I genuinely really like this series, and I think it’s better because it focuses a lot less on duel monsters. I like duel monsters a lot, but in the newer shows the fact they focus ENTIRELY on it wears me out. I guess having more varied games makes the series better for me. When they actually have duel monster fights in this show it’s more interesting to watch because they don’t do it every episode. And the fact the characters are more developed and less focused on the card related stuff just genuinely makes it a good series even if you’re not a yugioh fan. You can just watch the show and enjoy everything happening.
Exactly! I find it to be repetitive that every episode of any yugioh show, no matter what, involves dueling. And I'm more interested in the slice of life aspect and getting to know the characters more, and diving into their lives. Even the filler episodes involve a duel, I get that it's a show about card games, and I love that, but after a while it gets repetitive. Plus all I wanted was just one filler slice of life episode without any dueling involved, is that too much to ask?
You two are totally right! This series was awesome because all episodes had a surprise effect and an epic ending simply cause the games were different and intense! So the series is easier to take seriously! I curse people having harassed late Kazuki Takahashi for making him basing the entire series on cards! Because of them, the Season 0 is a cancelled masterpiece and Duel Monsters is an improved clone of Pokémon TV show!
I agree fully. I love season 0 for that characters like Anzu and Honda actually have PERSONALITY. My favourite character is Ryou that's why I'm struggling watching DM, because there so little screentime of him. But when it comes to season 0 - I don't even need Ryou on screen to enjoy it. It's something that makes this season so special to me.
“I don’t like the newer shows because they focus on dueling monsters” Because it’s a series about a card game, that Japanese readers wanted more of… And those elements from season 0 NEVER left.
I agree. I think that filler arcs from season 1 are underrated bcs they are not pure card games. They have their own rules which distinguishes them from card game and makes them unique and fun to watch
Ahem. Why Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 is the BEST Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime. Aight jokes aside, season 0 is something that I get excited about when ever hear it. I've rewatched it so many times, I've re-read the first 6 volumes time and time again, and I've played all of the pre-2000s Konami games that feature these characters. There's something about the feel and the aesthetic of each individual character that makes me excited when mentioning Season 0. It's definitely one of my favourite animes by a long shot, and you know what it's the most defining one for me. Edit: Title was different when this comment was made.
"Yugi never punishes Kaiba at all" That is simply not true. If we're going by the original source the Anime is based on, Yugi punished Kaiba on his first duel after he top decked the stolen Blue-Eyes, trapping him in a card and making him suffer death by the hands of the Duel Monsters, and heck, even in the second duel, if you look at it in a certain way, Yugi punishes Kaiba again, he Mind Crushes Kaiba, putting him in a coma so that he can "rebuild his heart" and he stays in that coma until midway through the Fake Kaiba duel in Duelist Kingdom. And in Duelist Kingdom (The Manga version), I'm pretty sure he used the Punishment Game on Weevil and Fake Kaiba, meaning he still kept punishing people in games they "cheated", regardless if they're people who just made a wrong turn at life or not
Na Insector Haga strangely enough didn't got a punishment game (jonouchi got to steal his glove tho) but both the tranquilities with his Kaiba pupped as well as Panik got punishment games (an illusion that the pupped comes alive and is him for the former and an illusion of being hanged for the latter) The Spirit of the puzzle wouldn't officially stop using Punishment games up until Yugi stopped him from killing Kaiba leading to him than refusing to give Pegasus a punishment game latter (that is if I called that part correctly) Also, you are absolutely right even in the Toie anime did the Spirit still used the Penalty game Mind Crush on Kaiba to shatter his dark heart in the hope he has enough good in him to rebuild himself again.
The “original source the anime is based on” IS season 0. The first 7 volumes of yugioh (the manga) are season 0. The rest of the manga follows the duel monsters anime. Duel monsters in the most technical sense is a sequel to season 0
Loved watching this season! But was also shocked at how sadistic the manga was (the “BLLOOD” game was a LOT more messed up in the manga version! It may not have been death, but still!) And you brought up a really interesting point about Yami Yugi in this: initially he does punish those whom have done wrong, but with Mokuba there’s a realisation that there is an alternative with forgiveness and giving others a chance to redeem themselves.
The reasons why I love Season 0 are: 1 - Different games were cool and brought some surprises, originality and tension, that was the original base of Yu-Gi-Oh! and it should have continued. I will never forgive people having pushed the late Takahashi to abandon everything but cards. The charm of the series was the variety of games, the variable danger degree, and the dark and mysterious personality of Yami Yugi. 2 - I love how Atem's character is more balanced in Season 0 than in the manga and the next series! In the manga he is officially sadistic, in Duel Monsters, he is officially heroic, but in this Season 0, he is balanced between the hero and punisher sides: his punitions don't kill anyone but scares them enough, and he is ready to spare people who learned by themselves their mistakes. Dark Yugi from Season 0 is what we can call a honorable anti-hero. An anti-hero with a sense of honor. Even if I have nothing against his heroic Duel Monster representation. But his manga version is too much unsympathetic so it's hard to like it (for example, in the manga, Yami gave Kaiba a very sadistic Penalty Game so Kaiba used Death-T as revenge. In the anime, Yami has a tie with Kaiba and leaves him alone. That makes a good reason to support Yami more than Kaiba.) Also, the voice. Megumi Ogata is way better than Shunsuke Kazama to show an innocent Yugi and a badass Yami. Long life to her. I wish she dubbed them also in Duel Monsters (but with a change in the artstyle, it would be a little weird to hear her voice in the current drawings of Duel Monsters, at least after the 2 first seasons. Maybe with the artstyle of the 1999 movie?).
I liked Yugi's voice changing - it was like a reminder that he's going through puberty. It was the perfect teenager voice for me. I just don't like Yami's in DM - he's just enunciating, and I don't think it works as well here.
The concept of a dark spirit of a long-deceased games master that possesses the body of a young boy to challenge others to death games is genius. It would be a pity to limit such a concept to card games. One can certainly be a big fan of Yugi-oh from that angle, without being obsessed with duel monsters - tho the card game still rocks.
I love this "season 0" so much. I find myself enjoying this more than the Duel Monsters series. I agree with everything in this video and I want to add something that this video did not talk about: why the characters here are portrayed better than the DM series: Yugi/Yami - I love that their personalities here are more different than DM. Yami is much more interesting as a dark psycho than the goodie two shoes in DM. Yugi himself is more innocent and childish making this story an interesting case if a supernatural split personality. and Yugi being physically weak and more childish prevent him from being a Gary Stu he became in DM. Jonouchi - the entire DM series always tried to portray him as "second best to Yugi". but in "Season 0" it seems they are equal. I feel his personal life, his "out of game" life gets more attention despite it being only for one episode. I love that he wasn't a full bully to Yugi like he was in DM (pre-show). Honda - in DM he basically was "Smart Joey". almost same personality but a little bit smarter braver. in season 0 he was dorkier and dramatic and a decent comic relief. Anzu - this is a huge diffretne. in DM the fans mock her about her friendship speeches she was a Mary Sue and many times it seems that her role is shifted to be "the girl" of the group. but in season 0 she was snarkier and got more personal. her dream of being a dancer got more attention (despite it being mentioned only in three episodes). Despite she was a damsel in distress some episodes, her personality makes up for it. Miho - I do admit that she wasn't the best character and the creators should have kept her personality the same as the manga. But I love her dynamic with Anzu. and this dynamic is maybe the best reason she should have been in DM as well (with some changes in her personality). the addition of Miho prevented Anzu from being just "the girl" of the group because there are two girls, and I think her crush on Bakura could add a more interesting and dramatic story for DM and I wonder how she would deal with Yami Bakura in DM the episodes themselves were more interesting because every episode was a different game it feels like the character themselves are more than excuses to sell cards, maybe it's a minor subject, but I feel like season 0 has much better female representation than any other season of DM. not just because we can see more females on screen but their dynamic is better. every other attempt to add more females in DM failed, Anzu always hated the new girls, aside from Shizuka, but they barely intersected. Mai was treated awfully in the show. and in season 0 there were female background characters, rare things in DM. and there are four episodes with female villains, a thing that never was in DM (aside from Mai in season 5). and as a horror lover, I love the darker theme of season 0. I wish Toei could produce the rest of the show
I totally agree with you except about that you said about the both Yugi. I found Yugi, even if he is very cute, is less courageous and that was a shame. And about Yami, I found he is very well characterized in Duel Monsters and I love how kind and sweet he is. He is calm and kind in the same time. And even in Duel Monsters, he isn't totally kind either, he was in full development, just the English censored 4Kids version made him like you think being "goodie two shoes" (only their version shown Yami and Yugi very close although in the original, their relationship develops. Why my beloved French version chosen this version ?). But in Japanese, it's more complex than just "good". But I can't hate Yami in Duel Monsters. He is too appealing and kind for I can be so annoyed. However, I don't love his Japanese voice in Duel Monsters and love too much his voice from Season 0. I was marked by the impertinence and the strong personality of Yami in the Season 0. He looks like more intimidating and charismatic. I talk about his impertinence but I don't think I would be so marked by that without the great performance of Megumi Ogata. However, I wouldn't describe him like a dark psychopath because actually he's not that different from his Duel Monsters incarnation because he already spared and saved certain opponents, and all his Penalty Games are just illusions compared to the manga. So I think saying Yami is maniac in the Season 0 isn't the good word. He can look pretty scary but he has a depth and he seems to hide a good background. But I agree with the rest. And it's really a good notice you said about the female representation, I didn't even noticed that. And what you said about the various games and the episodes which are naturally interesting is the exact reason why I defend ardently the Season 0. Because if there are more various games, that makes this anime mature and interesting, it's original, innovative, and furthermore, it allows a SURPRISE effect in the entire series ! It allows too to characters to show their own capacities and not just being commercial decorations. You're all true.
