Zexal is really good. It just had a very slow start because of character development and world building but come 20 episodes(out of 146) it's a treat...
Maybe I should try to get to at least 30-40 episodes. I always stopped in the first few cause it was annoying as shit. I didnt have that experience with any other before sevens.
@@Nietori My usual experience with the Yugioh series I watched is that they started good then the quality dips as it goes along. Zexal was the other way around, it started really shaky then it only got better.
@@42Caio To be honest, I cant say the same. I liked each anime more after the first or second season. I did not fully watch Vrains yet, only about half, but Its also amazing
@@Nietori I should be more specific, I think most Yugioh anime fall off pretty hard in the final few seasons. The memories arc for the original (it's barely coherent in the anime, the manga is fine), darkness in GX being weaker than the previous two arcs, Arc Cradle and the tournament before it being weaker than Dark Signers, and then Arc-V just crashing and burning from the Fusion Dimension onwards. I haven't watched new Yugioh series since so I don't know about Vrains, Sevens and Go Rush. But yeah, looking back it's usually the middle portion of Yugioh series that are the strongest parts (battle city, yubel, Dark Signers, even Zexal the best part of the Barian arc is the Vector-focused part and not the Don Thousand stuff). I was conflating the beginning and middle when I thought of "starting strong" because I still find those early arcs better than the later parts of those first 3 series, I guess.
5ds is an abbriviation for "5 dragon signers". There's this dragon called "the crimson dragon" and it those who are a "signer" have a mark portraying a part of it's body. Basicly, it's a sort of deity. Yes, they do in fact duel on those motorcycles, which is where the "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES" joke comes from, because it litterally is that, card games on motorcycles. These mf's are canonically playing card games, while going 220 kilometers (136.62 miles) per hour
yeah but there are still plenty of duels that take place on foot in that series especially early on, it wasn't until the latter half of 5ds that it became full on card games on motorcycles.
Zexal is easily my favorite so much fun has very funny goofy moments lots and lots of good fights even the side characters fights are straight fire the animation is fricking peak the monsters are so fricking cool especially the black colored cards i own most of the actual cards in real life the series has a slow but very beautiful and fun storyline you learn more about literally almost every character in the series from the best characters to even characters that don't get much screen time it's just so good i watched Zexal more than 10 times and i still enjoy it it gives you the thrill of watching a very good action packed anime like when you watch demon slayer or dragon ball the battles just get you hyped always 😎
The dub neutered Zexal so hard it's had a bad reputation for years. Japanese Zexal is an amazing experience that I'd recommend to anyone even remotely interested in Yugioh.
Yuma’s sub character is really great , especially the voice acting It really suits the philosophical idea of feeling the flow Outside of being a yugioh character The name of the monsters king of wishes , aspiring hope Hope roots And the idea that in the end SPOILER ALERT He won with future hope against hope dragon To get an idea , All the series astral was his own spirit that taught him hope via utopia But winning with the future means that even if his spirit will leave him in the astral world , It let Yuma decide his own future ! The last piece of hope ! The series was a philosophical journey that taught the meaning of hope in each and every duel
doesn't matter if it is japanese or dub, Zexal is the worst. The first 3 series were by far the best (GX being my favorit) and after 5Ds there is a huuuuge drop in quality. What annoys me the most is Arc-V. It hat so much potential and had one of the strongest starts. But around a third into the series the drop in quality is insane. It dropped from one of the most promising series into one of the worst (if not the worst) series. 6. Zexal 5. Arc-V (could also be in spot 6.) 4. Vrains 3. 5Ds 2. OG 1. GX
@@te-jay6058 Gonna have to respectfully disagree with you there. Zexal was a great series and it did a lot of things better than it's predecessors despite it's slow start. It had amazing villains, great rivalries and one of the strongest final arcs in the series.
@@esteban8471 and there I disagree with you. The most interesting char was Quattro and thats pretty much it. Kaito and Shark were also ok, but the rest of the cast was so uninteresting (that is also a problem Vrains struggles with it's cast). Zexal and Vrains are the 2 series I struggle the most in remembering the names, because most of the cast is just like blank paper. The whole Barian arc also got on my nerves pretty quickly and that is supposed to be the best arc of Zexal. In addition to that we have the most annoying protagonist with by far the most boring duel style. Always summoning Utopia or one of it's variants. That is his whole strategy. The only good thing about Zexal is that Yuma wasn't as op as the other protagonists in their respective series. But that is the only good thing about Zexal.
@@te-jay6058 Can't say I agree with that take. The only characters I agree were forgettable were Yuma's batch of friends. Everyone else was a fun and fascinating character in their own right. The Arclight brothers and their dynamics with each of the main trio, Kaito's relationship with his brother, Shark's friendship with Yuma which was tested in the climax of the Barian saga, Yuma and Astral's dynamic, the Barians. The only really lame villain was Faker, and even then his motivation was solid. It handled the cast better than GX or Arc V in my opinion. Yeah, Zexal had a slow start, but it got better. Unlike GX which took two and a half seasons for the plot to start, 5DS which fell off, or Vrains which had more recap episodes than Wolverine had mutant powers, Zexal just got kept improving for me. After Kaito showed up, it kept going up. And yeah, Yuma summoned Utopia a lot, but all the protagonists summoned their ace monsters in situations where they could have gone for something better. And the duels were some of the best. Yuma vs Tron, Kaito vs Mizael, Nasch vs Vector, Yuma vs Nasch. So many emotionally driven duels with great action and clashing of ideals, and told their own stories while moving the story along. Especially Yuma vs Nasch. Although I can see why it might not be your cup of tea. It did have a slow start, Yuma does take a while to grow on you if you got used to the protagonists that came before him, and not every character is treated with the same fanfare (then again, name a Yugioh series that doesn't struggle on some level with the cast). But for what it's worth, Zexal is a great entry in the series in my opinion...at least in Japanese. The dub was certainly...something.
If you do 5Ds, your gonna want japanese version with subtitles. The english dub cut alot out and didnt even air the last season(on tv atleast. I dunno, maybe they did sub the last season?)
