Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme' is the English opening theme to the Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime series. It was composed by Wayne Sharpe. It debuted on September 29, 2001, and aired during episodes 1 to 49. It was replaced by the second Yu-Gi-Oh! theme in episode 50. It returned on May 1, 2004, in episode 122 and aired until the end of the series.

It was also used as the opening to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters anime series.

Visuals
The visuals change between arcs so that they show scenes that take place in the corresponding arc. Smaller arcs do not have their own visuals, instead using scenes from the previous major arc.
 * Episode 1 to 49 - Features scenes from Duelist Kingdom.

Episodes 50 to 121 used the second Yu-Gi-Oh! theme


 * Episode 122 to 144 - Features scenes from the Battle City Semi-Finals.
 * Episode 145 to 184 - Features scenes from Waking the Dragons.
 * Episode 185 to 198 - Features scenes from Grand Championship.
 * Episode 199 to 224 - Features scenes from Dawn of the Duel.

All openings

 * Yugi Muto + Yami Yugi
 * Joey Wheeler
 * Tristan Taylor
 * Téa Gardner
 * Seto Kaiba

Duelist Kingdom

 * Maximillion Pegasus
 * Solomon Muto

Battle City Tournament

 * Marik Ishtar + Yami Marik
 * Ishizu Ishtar
 * Odion Ishtar
 * Rare Hunters

Virtual World

 * Noah Kaiba
 * The Big Five

Waking the Dragons

 * Dartz
 * Rafael
 * Valon
 * Alister

Grand Championship

 * Rebecca Hawkins
 * Vivian Wong
 * Leon von Schroeder
 * Zigfried von Schroeder

Dawn of the Duel

 * Akhenaden
 * Shada
 * Isis
 * Mahad
 * Bandit King Bakura
 * Karim

Capsule Monsters

 * Bandit King Bakura
 * Akhenaden
 * Maximillion Pegasus
 * Zigfried von Schroeder
 * Dartz
 * Yami Marik

Trivia

 * The 5th Season (Dawn of the Duel) is the only opening theme throughout series to contain sound effects (sword slashes and roars for example, can be heard), unlike other themes which contain only soundtrack and no additional sound effects.