Yu-Gi-Oh!#Anime

{{see also|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters{{!}}List of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters}}

Yu-Gi-Oh! follows Yugi Mutou, a timid high schooler who is frequently bullied. Yugi loves to play games and, at the beginning of the series, is solving the {{Nihongo|Millennium Puzzle|千年パズル|Sennen Pazuru}}, an Ancient Egyptian artifact, hoping that it will grant him his wish of making friends. Yugi eventually completes the Puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit with the personality of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or any of his friends is threatened, the spirit, briefly possessing Yugi, challenges the antagonist to {{Nihongo|Shadow Games|闇のゲーム|Yami no Gēmu|lit. "Game of Darkness"}} that reveal that person's true nature, with the loser often being subjected to an adverse {{Nihongo|Penalty Game|罰ゲーム|Batsu Gēmu}}. Yugi and his friends gradually learn of the spirit's existence, referring to him as the "other Yugi".

As the series progresses, Yugi and his friends learn that the spirit is actually that of a nameless Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who had lost his memories after being sealed inside the Puzzle. As Yugi and his companions attempt to help the Pharaoh regain his memories, they find themselves going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against those who wield the other {{Nihongo|Millennium Items|千年アイテム|Sennen Aitemu}} and the dark power of the Shadow Games.

In the initial planning stages of the manga, Takahashi had wanted to draw a horror manga.{{cite book|author=Takahashi, Kazuki|author-link=Kazuki Takahashi|title=Foreword|series=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World|date=January 2, 2007|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0694-4|page=1|volume=5}} Although the end result was a manga about games, some horror elements influenced certain aspects of the story. Takahashi decided to use "battle" as his primary theme. Since there had been so much "fighting" manga, he found it difficult to come up with something original. He decided to create a fighting manga where the main character does not hit anybody, but also struggled with that limitation. When the word "game" came to mind, he found it much easier to work with.{{cite book|author=Takahashi, Kazuki|author-link=Kazuki Takahashi|title=Foreword|series=Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|date=October 10, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0052-2|page=1|volume=9}}

When an interviewer asked Takahashi if he tried to introduce younger readers to real life gaming culture referenced in the series, Takahashi explained that he simply included "stuff he played and enjoyed", and that it may have introduced readers to role-playing games and other games. He added that he created some of the games seen in the series, stressing the importance of "communication between people" that is often present in tabletop role-playing games but absent in solitary video games and especially over the Internet, where quality communication is near impossible.{{cite journal|title=Interview: Kazuki Takahashi (part 2)|journal=Shonen Jump|date=August 2004|volume=2|issue=8|page=140|publisher=Viz Media}}

Takahashi had always been interested in games, claiming to have been obsessed as a child and remained interested in them as an adult. In a game, he considered the player to become a hero. He decided to base the Yu-Gi-Oh! series around such games and used this idea as the premise; Yugi was a weak childish boy, who became a hero when he played games. With friendship being one of the major themes of Yu-Gi-Oh!, he based the names of the two major characters "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" on the Japanese word yūjō, which means "friendship". Henshin, the ability to turn into something or someone else, is something Takahashi believed all children dreamed of. He considered Yugi's "henshin" Dark Yugi, a savvy, invincible games player, to be a big appeal to children.{{Cite magazine|last=Cullen|first=Lisa Takeuchi|date=December 18, 2002|title='I've Always Been Obsessed With Games'|url=http://www.time.com/time/interactive/multimedia/takahashi_int/frameset.exclude.html|url-status=dead|magazine=Time Asia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020702174238/http://www.time.com/time/interactive/multimedia/takahashi_int/frameset.exclude.html|archive-date=July 2, 2002|access-date=November 13, 2018|quote=In a game, the player becomes the hero. [...] The main character, Yugi, is a weak and childish boy who becomes a hero when he plays games. [...] As far as the manga story goes, I think all kids dream of henshin [...] if you combine the "yu" in Yugi and the "jo" in Jounouchi [...] Yujo translates to friendship in English, [...]}}