Same with gx. Also did they finish zexal before 4kids folded? Honestly I'd just default to subbed either way since yugioh isn't known for its amazing dubs.
@@mr.protagonist5639they completely butcher the final season of zexal in the dub, literally every emotional scene is changed or cut and it’s a total disgrace to the sub
@@SaucyCharmander @mr.protagonist5639 in 5Ds the dub skipped a few episodes and Retconned the evolution of Jacks Red Dragon Archfiend. They also cut out all the emotional OSTs like Hopeless Battle in the condor dark signer battle. Among many other things. All the Yugioh series really need to be Redubbed by a company that isnt 4Kids...or following in the footsteps.
Lemme tell ya, Zexal is by far the best Yugioh has to offer in terms of the anime. The main character is much like us when we first started playing the game, making him a lot more relatable than the previous main characters, who were all elite level duelists straight out of the first episode. Now to some, the more experienced player, this can come off as irritating at the beginning because he makes pretty basic mistakes, but as time passes he becomes far more competent, to a point where I believe at the peak of his powers, he is the strongest duelist out of all the shows combined. I'd recommend keeping an open mind about the first 12 episodes, as I can see why people struggle to get through them as it's mostly filler, but they're necessary for the growth of the main character and his relationship with one of his rivals/friends. But after that, you'll just get bangers after bangers after bangers! One last thing, and this thing doesn't bother me, but it for some reason infuriates other people, if you're gonna watch it dubbed, keep an open mind about the main character's voice, eventually you will get used to it, and if you're watching dub, just know that there is things removed from the Japanese dub that make the Zexal more compelling, it's one of the few gripes I have with Zexal in the dub version. Other than that, I'm positive you'll enjoy it! And hey, if you need a guide for the show, I'm your guy👍
If you dig the idea of tactical and strategic games and combat with insane hax and creatures combined with a UNO, you’re gonna love this franchise, especially the part with Yugi.
I'm an arc-v enjoyer myself, and my lord those openings are for me leaving memories of my time playing with my odd-eyes deck. This franchise just hits different
One thing to take note of when you watch any of the yuigoh shows, is that a lot of the time the card effect's are Different in real life then what is used in the show so in case you Ever think a specific card is very overpowered just remembered that And most likely has a weaker or In some cases completely different effect In real life
Video 5 of asking Bloom to watch Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (First ever Beyblade series) after completing Metal and Burst. This way we’ll still have Beyblade content till Season 2 of Beyblade X.
@@FarisZaghloul Ehh, rules were established a whole season later, too old school for me. Respect to the classic though, but i prefer the newer with the more fast paced duels
32:44 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's is very Dark with it being set in distant future, where the upper-class population live in Neo Domino City (New Domino City in the English version) and the lower class in a remote island where Domino's sewage is transported, Satellite. Seventeen years prior, a reactor called Moment within the city malfunctioned and caused a great earthquake that split the city in two parts: Satellite, the rundown and poverty-stricken part (also the former Domino City), and Neo Domino City, the wealthier and urban part. In order to keep the two areas separate, access to the city from the Satellite is strictly prohibited and can result in imprisonment. The protagonist Yusei Fudo, an aspiring Duelist from Satellite, builds his own Duel Runner (D-Wheel in the Japanese version), but his best friend Jack Atlas betrays him and steals his vehicle along with his most precious monster, Stardust Dragon, escaping to Neo Domino. Two years later, Yusei builds another Duel Runner and secretly travels to Neo Domino City to win back his Stardust Dragon. Edit: This right here is the Peak! of Yu-Gi-Oh!
5DS and Vrains are my favorites due to their darker stories with zexal being close behind. As nostalgic as the og series and gx are, I just feel that they don't hold up the same. And then there's Arc-V, what was once in contention for the top spot tripped right before the finish line.
Cbloom create a poll The OG and GX are connected so they get watched back to back 5Ds And Zexal are separate dimensions ArcV needs the past series before it for context cuz it has dimension hopping involved Vrains is separate And Sevens and Go Rush are connected
Correction of the correction, Zexal and 5Ds are different timelines with Zexal and 5Ds being connected to the previous seasons (GX and DM). The rest are standalone with the rush style animes being connected to each other
Vrains is actually REALLY interesting for me. It's set in the future where VR has become like Sword art online (another anime, same concept), where you can litterally be inside the vr game, like your whole concioussness. Your actual body is left behind, and you basicly just live in the vr world (until you log out of course). What makes this show interesting is the AI. In this series, there are Ai's known as "ignis", who were modelled after 6 children who were all kidnapped and kept captive, forced to use vr to scan their brains and create Ai with free wills. When i say free will, i mean COMPLETE free will, not some computer following a program, but they can think on their own. Only difference between them and humans are that they are made of code, but they have as much sentience as a human
Bro watching those openings again make me miss the time back in 2018 where I got back into Yu-Gi-Oh! again and man I miss binge watched all the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime. For me personally I enjoy watching all of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime from studio Gallop. Unfortunately, due to some issues behind the scenes Vrains was the last anime with the iconic art style. I hope the new studio succeeds and maybe bring rush duel to the USA and other parts of the world. Man watching those opening again wish I can meet the man who started it all. RIP Mr. kazuki takahashi, the characters, stories, and Iconic monsters wouldn’t exist because of you. Thank you…
The final arc of ZeXal is one of my favorites of any yugioh series, but in 2024, seeing a series that takes almost 80 episodes before becoming interesting is clearly not worth it
Yu-Gi-Oh has used CGI since 5Ds, but it's never looked to good. It's bearable and they only us it for bigger monsters though, so it's fine. At least that's my experience from the shows I've seen (DM, GX and ARC-V)