Takahashi: So yeah Yugi's bully in the original series and Trudge from 5D's are the same characters Fans: But Takahashi, that would make him over 100 years old, how does that even make sense? Takahashi: pppfffff fuck if I know
The misconception I see with 5Ds is that people think it takes place in a far future from GX but the thing is it's only New Domino City that's futuristic and that's because of what happen with Seattle and the Ener-D reactor. Plus, it was stated that Trudge is in his 50s. Could be wiki bs but given how old Yugi was in GX there's a chance that 5ds could take place either 20 or 30 years after GX ended. Though Jack's line in Bonds Beyond Time would imply that Yugi is either dead or long sense retired from Duel Monsters.
@@retrogamer6403Slight spoilers : it’s more retired by the cannon , yugi grows up to develop his own game and other projects based on the dark side of dimensions movie and the 3 chapter prologue written by Takahashi himself before passing. So he’s considered a legendary duelist. His original deck from battle city minus the Egyptian gods were put on display in gx anime. Duel links very much references this every time you unlock a character. So I am more inclined to believe it be 20-30 years in the future. Math adds up. Tetsu despite being huge is around the same age as yugi as a hall monitor bully. They did confirm from sources this is the same character in the anime and is intentional running gag for the first 3 series. In gx he is confirmed to have been on that list of missing domino residents when Trueman was hunting down duelists. And in 5DS he gets a scar on his face after his second duel with Yusei. Does he get the shadow game punishment as he did in the manga. They did flashback to the bullying but didn’t really show how that’s resolve. In the manga though if they are the same person, tetsu didn’t learn his lesson or forgot it due to his pride and still commits to imposing his power through his physique and positions. Only to lose in his duels
I never saw the anime of season 0 but i did read the manga a long ass time ago and i remember that version of Atem being an absolute BLACK AIR FORCE MENACE
Season 0 is my favorite, too! We get a different angel of the thriller/horror/mystery that encapsulates the series, and the creativity is by far the best part of story! Having clear proof that his powers aren't strictly tied to the cards is the coolest part, hands-down. It really leans in to the vast power he's said to have, and also how vast magic is meant to be, to be able to see it in practice like this. It really makes the fear and power surrounding the Millenium Items make that much more personal sense to see it's use in the hands of an unhinged teenage vigilante in a "modern" setting. I just wish the show had episodes where the power was shown with other items and circumstances, too, and not just the cards. Switching between the two would have been so amazing to see! There's different stakes, different consequences, and all to fit the different circumstances that brought Yami out. I also just find Yami such a fun form of unhinged - he's such a scattered and upset part of himself right now, and all he has to go on are Yugi's memories, and it's just such an amazing way to anazlyze not only him and Yugi, but everyone else, too. Yami forming his own relationships with everyone at the same time as Yugi, is so fascinating, especially since this was before they were the tight-nit group we become familiar with. Honda/Tristan surprised me most - I wasn't sure what personality I expected him to have before everything, but it wasn't that. Yugi and Tea/Anzu being more distant family acquaitances under the umbrella of childhood friends is also interesting, and seeing them develop to form a more present friendship was great, too, especially since as distant as she was, she always cared about him in one form or another. Joey/Jonouchi being his former bully honestly suits them so well!
I tried it and Just finished it and Yep 💯 agree wish they continued the series it’s a more versatile and interesting show cause it focuses on their daily life for each character and liked how each episode has a different plot and villains and how yugi be those doing games. and I’m not even a fan of the card game anymore I only watched and liked dm in the past but after watching season 0 it’s much better in my opinion wish they focused more on this than the card show
@@legend_2543 I wish they allowed more of the show to just not be so heavily focused on the cards. Like 75/25 or something. I mostly zone out as the duels go on, only watching the cool monsters and who's getting hurt in it, but it becomes repetitive so quickly. There IS character development and progression within the main series, but they take a backseat to the cards, too. Letting some of that conflict come from something other than the cards and letting us go on the emotional journeys without having to do 3 duels first would help things hit so much better! These kids were still in school and the duels were _still_ the vast majority of what they were doing. 5d's was some post-apocalyptic city and dueling WAS their job and we STILL got more time without card games to progress the plot. GX had the excuse of being a literal dueling school, and at least many of the early ones weren't that important, and they knew that.
@@justanawkwardnerd yea 💯 I agree the show was too focused on cards which it makes it repetitive it sometimes was boring when he fought non important opponents. Yep agree as well the cards should be focused on every 4 or 5 episodes so it’s not repetitive which could make the show boring at times now that I look back I think if they fixed this anime would’ve been even better and much more enjoyable cause we wouldn’t get bored as much. Exactly facts on the character development stuff. From what you said about those yugioh series shows what dm lacked in but the show was still good tho. that’s why I believe they should’ve just continued season 0 with how you said yugioh matches every 4 or 5 episodes with having different games in the other episodes and the show revolving around those 5 characters in their daily life and problems they might have and also honestly in my opinion they should just keep the show simple with how it was without all these Egyptians gods flashbacks and stuff from what I remember was in the show, and also without evey opponent just using yugioh cards all the time. those one of the reasons I liked season 0 more that’s probably just me though
@@legend_2543 DM IS just Season 0 continued, it's just like a few months later, if that. If you read the manga, which is mostly the same minus Miho isn't a friend, another smaller story arc near the end and very minor differences, it concludes with a final fight against Kaiba, and the anime starts off with that fight with MUCH less context. It should be the episode where Kaiba has a meme-able gaunt face as he gets blasted when he loses, in like the first episode. The main difference is that Takahashi clearly meant to basically retcon a few things, but still based the vast majority of DM on Season 0. Season O's manga is just called "Yu-Gi-Oh!" will DM is "YGO: Duel Monsters." They are direct sequels of each other. The main reason things got so card-heavy was likely because his publisher or whoever had a deal where he HAD to feature a lot of card fights as part of licensing the game for marketing purposes. YGO is THE mainstream game/toy series that made other companies want to create copycats like it for a reason. Takahashi still managed to put in an insane amount of heart while his series was turned into a long commercial. YGO was such a success that they likely relaxed a bit by the time the other series came about, so they were able to do less. It was tedious to watch, so I bet they were looking for a change of pace too since they produced it. I fully blame marketing issues for the tedious battles, and I love Season 0 for the same reason - allows the heart to be at the forefront, the magic serves great worldbuilding while also being just plain fun, and the spooky vibes are immaculate. The excessive battling genuinely dulls down DM for me. I wouldn't appreciate the cast as much if I didn't get to enjoy them coming together in Season 0, either.
Something that sets Yugioh apart from a lot of "power of friendship gives the protagonist a last minute power up" cliche shounen's is that Yugioh is actually about friendship. It's not really about the games at the end of the day, it's about the character relationships. Sure, other shounen have character relationships as a side plot, but usually they're actually about fighting or whatever and the friendship thing is just shoehorned in as a trope. Duel Monsters was a bit of a step back in this regard. Sure, it was still a vitally important part of the show, but the core of the show shifted from "the importance of friendship" to "card games deciding the fate of the world (what do you mean 'Just shoot Marik with a .45?')" and "I bet you can't wait to use this card IRL."
Yugioh season zero is very good and Yugioh Duel Monsters use some of the elements from it Yugi vs Bakura rpg game,Noah is green hair Kaiba,Exodia defeats blue eyes,Yugi mind crushes Kaiba, great video dude.
I like your approach to Yami Yugi's character arc as he chooses to not punish Kaiba. In the manga it doesn't go that way, but since the manga isn't just season 0 but the whole story, I prefer that Yami leaved Kaiba hospitalized for a year; because in the manga they really nail on the Pharaoh's vigilante nature, he's a dark avenger and that's how he rolls, no mercy. This is pretty significative in the manga because, as happens in Duel Monsters, Yami was going to finish off Kaiba on their battle at Duelist Kingdom, before the original Yugi took control and stopped him, even though he too wanted to win, beat Pegasus and save his grandpa (and the prize money for Joey). That's a very powerful scene in the original manga even more so than in the anime, because we got that context, that the original Yugi, unlike his dark alter-ego, is willing to sacrifice his objectives for the sake of others, because "that's the right thing to do", even if said person doesn't deserve it or if it's not "true justice". The Pharaoh learned a lot from that battle, it's very important and ties well with the Yugi vs Joey (brainwashed) at Battle City. Ultimately, since season 0 didn't got a real follow-up, it's nice that they did that with Yami Yugi, but if instead Toei continued adapting the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, I wouldn't have liked the scene.
Does Yugi actually kill in the manga? I mean, the kid with a spider on his shirt comes back perfectly fine in battle city despite Yugi seemingly cracking his face open in a Shadow Game and leaving him lying on the floor. He's also the kid to whom Kaiba shows the power of Obelisk in Battle City, the moment which even made it into season 2. That, along with Ushio returning in 5Ds makes me think punishments Yugi gives out aren't permanent, well except for the thug in Burger World, that wasn't an illusion, it was vodka and fire.
Ushio is one of the few people who got off easy in the manga since he was put under an illusion believing he was surrounded by money and he got expelled from Domino High, which made it's way to the Duel Monsters anime as well and the dub even had Joey point this out.
We should reboot it completely , chronologically with modern DSOD graphics from Season 0 on to 5, with season 0 movie included and the same voice actors that did DM to voice for season 0.