Takahashi said that the card game held the strongest influence in the manga, because it "happened to evoke the most response" from readers. Prior to that point, Takahashi did not plan to make the story about cards.{{cite journal|title=Yugi's Early Days – An Exclusive Interview with Kazuki Takahashi!|url=https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DhgAAOSwBbVi~8Es/s-l1600.webp|journal=Shonen Jump|date=September 2004|volume=2|issue=9|page=8|publisher=Viz Media|archive-date=September 14, 2024|access-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240914211849/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DhgAAOSwBbVi~8Es/s-l1600.webp|url-status=bot: unknown}}

Takahashi said that the "positive message" for readers of the series is that each person has a "strong hidden part" (like "human potential") within himself or herself, and when one finds hardship, the "hidden part" can emerge if one believes in him/herself and in his/her friends. Takahashi added that this is "a pretty consistent theme."

The editor of the English version, Jason Thompson, said that the licensing of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga had not been entirely coordinated, so Viz decided to use many of the original character names and to "keep it more or less violent and gory". Thompson said that the manga "was almost unchanged from the Japanese original". Because the core fanbase of the series was, according to Thompson, "8-year-old boys (and a few incredible fangirls)", and because the series had little interest from "hardcore, Japanese-speaking fans, the kind who run scanlation sites and post on messageboards" as the series was perceived to be "too mainstream", the Viz editors allowed Thompson "a surprising amount of leeway with the translation".{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=May 22, 2008|title=To All the Manga I've Edited Before|url=https://pulllist.comixology.com/articles/63/To-All-the-Manga-Ive-Edited-Before|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065514/https://pulllist.comixology.com/articles/63/To-All-the-Manga-Ive-Edited-Before|archive-date=2015-12-08|access-date=2024-09-14|website=ComiXology}} In a 2004 interview, the editors of the United States Shonen Jump mentioned that Americans were surprised when reading the stories in the first seven volumes, as they had not appeared on television as a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. Takahashi added "The story is quite violent, isn't it? [laughs]"

The English language release of the Duel Monsters anime by 4Kids has been subject to censorship to make it more appropriate for children; for example, mentions of death or violence were replaced by references to "being sent to the Shadow Realm".{{Cite web|last=Dornemann|first=Emlyn|date=March 18, 2019|title=Anime Censorship in the 90s and Early 2000s {{!}} Comic Book Legal Defense Fund|url=http://cbldf.org/2019/03/anime-censorship-in-the-early-2000s/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200236/http://cbldf.org/2019/03/anime-censorship-in-the-early-2000s/|archive-date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|website=CBLDF}}

The Japanese title, {{Nihongo||遊戯王|Yūgiō}}, stylized as {{Nihongo|"Yu-Gi-Oh!"|遊☆戯☆王}}, translates into English as "Game King". {{Nihongo||遊戯|Yūgi}} is also the name of the protagonist, while Yūgiō is also the title the second personality inhabiting his body holds as an invincible game master. Additionally, the character names "Yūgi" and "Jōnouchi" are based on the word {{Nihongo||友情|yūjō|"friendship"}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-07-25|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Yu-Gi-Oh!|last=Thompson|first=Jason|website=Anime News Network|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2022|quote=Even Jonouchi, a tough guy in school who's Yugi's future best friend, teases him in the first chapter before eventually his bromantic heart melts and they become best buddies. (The yu from Yugi and the jô from Jonouchi equals yujô, "friendship".|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531201104/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-07-25|url-status=live}} Yūjō is pointed out by Jōnouchi to Yūgi at the end of the first manga chapter, as "something visible yet invisible" (what's visible is the two of them, what's invisible is their friendship), as a way to tell Yūgi that he wants to be his friend. The pun was represented with a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game card titled {{Nihongo|"Yūjō Yu-jyo"|友情 YU-JYO||"Yu-Jo Friendship"}}.

