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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Yu-Gi-Oh!	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters(遊戯王 デュエルモンスターズ)("King of Games! Duel Monsters")
· · ·		King of Games! Duel Monsters
Released	143+ TV episodes, 1 movie, 12 OVA Episodes	221 TV episodes, 2 movies, 12 OVA Episodes
Dates	Sept. 29, 2001	2001—????
Company	4Kids Ent.(edited version), FUNimation(unedited version)	TV Tokyo/NAS/Studio Gallop
Creator		Kazuki Takahashi
Director		Kunihisa Sugishima
Genre	Action, Adventure	Action, Adventure
Related	-- none --	Yu-Gi-Oh!(season 1)
· · ·	Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters	Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters(遊戯王カプセルモンスターズ)
· · ·	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
· · ·	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Characters	-- listed below --	-- listed below --

Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Anime Nation and Amazon, and on VHS at Amazon.

The above info came from Who Wants to Know?, and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The image came from YuGiOhKingOfGames.com.

English Name	Japanese Name		English Name	Japanese Name
Alister	Amelda		Priest Seto	Priest Seto
Anubis	Anubis		Princess Adina	Princess Adina
Arkana	Pandora		Raphael	Raphael
Arthur Hawkins	Arthur Hopkins		Rebecca Hawkins	Rebecca Hopkins
Bakura	Ryou Bakura		Rex Raptor	Dinosaur Ryuzaki
Bandit Keith Howard	Bandit Keith Howard		Seeker	Ghoul
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon	Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon		Serenity Wheeler	Shizuka Kawai
Blue-Eyes White Dragon	Blue-Eyes White Dragon		Seto Kaiba	Seto Kaiba
Bonz	Ghost Kotsuzuka		Shadi	Shadi
Bully	Bully		Sir Critias	Critias Knight
Cecelia Pegasus	Cyndia Crawford		Sir Hermos	Hermos Knight
Croquet	Croquet		Sir Timaeus	Timaeus Knight
Crump	--?--		Slifer the Sky Dragon	God of Osiris
Dark Magician	Black Magician		Solomon Moto	Sugoroku Mutou
Dark Magician Girl	Black Magician Girl		Strings	Pantomime
Dartz	Dartz		Téa Gardner	Anzu Mazaki
Dox	Kyuu		Tristan Taylor	Hiroto Honda
Duke Devlin	Ryuji Otogi		Umbra	Mask of Darkness
Espa Roba	Espa Roba		Valon	Varon
Exodia	--?--		Vivian Wong	Vivian Wong
Gansely	--?--		Weevil Underwood	Insector Haga
Gozaburo Kaiba	Gouzaburou Kaiba		Winged Dragon of Ra	God of Divine Dragon- Ra
Halakti	Horuaketi		Witty Phantom	Demon Death Satan
Harpie Lady	Harpie Lady		Yami Bakura	Yami Bakura
High Priest Akhenaden	High Priest Akhenaden		Yami Marik	Yami Marik
High-Priest Mahado	High-Priest Mahado		Yami Yugi	Yami no Yuugi
Ishizu Ishtar	Isis Ishtaaru		Yugi Moto	Yuugi Mutou
Jean-Claude Magnum	--?--		Zork Necrophedious	Zork Necrophedia
Joey Wheeler	Katsuya Jounouchi		Andro(+)	--?--
Johnny Steps	Johnny Step		Blue Eyes Shining Dragon(+)	--?--
Johnson	Ooka Chikuzen		Blue Eyes Toon Dragon(+)	--?--
Kemo	Saruwatari		Celtic Guardian(+)	--?--
Kisara	Kisara		Flame Swordsman(+)	--?--
Legendary Dragon Timaeus	Legendary Dragon Timaeus		Kenta(+)	--?--
Leichter	Daimon		Lector(+)	Daimon(+)
Lumis	Mask of Light		Magician of Black Chaos(+)	--?--
Mai Valentine	Mai Kujaku		Raphael(+)	--?--
Mako Tsunami	Ryouta Kajiki		Red-Eyes Black Dragon(+)	--?--
Marik Ishtar	Malik Ishtar		Sorcerer of Black magic(+)	--?--
Maximillion Pegasus	Pegasus J. Crawford		Summon Skull(+)	--?--
Mokuba Kaiba	Mokuba Kaiba		Syd(+)	--?--
Mrs. Moto	Ashita Mutou		Teleia(+)	--?--
Mrs. Wheeler	Mrs. Wheeler		Toon Dark Magician Girl(+)	--?--
Nezbitt	Oota Soichiro		Toon Gemini Elf(+)	--?--
Noah Kaiba	Noa Kaiba		Toon Summoned Skull(+)	--?--
Obelisk the Tormenter	God of Obelisk		Valkyrie of Wizard(+)	--?--
Odion Ishtar	Rishid Ishtar		Watapon(+)	--?--
Panik	Player Killer		Zigfreid Von Schroder(+)	--?--
Para	Mei		Zigone(+)	--?--

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In Ancient Egypt, it is said that the Pharaohs used to engage in duels using magical creatures to foresee the future and determine one's destiny. However, when the power got to be too great to control, one wise Pharaoh locked the secret away in seven magical artifacts: a ring, an eye, an ankh-shaped key, a necklace, a rod, a set of scales...and a puzzle.

Now in the present day, there is a popular trading card game called Duel Monsters, in which the echoes of the ancient game have been revived. But now, the game has taken on a very sinister twist. Yugi had been a rather ordinary high school sophmore into the Duel Monsters card game...until he unlocked the power of one of the ancient artifacts: the Millennium Puzzle.

Now Yugi and his friends have to pit their hearts and their dueling skills against the forces of darkness in struggles for loved ones, themselves, and ultimately the entire world. Is their trust in "The Heart of the Cards" up to the challenge?

Note: One episode was cut from the US release, but it was just an inconsequential "Battle City in Review" episode with no impact on the storyline. Also, the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh in Japan was never shown in the US. Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monster is the second Yu-Gi-Oh season in Japan.

The above description came from Who Wants to Know? and Panda Doru, and was edited by yours truly (contact me).

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