Honestly, my favourite part about this video is someone using Sonic Adventure 2 music for their video essay. The content was interesting too, but as soon as I heard "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup" kick in, followed by "Dive into the Mellow," I knew I'd enjoy this video.
Season 0 is the first Yu-Gi-Oh anime I watched. I first knew about the franchise from the massive collection of TCG cards that my big brother owned, and then I knew about the series' characters from the PS2 games, especially Duelists of The Roses. When I first search for if there's any Yu-Gi-Oh anime, season 0 is the first thing I watched, and I immediately fell in love with it after a couple of episodes, and was a bit sad after the last episode. After a while, I eventually discover the Duel Monsters anime, and how shocked I was to learn that it was all about effing children's card games now instead of the more cool shadow games. Not saying that all the series that comes after it is bad, but I really miss this kind of aspects from Yu-Gi-Oh, where Yami is a really menacing character that you definitely shouldn't f*cking around with lest you wanted yourself got burned into crisp, literally.
The Season 0 part of the Manga is just plain crazy, even ignoring how Kaiba had his world-famous company develop a series of death games out of spite at having lost 1 little card game to a classmate. Atem actually murders several people, including the guy at the burger place and a fellow student while setting up for the culture festival, both of whom are heavily injured and possibly killed with fire. Then there are the guys who fall from a height that no human would realistically survive falling from, as well as the guys that Atem electrocutes in one of the chapters. Shadi also murders the owner of a museum, and then kidnaps Anzu and plays a game with Atem with Anzu's life on the line. And of course, there's the whole Bakura arc, where the Millennium Ring literally embeds itself in Bakura's torso, all five spikes piercing his skin while blood pours from the wounds, and later in that arc, Yami Bakura literally stabs his own hand onto a tower-prop, just to make Bakura stop helping Atem. I first bought the manga after watching several episodes of the anime, because the Duelist Kingdom arc started airing here before the manga was translated and released here, so I expected it to be much like the anime from the start. I was pretty surprised to find that the anime only really started about halfway through Volume 7 or something like that. The sheer amount of horror in the first parts was pretty surprising, when Duelist Kingdom was all I knew going in. Oh, and the craziest part: Where I'm from, that manga was rated to be suitable for kids as young as 7 years old. There's blood, psychological torture, self-harm and people being killed over freaking games, and someone was just like "yeah, that's totally fine for a 7-year-old to read. What could possibly go wrong?"
If there's one nitpick that I have with Anime in comparison to Manga is that I like some of more severe Penalty-Games punishment from Manga a bit more, but the anime did a great job by both adding and remixing/rewriting some scenarios. And I'm not a huge of Miho, because of what that did with Honda's character and her personality... but I can't say that the cast didn't benefit from having a one more girl character.
Thank you very much for talking about season 0. I loved the last few minutes especially when you talk about Yugi's character development. I loved learning about that, I was always a bit confused when I watched the anime. I honestly loved season 0 it's was so good.
I’d really like to see a new adaptation of the early Yugioh manga (season 0) while it is darker in comparison to the later anime it’s not exactly a perfect adaptation miho kinda ruins Honda’s character and the first capsule monster duel between mokuba and yugi is switched up to be about some guy stalking miho 😑 kaiba actually receives a penalty game in the very first duel that inspires him to create his own virtual penalty games in the death T arc in the anime this duel oddly ends in a draw I believe other games played might have been changed or removed there was a game played with mokuba in the beginning of death T a sort of Russian roulette eating game that was cut from the anime Overall early Yugioh could use an new adaptation from a technical standpoint most copies of it out there look rough I’d love to see an adaptation that maybe goes for a manga style similar to what jojo did something that makes the show pop and finally and perhaps controversially if the show gets an English dub I’d like to see a recast I grew up with the 4kids cast but if Yugioh were to get a new adaptation I’d like for them to ditch the Saturday morning cartoon perception and hopefully be seen as more of a shonen series it originally was
I to this day hope We get an adaption of the original too. Especially considering shaman king and digimon broke free from censorship in their new adaptations. Man just being able to see the true version of season 0 with the 4kids cast would be a game changer
Idk they might fuck things up and make worse than the og one like some other shows. I rather them just add on new seasons to it and reanimate the show cause the og somehow had better art styles than duel monsters
I mean, In Duelist Kingdom, there was that shadow game against the Player Killer of Darkness (I think his name was "Panic" in the eng dub of the anime), and Yami Yugi was pretty downright sadistic with the guy, although to be fair he was turning his own fear tactics back on him, but throughout that arc, he's still a darker personality. He does mellow out more when his main focus became the search for his memories and being friends with his other self, but if it wasn't Yugi that was chosen by the Puzzle, I wonder if he'd just remain another twisted "yami" spirit like Bakura and Marik.
In fairness to Yami, Panic (you got it right) outright tried to murder him, in both versions mind you. Dude also spent thousands of years trapped alone with no memories, of course he’s gonna be off his rocker when he gets set loose
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Bro why is Sonic Adventure 2's Pumpkin Hill the background music! LOL
I knew there was a Season 0, I had Banzai Magazine covering that. I also knew that Tea(Anzu), in Season 1, mentions that Yugi saved her from the harasser when she was practicing dancing. What I didn't know was that Kaiba had no memories of Season 0. But they arguably rewrote Season 1 quite a bit.
okay...i did not know the existence of this season at all, im glad now i do. And secondly... i really appreciate the background theme music of knuckles from SA2B👌 great video!
i bought it on dvd soon after yugioh came to the us, I recorded it to vhs on slow-mo/repeat for a six and half hour tape and would smoke and build my decks while watching it.
I love how little people know, or mention the fact, that Yu-Gu-Oh! Wasn’t originally a card game at all. It was supposed 3 be a manga about a guy who’s the king of games, he wins at everything, key word, Games, not Duel Monsters. It’s just, when Duel Monsters came around, the readers really loved the card game they played, and so the management of Shounen Jump convinced Kazuki Takahasi that it should focus on the card game, and now, here we are!😂
I would very much enjoy if Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero was adapted into a new anime, darker than before (or just as much as the manga), less silly, and it could be great.
" Season 0 " or as I call it the original Toei Yugioh anime is the only Yugioh I care about. I didn't grow up watching the duel monster series as a kid like most did and I got into Yugioh by reading some of the manga ( some of the first few volumes my cousin gave to me ) and then found out about the Toei anime and started watching. I totally agree with you that the Toei anime is the absolute best anime and the " true Yugioh! " I loved Yugi and his group of friends so much and unlike in the Duel Monsters version they really truly do feel like absolute lifelong friends. I wanna say I love Miho and I've always hated how she wasn't included in other versions. She may be a ditz but she's their friend and she is a nice girl. There's such love and friendship between the five characters in this one. Stuff like Honda seemingly " dying " for his friends in the Kaiba Land games and them all being so effected especially Miho , Jounouchi beating that martial artist to get back Yugi's millenium puzzle and the relationship Yugi and Anzu have were just such heartwarming things. The character interactions and bonds were just so wholesome and so well done! I just cannot stress enough how close those 5 friends truly feel to me. I love how savage Yami Yugi could be and I don't consider it wrong at all lol. Like that " psychic " Kokurano who wanted to rape Anzu , he got off easy if anything lol. I remember him getting it much worse in the manga version where it was ironically less deserved. Also I feel Yugi didn't spare Kaiba so much as he just gave him the POSSIBILITY to reform. The whole point was that if Kaiba could pull himself back together and regain his humanity that he tried to throw away , remember the love he tried to rid himself of for his younger brother then he could redeem himself. That's how redemption works , it requires real soul searching and admitting of ones faults and wanting to change. Yugi didn't save Kaiba he merely gave Kaiba the chance to save himself. One last thing is Teoi anime is not exactly a true prequel since both it and the Duel Monsters version have two different versions of many of the same events.
Yugi didn't exactly spare Kaiba. He did the Mind Crush penalty game on him, shattering his evil heart and putting him in a coma. But yes, he did give him a chance for redemption, because he would wake up from his coma after "putting his heart back together".
tried it and Just finished it and Yep 💯 agree wish they continued the series it’s a more versatile and interesting show cause it focuses on their daily life for each character and liked how each episode has a different plot and villains and how yugi be doing those games. and I’m not even a fan of the card game anymore I only watched and liked dm in the past but after watching season 0 it’s much better in my opinion wish they focused more on this than the card show,
Enigma I agree with some points what you said about certain individuals that don't deserve to be punished like that but there are some that really deserve it the ones that have no empathy or regard for any other human life those are the ones that really deserve the worst punishment
what i like is that Yami in the manga is a sadistic prick UNTIL he fights Shadi. after Yami was put on the other side of the table and felt what his victim had faced he lets SOO many people off the hook. Digital Pet eater, two delinquents even makuba got off easy compared to what Yami did to people before the Shadi incident. Even Kaiba's first shadowgame was mild compared to the shit Yami had pulled previously.