{{main|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters{{!}}List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters}}

Written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 17, 1996, to March 8, 2004.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『遊☆戯☆王』高橋和希先生が描く短期集中連載『THE COMIQ』が週刊少年ジャンプ46号(10/15発売)より掲載決定!!|url=https://www.shonenjump.com/j/2018/10/10/181010thecomiq_001.html|website=shonenjump.com|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421204223/https://www.shonenjump.com/j/2018/10/10/181010thecomiq_001.html|archive-date=April 21, 2021|language=ja|date=October 10, 2018|quote={{lang|ja|『遊☆戯☆王』(著:高橋和希)について「週刊少年ジャンプ」1996年42号（1996年9月17日発売）から2004年15号（2004年3月8日発売）まで連載}}|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 2004年15号|url=http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2004/15.html|website=Pop Web Jump|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206005424/http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/henshu/backnumber/2004/15.html|archive-date=February 6, 2008|language=ja}} Shueisha collected its chapters in thirty-eight {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from March 4, 1997,{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872311-2&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=June 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609235049/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872311-2&mode=1}} to June 4, 2004.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873626-5&mode=1|script-title=ja:遊·戯·王 38|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205122945/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873626-5&mode=1}} Shueisha republished its chapters in twenty-two {{Transliteration|ja|bunkoban}} volumes from April 18, 2007,{{cite web|script-title=ja:集英社文庫 (コミック版) 遊☆戯☆王 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618574-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706113047/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618574-5|url-status=live}} to March 18, 2008.{{cite web|script-title=ja:集英社文庫 (コミック版) 遊☆戯☆王 22|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618595-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 1, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706112800/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-618595-0|url-status=live}}

In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media. The company started publishing it in its Shonen Jump magazine from November 2002 to November 2007.{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Shounen Jump Exposed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-30/shounen-jump-exposed|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 1, 2022|date=July 30, 2002|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922090839/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-30/shounen-jump-exposed|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=SJ Runs Yu-Gi-Oh's End, Slam Dunk's Debut, Naruto's Origin|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh%27s-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 1, 2022|date=November 5, 2007|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225210532/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh%27s-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|url-status=live}} The company also released the manga in volumes, divided in three series; the first series, Yu-Gi-Oh!, includes the first seven volumes, and were released from May 7, 2003;{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/product/154|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095234/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-1/product/154|url-status=live}} to December 7, 2004.{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 7|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-7/product/365|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222095233/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-volume-7/product/365|url-status=live}} the second series, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist includes the original volumes 8–31, and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, includes the original volumes 32–38. Both series started publication in 2005; The first volume of Duelist was released on February 1,{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-1/product/366|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 1|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106204406/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-1/product/366|url-status=live}} and the first volume of Millennium World on August 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5097|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 1|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=February 22, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908100703/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5097|archivedate=September 8, 2006}} The 24th and last volume of Duelist was released on December 4, 2007,{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-24/product/1163|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 24|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153634/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-duelist-volume-24/product/1163|url-status=live}} and the seventh and final volume of Millennium World was released on February 5, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6785|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 7|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224100626/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6785|archive-date=February 24, 2008}} Viz Media republished the series in thirteen three-in-one volume edition from February 3, 2015,{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3671|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915002639/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/3671|url-status=live}} to February 6, 2018.{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 12|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-13/product/5413|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224133710/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/yu-gi-oh-3-in-1-edition-volume-13/product/5413|url-status=live}}

A two-part short story by Takahashi, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Transcend Game, was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on April 11 and 18, 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「遊☆戯☆王」原作と映画つなぐ新作がジャンプに、次号「H×H」連載再開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183063|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085729/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183063|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！6月には単行本33巻が発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183912|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|date=April 18, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085730/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/183912|url-status=live}} Takahashi created the story to link the end of the original manga with the story of the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions anime film.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Yu-Gi-Oh!, Rurouni Kenshin Manga Shorts|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-12/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-rurouni-kenshin-manga-shorts/.109807|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213112955/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-12/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-rurouni-kenshin-manga-shorts/.109807|url-status=live}} Viz Media published the manga in its digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

