Interestingly enough, the show’s lack of a clear plotline seemed to fit in perfectly for Yu-Gi-Oh.Other than that, the characters are the only thing that bear any resemblance to the series many of us are familiar with. Needless to say, fan favorites such as Bakura and Seto Kaiba make a small appearance in some episodes. Needless to say, Yugi always wins in the end.įollowing beside Yugi are his friends (some of whom you might be familiar with from the Duel Monsters saga of said franchise): Joey, Honda (Tristan from the 4Kids version), Anzu (Tea in the 4Kids version), and Miho, a charming but naive girl whose entry was sadly rejected from mainstream Yu-Gi-Oh. Not just any games, but Shadow Games – in which the loser gets punished by Yugi through frightening ways.

As a result, Yugi goes from the average high school student, and becomes a sort of gaming vigilante who takes on criminals and injustice, with his favorite method of battle: games. After Yugi completes it, the spirit of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Atem becomes embedded within him. In just 27 episodes, this anime series focuses on Yugi, whose adventure starts off when he is given a golden pyramid puzzle from his grandfather, the (infamous?) Millenium Puzzle. Nevertheless, Season 0 still has a particular charm to it that’s in some regards worth talking about. Of course, death-defying games were still part of the mix, but they won’t always be using the card games that the series is known for nowadays. Instead, the story more-or-less resembled your typical slice of life anime. Released in 1998, this particular Yu-Gi-Oh differed greatly from the series that many of us are so familiar with the one with death-defying card games on all sorts of terrains. This was an interesting Yu-Gi-Oh series that I came across sometime around April of 2017, just one year into my adventures through the wild world of anime. That being said, let’s dig in to the first Anime Review of 2018 by looking into a very little-known season of a very popular anime / card game series: Season 0 of Yu-Gi-Oh! For those of you who haven’t heard of this series at all, be prepared to get your mind blown by some of the facts presented about this anime! I’m super excited to be able to enter 2018 with these articles in mind, because I’ve got quite the list of animes that I’d like to talk about. Hello everyone! After a long wait, it’s time for another edition of the Anime Review articles.

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