Is it the best? Debatable, but I do think this season of Yugioh is the reason why I like “Yugi Muto” over “Yami Yugi.” For a cheerful boy, the millennium puzzle was shown to be his solution to making friends. However, the millennium puzzle couldn’t be solved in his usual state. Only when he was getting emotionally cornered, the millennium puzzle was getting solved. Getting cornered with his situation with Ushio, he almost completed the puzzle, only to find out he was missing a piece to complete it. He got the final piece when he put himself in a difficult situation where he was getting beat up to protect who he thought were his friends. Once he solved it, he gained the power of the shadow games in the form of an alter ego with a near polar opposite personality to his. However, this alter ego of Yugi was cruel. He used the shadow games to corner those he saw as enemies and punish them harshly when they couldn’t play his game (aka get desperate and cheated.) Over time, their personalities started to blend with each other; Yami Yugi being more kind and Yugi Muto being a better leader of his group of friends. It concludes where the two Yugi’s duel each other in Duel Monsters (in the DM anime) where this sharing of personalities between the two completed, inheriting the good traits of both personalities. Without Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi would be stuck in the millennium puzzle forever and even if the puzzle was solved, the only thing that would come out of the puzzle (if it can, but probably won’t since we learned that the spirit needs a proper vessel to house in DSoD) is an untamed sadistic spirit. Being the perfect vessel to make this ancient spirit into a hero out of his desire for friends is why I like Yugi Muto over Yami Yugi.
Yami is cruel ? Do you talk about Season 0 Yami or Manga Yami ? Because you (and so much people) seem to forget the times where Yami was merciful (episode 5, episode 17, episode 18, episode 20, episode 24).
I agree. Yugi seemed more relevant and actually a participant in his story rather than a cheerleader or backseat duelist in DM. I wish we saw a progression in yugi's personality by showing yugi duel or how he acts in adversity is slightly different than before.
It is awesome, sure, but i still love the great duels with bad ass music and Japanese voices more. Nothing beats that !!! (5D's, Zexal, Arc V, Vrains...didn't watched Sevens yet)
Loved the manga back in the day, I'm actually a bit sad that the story hard switch to the card game (but considering how popular it got, it's very understandable)
It's funny you mentioned Cowboy Bebop in a Yu-Gi-Oh themed video. If you watch the first and 2nd seasons Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, take a good look at creatures carved onto the earth's surface and then watch the Cowboy Bebop episode 'Jamming With Edward', the carvings are not just similar, they're identical! Took me a couple of viewings to actually catch that!
in the manga the bllood puzzle robot is instead a guillotine prepared to chop off everyone's hands and the third stage of that level is literally against a mass murderer.
Just finished season 0 yesterday and I gotta say even though I enjoy both s0 and DM, season 0 does a better job in character development overall. The friend group of Anzu/Tea , Honda/Tristan and Miho they all seem like main characters instead of just sidekicks because the season is not just solely consist of a card game duel each episode. 2nd of all, the good characters are actually much more relatable in s0 f.e Yugi is always bullied and a lonely guy just like Ryou Bakura, also his screen time was so little in DM as if he wasn’t part of the friend group and there were lots of plot armors going on. In addition, villains of duel monsters feel more justified at the end of seasons for their actions such as Pegasus did all the bad things to save and bring back his wife, Marik was traumatized and misguided because of his forced duty to protect pharaohs tomb and Bakura literally faced a genocide in his village. In the end I still wonder how the story would evolve if cards weren’t a huge hit. I guess we’ll never find out 🤷♀️
Yugi's got the highest body count of anybody in the series at, I believe, 8. If we're not counting the people he drove permanently insane with shadow magic.
You're bugging out ! The fact it's focus on Duel Monsters is THE fondamental error of the next show ! The force of the season was precisely the VARIETY, the fact Yu-Gi-Oh! isn't a pathetic commercial cartoon ! Are you crazy ?!
@UCR0f_L29GTSKw3tHzw_OnSQ you are making presumptions because I never implied that I think the series is best as a "banal commercial cartoon". Curb your arrogance please.
U didn't mention the 'Monster World! arc at all! What I thought is Yami Yugi became humane because the real menace was coming forward to him. I love Bakura tho, he's my fav YGO character, and I think he's rightful for his vengeance, your whole village getting slaughtered sure is a too hard thing to witness:(
only found out about season zero two days ago, already like t better then the yu gi oh i grew up on lol, was surprised how much i enjoyed it without the cards
However, if teens and adults want to see more of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters and less of the card game, Season 0 is worth a watch. When viewing Season 0, fans of the English dubbed anime will find plenty of little details and changes that the English version made to the original characters 8 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V. 7 Yu-Gi-Oh! Pyramid Of Light. 6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx. 5 Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains. 4 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions. 3 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time. 1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. More first season", or "season zero" by fans) is the title of the first anime series based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series. The 27-episode series was produced by Toei Animation and aired on TV Asahi from April 4 to October 10, 1998. While this series is not directly connected to Yu-Gi-Oh! He starts off really quite sadistic, and has a much more disturbing and psychotic appearance in the season 0 YUGIOH. It seems like his character was rewritten and he became an entirely different character in the duel monsters portion of it.May 20, 2015 Parents need to know that although kids in the show play "Duel Monsters," the monsters don't engage in much hand-to-hand combat, fighting instead in a virtual, video game style with fire and laser effects. Some of the creatures shown could frighten viewers 5 and under. The series' universe is surreal -- even adults In both series, Yugi (and Atem, though Atem in the dub is only seen in Duel Monsters and not GX - sans flashbacks) is voiced by Dan Green in the dub (though they were initially voiced by Chuck Powers and even Gregory Abbey at one point, making Greg Abbey the only Yu-Gi-Oh! voice actor to play TWO main protagonists Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王) is a hit old school style Japanese anime series. The series was produced by Toei Animation, and aired in Japan on April 4, 1998 to October 10, 1998. Toei Animation Yu-Gi-Oh! is a 1998 Japanese anime television series based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was the first anime adaptation of the manga series and it was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Hiroyuki Kakudō Atem ( 王 アテム Atemu, lit. "king" from a kanji) is an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who had sealed his own spirit/soul within the mystical Millennium Pendant. His spirit then took on the identity of Yami Yugi, which resided in the body of Yugi Muto, after Yugi solved the Millennium Puzzle. Animated by Toei Animation rather than Studio Gallop (which worked on Duel Monsters all the way to Vrains), Season 0 looks almost nothing like the Yu-Gi-Oh! fans are used to. Part of this is due to its timing -- the show began airing in April of 1998, just shortly after volume seven of the manga was released.Dec 17, 2020 A Game of Darkness", "Yu-Gi-Oh! first season", or "season zero" by fans) is the title of the first anime series based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series. The 27-episode series was produced by Toei Animation and aired on TV Asahi from April 4 to October 10, 1998. However, if teens and adults want to see more of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters and less of the card game, Season 0 is worth a watch. When viewing Season 0, fans of the English dubbed anime will find plenty of little details and changes that the English version made to the original characters
It isn't perfect adaptation from the manga but the anime did it better when it comes to presentation. And i love how twisted and dark it is while showing a kind of friendship that overcome scary obstacles.
Might be late, but thanks so much Enigma for the shoutout!
5:11 who is this
I genuinely really like this series, and I think it’s better because it focuses a lot less on duel monsters. I like duel monsters a lot, but in the newer shows the fact they focus ENTIRELY on it wears me out. I guess having more varied games makes the series better for me. When they actually have duel monster fights in this show it’s more interesting to watch because they don’t do it every episode. And the fact the characters are more developed and less focused on the card related stuff just genuinely makes it a good series even if you’re not a yugioh fan. You can just watch the show and enjoy everything happening.
Exactly!
I find it to be repetitive that every episode of any yugioh show, no matter what, involves dueling.
And I'm more interested in the slice of life aspect and getting to know the characters more, and diving into their lives.
Even the filler episodes involve a duel, I get that it's a show about card games, and I love that, but after a while it gets repetitive.
Plus all I wanted was just one filler slice of life episode without any dueling involved, is that too much to ask?
You two are totally right! This series was awesome because all episodes had a surprise effect and an epic ending simply cause the games were different and intense! So the series is easier to take seriously! I curse people having harassed late Kazuki Takahashi for making him basing the entire series on cards! Because of them, the Season 0 is a cancelled masterpiece and Duel Monsters is an improved clone of Pokémon TV show!
I agree fully. I love season 0 for that characters like Anzu and Honda actually have PERSONALITY. My favourite character is Ryou that's why I'm struggling watching DM, because there so little screentime of him. But when it comes to season 0 - I don't even need Ryou on screen to enjoy it. It's something that makes this season so special to me.
“I don’t like the newer shows because they focus on dueling monsters”
Because it’s a series about a card game, that Japanese readers wanted more of…
And those elements from season 0 NEVER left.
I agree. I think that filler arcs from season 1 are underrated bcs they are not pure card games. They have their own rules which distinguishes them from card game and makes them unique and fun to watch
Ahem. Why Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 is the BEST Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime. Aight jokes aside, season 0 is something that I get excited about when ever hear it. I've rewatched it so many times, I've re-read the first 6 volumes time and time again, and I've played all of the pre-2000s Konami games that feature these characters. There's something about the feel and the aesthetic of each individual character that makes me excited when mentioning Season 0. It's definitely one of my favourite animes by a long shot, and you know what it's the most defining one for me.
Edit: Title was different when this comment was made.
That's a bit too much, there's a difference between loving something and being an obsessed freak
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@@ItsMeSNiPEZ, then that means I’m obsessed too.