one of the great things about yugioh is how you can start at any series - and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. always something to enjoy no matter which one you pick up. (lots of senseless rambling below this point i'm very sorry if you decide to advance it got away from me - i care too much about the silly card game show) my personal favourites are gx, sevens and go rush (aside - you missed the most recent opening for go rush, which is understandable considering it's relatively new). sevens and go rush are really good and very funny - sevens is especially good if you're looking for something to watch that's easy and lighthearted since it has good jokes (i've heard the dub is also very funny) and compelling characters. sevens and go rush also have very good monster designs! go rush is... very wild to say the least but when the plot gets good in go rush i'm telling you it GETS GOOD. the second op (the last one you listened to) was done by bradio who are quite famous for having done flyers, the op to death parade. i was really happy to hear you praise the sevens and go rush ops a lot of the time people will react to ygo ops and discredit them because of the change in art style. also, i'm glad you liked the first op for gx. it's so funky i'm always sad when i see people dislike it. gx in general has one of my favourite osts in general (including ops and eds) but i'm also biased haha. also as you predicted, gx has a LOT of crazy shit! especially in season 1. i think zexal is perhaps one of the strongest though despite that. the visuals are really good, the character and monster designs are fun, it has some of the best character arcs in yugioh and also some of the best plot arcs in yugioh as well. all the ops (as you saw - my personal favourite is op 5) and eds slap. some real good stuff all round. highly recommend it! when it comes to the bridge shows (sevens and go rush) the duels i feel are a lot of fun to watch - they're accompanied by some very colourful characters that suit their decks and use them in fun ways. i've had people say about gallop (dm-vrains) ygo that you can kind of skip through the duels cause they can get kind of hard to follow and clunky but the nature of the different format of duels bridge ygo uses makes it a lot more streamlined. which makes sense, since master duel (gallop) yugioh duels weren't originally created at their base to be a real trading card game while rush duels were. this is all just my two cents though - the confusing nature of the duels is probably why my favourite of the gallop shows remains gx
If you do watch these shows, I highly recommend keeping the theme of this video and watch the JP subs because the dub of the earlier series had a bad history of editing mature and darker themes to make the anime more kid friendly that it resulted in entire moments and even final arcs (GX/5D's) skipped over and never dubbed. And 54:20 is more of an anniversary OP which is why it showed the first 5 protags, but you wouldn't be too far off with the multiverse theory.
I say he should do the OG and Sevens / Go Rush together because its like his Two beyblade reactions The OG has over 200 episodes And Sevens and Go Rush are in the own completely separate universe with a different play style Go rush has 92 episodes and Go Rush is on episode 110 and starting its 3rd season this year They are in the same time line as Sevens and Go Rush are connected
All thr series are good but for me my top 4 are ZEXAL GX Classic and SEVENS although I haven't finished Vrains or started GO Rush yet but i enjoy Vrains and GO rush looks really cool
The English openings for the OG Yugioh and 5DS will always be goated for me, IDC. The Japanese stuff is good because the English is HEAVILY censored though.
If you're gonna watch yugioh. Like pokemon you've gotta start with ths first series. The bond between Yugi and the spirit of the puzzle is incredible and overall the first series is Iconic to this day
If you decide to watch these amazing shows for the love of god watch in sub, i know some voices in dub are amazing and definitely better than their sub counterpart, but my Lord, the amount of censorship for some of these shows in the dub ruins the drama and any tension of their stories As for zexal, I'm in the minority of it being my favourite series most people hate it because the mc dub voice is god awful (claws on chalkboard bad) and it had a rough start to the first half of its first season but i love it i can never tire of it
My favorite is zexal. Because yuma is my lil bro. He show that you dont need to win everytime to be the protagonist ,and shark character and kaito is cool
Also I honestly love all the YGO shows and would strongly recommend watching all of them (sub or dub but probably sub) My personal favorites are Zexal, Arc-V, Sevens, and Go Rush!
Original Yu-Gi-Oh: A classic, pacing is atrocious like most anime in that era but still worth a watch for certain scenes/duels. Yu-Gi-Oh GX: This was my intro to the franchise and holds a special place in my heart because of it. Technically a direct sequel to the original Yu-Gi-Oh, but you don't really need to watch it in order to follow the plot. If you do watch it, you gotta watch it subbed. The 4th season of the show never made it to the West, due to 5Ds and the themes being pretty dark. Season 3 of GX is peak. Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Peak Yu-gi-oh. Very gritty and grounded (well, as grounded as a show set in a dystopian classist future with people playing card games on motorcycles can be). Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal: Part 1 of the show was a real drag. Part II was unironically great. Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: Wasted potential in anime form. So many cool things but just felt super rushed especially towards the end. Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains: Unmitigated disaster, mostly due to drama on the admin/showrunner side.
I personally love all the yugiohs, buuuut the latest two(Sevens and Go Rush) differently are more directed at kids. Even so, there's still dark aspects to them, and still love the complicated duels regardless. Some of them, like original Yugioh and 5D's and Vrains, start dark, while some like GX and Zexal and Arc V start lighter hearted but become dark.
Sevens is unironically the best Yugioh series, also there's a 3rd op for Go Rush but it's visuals aren't yet complete so it just used footage from the show
If you get copyright struck on this, might I recommend replacing the music with an 8-Bit version of it? Saw that done in another openings reaction, and might help you, if the situation comes up.^_^
Actually Zexal would be a good start if thats what looks interesting to you. I definitely think its one of the besr yugioh seasons despite its divisiveness
I promise, Zexal, if you can get through the first 20 or so episodes is really good. I will admit that some of the dub voices are awful but god does the plot hit HARD once it truly gets going. I say this having watched it all. All I will say is it did dimensional warfare way better than Arc-V and genuinely hits me in the feels with some of the stuff that happens Have been watching 5D's dub (Last season you are forced to watch sub) and would reccomend just watching 5D's and Zexal as sub. You miss out on some of the banger Zexal OST otherwise, and it's a crime if you see Number 62's summoning without Photon Stream Of Destruction in the background
Ok here’s the thing: Going in order is probably the best choice, as all series has a reference in some way shape or form to a previous series. Such as, Zexal might have a Gx reference, or etc. going in order will help you understand references, and also introduces new game mechanics slowly so it’s also better to understand the game.
