Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime) | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! | |
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Hiroyuki Kakudo |
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April 4, 1998 — October 10, 1998 |
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While this series is not directly connected to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (known internationally simply as Yu-Gi-Oh!, produced by Nihon Ad Systems and aired on TV Tokyo), both anime series are based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.
Manga plots were re-written so that they could take up an entire episode's worth of time. Also, the level of violence was reduced between the manga and the anime. Finally, a minor character in the manga, Miho Nosaka, became a main character in the first series along with Yugi Mutou, Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki, and Hiroto Honda. Characterization was slightly modified. For instance, Miho is a "ditz" in the anime while in the manga she is a shy student librarian. Also, Honda is Jonouchi's verbal sparring partner instead of his crony in Toei's anime.
New characters and plots, such as those relating to the four game masters, were added, and there are more occurrences of Seto Kaiba and Duel Monsters (Magic and Wizards in the original Japanese manga) than in the corresponding manga. Unlike the second series, the card game (Duel Monsters) is not the sole focus of the show. However, the Duel Monsters rules have been updated, becoming more like those used in the Duelist Kingdom, even though this anime never gets to that point. The last episodes of the series focus on the battle between Yugi and Dark Bakura. This series had different voice actors and different character designs than the second series (e.g. Seto Kaiba's hair is green in Toei's anime). The series has not been licensed for an English-language release.
Shadow Games[]
In this series, Yami Yugi doesn't challenge people to a duel of Duel Monsters. Instead, he would challenge them to a Shadow Game (Yami no Game in Japanese), a dangerous challenge where he would then explain the rules. However, the person in question would cheat and the Doors of Darkness will open, thus Yami Yugi would enact a Penalty Game upon the person, and usually whatever they obsess over the most would be their nightmare, such as their makeup falling off and showing their true face or wristwatches fusing to their being. Duel Monsters was not the main point of the show but was played a few times. Only a few duels use Kaiba's virtual reality system to show monsters. Other ideas used to show monsters are puppets, Shadow Games, etc.
Cast[]
The ending credits of each episode features three pages of voice roles.
- Characters appearing on the first page are listed below as "main".
- Characters appearing on the second page, at least once, are listed below as supporting.
- Characters only appearing on the third page are listed below as minor.
Main | ||
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Character | Voice actor | Episodes |
Yugi Mutou / Dark Yugi | Megumi Ogata | 1–27 |
Katsuya Jonouchi | Toshiyuki Morikawa | 1–16, 18–27 |
Anzu Mazaki | Yumi Kakazu | 1–27 |
Hiroto Honda | Ryotaro Okiayu | 1–16, 18–27 |
Miho Nosaka | Yukana Nogami | 1–16, 18–27 |
Supporting | ||
