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Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 1/1998)

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Alternative title:

Game King

King of Games

Yu-Gi-Oh! First TV Series

Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0

Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Shadow Games

Yu-Gi-Oh! Toei

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yami no Games (Japanese)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zero

Yuu Gi Ou (Japanese)

Yuugi Ou (Japanese)

Yuugiou (Japanese)

يوغي (Arabic)

遊☆戯☆王 (Japanese)

遊☆戯☆王 [ゆうぎおう] (Japanese)

遊戯王 (Japanese)

遊戲王 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, supernatural

Themes: card duels, demons, games, magic spells, monsters, multiple personality, social justice

Objectionable content: Mild

Plot Summary: Game loving Mutou Yugi was given an ancient relic by his grandfather called the Sennen (Thousand-Year) Puzzle. He completed the puzzle and was possessed by the spirit of an ancient Pharaoh. The Pharaoh has no memories of who he is or how he got in the puzzle to begin with. The Pharaoh looks out for Yugi and his friends and Yugi agrees to help the Pharaoh recover his lost memory and help him be put to rest so he can go on to the afterlife and finally leave Yugi's body.

User Ratings: 1751 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 69 votes (sub:34, dub:25, edit.dub:2, raw:2, others:6

2 Spanish subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Excellent: 100 votes (dub:49, sub:45, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Very good: 170 votes (dub:76, sub:72, edit.dub:9, ?:2, raw:1, others:10

2 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Greek dubbed dubbed
1 Dutch edited dub
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Dutch dubbed

)

Good: 342 votes (dub:172, sub:131, edit.dub:15, ?:2, raw:2, others:20

6 Spanish dubbed
3 French dubbed
3 German dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch dubbed

)

Decent: 336 votes (dub:174, sub:124, edit.dub:16, ?:2, others:20

5 German dubbed
4 Spanish dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese dubbed
1 Polish edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Greek dubbed
1 Italian dubbed

)

So-so: 157 votes (dub:80, sub:54, edit.dub:16, raw:1, ?:1, others:5

2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch dubbed

)

Not really good: 143 votes (dub:61, sub:45, edit.dub:16, ?:1, raw:1, others:19

5 German dubbed
5 Spanish dubbed
2 Swedish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
2 Dutch dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled

)

Weak: 154 votes (dub:80, sub:40, edit.dub:18, ?:4, others:12

3 German dubbed
3 Swedish dubbed
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Bad: 109 votes (dub:69, sub:23, edit.dub:10, ?:1, raw:1, others:5

1 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Danish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Swedish dubbed

)

Awful: 90 votes (dub:48, sub:22, edit.dub:11, others:9

3 German dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Worst ever: 81 votes (dub:45, sub:25, edit.dub:6, ?:1, others:4

1 Swedish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Seen in part or in whole by 4790 users, rank: #170 (of 10152)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.418 (So-so+), std. dev.: 2.5581, rank: #8985 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 5.314 (So-so+), rank: #9162 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.36 / seen some: 5.00 / won't finish: 3.60)
Bayesian estimate: 5.330 (So-so+), rank: #7528 (of 7760)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 27

Episode titles: We have 27

Vintage: 1998-04-04 to 1998-10-10

Opening Theme:

"渇いた叫び (Kawaita Sakebi)" by Field of View

Ending Theme:

"明日もし君が壊れても (Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo)" by WANDS

Official website:

First series Official website (Japanese)

Links: We have 9

Trivia: We have 1

Comment:

This is NOT the Yu-Gi-Oh! series that was released in North America by 4Kids; that was Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. This earlier series has never been released in English.

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Hiroyuki Kakudō

Script:
Katsuhiko Chiba (4 episodes

eps 10, 14, 17, 21

)
Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 4, 8)
Toshiki Inoue (13 episodes

eps 1-2, 5-6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23-24, 26-27

)
Yasuko Kobayashi (8 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25

)

Storyboard:
Hideaki Ōba (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (7 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 11, 16, 21

)
Kazutoshi Mori (ep 4)
Keiji Hayakawa (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Masahiro Hosoda (4 episodes

eps 7, 13, 23, 25

)
Masayuki Akehi (eps 19, 26-27)
Tetsuji Nakamura (eps 9, 15-16)
Tomoharu Katsumata (eps 14, 20)
Tōru Yamada (eps 8, 22)
Yōko Ikeda (ep 2)
Yoshikata Nitta (ep 3)
Yoshio Suzuki (ep 17)

Episode Director:
Hideaki Ōba (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (6 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 11, 16

