The OP is iconic although far from one of my favourites, although I’m struggling even now to recall the ED or any of the OST past the catchy OP. This might not be to everyone’s liking but I really enjoyed this aspect of it and considering that the show has a large focus on games, it’s nice to see a lot of fun clearly being had. I can’t say I recognise any of the main voice cast and pretty much just the one side-character (who Sam Riegel voices many of and I’m very familiar with his works), but they’ve done a fantastic job in making me laugh and highlighting how ludicrous the show is – it’s almost as if they’re poking fun at it. The character designs are great too with a heavy Egyptian theme running through the show which shows in quite a few characters. I love the creativity and it’s no wonder that I enjoyed the trading card game so much when I was a child, although I never quite enjoyed Yu-Gi-Oh! as much as Pokemon and my personal favourite Digimon. There’s a huge range of monsters in the games that they play and so obviously there are some really cool looking monsters like the Blue Eyed White Dragon and Dark Magician, along with some duds and more disgusting and terrifying looking creatures who tend to look out of play on the heroes teams. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it, it’s just a personal taste and I’ma ware that the artstyle is what helps make it nostalgic for many people – it’s so incredibly 90’s! It’s age is made even more apparent with the shows 4:3 aspect ratio. The DVD remaster is surprisingly very impressive considering the age of the show! The animation is very 90’s but it holds up well although I’m not particularly fond of the artstyle myself – it reminds me vaguely of Akira Toriyama’s artwork in the sense that everything is rather… square. Alter-egos, bodily possession via card games, being trapped in virtual worlds, some of those hairstyles… it’s all over the place but it’s hard to hate as it’s such good fun to watch! I can’t take it seriously and it probably doesn’t help that I was never a huge fan to begin with and although I’ve quite enjoyed Season 3, I’m not in any rush to revisit the first two seasons. The story is ridiculous and the show revels in that, and it’s clear that the scriptwriters and English voice-cast had a blast. I can’t remember Yu-Gi-Oh! being so hilarious but it’s so 90’s that I can’t help but laugh – some of the jokes and dialogue are top-notch. Yugi managed to unveil the secrets of the Millennium Puzzle which awakened an alter-ego inside his body, one who doesn’t mind taking a bit of a risk – this alter-ego comes out to play when it’s time to duel and enjoys gambling. When Yugi tells me it’s time to duel, I mean it’s time to duel, you guys.
Starting from Season 3 was a bit jarring, more so as the first episode is even numbered as 98 and I can really only rely on the ‘last time on Yu-Gi-Oh!’ segment to catch-up, but thankfully my Yu-Gi-Oh! knowledge isn’t completely awful and it’s not a hard show to keep up with.
Yugioh season 3 episode 1 series#
The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 2000 and September 2004, running for 224 episodes.I watched some of Yu-Gi-Oh! as a kid and was mostly familiar with the trading card game, but I’m cool to review the anime as long as Blue Eyes White Dragon is about – that’s still a thing, right? The series revolves around a card duelist named Yugi Mutou, who faces various opponents in a game known as Duel Monsters. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the anime produced by Toei Animation, adapting the manga from where that series finished. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is a television anime series produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Studio Gallop, based on chapters 60-343 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga written by Kazuki Takahashi. : The Legendary Guardian God: Exodia Revives! : The Secret of the Creation of the Millennium Items : The Final Battle for Duel King: Yugi vs. : Yugi versus the Rare Hunter (Part 2 of 2)
: Yugi versus the Rare Hunter (Part 1 of 2) : Yugi versus Pegasus: Match Of The Millennium (Part 5 of 5) : Yugi versus Pegasus: Match Of The Millennium (Part 4 of 5) : Yugi versus Pegasus: Match Of The Millennium (Part 3 of 5) : Yugi versus Pegasus: Match Of The Millennium (Part 2 of 5) : Yugi versus Pegasus: Match Of The Millennium (Part 1 of 5) : Best of Friends, Best of Duelists (Part 2 of 2) : Best of Friends, Best of Duelists (Part 1 of 2)