{{main|Yu-Gi-Oh! R}}

A spin-off manga titled Yu-Gi-Oh! R was illustrated by Akira Ito under Takahashi's supervision. It was serialized in V Jump between 2004 and 2007, and its chapters were collected in five volumes. Viz Media released the series in North America between 2009 and 2010.{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 8, 2009|title=Viz Adds Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Boys over Flowers Epilogue|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210065147/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-08/viz-adds-yu-gi-oh-r-boys-over-flowers-epilogue|archive-date=February 10, 2009|access-date=October 20, 2014|website=Anime News Network}}

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series){{!}}Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series)}}

The first Yu-Gi-Oh! anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation and aired for 27 episodes on TV Asahi between April 1998 and October 1998.{{Cite web|date=May 23, 1998|script-title=ja:番組表|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bangumi/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980523065859/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bangumi/index.html|archive-date=May 23, 1998|access-date=June 1, 2009|publisher=TV Asahi|language=ja}}

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters}}

A second anime television series adaptation, produced by NAS and animated by Gallop, was broadcast for 224 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/7174|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414112530/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/7174|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters}}

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters is a 12-episode spin-off miniseries to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series, commissioned, produced and edited by 4Kids Entertainment, which aired in North America between September and November 2006.{{cite web|title=Original Yu-Gi-Oh! Series Back on Saturday Morning|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/9557/original-yu-gi-oh-series-back-saturday-morning|website=ICv2|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=October 31, 2006|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125074812/https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/9557/original-yu-gi-oh-series-back-saturday-morning|url-status=live}}

Four animated films based on the franchise have been released.

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film){{!}}Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film)}}

Based on the Toei animated series, the thirty-minute Yu-Gi-Oh! film premiered in March 1999.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001950.html|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530215912/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001950.html|archive-date=May 30, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light}}

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, often referred to as simply Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, was first released in North America in August 2004.{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-11/yu-gi-oh-the-movie|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 11, 2004}} The film was developed specifically for Western audiences by 4Kids based on the success of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in the United States.

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time}}

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time is a 3-D film that premiered in Japan in January 2010 and in North America in February 2011.{{cite web|script-title=ja:10ｔｈアニバーサリー劇場版 遊☆戯☆王 超融合！時空を越えた絆|url=https://jfdb.jp/title/2357|publisher=Japanese Film Database|access-date=August 30, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830092637/https://jfdb.jp/title/2357|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D's U.S. Theatrical Run Dated for February-March|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-22/yu-gi-oh-3d-u.s-theatrical-run-dated-for-february-march|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=January 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129000809/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-22/yu-gi-oh-3d-u.s-theatrical-run-dated-for-february-march|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions}}

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, which was produced to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the franchise, premiered in Japan in April 2016 and in January 2017 in North America.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's New Video Previews Duel|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-01/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-new-video-previews-duel/.99247|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 1, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085830/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-01/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-new-video-previews-duel/.99247|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Begins Listing Theaters for U.S. Screenings|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-begins-listing-theaters-for-u.s-screenings/.109965|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=December 16, 2016|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113231843/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/yu-gi-oh-the-dark-side-of-dimensions-film-begins-listing-theaters-for-u.s-screenings/.109965|url-status=live}}

{{Main|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|Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!}}