)
Kazutoshi Mori (ep 4)
Keiji Hayakawa (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Masahiro Hosoda (4 episodes

eps 7, 13, 23, 25

)
Masayuki Akehi (eps 19, 26)
Tetsuji Nakamura (4 episodes

eps 9, 15-16, 21

)
Tomoharu Katsumata (eps 14, 20)
Tōru Yamada (eps 8, 22)
Yōko Ikeda (eps 2, 27)
Yoshikata Nitta (ep 3)
Yoshio Suzuki (ep 17)

Original creator: Kazuki Takahashi

Character Design:
Michi Himeno
Shingo Araki

Art Director: Nobuto Sakamoto

Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (ep 3)
Hideyuki Motohashi (4 episodes

eps 2, 6, 13, 21

)
Hisatoshi Motoki (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Keiichi Ichikawa (ep 1)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 17)
Masami Suda (4 episodes

eps 7, 11, 19, 25

)
Masayuki Takagi (ep 1)
Masayuki Uchiyama (5 episodes

eps 4, 9, 16, 22, 26

)
Mitsuo Shindō (eps 8, 15, 23)
Takao Yamazaki (ep 10)
Tatsuhiro Nagaki (eps 14, 20)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (ep 27)

Art design:
Koji Sakaki (eps 14-27)
Mitsuki Nakamura

Producer:
Atsushi Kaji (TV Asahi)
Nobutaka Nishizawa
Tetsuya Watanabe (Dentsu)

Art Advancement: Reiko Kitayama

Assistant Art Director:
Izumi Wada (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24

)
Ken Tokushige (4 episodes

eps 1, 5, 22, 27

)
Kenji Matsumoto (5 episodes

eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 23

)
Koji Sakaki (4 episodes

eps 8, 16, 20, 26

)
Masazumi Matsumiya (5 episodes

eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Mitsuki Nakamura (ep 2)
Mitsuo Yoshino (eps 4, 12)

Assistant Episode Director:
Kazutoshi Mori (10 episodes

eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26

)
Yōko Ikeda (10 episodes

eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27

)

Assistant producer: Hiroyuki Sakurada

Background Art:
Ai Nakata (5 episodes

eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Chieko Masuda (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24

)
Chihoko Nakajima (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24

)
Eiko Sawada (eps 8, 20)
Etsuko Abe (5 episodes

eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Izumi Wada (ep 26)
Ken Tokushige (4 episodes

eps 1, 5, 22, 27

)
Kenji Matsumoto (6 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 23

)
Koji Sakaki (ep 4)
Kumiko Fukuzawa (ep 20)
Makoto Suwada (5 episodes

eps 8, 12, 16, 20, 26

)
Masato Itō (eps 12, 16)
Mayumi Terashima (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24

)
Mitsuo Yoshino (ep 8)
Miyuki Satō (ep 4)
Shinji Itō (4 episodes

eps 4, 12, 16, 26

)
Shinzō Yuki (ep 2)
Takeshi Fukumoto (5 episodes

eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Tetsuo Inoue (ep 26)
Tsuneo Ōzeki (5 episodes

eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20

)

Color design: Tsutomu Tsukada

Digital Paint:
Etsuko Jibiki (4 episodes

eps 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Kazuya Otani (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24

)
Koji Jira (4 episodes

eps 13, 17, 21, 25

)
Maki Kokubo (13 episodes

eps 3, 6-16 even, 17-18, 20-26 even

)
Mami Hoshikawa (7 episodes

eps 5, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27

)
Mayumi Oikawa (13 episodes

eps 3, 6-16 even, 17-18, 20-26 even

)
Noriko Nagasawa (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24

)
Oriko Muramoto (7 episodes

eps 5, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27

)
Sachiko Iura (8 episodes

eps 3-4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26

)
Takako Mimuro (8 episodes

eps 3-4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26

)
Yukiro Tanaka (14 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-15 odd, 19-27 odd

)

Digital Photography:
Masakazu Roku (eps 1-27)
Rie Yamagishi (eps 11-27 odd)
Shūji Yamamoto (eps 1-27)
Takahiro Morita (eps 10-26 even)

Editing: Yoshihiro Asō

Finish Advancement: Susumu Kuroda

In-Between Animation:
Etsuko Shinohara (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6, 9, 14, 19, 22, 26

)
Koji Nishida (eps 12, 18, 24)
Kozue Shimomura (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Kyōko Satō (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6, 9, 14, 19, 22, 26