Would love to see you watching yugioh, but doing it in order of release is probably the best way to do it imo, especially doing the first 3 and then the bonds beyond time movie
From watching the openings, it does seem that tech seems to advance a good bit between series. From OG Yugioh, to GX there isn't much difference. Then we have 5Ds, and their motorcycle duels. After that we got Zexel with those odd eye covers, which I assume are tech for augmented reality. Then we get to ARC-V, where the monsters are interactive now? Then after that we have Vrains, which appears to be a virtual reality.
In Zexal, Duelists wear scouters, allowing them to watch the Duel and observe their monsters without issue. The duel field becomes a VR replication of the environment, fully destructible, while not interfering with bystanders at all. Arc-V ditched that, so now the monsters are fully solid and can damage the actual environment, and nobody seems to have an issue with that. Vrains, nobody duels IRL anymore. Everyone wears VR headsets, causing their physical bodies to collapse where they stand since they are now in the game mentally.
@@willfanofmanyii3751 I'm aware of all that. I was just being vague, since not all of that is clear in just the openings. And I was trying to stick mostly to what was seen in them.
Can u please react to my type-moon all openings playlist it’s the strongest franchise in anime with their base abilities giving them immeasurable speed. & my power scaling playlist is all the proof we need, my essay playlist also proves it has the best written characters in anime especially in the girl aspect.(something shonen struggles with) Like generic anime channel’s shirou vid, it’s billion$ budget & ufotable even come together to give us peak animation of any year they drop or period. Its also the lotr of anime with lore on lore & galore.
If u ever watch Sevens and Go Rush be ready for a bit more comedy cuz these are a series for a younger audience but still probably some of the most enjoyable casts in the series
You could start with the original anime then continue onto the others. If you were to pick just one however, I'd pick Zexal. It's the only one that had a full story from beginning to end without production problems nor animation issues. I'd suggest GX, but it's also very much a sequel/standalone to the OG series.
The best story and hype series are debatable between 5ds and zexal. But the only season with the best duel coreo were Vrains AFAIK firewall, salamangreat, and borelload has been banned in their air time?
So which one we watching also?👀
Do the Original and Sevens at the same time like u did Beyblade Metal and Burst series
and Sevens needs to be watched in Subbed
its Dub is good but a lot of the great music is removed due to copyright
@@phantomvaporeon5596 tbf all yugioh series have 99% of their soundtracks erased in dub and they use almost the same soundtrack every time in dub
@@maniac06 Seven's has some banger bgm
especially
Sevens Road Magician and Incandescent Battle
I say watch the original and zexel
Zexal is really good.
It just had a very slow start because of character development and world building but come 20 episodes(out of 146) it's a treat...
Maybe I should try to get to at least 30-40 episodes. I always stopped in the first few cause it was annoying as shit. I didnt have that experience with any other before sevens.
@@Nietori My usual experience with the Yugioh series I watched is that they started good then the quality dips as it goes along. Zexal was the other way around, it started really shaky then it only got better.
@@42Caio To be honest, I cant say the same. I liked each anime more after the first or second season. I did not fully watch Vrains yet, only about half, but Its also amazing
@@Nietori I should be more specific, I think most Yugioh anime fall off pretty hard in the final few seasons. The memories arc for the original (it's barely coherent in the anime, the manga is fine), darkness in GX being weaker than the previous two arcs, Arc Cradle and the tournament before it being weaker than Dark Signers, and then Arc-V just crashing and burning from the Fusion Dimension onwards.
I haven't watched new Yugioh series since so I don't know about Vrains, Sevens and Go Rush.
But yeah, looking back it's usually the middle portion of Yugioh series that are the strongest parts (battle city, yubel, Dark Signers, even Zexal the best part of the Barian arc is the Vector-focused part and not the Don Thousand stuff). I was conflating the beginning and middle when I thought of "starting strong" because I still find those early arcs better than the later parts of those first 3 series, I guess.
@@42Caio just adding is that vrains is also the same, the first arc is peak, but the later arcs are worse, not by much, but still worse
Idk why everyone in the comments is sleeping on GX but that and 5D’s are the best ones
5ds is an abbriviation for "5 dragon signers". There's this dragon called "the crimson dragon" and it those who are a "signer" have a mark portraying a part of it's body. Basicly, it's a sort of deity.
Yes, they do in fact duel on those motorcycles, which is where the "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES" joke comes from, because it litterally is that, card games on motorcycles. These mf's are canonically playing card games, while going 220 kilometers (136.62 miles) per hour
yeah but there are still plenty of duels that take place on foot in that series especially early on, it wasn't until the latter half of 5ds that it became full on card games on motorcycles.
But you cant deny that 5DS has change from “Who’s playing card game on motorcycle” to “Duel should happened on motorcycle”
Honestly? Storywise still my favourite YGO Series
@@LillyJericho Vrains is my favorite story, besides the fact it was rushed ending kinda
@@w1nther930 i totally love VRains, dont get me wrong but 5Ds imo is a tiny bit stronger storywise
Zexal is easily my favorite so much fun has very funny goofy moments lots and lots of good fights even the side characters fights are straight fire the animation is fricking peak the monsters are so fricking cool especially the black colored cards i own most of the actual cards in real life the series has a slow but very beautiful and fun storyline you learn more about literally almost every character in the series from the best characters to even characters that don't get much screen time it's just so good i watched Zexal more than 10 times and i still enjoy it it gives you the thrill of watching a very good action packed anime like when you watch demon slayer or dragon ball the battles just get you hyped always 😎
The dub neutered Zexal so hard it's had a bad reputation for years. Japanese Zexal is an amazing experience that I'd recommend to anyone even remotely interested in Yugioh.
Yuma’s sub character is really great , especially the voice acting
It really suits the philosophical idea of feeling the flow
Outside of being a yugioh character
The name of the monsters king of wishes , aspiring hope
Hope roots
And the idea that in the end SPOILER ALERT
He won with future hope against hope dragon
To get an idea , All the series astral was his own spirit that taught him hope via utopia
But winning with the future means that even if his spirit will leave him in the astral world ,
It let Yuma decide his own future ! The last piece of hope !
