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Postby Matt » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:05 pm

I know most people hate it but i'm posting this anyways. This is a few questions for those who like it. Why do you like Yu-Gi-Oh! and who's your favorite character?
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Postby Namu » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:24 pm

I like it...because I dunno. Something about it got me hooked. I think it's Egypt. Or the Manga. Or the original show (before they dubbed it...gah) I love it anyways. It's one of my favorites (I don't caaaare)

My favorite charater is Kaiba. I love him for many reasons. =]
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Postby Nia-chan » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:51 pm

I mainly like yugioh because of the story, I'm not into the dueling. My favorite character is, I don't know, probably Mokuba. And since we're talking about yugioh, I can't find the manga anywhere.
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Postby MasterDias » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:59 pm

Favorite character? Hmmmm. Jounouchi/Joey is probably my favorite.

As for the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, you should be able to find it in any major bookstore chain such as Barnes & Nobles or anyplace else that has a comic book/graphic novel/manga section. Or you could always find a copy of Shonen Jump someplace. It has some chapters of the manga in each issue.
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Postby Aibou » Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:11 am

My fave is Seto Kaiba. =)

- neat gamestrategies (especially in the manga)
- cool characters (+ their designs! Yay for Yugi's hair!!)
- the clothing (Seto Kaiba and Yugi's BC outfit)
- the japanese music is cool
- the story on the surface is not original, but it has its surprises (game king! shadow game! two personalities! Egypt!) I really those are 'fused' in a story... quite incredible.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Nov 07, 2003 8:44 am

I doubt everyone is too opposed to Yu-gi-oh. The only prevalent attitude you're likely to run into is the belief it is only for little kids.

Personally, I enjoy it somewhat. But first, negative. Often I feel as if they're insulting my intelligence. Do we really need everything explained to us? Also, if someone plays a better card and attacks, that is not good gameplay. That's playing a card. Stop getting to excited.

Anyway, I do like the parts connected to ancient Egypt, and some of the characters involved there. My favorite character was the Egyptian guy who has the Key and Scales (I should know his name), but that changed after seeing his appearance in the manga. Not so nice of a guy. I'll probably go for Yami, though Kaiba is also up there.
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Postby Matt » Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:28 pm

I beleive your talking about Shadi. Yeah, I think he's cooler in the anime. He was more of a bad guy in Season 1(the one not shown in the U.S) and the manga.My favorite characters are Kaiba and Dark Bakura.
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Postby Angelchick » Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:31 pm

i like it cause it had a good story and i'm hooked on it lol i like have to watch it my fav person is hmm Yugi and Bakura
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:39 pm

Yami Yugi my favorite character- gotta love that goofy hair. But I also to a liking to Maxamillion. Underneath it all, he does have honor...Like when he set free Mokuba's and Grandpa's soul, after giving his word to do so before hte duels, even if it meant never seeeing his wife again. that episode almost brought a tea to my eye
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:22 pm

Shadi... that was it.
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Postby MasterDias » Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:49 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:Personally, I enjoy it somewhat. But first, negative. Often I feel as if they're insulting my intelligence. Do we really need everything explained to us? Also, if someone plays a better card and attacks, that is not good gameplay. That's playing a card. Stop getting to excited.


If you're referring about the US dub's dialogue, that can be expected. Dubs geared for kids and edited for airing on a major network like WB don't generally have the maturest dialogue in the world. They will always have to explain every little thing for the kids who are watching. I read somewhere that Pegusus' goals, the fact that he was after the Millineum Items, was explained many episodes too early in the dub.

Did anyone catch the episodes that aired the other day about Yami Merik and Yami Bakura's duel? Seeing two major villians fight was interesting to watch.
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Postby Matt » Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:03 pm

The Dark vs. Dark match owned. Not to be a nerd or anything but the only Yami is the pharaoh spirit that resides in the Millennium Puzzle. Yami Marik is a fake name for Marik's darkside and Yami Bakura was a mistranslation from the Yugioh GBA game Eternal Duelist soul.They both should be properly refered as Dark Marik and Dark Bakura(even though Yami means Dark.Its just the proper names)
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Sat Nov 08, 2003 8:19 pm

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Postby uc pseudonym » Mon Nov 10, 2003 5:48 am

Well, I'm certainly certain (redundancy intended) that the dub is responsible for quite a bit of it. But I feel that way vaguely about the manga as well, and relatively that way about the one Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh episode I've read (though my Japanese is pathetic).
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Postby MasterDias » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:23 pm

How many chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh has Shonen Jump published by now?
I might subscribe to it.
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Postby Kagan » Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:17 am