Seven anime spin-offs have been produced. The first, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, was broadcast from October 2004 to March 2008.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ GX|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/9001|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414070652/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/9001|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}} It was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which aired from April 2008 to March 2011.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王5D'S|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/10498|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414111717/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/10498|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}} Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal aired from April 2011 to March 2014.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王 ZEXAL|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/14443|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414114313/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/14443|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王ゼアルⅡ[セカンド] ZEXAL|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18208|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414113624/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18208|archive-date=April 14, 2015|language=ja}} Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, premiered the following month and aired until March 2017.{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊★戯★王アーク･ファイブ ARC-V|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18542|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320113959/http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18542|archive-date=March 20, 2016|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王ＡＲＣ－Ｖ「ペンデュラムが描く奇跡」|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/201703/23144_201703261730.html|publisher=TV Tokyo|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627111002/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/201703/23144_201703261730.html|archive-date=June 27, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, was aired from May 2017 to September 2019.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Premieres on May 10|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-20/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-premieres-on-may-10/.115048|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=April 20, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830085900/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-20/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-premieres-on-may-10/.115048|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Anime Ends on September 25 After 120 Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-10/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-ends-on-september-25-after-120-episodes/.150926|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315140218/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-10/yu-gi-oh-vrains-anime-ends-on-september-25-after-120-episodes/.150926|url-status=live}} Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens aired April 2020 to March 2022.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Anime Unveils Visual, April 4 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-05/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-unveils-visual-april-4-premiere/.157197|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409003040/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-05/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-unveils-visual-april-4-premiere/.157197|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王ＳＥＶＥＮＳ(セブンス)　「デュエルの王」|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/202203/23144_202203270730.html|publisher=TV Tokyo|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320070004/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/202203/23144_202203270730.html|archive-date=March 20, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}} Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!, an interquel to Sevens, premiered in April 2022.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Anime Announces Cosplayer Enako in Cast, Song Artists, April 3 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-05/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announces-cosplayer-enako-in-cast-song-artists-april-3-debut/.183282|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 30, 2024|date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-05/yu-gi-oh-go-rush-anime-announces-cosplayer-enako-in-cast-song-artists-april-3-debut/.183282|url-status=live}} An original net animation (ONA) series consisting of promotional shorts, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game The Chronicles, is set to premiere on YouTube in April 2025 with new episodes debuting every month.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets Series of Promotional Net Anime Shorts in April 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-20/yu-gi-oh-gets-series-of-promotional-net-anime-shorts-in-april-2025/.219355|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221221111/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-20/yu-gi-oh-gets-series-of-promotional-net-anime-shorts-in-april-2025/.219355|archive-date=December 21, 2024|date=December 21, 2024|url-status=live}}

A novel adaptation of some of the beginning parts of the manga and the Death-T arc, written by {{ill|Katsuhiko Chiba|ja|千葉克彦}}. It was published in Japan by Shueisha on September 3, 1999, and has four sections.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊・戯・王 [Yu-Gi-Oh]|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703086-5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209054749/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703086-5|archive-date=December 9, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2022|publisher=Shueisha}} The fourth section is an original story, occurring only in the novel. Two weeks after Yugi's battle with Kaiba in Death-T, Yugi gets a call from Kaiba, who tells him to meet for a game at the top floor of Kaiba Corporation. Yugi accepts, and when the game begins, they use a special variation of Magic & Wizards called the "Bingo Rule," which prevents the used of a specific card in each player's deck. Mokuba stumbles in on them, and tells Yugi that Kaiba has not yet awoken from his catatonic state. It turns out that the Kaiba that Yugi is playing against is a "Cyber Kaiba", controlled by the KaibaCorp computer, using all of Kaiba's memories.

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{{Nihongo|Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guidebook: The Gospel of Truth|遊☆戯☆王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―|Yūgiō Kyarakutāzu Gaido Bukku Shinri no Fukuin}} is a guidebook written by Kazuki Takahashi related to characters from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga universe. It was published in Japan on November 1, 2002, by Shueisha under their Jump Comics imprint.{{Cite web|title=集英社の本 公式|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873363-0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413141725/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873363-0|archive-date=April 13, 2013|access-date=July 8, 2022}} Shueisha The book contains profiles for characters, including information which has never been released elsewhere, including birth dates, height, weight, blood type, favorite and least favorite food. It also contains a plethora of compiled information from the story, including a list of names for the various games and Shadow Games that appear in Yu-Gi-Oh! and the various Penalty Games used by the Millennium Item wielders.