The series was a philosophical journey that taught the meaning of hope in each and every duel
doesn't matter if it is japanese or dub, Zexal is the worst. The first 3 series were by far the best (GX being my favorit) and after 5Ds there is a huuuuge drop in quality.
What annoys me the most is Arc-V. It hat so much potential and had one of the strongest starts. But around a third into the series the drop in quality is insane. It dropped from one of the most promising series into one of the worst (if not the worst) series.
6. Zexal
5. Arc-V (could also be in spot 6.)
4. Vrains
3. 5Ds
2. OG
1. GX
@@te-jay6058 Gonna have to respectfully disagree with you there. Zexal was a great series and it did a lot of things better than it's predecessors despite it's slow start. It had amazing villains, great rivalries and one of the strongest final arcs in the series.
@@esteban8471 and there I disagree with you. The most interesting char was Quattro and thats pretty much it. Kaito and Shark were also ok, but the rest of the cast was so uninteresting (that is also a problem Vrains struggles with it's cast). Zexal and Vrains are the 2 series I struggle the most in remembering the names, because most of the cast is just like blank paper.
The whole Barian arc also got on my nerves pretty quickly and that is supposed to be the best arc of Zexal.
In addition to that we have the most annoying protagonist with by far the most boring duel style. Always summoning Utopia or one of it's variants. That is his whole strategy.
The only good thing about Zexal is that Yuma wasn't as op as the other protagonists in their respective series. But that is the only good thing about Zexal.
@@te-jay6058 Can't say I agree with that take. The only characters I agree were forgettable were Yuma's batch of friends. Everyone else was a fun and fascinating character in their own right. The Arclight brothers and their dynamics with each of the main trio, Kaito's relationship with his brother, Shark's friendship with Yuma which was tested in the climax of the Barian saga, Yuma and Astral's dynamic, the Barians. The only really lame villain was Faker, and even then his motivation was solid. It handled the cast better than GX or Arc V in my opinion.
Yeah, Zexal had a slow start, but it got better. Unlike GX which took two and a half seasons for the plot to start, 5DS which fell off, or Vrains which had more recap episodes than Wolverine had mutant powers, Zexal just got kept improving for me. After Kaito showed up, it kept going up. And yeah, Yuma summoned Utopia a lot, but all the protagonists summoned their ace monsters in situations where they could have gone for something better.
And the duels were some of the best. Yuma vs Tron, Kaito vs Mizael, Nasch vs Vector, Yuma vs Nasch. So many emotionally driven duels with great action and clashing of ideals, and told their own stories while moving the story along. Especially Yuma vs Nasch.
Although I can see why it might not be your cup of tea. It did have a slow start, Yuma does take a while to grow on you if you got used to the protagonists that came before him, and not every character is treated with the same fanfare (then again, name a Yugioh series that doesn't struggle on some level with the cast). But for what it's worth, Zexal is a great entry in the series in my opinion...at least in Japanese. The dub was certainly...something.
5Ds is my GOAT and Zexal is my absolute 2nd favorite.
Strongly recommend these YGO shows the most.
My top 3:
5ds
Zexal
Vrains
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@@zahnskye orginal yu gi oh and GX is my top 2 :)
Whaattt i think 5ds was the worst, jack carried that show🤣
Domt worry, Zexal is THE BEST yugioh anime, period. It starts a bit slow, but the character growth and depth is amazing.
Facts
naw, that is 5D´S
You high as hell 5Ds is the best YGO show period.
@@LegendsForever206 5Ds is close second, but Zexal is the best
@@phantom9831 for me Zexal is the worst. I mean just look at Yuma.. thx to this character i cannot watch that show
Yes i have been longing for this for awhile now thank C Bloom you made my day with this banger and my favorite seasons is 5ds, zexal, and OG
If you do 5Ds, your gonna want japanese version with subtitles. The english dub cut alot out and didnt even air the last season(on tv atleast. I dunno, maybe they did sub the last season?)
Same with gx. Also did they finish zexal before 4kids folded? Honestly I'd just default to subbed either way since yugioh isn't known for its amazing dubs.
@@mr.protagonist5639they completely butcher the final season of zexal in the dub, literally every emotional scene is changed or cut and it’s a total disgrace to the sub
@@SaucyCharmander @mr.protagonist5639 in 5Ds the dub skipped a few episodes and Retconned the evolution of Jacks Red Dragon Archfiend. They also cut out all the emotional OSTs like Hopeless Battle in the condor dark signer battle. Among many other things. All the Yugioh series really need to be Redubbed by a company that isnt 4Kids...or following in the footsteps.
Not to mention the japanese soundtrack is way better than the 4kids ones, especially for 5ds
Only real plus side to the 5Ds dub was Yuseis voice actor was smooth as hell.
Lemme tell ya, Zexal is by far the best Yugioh has to offer in terms of the anime. The main character is much like us when we first started playing the game, making him a lot more relatable than the previous main characters, who were all elite level duelists straight out of the first episode. Now to some, the more experienced player, this can come off as irritating at the beginning because he makes pretty basic mistakes, but as time passes he becomes far more competent, to a point where I believe at the peak of his powers, he is the strongest duelist out of all the shows combined. I'd recommend keeping an open mind about the first 12 episodes, as I can see why people struggle to get through them as it's mostly filler, but they're necessary for the growth of the main character and his relationship with one of his rivals/friends. But after that, you'll just get bangers after bangers after bangers! One last thing, and this thing doesn't bother me, but it for some reason infuriates other people, if you're gonna watch it dubbed, keep an open mind about the main character's voice, eventually you will get used to it, and if you're watching dub, just know that there is things removed from the Japanese dub that make the Zexal more compelling, it's one of the few gripes I have with Zexal in the dub version. Other than that, I'm positive you'll enjoy it! And hey, if you need a guide for the show, I'm your guy👍
I tell you 90% of Zexal haters didn't finish it
@@christopherarclight7917 Or watch the dubbed
@@christopherarclight7917 I finished it and I still don’t like it I can’t stand Yuma.