Iv'e read some of the manga and watched a couple of episodes back when I had cable tv. I guess i'm reading into it a little too deep, but I wasn't too sure about the millenium puzzle being a freemason symbol and all. Oh well, can't be helped I suppose if the story was based on Ancient Egyptian religion.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Nov 11, 2003 5:34 am

To answer MasterDias's question: I'm not sure. However, I'd be tempted to say we're nearing 30 chapters. We're still in the myriad situations that occur before we get to the Duelist Kingdom story arc. Shonen Jump says they still have about half a year of this sort of thing.
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Postby senjutsu » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:47 am

mmm... i like the card game. i used to play it a while back. but i got out of it when they started bringing out new booster series in so quick succession to the predecessor. it was getting way to expensive to compete anymore. the anime...i don't watch it regularly due to the lousy dub and the wacky edit job. one of the edits i found hilarious was in one episode(i'm not sure wich one) where two thugs come into a kaiba's little bro's room when he was trying to escape. so the thugs draw their guns on him. but no,in the edit they draw their almighty index fingers on him. run kid run! i still watch it occasionally though. i do enjoy some of the dueling sequences.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:22 am

senjutsu wrote:one of the edits i found hilarious was in one episode(i'm not sure wich one) where two thugs come into a kaiba's little bro's room when he was trying to escape. so the thugs draw their guns on him. but no,in the edit they draw their almighty index fingers on him. run kid run!


You're right, that is pretty funny. There are some great dubbing changes, none of which, unfortunately, I can think of at the moment.
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Postby MasterDias » Tue Nov 11, 2003 3:25 pm

You know, sometimes I wonder why Batman can have guns and yet these anime dubs cannot.
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Postby Destroyer2000 » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:59 pm

So no one here thinks Yu-Gi-Oh is bad? I'm not sure myself...they have alot of magic going on in there. I know it's all fiction, but I still question it...either way, does anyone here actually buy the cards and duel with them? I have a few times, and it is halfway fun.
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Postby madphilb » Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:28 pm

Actually, the magic stuff doesn't bother me as much as the "possession" thing... if I was going to can Yu-Gi-Oh for anything, it would be that. But that just might be where I'm at, Shaman King isn't any different and I've been following the Manga in Shonan Jump for a few months now and it doesn't seem to bother me as much... go figure! :D

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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:45 pm

I've read some of the manga and it definately looks interesting. I may import the Japanese DVD's sometime and check it out.
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Postby Matt » Thu Nov 13, 2003 12:56 pm

Does anyone know if the english Yugioh dvds have the uncut version in them? Because i'm thinking of getting them if they do.
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Postby Gypsy » Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:35 pm

I'd imagine that there are both cut and uncut versions. Why? Because companies like Toonami see where they can make money, and anime companies want to make money and they'll stick UNCUT ORIGINAL VERSION all over the cover. I'd imagine anyway.
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Postby blue elf » Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:36 pm

I'm pretty sure that the American Yugioh dvds only have the dubbed version that they show on tv and I doubt they'll be putting out an uncut version. I wish they would though cause I'd really like to see the uncut version. Oh well, there's always the manga I guess. ^_^
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Postby Nia-chan » Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:02 pm

Who is Kaito Kid? ^_^
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Postby MasterDias » Thu Nov 13, 2003 4:24 pm

Gypsy wrote:I'd imagine that there are both cut and uncut versions. Why? Because companies like Toonami see where they can make money, and anime companies want to make money and they'll stick UNCUT ORIGINAL VERSION all over the cover. I'd imagine anyway.


Actually, not in Yu-Gi-Oh's case. The edited dub's the only official English version available. I read somewhere that Funimation wants to release the uncut version but that 4kids won't let them.
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Postby Aibou » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:53 am

Heck, that one scene in the first season right before Yami duels Seto and defeats him with Exodia, Anzu supposedly drew marks on all their hands, and when they put it together, it made a happy face, right? Ummm... no, in fact, when they put it together in the UNCUT version, their hands formed a Hexagram.


What are you talking about? I don't remember seeing that in the uncut. The only time I saw a hexagram thing in that ep are those lines when Exodia was summoned. I think I do understand where it comes from: Exodia has five cardparts, and the hexa seems to show that as well (the head and body merged). In the dub these are just random lines.

Well, I attached to screenshots from the first uncut episode...
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:47 pm

Hexagram? Do you mean a pentagram, or is there something I'm unaware of here? Because the only character I can think of that'd be a hexagram isn't a bad one.

In any case, he's right. The first season or so has little to do with the card game. All but a few of Yami's games end with the death of the other player.

A word on pentagrams: they aren't really pentagrams unless they're upsidedown. Other-wise they're Stars of the Magi. Small comfort, but some.
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