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"Yu-Gi-Oh The Complete First Season"
I've started watching Yu-Gi-Oh on Cartoon Network. I missed a few episodes, so I picked up Yu-Gi-Oh The Complete First Season. The box set contains special features and extras. There are 49 episodes on 6 DVDs. If you want to know the episode titles. I have include them in this review.

Disc .01
01.The Heart Of The Cards
02.The Gauntlet Is Thrown
03.Lourney To The Duelist Kingdom
04.Into The Hornet's Nest
05.The Ultimate Great Moth
06.First Duel
07.Attack From The Deep
08.Everything Relative
09.Duel With A Ghoul
10.Give Up The Ghost

Disc .02
11.The Dueling Monkey
12.Trial By Red Eyes
13.Evil Spirit Of The Ring
14.Panlk Attack
15.Winning Through Intimidation
16.The Scars Of Defeat
17.Arena Of Lost Souls Part 1
18.Arena Of Lost Souls Part 2
19.Double Trouble Duel Part 1
20.Double Trouble Duel Part 2

Disc .03
21.Double Trouble Duel Part 3
22.Face Off Part 1
23.Face Off Part 2
24.Face Off Part 3
25.Shining Friendship
26.Champion VS. Creator Part 1
27.Champion VS. Creator Part 2
28.The Night Before
29.Duel Identity Part 1
30.Duel Identity Part 2

Disc .04
31.Keith's Machination Part 1
32.Keith's Machination Part 2
33.Best Of Friends, Best Of Duelist Part 1
34.Best Of Friends, Best Of Duelist Part 2
35.Match Of The Millennium Part 1
36.Match Of The Millennium Part 2
37.Match Of The Millennium Part 3
38.Match Of The Millennium Part 4
39.Match Of The Millennium Part 5
40.Aftermath

Disc 05.
41.The Wrath Of Rebecca
42.Ties Of Friendship
43.Legendary Heroes Part 1
44.Legendary Heroes Part 2
45.Legendary Heroes Part 3
46.Dungeon Dice Monsters Part 1
47.Dungeon Dice Monsters Part 2
48.Dungeon Dice Monsters Part 3
49.Dungeon Dice Monsters Part 4

Disc .06
Character Bios
Monster Stats
Music Videos
Previews


"Not for everyone"
Yu-Gi-Oh, like any other show, is always subject to a difference of opinion. I personally liked the series (although admittedly it is not the best) however it does have some serious flaws.

1. The dubbed 4kids version has painted out any guns that the characters might be holding. Instead they are replaced by the person's own finger (ohh fear the almighty index finger...) which is a really dumb thing to edit out (even if it was made kid friendly).

2. All character background stories (with a few exceptions)have been edited out or changed (changes include Alister's little bro being captured instead of killed. This change makes Alister's behavior seem seriously irrational. Not that he was in the right to begin with but it emphasizes my point). These kinds of changes really make the story line suck and is probably one of the reasons for some of the bad reviews. Apparently 4kids saw the character's history as an interferrance to their card selling gimik.

3. The series focuses too heavily on the card game. They could have done alot with the storyline that was given to them and so in direct comparision to the manga the anime sucks royally.

I was asked repeatedly by alot of my friends why I watched such a "crappy" anime and I pretty much told them it was because the characters intrigued me. Some of them had rather interesting personalities and motivations that were never really addressed in the show for various reasons. You kinda have to look hard sometimes to find it but if you look past the whole "the world will end if I can't win this card game" aspect of the show it's actually halfway decent. not the best, but certainly watchable.

If you like shows like Poke'mon then you might liked the dubbed version of Yu-Gi-Oh. But if you're a hard core anime fan you probably won't since the animation and story are somewhat lacking . Like the title of my review says this anime is not for everyone.

"Season 1 Rocks"
I love this series of Yu-gi-oh i first saw it and i was amazed because i use to love playing any type of card game. To find out there is a show based on cards i was like whoo hoo. In my opinion if you love card games and anime you will like this, btw it gets so much better in the later series as they take on the real rules of yugioh card game. I can't wait till they bring out season 2,3,4 on box set. seeya later



"worse anime adaptation of a manga EVER."
this show is PURELY an advertisement to sell cards, and the first season of the show is probobly the biggest example of this. the drag on the duels for far too long, and throw in lame lines such as "you must use the heart of the cards to win".

HEART OF THE CARDS????? what kinda lame ass thing is THAT???

this anime is in NO way a faithfull adaptation to kazuki takahashi's manga. read the manga, trust me, its actually pretty cool. much better then this sad excuse for a show.

oh, and for those "sub fans", ive seen the japanese version of the show too. ALL it has that the english version does not is more blood and swearing. THATS IT. it still has the same lame plot, and the crappy animation. and Bakura sounds like a freakin girl in the japanese version. so its even CRAPPIER than the english.

p.s. all shows that are made to sell merchandise (i.e. yu-gi-oh, pokemon, transformers, etc) (...). if u want REALY anime, go watch escaflowne, gundam wing, or trigun.

"PRETTY GOOD SERIES"
I HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAMES OR BOUGHT THE CARDS BUT I'VE WATCHED THE SERIES AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD AND HAS A GREAT PLOT AND STORYLINE THROUGH OUT THE VARIOUS SAGAS/SERIES/SEASONS WHAT EVER U WANNA CALL IT. BOTTOM LINE THIS A GOOD ANIME WITH A GREAT STORY LINE TO IT.