Wrong 5Ds is the best one get it right.
Did you watch the dub?
If you dig the idea of tactical and strategic games and combat with insane hax and creatures combined with a UNO, you’re gonna love this franchise, especially the part with Yugi.
I'm an arc-v enjoyer myself, and my lord those openings are for me leaving memories of my time playing with my odd-eyes deck. This franchise just hits different
YOU SO NEED TO WATCH THSES SHOWS C Bloom, I absolutely LOVED watching them growing up.
og-GX-5ds-Zexal is a crazy crazy streak, rest are decent fs and have some * really * banger highs, heard go rush is super solid later but haven't seen
One thing to take note of when you watch any of the yuigoh shows, is that a lot of the time the card effect's are Different in real life then what is used in the show so in case you Ever think a specific card is very overpowered just remembered that And most likely has a weaker or In some cases completely different effect In real life
Video 5 of asking Bloom to watch Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (First ever Beyblade series) after completing Metal and Burst. This way we’ll still have Beyblade content till Season 2 of Beyblade X.
Arc v and zexal Japanese opening still slap to this day but nothing but the orginal yugioh dub opening
5ds, zexal, and arc v are debatably THE BEST yugioh shows
Zexal s1 and arc v final season were kinda off though from what I remember
@@adnanaboukewik4950early Zexal is slow but it picks up once we get introduced to Kite and than it gets progressively much more entertaining
Bro have u forgot Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monster
@@FarisZaghloul Ehh, rules were established a whole season later, too old school for me. Respect to the classic though, but i prefer the newer with the more fast paced duels
@@w1nther930 yes but I still love it it never gets old for me
32:44 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's is very Dark with it being set in distant future, where the upper-class population live in Neo Domino City (New Domino City in the English version) and the lower class in a remote island where Domino's sewage is transported, Satellite. Seventeen years prior, a reactor called Moment within the city malfunctioned and caused a great earthquake that split the city in two parts: Satellite, the rundown and poverty-stricken part (also the former Domino City), and Neo Domino City, the wealthier and urban part. In order to keep the two areas separate, access to the city from the Satellite is strictly prohibited and can result in imprisonment. The protagonist Yusei Fudo, an aspiring Duelist from Satellite, builds his own Duel Runner (D-Wheel in the Japanese version), but his best friend Jack Atlas betrays him and steals his vehicle along with his most precious monster, Stardust Dragon, escaping to Neo Domino. Two years later, Yusei builds another Duel Runner and secretly travels to Neo Domino City to win back his Stardust Dragon.
Edit: This right here is the Peak! of Yu-Gi-Oh!
5DS and Vrains are my favorites due to their darker stories with zexal being close behind. As nostalgic as the og series and gx are, I just feel that they don't hold up the same. And then there's Arc-V, what was once in contention for the top spot tripped right before the finish line.
the blue jacket of the original yugioh anime is actually their school uniform, they do occasionally wear different clothes though
Cbloom create a poll
The OG and GX are connected so they get watched back to back
5Ds And Zexal are separate dimensions
ArcV needs the past series before it for context cuz it has dimension hopping involved
Vrains is separate
And Sevens and Go Rush are connected
correction, dm , gx and 5ds are the same timeline , after that is all different
Correction of the correction, Zexal and 5Ds are different timelines with Zexal and 5Ds being connected to the previous seasons (GX and DM). The rest are standalone with the rush style animes being connected to each other
1 say start with zexal it is the best in my opinion i absolutly loved it
Vrains is actually REALLY interesting for me. It's set in the future where VR has become like Sword art online (another anime, same concept), where you can litterally be inside the vr game, like your whole concioussness. Your actual body is left behind, and you basicly just live in the vr world (until you log out of course). What makes this show interesting is the AI. In this series, there are Ai's known as "ignis", who were modelled after 6 children who were all kidnapped and kept captive, forced to use vr to scan their brains and create Ai with free wills. When i say free will, i mean COMPLETE free will, not some computer following a program, but they can think on their own. Only difference between them and humans are that they are made of code, but they have as much sentience as a human
i loved zexal and you will love zexal, its like beyblade but in yugioh
I can't wait to see your reaction to the last gx opening. My favorite yugioh song ever by a landslide
All of them are really good and it don’t which one you start with except for arc v cause they make a bunch of references to the previous ones
Bro watching those openings again make me miss the time back in 2018 where I got back into Yu-Gi-Oh! again and man I miss binge watched all the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime. For me personally I enjoy watching all of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime from studio Gallop. Unfortunately, due to some issues behind the scenes Vrains was the last anime with the iconic art style. I hope the new studio succeeds and maybe bring rush duel to the USA and other parts of the world. Man watching those opening again wish I can meet the man who started it all.
RIP Mr. kazuki takahashi, the characters, stories, and Iconic monsters wouldn’t exist because of you. Thank you…
GX is a great anime to watch, especially dubbed.
The final arc of ZeXal is one of my favorites of any yugioh series, but in 2024, seeing a series that takes almost 80 episodes before becoming interesting is clearly not worth it
Depends on if you play yugioh
People sleep on Vrains but I loved it bc Revolver always reminded me of a mixture of Jack Atlus and Seto Kaiba
Top 3 for me would be:
5ds
Vrains
GX
The first two openings of 5Ds and the second opening of Arc-V are my favorites.
5Ds is easily my favorite and is definitely the best YGO show.
Yu-Gi-Oh has used CGI since 5Ds, but it's never looked to good. It's bearable and they only us it for bigger monsters though, so it's fine.
At least that's my experience from the shows I've seen (DM, GX and ARC-V)
For me the best yugioh cgi was in zexal. But yeah its never been the best.
Zexal had decent CGI imo.
good thing gx op 2 is such fire that i will listen to it 20 times.
Arc is my favorite yugioh no one can change my mind can't wait to wacth all the yugioh reactions
one of the great things about yugioh is how you can start at any series - and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. always something to enjoy no matter which one you pick up.