@@maplek4683 yup
Real ones remember when ice shade use to upload season 0 videos
"Yugi never punishes Kaiba at all"
That is simply not true. If we're going by the original source the Anime is based on, Yugi punished Kaiba on his first duel after he top decked the stolen Blue-Eyes, trapping him in a card and making him suffer death by the hands of the Duel Monsters, and heck, even in the second duel, if you look at it in a certain way, Yugi punishes Kaiba again, he Mind Crushes Kaiba, putting him in a coma so that he can "rebuild his heart" and he stays in that coma until midway through the Fake Kaiba duel in Duelist Kingdom. And in Duelist Kingdom (The Manga version), I'm pretty sure he used the Punishment Game on Weevil and Fake Kaiba, meaning he still kept punishing people in games they "cheated", regardless if they're people who just made a wrong turn at life or not
Kaiba ended up in a wheelchair looking like he was lobotomized
Na Insector Haga strangely enough didn't got a punishment game (jonouchi got to steal his glove tho) but both the tranquilities with his Kaiba pupped as well as Panik got punishment games (an illusion that the pupped comes alive and is him for the former and an illusion of being hanged for the latter)
The Spirit of the puzzle wouldn't officially stop using Punishment games up until Yugi stopped him from killing Kaiba leading to him than refusing to give Pegasus a punishment game latter (that is if I called that part correctly)
Also, you are absolutely right even in the Toie anime did the Spirit still used the Penalty game Mind Crush on Kaiba to shatter his dark heart in the hope he has enough good in him to rebuild himself again.
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The “original source the anime is based on” IS season 0. The first 7 volumes of yugioh (the manga) are season 0. The rest of the manga follows the duel monsters anime. Duel monsters in the most technical sense is a sequel to season 0
Loved watching this season! But was also shocked at how sadistic the manga was (the “BLLOOD” game was a LOT more messed up in the manga version! It may not have been death, but still!)
And you brought up a really interesting point about Yami Yugi in this: initially he does punish those whom have done wrong, but with Mokuba there’s a realisation that there is an alternative with forgiveness and giving others a chance to redeem themselves.
Many people still don't know about the true first season of Yu-gi-Oh
It really isn't nothing that happens in this season applies to the second series. It just wouldn't make sense if it was.
The reasons why I love Season 0 are:
1 - Different games were cool and brought some surprises, originality and tension, that was the original base of Yu-Gi-Oh! and it should have continued. I will never forgive people having pushed the late Takahashi to abandon everything but cards. The charm of the series was the variety of games, the variable danger degree, and the dark and mysterious personality of Yami Yugi.
2 - I love how Atem's character is more balanced in Season 0 than in the manga and the next series! In the manga he is officially sadistic, in Duel Monsters, he is officially heroic, but in this Season 0, he is balanced between the hero and punisher sides: his punitions don't kill anyone but scares them enough, and he is ready to spare people who learned by themselves their mistakes. Dark Yugi from Season 0 is what we can call a honorable anti-hero. An anti-hero with a sense of honor. Even if I have nothing against his heroic Duel Monster representation. But his manga version is too much unsympathetic so it's hard to like it (for example, in the manga, Yami gave Kaiba a very sadistic Penalty Game so Kaiba used Death-T as revenge. In the anime, Yami has a tie with Kaiba and leaves him alone. That makes a good reason to support Yami more than Kaiba.)
Also, the voice. Megumi Ogata is way better than Shunsuke Kazama to show an innocent Yugi and a badass Yami. Long life to her. I wish she dubbed them also in Duel Monsters (but with a change in the artstyle, it would be a little weird to hear her voice in the current drawings of Duel Monsters, at least after the 2 first seasons. Maybe with the artstyle of the 1999 movie?).
I liked Yugi's voice changing - it was like a reminder that he's going through puberty. It was the perfect teenager voice for me. I just don't like Yami's in DM - he's just enunciating, and I don't think it works as well here.
@@justanawkwardnerd Yugi's voice may be good, but it's still sounding too turbulent.
The concept of a dark spirit of a long-deceased games master that possesses the body of a young boy to challenge others to death games is genius. It would be a pity to limit such a concept to card games. One can certainly be a big fan of Yugi-oh from that angle, without being obsessed with duel monsters - tho the card game still rocks.
Also, Yami was trapped in that puzzle for thousands of years. Odds are he would go crazy
I love this "season 0" so much. I find myself enjoying this more than the Duel Monsters series. I agree with everything in this video and I want to add something that this video did not talk about: why the characters here are portrayed better than the DM series:
Yugi/Yami - I love that their personalities here are more different than DM. Yami is much more interesting as a dark psycho than the goodie two shoes in DM. Yugi himself is more innocent and childish making this story an interesting case if a supernatural split personality. and Yugi being physically weak and more childish prevent him from being a Gary Stu he became in DM.
Jonouchi - the entire DM series always tried to portray him as "second best to Yugi". but in "Season 0" it seems they are equal. I feel his personal life, his "out of game" life gets more attention despite it being only for one episode. I love that he wasn't a full bully to Yugi like he was in DM (pre-show).
Honda - in DM he basically was "Smart Joey". almost same personality but a little bit smarter braver. in season 0 he was dorkier and dramatic and a decent comic relief.
Anzu - this is a huge diffretne. in DM the fans mock her about her friendship speeches she was a Mary Sue and many times it seems that her role is shifted to be "the girl" of the group. but in season 0 she was snarkier and got more personal. her dream of being a dancer got more attention (despite it being mentioned only in three episodes). Despite she was a damsel in distress some episodes, her personality makes up for it.
Miho - I do admit that she wasn't the best character and the creators should have kept her personality the same as the manga. But I love her dynamic with Anzu. and this dynamic is maybe the best reason she should have been in DM as well (with some changes in her personality). the addition of Miho prevented Anzu from being just "the girl" of the group because there are two girls, and I think her crush on Bakura could add a more interesting and dramatic story for DM and I wonder how she would deal with Yami Bakura in DM
the episodes themselves were more interesting because every episode was a different game it feels like the character themselves are more than excuses to sell cards,
maybe it's a minor subject, but I feel like season 0 has much better female representation than any other season of DM. not just because we can see more females on screen but their dynamic is better. every other attempt to add more females in DM failed, Anzu always hated the new girls, aside from Shizuka, but they barely intersected. Mai was treated awfully in the show. and in season 0 there were female background characters, rare things in DM. and there are four episodes with female villains, a thing that never was in DM (aside from Mai in season 5).
and as a horror lover, I love the darker theme of season 0. I wish Toei could produce the rest of the show
I agree so much!
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s0 is the first yugioh series that i watched
I totally agree with you except about that you said about the both Yugi. I found Yugi, even if he is very cute, is less courageous and that was a shame. And about Yami, I found he is very well characterized in Duel Monsters and I love how kind and sweet he is. He is calm and kind in the same time. And even in Duel Monsters, he isn't totally kind either, he was in full development, just the English censored 4Kids version made him like you think being "goodie two shoes" (only their version shown Yami and Yugi very close although in the original, their relationship develops. Why my beloved French version chosen this version ?). But in Japanese, it's more complex than just "good". But I can't hate Yami in Duel Monsters. He is too appealing and kind for I can be so annoyed. However, I don't love his Japanese voice in Duel Monsters and love too much his voice from Season 0. I was marked by the impertinence and the strong personality of Yami in the Season 0. He looks like more intimidating and charismatic. I talk about his impertinence but I don't think I would be so marked by that without the great performance of Megumi Ogata. However, I wouldn't describe him like a dark psychopath because actually he's not that different from his Duel Monsters incarnation because he already spared and saved certain opponents, and all his Penalty Games are just illusions compared to the manga. So I think saying Yami is maniac in the Season 0 isn't the good word. He can look pretty scary but he has a depth and he seems to hide a good background.
But I agree with the rest. And it's really a good notice you said about the female representation, I didn't even noticed that. And what you said about the various games and the episodes which are naturally interesting is the exact reason why I defend ardently the Season 0. Because if there are more various games, that makes this anime mature and interesting, it's original, innovative, and furthermore, it allows a SURPRISE effect in the entire series ! It allows too to characters to show their own capacities and not just being commercial decorations. You're all true.
Takahashi: So yeah Yugi's bully in the original series and Trudge from 5D's are the same characters
Fans: But Takahashi, that would make him over 100 years old, how does that even make sense?
Takahashi: pppfffff fuck if I know
The misconception I see with 5Ds is that people think it takes place in a far future from GX but the thing is it's only New Domino City that's futuristic and that's because of what happen with Seattle and the Ener-D reactor. Plus, it was stated that Trudge is in his 50s. Could be wiki bs but given how old Yugi was in GX there's a chance that 5ds could take place either 20 or 30 years after GX ended. Though Jack's line in Bonds Beyond Time would imply that Yugi is either dead or long sense retired from Duel Monsters.
Dude, pharoh's like 5000, and Trudge goes so fast that the theory of relativity accounts for time moving more slowly for him than Domino city.
Magic.
@@retrogamer6403Slight spoilers : it’s more retired by the cannon , yugi grows up to develop his own game and other projects based on the dark side of dimensions movie and the 3 chapter prologue written by Takahashi himself before passing. So he’s considered a legendary duelist. His original deck from battle city minus the Egyptian gods were put on display in gx anime. Duel links very much references this every time you unlock a character.
So I am more inclined to believe it be 20-30 years in the future. Math adds up. Tetsu despite being huge is around the same age as yugi as a hall monitor bully. They did confirm from sources this is the same character in the anime and is intentional running gag for the first 3 series. In gx he is confirmed to have been on that list of missing domino residents when Trueman was hunting down duelists. And in 5DS he gets a scar on his face after his second duel with Yusei.
Does he get the shadow game punishment as he did in the manga. They did flashback to the bullying but didn’t really show how that’s resolve.