)
Manami Yoshikawa (eps 20, 23, 27)
Mihoko Kobayashi (10 episodes

eps 1-4, 7, 11, 15, 20, 23, 27

)
Mihoko Tomita (5 episodes

eps 8, 13, 16, 21, 25

)
Mio Araki (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Rika Kanetaka (6 episodes

eps 6, 9, 14, 19, 22, 26

)
Shino Ikeda (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Yong Hee Lee (ep 3)
Yukitoshi Yamaguchi (7 episodes

eps 3-4, 7, 11, 15, 21, 25

)
Yukiyo Komito (7 episodes

eps 3, 8, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27

)
Yuko Shimohira (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6, 9, 14, 19, 21, 25

)
Yumiko Iwasaki (4 episodes

eps 4, 7, 11, 15

)

Key Animation:
Aki Tango (eps 7, 11, 19)
Akihiro Tsuda (ep 25)
Akio Hirakawa (ep 14)
Akio Serita (4 episodes

eps 7, 13, 21, 25

)
Akira Kano (eps 13, 27)
Akira Shinoda (eps 18, 24)
Chiori Matsuda (6 episodes

eps 7-8, 11, 19, 21, 25

)
Eiji Suzuki (ep 17)
Fumio Kouda (ep 12)
Fusayo Ootani (eps 12, 18, 24)
Haruhiko Noda (eps 1, 6)
Hideyuki Yoshida (4 episodes

eps 1, 6, 13, 20

)
Hiroaki Imaki (5 episodes

eps 2, 8, 15, 23, 26

)
Hiroyoshi Iida (Meruhen-sha; eps 5, 12)
Il Bae Kim (ep 3)
Jōji Yanase (ep 5)
Kanji Hara (eps 5, 12)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 15)
Katsuyuki Kazama (5 episodes

eps 1, 7, 11, 19, 23

)
Kazue Kinoshita (4 episodes

eps 8, 13, 19, 23

)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (eps 19, 25)
Kiyotsugu Miura (ep 5)
Koji Nishida (ep 5)
Kōji Yasuda (eps 5, 18, 24)
Kumiko Horikoshi (5 episodes

eps 2, 8, 15, 23, 26

)
Masaaki Kudō (ep 27)
Masanobu Fujioka (eps 10, 17)
Masanori Fujioka (eps 10, 17)
Masatoshi Fukuyama (ep 17)
Michiaki Sugimoto (ep 23)
Mitsuo Shindō (eps 2, 8)
Mitsuru Aoyama (ep 7)
Motoko Shibasaki (5 episodes

eps 7, 11, 19-20, 25

)
Naoyuki Itō (ep 21)
Norifumi Okuyama (eps 10, 17)
Noriko Ōzeki (eps 15, 21)
Noriko Shibata (eps 2, 15, 23)
Shinobu Ōkōchi (eps 12, 18, 24)
Shunichi Sakai (ep 12)
Taiichirō Kohara (5 episodes

eps 4, 9, 16, 22, 26

)
Takaaki Sonoda (ep 14)
Takao Yamazaki (ep 17)
Takuo Suzuki (ep 14)
Takurō Suzuki (ep 14)
Tatsuhiro Nagaki (5 episodes

eps 1, 6, 14, 20, 26

)
Tomohiro Koyama (eps 8, 15)
Tomoko Fukui (4 episodes

eps 6, 13, 21, 25

)
Tomoko Ito (eps 12, 18, 24)
Tsuneo Ōzeki (ep 27)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (6 episodes

eps 1, 6, 11, 19, 21, 27

)
Yasuko Higuchi (5 episodes

eps 7, 11, 19-20, 25

)
Yoshifumi Miyaji (4 episodes

eps 7, 13, 20, 25

)
Yoshihiko Ikematsu (ep 5)
Yoshikazu Tomita (eps 2, 27)
Yoshinori Tanabe (5 episodes

eps 1, 7, 11, 19, 27

)
Yuriko Nagaya (4 episodes

eps 2, 6, 13, 21

)

Music Selection: Hiroyuki Shibue

Production Advancement:
Eiji Kitamura (eps 18, 24)
Hiroshi Iwata (eps 10, 17)
Kazuo Shiiba (eps 15, 21)
Kōjirō Sumi (12 episodes

eps 1, 4, 7-9, 13-14, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27

)
Shinji Asada (eps 5, 12)
Yōichi Satō (ep 3)

Production manager: Osamu Honma

Record Keeping: Yoshiko Hara

Recording: Nobuteru Ikegami

Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino

Theme Song Arrangement:
Masazumi Ozawa (OP)
Wands (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Aika Ōno (ED)
Miho Komatsu (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Izumi Sakai (ED)
Miho Komatsu (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Field of View (OP)
Wands (ED)