An art book titled, {{Nihongo|Duel Art|デュエルアート|Dyueruāto}} was illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi under the Studio Dice label. The art book was released on December 16, 2011, and contains a number of illustrations done for the {{Transliteration|ja|bunkoban}} releases of the manga, compilations of color illustrations found in the manga, and brand new art drawn for the book.{{Cite web|title=集英社の本 公式|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782398-1&mode=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215110942/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782398-1&mode=1|archive-date=February 15, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013}} Duel Art Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations It also contains pictures by Takahashi used for cards with the anniversary layout, pictures he has posted on his website and a number of other original illustrations. Udon Press published an English version, translated by Caleb D. Cook.{{Cite web|title=Duel art : Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations / English translation, Caleb D. Cook.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/203797102|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Trove|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222073804/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/203797102|url-status=live}}

The {{Nihongo|Theatrical & TV Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Super Complete Book|劇場&TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック|Gekijō & TV Anime Yūgiō Sūpā Konpurītobukku}} was released in May 1999 following the release of Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! film earlier that year. The book includes episode information and pictures regarding the anime and film, some pictures with the original manga with a section covering the making of certain monsters, and interviews regarding the film. It also features an ani-manga version of the film and is the only supplemental work released for the Toei anime.{{Cite book|title=劇場&TVアニメ『遊☆戯☆王』スーパー・コンプリートブック|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4087827658|country=jp}}}}

The {{Nihongo|Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book|遊☆戯☆王 テンス アニバーサリー アニメーション ブック|Yūgiō! Tensu Anivāsarī Animēshon Bukku}} is a book released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the NAS adaption of the anime (as opposed to the manga), released on January 21, 2010. The book features scenes from Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time, a quick review of the three Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series, character profiles, duels and interviews with the staff of the film. A fold-out double-sided poster is included with the book.{{Cite book|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王 10th Anniversary Animation Book (Vジャンプブックス)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|408779542X|country=jp}}}}

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Rule Guide — The Thousand Rule Bible - {{ISBN|4-08-782134-X}}, This is a rule book and strategy guide for the Junior and Shin Expert rules. This also has a Q & A related to certain cards, and the book comes with the "multiply" card.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Card Catalog The Valuable Book - This is a collection of card catalogues.
• Volume 1 {{ISBN|4-08-782764-X}}
• Volume 2 {{ISBN|4-08-782041-6}}
• Volume 3 {{ISBN|4-08-782135-8}}
• Volume 4 {{ISBN|4-08-782047-5}}
• Volume 5 {{ISBN|4-08-782053-X}}
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: Monster Duel Official Handbook by Michael Anthony Steele - {{ISBN|0-439-65101-8}}, Published by Scholastic Press - A guide book to Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and characters
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm: Mighty Champions by Jeff O'Hare - {{ISBN|0-439-67191-4}}, Published by Scholastic Press - A book with puzzles and games related to Yu-Gi-Oh!

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{{Main|Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game{{!}}Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game}}