In the manga though if they are the same person, tetsu didn’t learn his lesson or forgot it due to his pride and still commits to imposing his power through his physique and positions. Only to lose in his duels
I never saw the anime of season 0 but i did read the manga a long ass time ago and i remember that version of Atem being an absolute BLACK AIR FORCE MENACE
Season 0 is my favorite, too! We get a different angel of the thriller/horror/mystery that encapsulates the series, and the creativity is by far the best part of story! Having clear proof that his powers aren't strictly tied to the cards is the coolest part, hands-down. It really leans in to the vast power he's said to have, and also how vast magic is meant to be, to be able to see it in practice like this. It really makes the fear and power surrounding the Millenium Items make that much more personal sense to see it's use in the hands of an unhinged teenage vigilante in a "modern" setting. I just wish the show had episodes where the power was shown with other items and circumstances, too, and not just the cards. Switching between the two would have been so amazing to see!
There's different stakes, different consequences, and all to fit the different circumstances that brought Yami out. I also just find Yami such a fun form of unhinged - he's such a scattered and upset part of himself right now, and all he has to go on are Yugi's memories, and it's just such an amazing way to anazlyze not only him and Yugi, but everyone else, too. Yami forming his own relationships with everyone at the same time as Yugi, is so fascinating, especially since this was before they were the tight-nit group we become familiar with.
Honda/Tristan surprised me most - I wasn't sure what personality I expected him to have before everything, but it wasn't that. Yugi and Tea/Anzu being more distant family acquaitances under the umbrella of childhood friends is also interesting, and seeing them develop to form a more present friendship was great, too, especially since as distant as she was, she always cared about him in one form or another. Joey/Jonouchi being his former bully honestly suits them so well!
You said all !
I tried it and Just finished it and Yep 💯 agree wish they continued the series it’s a more versatile and interesting show cause it focuses on their daily life for each character and liked how each episode has a different plot and villains and how yugi be those doing games. and I’m not even a fan of the card game anymore I only watched and liked dm in the past but after watching season 0 it’s much better in my opinion wish they focused more on this than the card show
@@legend_2543 I wish they allowed more of the show to just not be so heavily focused on the cards. Like 75/25 or something. I mostly zone out as the duels go on, only watching the cool monsters and who's getting hurt in it, but it becomes repetitive so quickly. There IS character development and progression within the main series, but they take a backseat to the cards, too. Letting some of that conflict come from something other than the cards and letting us go on the emotional journeys without having to do 3 duels first would help things hit so much better! These kids were still in school and the duels were _still_ the vast majority of what they were doing. 5d's was some post-apocalyptic city and dueling WAS their job and we STILL got more time without card games to progress the plot. GX had the excuse of being a literal dueling school, and at least many of the early ones weren't that important, and they knew that.
@@justanawkwardnerd yea 💯 I agree the show was too focused on cards which it makes it repetitive it sometimes was boring when he fought non important opponents. Yep agree as well the cards should be focused on every 4 or 5 episodes so it’s not repetitive which could make the show boring at times now that I look back I think if they fixed this anime would’ve been even better and much more enjoyable cause we wouldn’t get bored as much. Exactly facts on the character development stuff. From what you said about those yugioh series shows what dm lacked in but the show was still good tho. that’s why I believe they should’ve just continued season 0 with how you said yugioh matches every 4 or 5 episodes with having different games in the other episodes and the show revolving around those 5 characters in their daily life and problems they might have and also honestly in my opinion they should just keep the show simple with how it was without all these Egyptians gods flashbacks and stuff from what I remember was in the show, and also without evey opponent just using yugioh cards all the time. those one of the reasons I liked season 0 more that’s probably just me though
@@legend_2543 DM IS just Season 0 continued, it's just like a few months later, if that. If you read the manga, which is mostly the same minus Miho isn't a friend, another smaller story arc near the end and very minor differences, it concludes with a final fight against Kaiba, and the anime starts off with that fight with MUCH less context. It should be the episode where Kaiba has a meme-able gaunt face as he gets blasted when he loses, in like the first episode. The main difference is that Takahashi clearly meant to basically retcon a few things, but still based the vast majority of DM on Season 0. Season O's manga is just called "Yu-Gi-Oh!" will DM is "YGO: Duel Monsters." They are direct sequels of each other.
The main reason things got so card-heavy was likely because his publisher or whoever had a deal where he HAD to feature a lot of card fights as part of licensing the game for marketing purposes. YGO is THE mainstream game/toy series that made other companies want to create copycats like it for a reason. Takahashi still managed to put in an insane amount of heart while his series was turned into a long commercial. YGO was such a success that they likely relaxed a bit by the time the other series came about, so they were able to do less. It was tedious to watch, so I bet they were looking for a change of pace too since they produced it.
I fully blame marketing issues for the tedious battles, and I love Season 0 for the same reason - allows the heart to be at the forefront, the magic serves great worldbuilding while also being just plain fun, and the spooky vibes are immaculate. The excessive battling genuinely dulls down DM for me. I wouldn't appreciate the cast as much if I didn't get to enjoy them coming together in Season 0, either.
Something that sets Yugioh apart from a lot of "power of friendship gives the protagonist a last minute power up" cliche shounen's is that Yugioh is actually about friendship. It's not really about the games at the end of the day, it's about the character relationships. Sure, other shounen have character relationships as a side plot, but usually they're actually about fighting or whatever and the friendship thing is just shoehorned in as a trope. Duel Monsters was a bit of a step back in this regard. Sure, it was still a vitally important part of the show, but the core of the show shifted from "the importance of friendship" to "card games deciding the fate of the world (what do you mean 'Just shoot Marik with a .45?')" and "I bet you can't wait to use this card IRL."
Yugioh season zero is very good and Yugioh Duel Monsters use some of the elements from it Yugi vs Bakura rpg game,Noah is green hair Kaiba,Exodia defeats blue eyes,Yugi mind crushes Kaiba, great video dude.
Thanks!
@@EnigmaAnime your welcome
I like your approach to Yami Yugi's character arc as he chooses to not punish Kaiba.
In the manga it doesn't go that way, but since the manga isn't just season 0 but the whole story, I prefer that Yami leaved Kaiba hospitalized for a year; because in the manga they really nail on the Pharaoh's vigilante nature, he's a dark avenger and that's how he rolls, no mercy.
This is pretty significative in the manga because, as happens in Duel Monsters, Yami was going to finish off Kaiba on their battle at Duelist Kingdom, before the original Yugi took control and stopped him, even though he too wanted to win, beat Pegasus and save his grandpa (and the prize money for Joey).
That's a very powerful scene in the original manga even more so than in the anime, because we got that context, that the original Yugi, unlike his dark alter-ego, is willing to sacrifice his objectives for the sake of others, because "that's the right thing to do", even if said person doesn't deserve it or if it's not "true justice".
The Pharaoh learned a lot from that battle, it's very important and ties well with the Yugi vs Joey (brainwashed) at Battle City.
Ultimately, since season 0 didn't got a real follow-up, it's nice that they did that with Yami Yugi, but if instead Toei continued adapting the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, I wouldn't have liked the scene.
Does Yugi actually kill in the manga? I mean, the kid with a spider on his shirt comes back perfectly fine in battle city despite Yugi seemingly cracking his face open in a Shadow Game and leaving him lying on the floor. He's also the kid to whom Kaiba shows the power of Obelisk in Battle City, the moment which even made it into season 2. That, along with Ushio returning in 5Ds makes me think punishments Yugi gives out aren't permanent, well except for the thug in Burger World, that wasn't an illusion, it was vodka and fire.
It's heavily implied.
He burned the escaped prisoner alive
He also exploded the guy from the school festival
@@Sehon13Ultd but its an illusion though
Ushio is one of the few people who got off easy in the manga since he was put under an illusion believing he was surrounded by money and he got expelled from Domino High, which made it's way to the Duel Monsters anime as well and the dub even had Joey point this out.
True
Season 0 is the best and super badass
💪 Double agree
Imagine season 0 with updated animation
We should reboot it completely , chronologically with modern DSOD graphics from Season 0 on to 5, with season 0 movie included and the same voice actors that did DM to voice for season 0.
@@Wuunderboy The voice acting of the Season 0 is better ! How dare you ! And the animation of Duel Monsters and Season 0 is iconic !
I dig the fact that you used the Pumpkin Hill beat from Sonic Adventure Battle 2. Nice.
Thank you for explaining season 0. Never seen it. The opening theme song to the show makes so much sense now!!
The Miho-Honda interactions are such a Toei addition…
What do you mean?
@@bunsmasterbunny Miho was only in a single chapter in the manga, pretty much a large chunk of her scenes in season 0 are anime original.
And not a good one
lmao
Honestly, my favourite part about this video is someone using Sonic Adventure 2 music for their video essay. The content was interesting too, but as soon as I heard "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup" kick in, followed by "Dive into the Mellow," I knew I'd enjoy this video.
3:37 welp you’ve convinced me I’m watching this NOW
Season 0 is the first Yu-Gi-Oh anime I watched. I first knew about the franchise from the massive collection of TCG cards that my big brother owned, and then I knew about the series' characters from the PS2 games, especially Duelists of The Roses. When I first search for if there's any Yu-Gi-Oh anime, season 0 is the first thing I watched, and I immediately fell in love with it after a couple of episodes, and was a bit sad after the last episode. After a while, I eventually discover the Duel Monsters anime, and how shocked I was to learn that it was all about effing children's card games now instead of the more cool shadow games. Not saying that all the series that comes after it is bad, but I really miss this kind of aspects from Yu-Gi-Oh, where Yami is a really menacing character that you definitely shouldn't f*cking around with lest you wanted yourself got burned into crisp, literally.
I remember watching the show in primary school when I was younger. And generally enjoying it.
Series 0 contains the best versions of Anzu and Honda, including the manga.
I agree!
