Yu-Gi-Oh!
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Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū-Gi-Ō!, lit. 'Game King') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi awakens a gambling alter-ego or spirit within his body that solves his conflicts using various games.
Yu-Gi-Oh! | |
遊☆戯☆王 (Yū-Gi-Ō!) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kazuki Takahashi |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
English magazine | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | September 17, 1996 – March 8, 2004 |
Volumes | 38 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kakudō |
Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
Music by | BMF |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | TV Asahi |
Original run | April 4, 1998 – October 10, 1998 |
Episodes | 27 (List of episodes) |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Junji Shimizu |
Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
Music by | BMF |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | March 6, 1999 |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Novel | |
Written by | Katsuhiko Chiba |
Illustrated by | Kazuki Takahashi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump J-Books |
Demographic | Male |
Published | September 3, 1999 |
Anime television series | |
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The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series, a trading card game, and numerous video games. Most of these incarnations involve the fictional trading card game known as Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), where each player uses cards to "duel" each other in a mock battle of fantasy "monsters", forming the basis for the real life Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game tie in. The manga was adapted into two anime series; the first anime adaptation, titled Yu-Gi-Oh!, was produced by Toei Animation, which aired from April to October 1998, while the second, produced by NAS and animated by Studio Gallop, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, aired between April 2000 and September 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! has since become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.