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a Japanese collectible card battle game developed and published by Konami. Based on the Duel Monsters concept from the original manga series, the game sees players using a combination of monsters, spells, and traps to defeat their opponent. First launched in Japan in 1999, the game has received various changes over the years, such as the inclusion of new monster types to coincide with the release of new anime series. In 2011, Guinness World Records called it the top-selling trading card game in history, with {{formatnum:25.2}} billion cards sold worldwide.{{Cite web|date=March 31, 2011|title=Best-selling trading card game company - cumulative|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/best-selling-trading-card-game/|access-date=July 8, 2022|publisher=Guinness World Records|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023408/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/best-selling-trading-card-game/|archive-date=November 29, 2014}} {{As of|2021|1}}, the game is estimated to have sold about {{nowrap|35 billion}} cards worldwide.{{Cite news|script-title=ja:「ワンピース」でも「鬼滅」でもなく…史上最も稼いだ意外なジャンプ作品|language=ja|work=Livedoor News|publisher=Livedoor|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/|access-date=January 30, 2021|date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130215146/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19610252/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|script-title=ja:『鬼滅の刃』は『ジャンプ』史上最も稼いだマンガではない！ 売り上げ1兆円作品とは（週刊女性PRIME）|language=ja|page=2|work=Yahoo! News|publisher=Yahoo! Japan|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2|access-date=July 8, 2022|date=January 29, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205071512/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c4541ee2ba8e3031080445e9433b1adcfce1fb77?page=2|archive-date=February 5, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Akaash|date=January 5, 2022|title=How Many Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Are There?|url=https://www.one37pm.com/popular-culture/how-many-yu-gi-oh-cards-are-there|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614204252/https://www.one37pm.com/popular-culture/how-many-yu-gi-oh-cards-are-there|archive-date=June 14, 2024|access-date=June 14, 2024|website=ONE37pm.com}}

{{Main|List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games{{!}}List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games}}

There are several video games based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise which are published by Konami, the majority of which are based on the trading card game, and some based on other games that appeared in the manga. Aside from various games released for consoles and handheld systems, arcade machines known as Duel Terminals have been released which are compatible with certain cards in the trading card game. Outside of Konami's titles, Yugi appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting games Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and Jump Force.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Lucas|date=September 14, 2018|title=Jump Force Roster Now Includes Yu-Gi-Oh's Yami Yugi|url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/09/14/yami-yugi-announced-jump-force-roster-yu-gi-oh/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074111/https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/09/14/yami-yugi-announced-jump-force-roster-yu-gi-oh/|archive-date=December 16, 2018|access-date=December 16, 2018|website=PlayStation LifeStyle}}{{Cite web|title=DS / DSi - Jump Ultimate Stars|url=https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/jus/|access-date=December 16, 2018|website=www.spriters-resource.com|archive-date=November 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118215700/https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/jus/|url-status=live}}

The manga has sold {{formatnum:40}} million copies.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:歴代発行部数ランキング|url=http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html|access-date=July 8, 2022|publisher=Manga Zenkan|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018040722/http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html|archive-date=October 18, 2014}} In December 2002, Shonen Jump received the ICv2 Award for "Comic Product of the Year" due to its unprecedented sales numbers and its successfully connecting comics to both the television medium and the Yu-Gi-Oh! collectible card game; one of the top CCG games of the year.{{Cite web|date=December 29, 2002|title=ICv2 2002 Comic Awards, Part 1|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725014616/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html|archive-date=July 25, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2008|publisher=ICv2}} In August 2008, TV Tokyo reported that over {{formatnum:18}} billion Yu-Gi-Oh! cards had been sold worldwide.{{Cite web|date=August 14, 2008|title=18.1 Billion 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Cards|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13086.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202050641/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13086.html|archive-date=December 2, 2008|access-date=November 26, 2008|publisher=ICv2}} By 2011, it had sold {{formatnum:25.2}} billion cards worldwide.

John Jakala of Anime News Network reviewed the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga in 2003 as part of reviewing the U.S. Shonen Jump. Jakala said that while the commercials for the second series anime made the anime appear "completely uninteresting," the comic "is unexpectedly dark and moody." Jakala added that at one moment the series "reminded me of Neil Gaiman's work: Yugi finds himself drawn into a magical world of ancient forces where there are definite rules that must be obeyed." Jakala concluded that the fact the series uses games as plot devices "opens up a lot of story possibilities" and that he feared that the series had the potential to "simply devolve into a tie-in for the popular card game."{{Cite news|last=Jakala|first=John|date=January 2, 2003|title=Shonen Jump Volume 1 Review|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shonen-jump-1|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211212951/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shonen-jump-1|archive-date=February 11, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

Jason Thompson, the editor of the English version of the manga, ranked Yu-Gi-Oh! as number three of his five personal favorite series to edit, stating that he thinks "the story is actually pretty solid for a shonen manga" and that "you can tell it was written by an older man because of the obsession with death, and what might come after death, which dominates the final story arc," enjoying all the RPG and card gaming terminology found within the series.