Character | Voice actor | Episodes |
Sugoroku Mutou | Takeshi Aono | 1–5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24 |
Ushio | Ryuzaburo Otomo | 1 |
Tetsuo Sasaki | Nobuyuki Hiyama | 2 |
Jiro the Jorogumo | Mahito Oba | 2 |
Chief inspector | Hideyuki Umezu | 2 |
Hiroshi Ito | 14 | |
Seto Kaiba | Hikaru Midorikawa | 3, 8, 12, 15, 17, 20–24 |
Chie Sato (childhood) | 20 | |
Shotaro Akaboshi | Bin Shimada | 4 |
Shadi | Kaneto Shiozawa | 5, 6 |
Curator Kanekura | Shin Aomori | 5 |
Professor Yoshimori | Akio Nojima | 5, 6 |
Haiyama | Daisuke Sakaguchi | 7 |
Kujirada | Shozo Iizuka | 7 |
Ridley Sheldon | Chikao Otsuka | 8 |
Hirutani | Koji Ishi | 9 |
Mayumi | Yuko Sumitomo | 10 |
Ms. Chono | Masako Katsuki | 10, 12 |
Warashibe | Nobuo Tobita | 11 |
Ryuichi Fuwa | Ryo Horikawa | 12, 24 |
Kokurano | Shigeru Chiba | 13 |
Kokurano groupie | Emi Uwagawa | 13 |
Kokurano groupie | Maki Yagita | 13 |
Continuous Bomber | Ryusei Nakao | 14 |
Risa Kageyama | Wakana Yamazaki | 15 |
Kekeru Goyu | Banjo Ginga | 16 |
Shizuka Jonouchi | Michiko Neya | 16 |
Miyuki Sakurai | Yuri Amano | 16 |
Aileen Rao | Miina Tominaga | 17, 24 |
Imori | Megumi Urawa | 18 |
Kaoruko Himekoji | Yumi Toma | 19 |
Student Council Chairman | Kozo Shioya | 19 |
Ryo Bakura / Dark Bakura | Tsutomu Kashiwakura | 19, 21–27 |
Mokuba Kaiba | Katsue Miwa | 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 |
Daimon | Ryuji Saikachi | 20 |
Dragon | Nobuyuki Hiyama | 21 |
Dark Master Zorc | Shozo Iizuka | 25–27 |
Minor | ||
Character | Voice actor | Episodes |
Leader | Takashi Nagasako | 1 |
Group member | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | 1 |
Group member | Masaya Takatsuka | 1 |
Schoolboy | Jin Domon | 1 |
Schoolgirl | Saori Kaneda | 1 |
Schoolgirl | Rika Komatsu | 1 |
Schoolgirl | Sayuri Fujita | 1 |
Boss-like man | Hisao Egawa | 2 |
TV announcer | Nobuhiko Kazama | 2 |
Radio announcer | Yoshiyuki Kono | 2 |
Professor-like man | Naoki Imamura | 2 |
Housewife | Airi Yoshida | 2 |
Homeroom teacher | Tetsu Inada | 3, 8, 12, 21 |
Bodyguard | Naoki Imamura | 3 |
Schoolboy | Horie Yasuaki | 3 |
Mother | Mizogami Makiko | 4 |
Clock store clerk | Yoshiyuki Kono | 4 |
Youth | Domon Hitoshi | 4 |
Game room clerk | Nobuhiko Kazama | 4 |
Old woman | Niki Shizumi | 4 |
Foreigner | Naoki Imamura | 5 |
Teacher | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | 6 |
Teacher | Yoshiyuki Kono | 7 |
Father | Naoki Imamura | 7 |
Honda's mother | Niki Shizumi | 7 |
Schoolgirl | Saori Kaneda | 7 |
Schoolgirl | Kanako Okada | 7 |
School nurse | Michie Tomizawa | 8, 11 |
Jonouchi's father | Tetsu Inada | 9 |
Master | Tomohisa Aso | 9 |
Delinquent | Yoshiyuki Kono | 9 |
Other school leader | Naoki Imamura | 9 |
Student | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | 9 |
Vice-principal | Masaharu Sato | 10 |
Teacher | Nobuhiko Kazama | 10 |
Schoolboy | Kazuya Nakai | 10 |
Schoolboy | Atsushi Kisaichi | 10 |
Schoolboy | Naoki Imamura | 10 |
Schoolgirl | Kanako Okada | 10 |
Schoolgirl | Miki Otani | 10 |
Elementary school student | Miki Otani | 11 |
Chairman | Yoshiyuki Kono | 12 |
Shop manager | Naoki Imamura | 12 |
Official | Jin Domon | 12 |
Student | Naoki Kinoshita | 12 |
Child | Junko Noda | 12 |
Child | Miki Otani | 12 |
Schoolboy | Naoki Imamura | 13 |
Schoolboy | Naoki Kinoshita | 13 |
Schoolboy | Hiroaki Miura | 13 |
Schoolgirl | Miki Otani | 13 |
