grandpa’s soul. Yugi plays a popular card game, called duel monsters, which players build a deck then battle each other until the opposition’s life points are depleted. This pharaoh cannot remember anything about his past, not even his name. Yu-Gi-Oh! is a about a boy name Yugi who solved an Egyptian artefact call the Millennium Puzzle and by doing so melded his spirit with a 5000 year old Egyptian pharaoh. Of course, it was great to realise that I wasn't the only person over the age of eight who likes Yu-Gi-Oh! Of course, half the 'modern' allure to Yu-Gi-Oh! is from LittleKuriboh's fantastic Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged, possibly my favourite thing to grace the internet since it's creation. I even tried watching Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal recently, but I can't bare the raping of the franchise any more. The tales of friendship and loyalty stuck with me to this day, and although it is incredibly cheesy to admit, I still watch it sometimes.
YUGIOH SEASON 5 EPISODE 1 SERIES
I must have watched the series at least five times over. I was never a trading card fan and I never owned my own deck, but I loved the anime passionately. Although it is extremely generic, every single episode is pretty lame, and it's a show about a children's trading card game with added evil spirits from Ancient Egypt, I found the plot compelling at the time.
The reason I have rated Yu-Gi-Oh! so highly is because I can't not like it. And the score was boosted by two just for Yugi's hair. If it was on Cartoon Network, Boomerang or Jetix, I watched it.
I watched them all as a kid Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Avatar: The Last Airbender (though technically not anime), Sailor Moon. I can remember watching badly dubbed episodes of Sailor Moon as a very small child, which eventually drew me back to anime as a teenager, but it was Yu-Gi-Oh! that was on pretty much constantly between the ages of 6 and 12, by which time I had turned off the kiddie channels it played on. It's up there with Sailor Moon, although it came slightly later. Although it is by no means the greatest anime ever, I have to pay homage to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters as the anime that got me into anime.