(lots of senseless rambling below this point i'm very sorry if you decide to advance it got away from me - i care too much about the silly card game show)
my personal favourites are gx, sevens and go rush (aside - you missed the most recent opening for go rush, which is understandable considering it's relatively new). sevens and go rush are really good and very funny - sevens is especially good if you're looking for something to watch that's easy and lighthearted since it has good jokes (i've heard the dub is also very funny) and compelling characters. sevens and go rush also have very good monster designs! go rush is... very wild to say the least but when the plot gets good in go rush i'm telling you it GETS GOOD. the second op (the last one you listened to) was done by bradio who are quite famous for having done flyers, the op to death parade. i was really happy to hear you praise the sevens and go rush ops a lot of the time people will react to ygo ops and discredit them because of the change in art style.
also, i'm glad you liked the first op for gx. it's so funky i'm always sad when i see people dislike it. gx in general has one of my favourite osts in general (including ops and eds) but i'm also biased haha. also as you predicted, gx has a LOT of crazy shit! especially in season 1.
i think zexal is perhaps one of the strongest though despite that. the visuals are really good, the character and monster designs are fun, it has some of the best character arcs in yugioh and also some of the best plot arcs in yugioh as well. all the ops (as you saw - my personal favourite is op 5) and eds slap. some real good stuff all round. highly recommend it!
when it comes to the bridge shows (sevens and go rush) the duels i feel are a lot of fun to watch - they're accompanied by some very colourful characters that suit their decks and use them in fun ways. i've had people say about gallop (dm-vrains) ygo that you can kind of skip through the duels cause they can get kind of hard to follow and clunky but the nature of the different format of duels bridge ygo uses makes it a lot more streamlined. which makes sense, since master duel (gallop) yugioh duels weren't originally created at their base to be a real trading card game while rush duels were. this is all just my two cents though - the confusing nature of the duels is probably why my favourite of the gallop shows remains gx
5Ds and VRains best
ZEXAL and 5D's are the best Yu-Gi-Oh! anime by far for me
For the first two opening of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, I can also recommend the german version.
They're my personal favorite version of those openings.
the main char of 5ds was such a g its so different from other yugioh series
5ds and zexal are great. Arc v had so much potential but the 1st season is really good
They're fun shows, 100%should watch
15:06 not his mom, his ancestor's lover.
If you do watch these shows, I highly recommend keeping the theme of this video and watch the JP subs because the dub of the earlier series had a bad history of editing mature and darker themes to make the anime more kid friendly that it resulted in entire moments and even final arcs (GX/5D's) skipped over and never dubbed.
And 54:20 is more of an anniversary OP which is why it showed the first 5 protags, but you wouldn't be too far off with the multiverse theory.
LET'S GOOOOOOO BLOOM GOT YUGIOH
You can watch 5ds,Zexal,Arc-V,Vrains,Sevens without watching og yugioh and gx because they're diff timelines and not really related
I say he should do the OG and Sevens / Go Rush together because its like his Two beyblade reactions
The OG has over 200 episodes
And Sevens and Go Rush are in the own completely separate universe with a different play style
Go rush has 92 episodes and Go Rush is on episode 110 and starting its 3rd season this year
They are in the same time line as Sevens and Go Rush are connected
hey listen man, the black guy with big nose and lips from GX
IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ZNIME CHARACTERS 👌🏻
he's that badass
Really appreciate you going and looking for the openings not included in the playlist
All thr series are good but for me my top 4 are ZEXAL GX Classic and SEVENS although I haven't finished Vrains or started GO Rush yet but i enjoy Vrains and GO rush looks really cool
The English openings for the OG Yugioh and 5DS will always be goated for me, IDC. The Japanese stuff is good because the English is HEAVILY censored though.
Finally I have been asking for this for months 🔥🔥🔥 but I hope you have the patience because the start is kinda slow
Zexal is really good bro and in anime perfect
If you're gonna watch yugioh. Like pokemon you've gotta start with ths first series. The bond between Yugi and the spirit of the puzzle is incredible and overall the first series is Iconic to this day
Okay, now you need to all the Cardfight Vanguard openings.
Lots of damn fire there.
If you decide to watch these amazing shows for the love of god watch in sub, i know some voices in dub are amazing and definitely better than their sub counterpart, but my Lord, the amount of censorship for some of these shows in the dub ruins the drama and any tension of their stories
As for zexal, I'm in the minority of it being my favourite series most people hate it because the mc dub voice is god awful (claws on chalkboard bad) and it had a rough start to the first half of its first season but i love it i can never tire of it
My favorite is zexal. Because yuma is my lil bro. He show that you dont need to win everytime to be the protagonist ,and shark character and kaito is cool
I gotta say the first English opening to Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s is a real banger
Loved the video! Also Go Rush got a new opening recently after the one you watched.
Also I honestly love all the YGO shows and would strongly recommend watching all of them (sub or dub but probably sub) My personal favorites are Zexal, Arc-V, Sevens, and Go Rush!
Dude i remember collecting the cards when i was like 10
From 5ds-vrains have been slappers. Arc v being my favorite yugioh series
I totally recommend Zexal, it has a very good story and characters
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5Ds is like the Battle Tendency of Yugioh. Everyone agrees it's goated
Original Yu-Gi-Oh: A classic, pacing is atrocious like most anime in that era but still worth a watch for certain scenes/duels.
Yu-Gi-Oh GX: This was my intro to the franchise and holds a special place in my heart because of it. Technically a direct sequel to the original Yu-Gi-Oh, but you don't really need to watch it in order to follow the plot. If you do watch it, you gotta watch it subbed. The 4th season of the show never made it to the West, due to 5Ds and the themes being pretty dark. Season 3 of GX is peak.
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Peak Yu-gi-oh. Very gritty and grounded (well, as grounded as a show set in a dystopian classist future with people playing card games on motorcycles can be).
Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal: Part 1 of the show was a real drag. Part II was unironically great.
Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: Wasted potential in anime form. So many cool things but just felt super rushed especially towards the end.
Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains: Unmitigated disaster, mostly due to drama on the admin/showrunner side.
This is one of the best shows I ever watched and it's criminally underrated as much as I like the og but 5ds and zexal is definitely my favorite
Good taste
28:45 "what happens in this arc"
everyone dies
Rush Duel has better opening than I thought. Seriously. I stopped at 7 midway and have no idea.
I personally love all the yugiohs, buuuut the latest two(Sevens and Go Rush) differently are more directed at kids. Even so, there's still dark aspects to them, and still love the complicated duels regardless.
Some of them, like original Yugioh and 5D's and Vrains, start dark, while some like GX and Zexal and Arc V start lighter hearted but become dark.
Finally You finished it. Do the 5ds please
Yeah... Yugioh had a habit of reusing intros a lot... Well, thatwas atleast fixed later down the line
arc v is my fav but i still need to watch zexal and go rush right now im watching sevens
Bloom you are just him bro, I was wating for this so long.
Thanks bro and one more thing yugioh is even more fire than beyblade.🎉❤💪
Sevens is unironically the best Yugioh series, also there's a 3rd op for Go Rush but it's visuals aren't yet complete so it just used footage from the show
If you get copyright struck on this, might I recommend replacing the music with an 8-Bit version of it? Saw that done in another openings reaction, and might help you, if the situation comes up.^_^
Actually Zexal would be a good start if thats what looks interesting to you. I definitely think its one of the besr yugioh seasons despite its divisiveness
Bruh who gave him a playlist that had all for versions of the Duel Monsters OP 4 like god damn
I promise, Zexal, if you can get through the first 20 or so episodes is really good. I will admit that some of the dub voices are awful but god does the plot hit HARD once it truly gets going. I say this having watched it all. All I will say is it did dimensional warfare way better than Arc-V and genuinely hits me in the feels with some of the stuff that happens
Have been watching 5D's dub (Last season you are forced to watch sub) and would reccomend just watching 5D's and Zexal as sub. You miss out on some of the banger Zexal OST otherwise, and it's a crime if you see Number 62's summoning without Photon Stream Of Destruction in the background
The entire theme of 5ds is racing and a thing called speed duel
Ok here’s the thing:
Going in order is probably the best choice, as all series has a reference in some way shape or form to a previous series. Such as, Zexal might have a Gx reference, or etc. going in order will help you understand references, and also introduces new game mechanics slowly so it’s also better to understand the game.
Timeline likely goes
Original (Anime)
GX (Anime)
5ds (Anime)
Zexal (Anime)
Arc-V (manga)
@@flare0114 I’d say Arc V anime can come after Zexal since the Arc V anime has the entire world ripped into 4 dimensions
@@johngentley5015 manga has more direct references
@@flare0114 such as?
(I never read the manga so I’m genuinely curious)
@@johngentley5015 Number XX having a similar effect to Number 0.
Your reaction video was god tier!!!
I think you missed the latest opening actually, if I recall right. But still impressive you fit as many as you did in a single video. Well done.^_^
Would love to see you watching yugioh, but doing it in order of release is probably the best way to do it imo, especially doing the first 3 and then the bonds beyond time movie
Zexal is great, it does have a mid start but it gets a whole better once the plot starts taking off
From watching the openings, it does seem that tech seems to advance a good bit between series. From OG Yugioh, to GX there isn't much difference. Then we have 5Ds, and their motorcycle duels. After that we got Zexel with those odd eye covers, which I assume are tech for augmented reality. Then we get to ARC-V, where the monsters are interactive now? Then after that we have Vrains, which appears to be a virtual reality.
In Zexal, Duelists wear scouters, allowing them to watch the Duel and observe their monsters without issue. The duel field becomes a VR replication of the environment, fully destructible, while not interfering with bystanders at all.
Arc-V ditched that, so now the monsters are fully solid and can damage the actual environment, and nobody seems to have an issue with that.
Vrains, nobody duels IRL anymore. Everyone wears VR headsets, causing their physical bodies to collapse where they stand since they are now in the game mentally.
@@willfanofmanyii3751 I'm aware of all that. I was just being vague, since not all of that is clear in just the openings. And I was trying to stick mostly to what was seen in them.
The sheer disconnect between "Fair Weather Rising Hallelujah" and "99%" is so jarring, especially if you read the lyrics.
Imo
1. Zexal
2. Duel Monsters
3. 5Ds
The rest are also cool, but not my thing
Can u please react to my type-moon all openings playlist it’s the strongest franchise in anime with their base abilities giving them immeasurable speed. & my power scaling playlist is all the proof we need, my essay playlist also proves it has the best written characters in anime especially in the girl aspect.(something shonen struggles with) Like generic anime channel’s shirou vid, it’s billion$ budget & ufotable even come together to give us peak animation of any year they drop or period. Its also the lotr of anime with lore on lore & galore.
If u ever watch Sevens and Go Rush be ready for a bit more comedy cuz these are a series for a younger audience but still probably some of the most enjoyable casts in the series
The first 3 YGO shows have banger English openings.
Zexal made me try to college all 107 number cards to start with that
Arc-V was false advertising. It turned out really bleak and messed up.
You could start with the original anime then continue onto the others.
If you were to pick just one however, I'd pick Zexal. It's the only one that had a full story from beginning to end without production problems nor animation issues.
I'd suggest GX, but it's also very much a sequel/standalone to the OG series.
My man missed the opening from the 1st anime from 1998. RIP
5DS and Zexal are arguably the best in the entire franchise. For me 5DS is the best but there's definitely an argument for Zexal being the best.
AN HOUR?! 💀
W or L?👀
@@CBLOOM W since the jobs done
@@CBLOOM w
@@CBLOOMare you doing more
yu gi oh zexal is fire
after i finish sevens i will see zexal
5ds and Zexal are quite good.
The best story and hype series are debatable between 5ds and zexal.
But the only season with the best duel coreo were Vrains
AFAIK firewall, salamangreat, and borelload has been banned in their air time?