Guy: steals watch
Yugi: shadow realm
Kaiba: commits every sin in the book
Also Yugi: hey wanna be my friend 🥺
Character development (for yami yugi)
You oversimplified the entire situations.
The Season 0 part of the Manga is just plain crazy, even ignoring how Kaiba had his world-famous company develop a series of death games out of spite at having lost 1 little card game to a classmate. Atem actually murders several people, including the guy at the burger place and a fellow student while setting up for the culture festival, both of whom are heavily injured and possibly killed with fire. Then there are the guys who fall from a height that no human would realistically survive falling from, as well as the guys that Atem electrocutes in one of the chapters. Shadi also murders the owner of a museum, and then kidnaps Anzu and plays a game with Atem with Anzu's life on the line. And of course, there's the whole Bakura arc, where the Millennium Ring literally embeds itself in Bakura's torso, all five spikes piercing his skin while blood pours from the wounds, and later in that arc, Yami Bakura literally stabs his own hand onto a tower-prop, just to make Bakura stop helping Atem.
I first bought the manga after watching several episodes of the anime, because the Duelist Kingdom arc started airing here before the manga was translated and released here, so I expected it to be much like the anime from the start. I was pretty surprised to find that the anime only really started about halfway through Volume 7 or something like that. The sheer amount of horror in the first parts was pretty surprising, when Duelist Kingdom was all I knew going in.
Oh, and the craziest part: Where I'm from, that manga was rated to be suitable for kids as young as 7 years old. There's blood, psychological torture, self-harm and people being killed over freaking games, and someone was just like "yeah, that's totally fine for a 7-year-old to read. What could possibly go wrong?"
THANK YOU for using the original names, you're probably the first person I hear to do so.
If there's one nitpick that I have with Anime in comparison to Manga is that I like some of more severe Penalty-Games punishment from Manga a bit more, but the anime did a great job by both adding and remixing/rewriting some scenarios.
And I'm not a huge of Miho, because of what that did with Honda's character and her personality... but I can't say that the cast didn't benefit from having a one more girl character.
Thank you very much for talking about season 0. I loved the last few minutes especially when you talk about Yugi's character development. I loved learning about that, I was always a bit confused when I watched the anime. I honestly loved season 0 it's was so good.
Love the sonic adventures 2 Knuckles pumpkin hill music theme as the background beat here .
Respectfully I'm digging the Sonic Adventures 2 soundtrack in the background. #Classic. I'm a 90's baby.
both versions of this story did very good job their both entertaining and memorable
Shadi is my favorite character in this season. He was petty. Lol
I’d really like to see a new adaptation of the early Yugioh manga (season 0) while it is darker in comparison to the later anime it’s not exactly a perfect adaptation miho kinda ruins Honda’s character and the first capsule monster duel between mokuba and yugi is switched up to be about some guy stalking miho 😑 kaiba actually receives a penalty game in the very first duel that inspires him to create his own virtual penalty games in the death T arc in the anime this duel oddly ends in a draw I believe other games played might have been changed or removed there was a game played with mokuba in the beginning of death T a sort of Russian roulette eating game that was cut from the anime
Overall early Yugioh could use an new adaptation from a technical standpoint most copies of it out there look rough I’d love to see an adaptation that maybe goes for a manga style similar to what jojo did something that makes the show pop and finally and perhaps controversially if the show gets an English dub I’d like to see a recast I grew up with the 4kids cast but if Yugioh were to get a new adaptation I’d like for them to ditch the Saturday morning cartoon perception and hopefully be seen as more of a shonen series it originally was
I to this day hope We get an adaption of the original too. Especially considering shaman king and digimon broke free from censorship in their new adaptations. Man just being able to see the true version of season 0 with the 4kids cast would be a game changer
Idk they might fuck things up and make worse than the og one like some other shows. I rather them just add on new seasons to it and reanimate the show cause the og somehow had better art styles than duel monsters
I mean, In Duelist Kingdom, there was that shadow game against the Player Killer of Darkness (I think his name was "Panic" in the eng dub of the anime), and Yami Yugi was pretty downright sadistic with the guy, although to be fair he was turning his own fear tactics back on him, but throughout that arc, he's still a darker personality. He does mellow out more when his main focus became the search for his memories and being friends with his other self, but if it wasn't Yugi that was chosen by the Puzzle, I wonder if he'd just remain another twisted "yami" spirit like Bakura and Marik.
In fairness to Yami, Panic (you got it right) outright tried to murder him, in both versions mind you. Dude also spent thousands of years trapped alone with no memories, of course he’s gonna be off his rocker when he gets set loose
Bro why is Sonic Adventure 2's Pumpkin Hill the background music! LOL
I knew there was a Season 0, I had Banzai Magazine covering that. I also knew that Tea(Anzu), in Season 1, mentions that Yugi saved her from the harasser when she was practicing dancing. What I didn't know was that Kaiba had no memories of Season 0. But they arguably rewrote Season 1 quite a bit.
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters was animated by Gallop.
okay...i did not know the existence of this season at all, im glad now i do. And secondly... i really appreciate the background theme music of knuckles from SA2B👌 great video!
i bought it on dvd soon after yugioh came to the us, I recorded it to vhs on slow-mo/repeat for a six and half hour tape and would smoke and build my decks while watching it.
Season 0 is a awesome show and watching it for the first time.
1:28 Nice choice of music. 😎
Just stumbled by your channel by happen chance and my goodness you got somethin goin here mate if, you just got a sub brodie!
Thanks!
I love how little people know, or mention the fact, that Yu-Gu-Oh! Wasn’t originally a card game at all. It was supposed 3 be a manga about a guy who’s the king of games, he wins at everything, key word, Games, not Duel Monsters. It’s just, when Duel Monsters came around, the readers really loved the card game they played, and so the management of Shounen Jump convinced Kazuki Takahasi that it should focus on the card game, and now, here we are!😂
I would very much enjoy if Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero was adapted into a new anime, darker than before (or just as much as the manga), less silly, and it could be great.
" Season 0 " or as I call it the original Toei Yugioh anime is the only Yugioh I care about. I didn't grow up watching the duel monster series as a kid like most did and I got into Yugioh by reading some of the manga ( some of the first few volumes my cousin gave to me ) and then found out about the Toei anime and started watching. I totally agree with you that the Toei anime is the absolute best anime and the " true Yugioh! " I loved Yugi and his group of friends so much and unlike in the Duel Monsters version they really truly do feel like absolute lifelong friends.
I wanna say I love Miho and I've always hated how she wasn't included in other versions. She may be a ditz but she's their friend and she is a nice girl. There's such love and friendship between the five characters in this one. Stuff like Honda seemingly " dying " for his friends in the Kaiba Land games and them all being so effected especially Miho , Jounouchi beating that martial artist to get back Yugi's millenium puzzle and the relationship Yugi and Anzu have were just such heartwarming things. The character interactions and bonds were just so wholesome and so well done! I just cannot stress enough how close those 5 friends truly feel to me.
I love how savage Yami Yugi could be and I don't consider it wrong at all lol. Like that " psychic " Kokurano who wanted to rape Anzu , he got off easy if anything lol. I remember him getting it much worse in the manga version where it was ironically less deserved. Also I feel Yugi didn't spare Kaiba so much as he just gave him the POSSIBILITY to reform. The whole point was that if Kaiba could pull himself back together and regain his humanity that he tried to throw away , remember the love he tried to rid himself of for his younger brother then he could redeem himself. That's how redemption works , it requires real soul searching and admitting of ones faults and wanting to change. Yugi didn't save Kaiba he merely gave Kaiba the chance to save himself. One last thing is Teoi anime is not exactly a true prequel since both it and the Duel Monsters version have two different versions of many of the same events.
The fact I love this video more because of the Pumpkin Hill Theme song is in it while reviewing Yugioh season 0
Yugi didn't exactly spare Kaiba. He did the Mind Crush penalty game on him, shattering his evil heart and putting him in a coma. But yes, he did give him a chance for redemption, because he would wake up from his coma after "putting his heart back together".
I like season 0 because they don't spend 90% of the episodes talking about what cards they picked and how they work
Yeah, Duel Monsters has terrible pacing issues
tried it and Just finished it and Yep 💯 agree wish they continued the series it’s a more versatile and interesting show cause it focuses on their daily life for each character and liked how each episode has a different plot and villains and how yugi be doing those games. and I’m not even a fan of the card game anymore I only watched and liked dm in the past but after watching season 0 it’s much better in my opinion wish they focused more on this than the card show,
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I think you forgot to leave a link in the description to the fandub of Season Zero...
@@mdalsted It should be there now
@@EnigmaAnime
Thx
Enigma I agree with some points what you said about certain individuals that don't deserve to be punished like that but there are some that really deserve it the ones that have no empathy or regard for any other human life those are the ones that really deserve the worst punishment
I did not forget to SUSCRIBE am just not gonna do that
I preferred how in the manga Yugi was much less reliant on
Magic, and how the Batsu Games had more tangible consequences
Me grooving to pumpkin hill in the background music.
I remember reading the manga and feeling robbed that we didn't get this animated
Season 0 is such a good show man
Seto Kaiba was a complete psychopath and mokuba was a sociopathic thug. The Kaiba brothers where really messed up antagonist
what i like is that Yami in the manga is a sadistic prick UNTIL he fights Shadi.
after Yami was put on the other side of the table and felt what his victim had faced he lets SOO many people off the hook.
Digital Pet eater, two delinquents even makuba got off easy compared to what Yami did to people before the Shadi incident.
Even Kaiba's first shadowgame was mild compared to the shit Yami had pulled previously.