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen argued that the manga series started to garner more popularity among Japanese children with the second series because of its somewhat "dark story lines, leggy girls and terrifying monsters". Cullen speculated that the series was not popular among Japanese parents, due to it being more intended for teenagers rather than the young kids that make up the audience for franchises such as Pokémon.{{Cite magazine|last=Takeuchi Cullen, Lisa|date=June 4, 2001|title=Crouching lizard|url=http://www.time.com/time/interactive/entertainment/yugioh_np.html|url-status=dead|magazine=Time Asia|volume=157|issue=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010913025830/http://www.time.com/time/interactive/entertainment/yugioh_np.html|archive-date=September 13, 2001|access-date=November 13, 2018}}

In TV Asahi's 2006 poll of the Top 100 Anime, Yu-Gi-Oh! came in 96th.{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Japan's Favorite TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japans-favorite-tv-anime|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 22, 2025|date=October 13, 2006|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128134750/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japans-favorite-tv-anime|url-status=live}} Yu-Gi-Oh! was used by Bandai as part of their Candy Toy toyline.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王 遊戯王スナック｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/1999/71951p3.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100018/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/1999/71951p3.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ 遊戯王コレクション２００１｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/78719.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100138/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/78719.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:遊戯王 新・遊戯王コレクション｜バンダイキャンディトイ|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/00432.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413030257/http://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/products/2001/00432.html|archive-date=April 13, 2015|access-date=October 20, 2014}}

A fandub parody video of Yu-Gi-Oh! was uploaded on YouTube on July 15, 2006, by Martin Billany (also known as LittleKuriboh) titled Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series – Episode One Redux. After becoming popular, it started a trend among anime communities to produce abridged series for different works.{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Malcolm|date=August 22, 2013|access-date=January 7, 2025|title=The Abridged Series: An Emergence of a New Genre|website=HuffPost|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malcolm-collins/the-abridged-series-an-em_b_3789012.html|archive-date=May 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517135317/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malcolm-collins/the-abridged-series-an-em_b_3789012.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Capps|first=Borealis|title=The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 3: What's In A Name?|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2024/03/13/the-evolution-of-abridged-anime-part-3-whats-in-a-name/|website=Anime Herald|access-date=January 7, 2025|date=March 13, 2024}}

In 2024 US Olympic track and field trials, Noah Lyles showed off Yu-Gi-Oh! cards Blue Eyes White Dragon and Exodia to the camera before running.{{cite news|last=Zeglinski|first=Robert|title=Noah Lyles showed off a Yu-Gi-Oh! Blue-Eyes White Dragon card before his run because it's always time to duel|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/06/noah-lyles-yugioh-blue-eyes-white-dragon-100-meters-introduction-video|access-date=January 7, 2025|work=For the Win|publisher=USA Today|date=June 23, 2024}}{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Isabel|title=Noah Lyles explains why he ran with 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' cards at U.S. Olympic trials, lists goals for Paris Olympics|url=https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/noah-lyles-explains-why-he-ran-with-yu-gi-oh-cards-at-u-s-olympic-trials-lists-goals-for-paris-olympics/|access-date=January 7, 2025|work=CBS Sports|date=July 5, 2024|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910222110/https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/noah-lyles-explains-why-he-ran-with-yu-gi-oh-cards-at-u-s-olympic-trials-lists-goals-for-paris-olympics/|url-status=live}}

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