Schoolgirl | Chieko Atarashi | 13 |
Official | Jin Domon | 14 |
Ticket cashier | Yuko Tachibana | 14 |
Policeman | Naoki Imamura | 14 |
Policeman | Hiroo Kobayashi | 14 |
Policeman | Naoki Kinoshita | 14 |
Office lady | Miki Otani | 14 |
Office lady | Sayoko Kawaguchi | 14 |
Kageyama sister B | Emi Uwagawa | 15 |
Kageyama sister C | Konomi Maeda | 15 |
Shop assistant | Hiroo Kobayashi | 15 |
Old man | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | 16 |
Student | Naoki Imamura | 16 |
Nurse | Sayoko Kawaguchi | 16 |
Nurse | Chieko Atarashi | 16 |
Hirata | Atsushi Kisaichi | 17 |
Reporter | Jin Domon | 17 |
Reporter | Naoki Imamura | 17 |
Reporter | Tsuyoshi Takishita | 17 |
Reporter | Sayoko Kawaguchi | 17 |
Reporter | Chieko Atarashi | 17 |
Aristocrat | Naoki Imamura | 18 |
Student | Jin Domon | 18 |
Man | Tsuyoshi Takishita | 18 |
Schoolgirl | Chieko Atarashi | 18 |
Schoolgirl | Miwa Yasuda | 18 |
Kaoruko bodyguard | Konomi Maeda | 19 |
Kaoruko bodyguard | Rika Komatsu | 19 |
Officer | Hiroshi Kamiya | 19 |
Schoolboy | Naoki Imamura | 19 |
Schoolboy | Jin Domon | 19 |
Schoolgirl | Akemi Misaki | 19 |
Gozaburo Kaiba | Unsho Ishizuka | 20 |
High executive | Naoki Imamura | 20 |
Doctor | Tamotsu Nishiwaki | 20 |
Man with glasses | Jin Domon | 20 |
Subordinate | Masaya Takatsuka | 20 |
Grade school student | Yukari Hikida | 21 |
Grade school student | Junko Noda | 21 |
Schoolgirl | Kanako Okada | 21 |
Schoolgirl | Rika Komatsu | 21 |
Red | Hisao Egawa | 22 |
Black | Masaharu Sato | 22 |
Blue | Hiromi Nishikawa | 22 |
Female announcer | Emi Uwagawa | 22 |
Black-suited man | Tsuyoshi Takishita | 22 |
Boy | Akemi Misaki | 22 |
Computer | Kanako Okada | 22 |
Spectator | Tsuyoshi Takishita | 23 |
Spectator | Munehiro Tokita | 23 |
Spectator | Hiroaki Miura | 23 |
Mr. Karita | Masato Hirano | 25, 27 |
Pokii | Konomi Maeda | 25–27 |
Pao | Masaya Takatsuka | 26 |
Monster | Tsuyoshi Takishita | 26 |
Episode list[]
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Trivia[]
- Despite being his trump card in the next series, Yugi never played "Dark Magician" in this show. However, Yugi is seen using it in the opening theme.
- "Dark Magician" is also seen in the hand of another duelist in episode 3.
- Yugi finally Summons "Dark Magician" in the movie.
- "Unguard Magic" (the Toei equivalent of "Stop Defense") is the only card in English.
- Kaiba is seen with green hair and wears a white outfit like Noah Kaiba in the third season of the next series.
- Some manga chapters are packed together in one episode (eg. the three chapters with Hirutani occur in only one episode).
- The Millennium Items are not gold-colored only. In fact, they are colored gold and brown (except for Yugi's Puzzle).
- Most of the Shadow Games are changed, except for the Dragon Cards against Imori and Shadi's tests.
- Most of the monsters are colored differently, except for "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
- The card backings show stylised "MW" letters for "Magic and Wizards", even though the characters refer to the game in-show as Duel Monsters.
- Cards are played on a duel mat with different areas depicted. All these areas give a 50% bonus to monsters placed in the right area.
- This is similar to the "field power bonus" in the Duelist Kingdom arc in the next series.
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