Was that Castlevania sotn ost: crystal teardrop, in the beginning.
That K-ON outro. Based.
I really like Yu gi oh season 0! one of you best video!
Thanks!
Is it the best? Debatable, but I do think this season of Yugioh is the reason why I like “Yugi Muto” over “Yami Yugi.” For a cheerful boy, the millennium puzzle was shown to be his solution to making friends. However, the millennium puzzle couldn’t be solved in his usual state. Only when he was getting emotionally cornered, the millennium puzzle was getting solved. Getting cornered with his situation with Ushio, he almost completed the puzzle, only to find out he was missing a piece to complete it. He got the final piece when he put himself in a difficult situation where he was getting beat up to protect who he thought were his friends.
Once he solved it, he gained the power of the shadow games in the form of an alter ego with a near polar opposite personality to his. However, this alter ego of Yugi was cruel. He used the shadow games to corner those he saw as enemies and punish them harshly when they couldn’t play his game (aka get desperate and cheated.) Over time, their personalities started to blend with each other; Yami Yugi being more kind and Yugi Muto being a better leader of his group of friends. It concludes where the two Yugi’s duel each other in Duel Monsters (in the DM anime) where this sharing of personalities between the two completed, inheriting the good traits of both personalities.
Without Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi would be stuck in the millennium puzzle forever and even if the puzzle was solved, the only thing that would come out of the puzzle (if it can, but probably won’t since we learned that the spirit needs a proper vessel to house in DSoD) is an untamed sadistic spirit. Being the perfect vessel to make this ancient spirit into a hero out of his desire for friends is why I like Yugi Muto over Yami Yugi.
Yami is cruel ? Do you talk about Season 0 Yami or Manga Yami ? Because you (and so much people) seem to forget the times where Yami was merciful (episode 5, episode 17, episode 18, episode 20, episode 24).
I agree. Yugi seemed more relevant and actually a participant in his story rather than a cheerleader or backseat duelist in DM. I wish we saw a progression in yugi's personality by showing yugi duel or how he acts in adversity is slightly different than before.
You know me the fighting freak Yugi, and we at Pumpkin Hill, you ready?
It is awesome, sure, but i still love the great duels with bad ass music and Japanese voices more. Nothing beats that !!!
(5D's, Zexal, Arc V, Vrains...didn't watched Sevens yet)
Battle city was one of a kind
I've seen episodes 1-9 but I can't find episode 10 with English subtitles 😭
Loved the manga back in the day, I'm actually a bit sad that the story hard switch to the card game (but considering how popular it got, it's very understandable)
Not me listening to the background song from Pumpkin Hill instead of the video😭
It's funny you mentioned Cowboy Bebop in a Yu-Gi-Oh themed video. If you watch the first and 2nd seasons Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, take a good look at creatures carved onto the earth's surface and then watch the Cowboy Bebop episode 'Jamming With Edward', the carvings are not just similar, they're identical! Took me a couple of viewings to actually catch that!
The Carvings Are NO WAY Identical To 5D's #RandallEllison So NOPE Not Gonna Even Believe You Unless You Make A THEORY On That
Do you mean the nazca lines?
@@gork4035 yes
I wish that Funimation would dub cast the Japanese season 0 or hd remaster the original
in the manga the bllood puzzle robot is instead a guillotine prepared to chop off everyone's hands and the third stage of that level is literally against a mass murderer.
Just finished season 0 yesterday and I gotta say even though I enjoy both s0 and DM, season 0 does a better job in character development overall. The friend group of Anzu/Tea , Honda/Tristan and Miho they all seem like main characters instead of just sidekicks because the season is not just solely consist of a card game duel each episode. 2nd of all, the good characters are actually much more relatable in s0 f.e Yugi is always bullied and a lonely guy just like Ryou Bakura, also his screen time was so little in DM as if he wasn’t part of the friend group and there were lots of plot armors going on. In addition, villains of duel monsters feel more justified at the end of seasons for their actions such as Pegasus did all the bad things to save and bring back his wife, Marik was traumatized and misguided because of his forced duty to protect pharaohs tomb and Bakura literally faced a genocide in his village. In the end I still wonder how the story would evolve if cards weren’t a huge hit. I guess we’ll never find out 🤷♀️
So duel monsters picks up with the last episode of season zero essentially?
@2:58 is that Trudge from 5D’s? Lol
actually season 0 and the manga are my favorite pieces of ygo media
Yugi still mind crushed that idiot though 😂
OK So I read the first 60 chapters of the yu-gi-oh manga that was adapted into this anime, is the manga version of events better than the anime?
I prefer the anime version.
Subscribed bruh. Never heard bout u in my life but this videos a banger I had to sub!
Miho is underrated.
She is literally an innocent little girl, with the most realworld accurate personality
yugioh literally stands for king of games so its expected to have it focus of many games not a game
Season 0 only has 9 episodes in English does anyone else know where the rest is
your latest video about 5DS says otherwise xD i would say this one is the 2nd best after 5Ds.
I haven’t finished it but it’s good
i really love the seazon 0, and this video explains very well
Thanks!
@@EnigmaAnime your welcome ❤️❤️
Yugi's got the highest body count of anybody in the series at, I believe, 8. If we're not counting the people he drove permanently insane with shadow magic.
I just wish this season focused more on Duel Monsters because I love the way it's done in this season. I really enjoy artstyles like this as well.
You're bugging out ! The fact it's focus on Duel Monsters is THE fondamental error of the next show ! The force of the season was precisely the VARIETY, the fact Yu-Gi-Oh! isn't a pathetic commercial cartoon ! Are you crazy ?!
@@maryafantalia8614 I guess I am crazy, sheesh.
@@johronok4067 The ones who are against the creativity of Yu-Gi-Oh! are indeed crazy.
@@maryafantalia8614 you're making a lot of presumptions and come off as pretty rude.
@UCR0f_L29GTSKw3tHzw_OnSQ you are making presumptions because I never implied that I think the series is best as a "banal commercial cartoon". Curb your arrogance please.
U didn't mention the 'Monster World! arc at all! What I thought is Yami Yugi became humane because the real menace was coming forward to him. I love Bakura tho, he's my fav YGO character, and I think he's rightful for his vengeance, your whole village getting slaughtered sure is a too hard thing to witness:(
2:21 why do I hear Punkin hill
I feel acknowledged
THATS A HARD ASS AGREE MY GUY
I agree
only found out about season zero two days ago, already like t better then the yu gi oh i grew up on lol, was surprised how much i enjoyed it without the cards
Technically, the the next series wasn't a sequel so much as a reboot...
5:11 who is this?
SEASON 0 YU-GI-OH IS THE BEST SEASON FROM YU-GI-OH (my opinion)
This series seam interesting.
However, if teens and adults want to see more of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters and less of the card game, Season 0 is worth a watch. When viewing Season 0, fans of the English dubbed anime will find plenty of little details and changes that the English version made to the original characters 8 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V.
7 Yu-Gi-Oh! Pyramid Of Light.
6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx.
5 Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains.
4 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions.
3 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds.
2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time.
1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters.
More first season", or "season zero" by fans) is the title of the first anime series based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series. The 27-episode series was produced by Toei Animation and aired on TV Asahi from April 4 to October 10, 1998. While this series is not directly connected to Yu-Gi-Oh! He starts off really quite sadistic, and has a much more disturbing and psychotic appearance in the season 0 YUGIOH. It seems like his character was rewritten and he became an entirely different character in the duel monsters portion of it.May 20, 2015 Parents need to know that although kids in the show play "Duel Monsters," the monsters don't engage in much hand-to-hand combat, fighting instead in a virtual, video game style with fire and laser effects. Some of the creatures shown could frighten viewers 5 and under. The series' universe is surreal -- even adults In both series, Yugi (and Atem, though Atem in the dub is only seen in Duel Monsters and not GX - sans flashbacks) is voiced by Dan Green in the dub (though they were initially voiced by Chuck Powers and even Gregory Abbey at one point, making Greg Abbey the only Yu-Gi-Oh! voice actor to play TWO main protagonists Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王) is a hit old school style Japanese anime series. The series was produced by Toei Animation, and aired in Japan on April 4, 1998 to October 10, 1998. Toei Animation
Yu-Gi-Oh! is a 1998 Japanese anime television series based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was the first anime adaptation of the manga series and it was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Hiroyuki Kakudō Atem ( 王 アテム Atemu, lit. "king" from a kanji) is an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who had sealed his own spirit/soul within the mystical Millennium Pendant. His spirit then took on the identity of Yami Yugi, which resided in the body of Yugi Muto, after Yugi solved the Millennium Puzzle. Animated by Toei Animation rather than Studio Gallop (which worked on Duel Monsters all the way to Vrains), Season 0 looks almost nothing like the Yu-Gi-Oh! fans are used to. Part of this is due to its timing -- the show began airing in April of 1998, just shortly after volume seven of the manga was released.Dec 17, 2020 A Game of Darkness", "Yu-Gi-Oh! first season", or "season zero" by fans) is the title of the first anime series based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series. The 27-episode series was produced by Toei Animation and aired on TV Asahi from April 4 to October 10, 1998. However, if teens and adults want to see more of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters and less of the card game, Season 0 is worth a watch. When viewing Season 0, fans of the English dubbed anime will find plenty of little details and changes that the English version made to the original characters
Good video.
I wish for them to make remake and next season for Yu-Gi-Oh zero
It isn't perfect adaptation from the manga but the anime did it better when it comes to presentation.
And i love how twisted and dark it is while showing a kind of friendship that overcome scary obstacles.