Megumi Ogata as Yuugi Mutou

Hikaru Midorikawa as Seto Kaiba

Ryōtarō Okiayu as Hiroto Honda

Takeshi Aono as Sugoroku Mutou

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Katsuya Jounouichi

Yumi Kakazu as Anzu Masaki

Airi Yoshida as Housewife

Akemi Misaki as
Boys (ep 22)
Female student (ep 19)

Akio Nojima as Professor Yoshimori (eps 5-6)

Atsushi Kisaichi as
Hirata (ep 17)
Male Student (ep 10)

Banjō Ginga as Doctor (ep 16)

Bin Shimada as Watch Collector Shoutarou (ep 4)

Chie Satō as Childhood Kaiba (ep 20)

Chieko Atarashi as
Female student (ep 18)
Nurse (ep 16)
Reporter (ep 17)
Schoolgirl (ep 13)

Chikao Ōtsuka as Count Ledolly Sheldal (ep 8)

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Hamada Haiyama (ep 7)

Emi Uwagawa as
Kageyama sister B (ep 15)
Kokurano groupie (ep 13)
Woman announcer (ep 22)

Hideyuki Umezu as Policeman (ep 2)

Hiroaki Miura as
Male student (ep 13)
Spectator (ep 23)

Hiromi Nishikawa as Blue (ep 22)

Hiroo Kobayashi as
Policeman (ep 14)
Shop assistant (ep 15)

Hiroshi Ito as Police inspector (ep 14)

Hiroshi Kamiya as Officer (ep 19)

Hisao Egawa as
Headman (ep 2)
Red (ep 22)

Jin Domon as
Male student (ep 1)
Man with glasses (ep 20)
Official (eps 12, 14)
Reporter (ep 17)
Schoolboy (ep 19)
Student (ep 18)
Youth (ep 4)

Junko Noda as
Child (ep 12)
Grade school student (ep 21)

Kanako Okada as
Computer (ep 22)
Female student (eps 7, 10, 21)

Kaneto Shiozawa as Shadi (eps 5-6)

Katsue Miwa as Mokuba Kaiba

Kazuya Nakai as Male Student (ep 10)

Kōji Ishii as Hirutani (ep 9)

Konomi Maeda as
Kageyama sister C (ep 15)
Kaoruko Bodyguard (ep 19)
Poki (eps 26-27)

Kōzō Shioya as Student chairman Omi (ep 19)

Mahito Ōba as Spider Jirou (ep 2)

Maki Yagita as Kokurano groupie (ep 13)

Makiko Mizogami as Mother (ep 4)

Masaharu Satō as
Black (ep 22)
Vice principal (ep 10)

Masako Katsuki as Ms. Chono (eps 10, 12)

Masato Hirano as Teacher Karita (eps 25, 27)

Masaya Takatsuka as
Group member (ep 1)
Pau (ep 26)
Subordinate person (ep 20)

Megumi Urawa as Imori (ep 18)

Michie Tomizawa as
Nurse (ep 8)
Sanitation teacher (ep 11)

Michiko Neya as Shizuka Kawai

Miina Tominaga as Eileen Rao (eps 17, 24)

Miki Ōtani as
Child (ep 12)
Female Student (eps 10, 13)
Grade school student (ep 11)
O L (ep 14)

Miwa Yasuda as Schoolgirl (ep 18)

Munehiro Tokita as Spectator (ep 23)

Naoki Imamura as
Aristocrat (ep 18)
Bodyguard (ep 3)
Foreigner (ep 5)
High executive (ep 20)
Male student (eps 10, 13, 19)
Old man (ep 7)
Other school leader (ep 9)
Policeman (ep 14)
Reporter (ep 17)
Shop manager (ep 12)
Student (ep 16)
Teaching man (ep 2)

Naoki Kinoshita as
Male student (ep 13)
Policeman (ep 14)
Pupil (ep 12)

Nobuhiko Kazama as
Game center employee (ep 4)
Teacher (ep 10)
TV news reporter (ep 2)

Nobuo Tobita as Warashibe (ep 11)

Nobuyuki Hiyama as
Dragon (ep 21)
Tetsu the Hedgehog (ep 2)

Rika Komatsu as
female student
Kaoruko Bodyguard (ep 19)

Ryō Horikawa as Ryuuichi Fuha (eps 12, 24)

Ryūji Saikachi as Daimon (ep 20)

Ryūsei Nakao as Bomberman (ep 14)

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Ushio (ep 1)

Saori Kaneda as
Female student (ep 7)
Schoolgirl (ep 1)

Sayoko Kawaguchi as
Nurse (ep 16)
Office lady (ep 14)
Reporter (ep 17)

Sayuri Fujita as Female student (ep 1)

Shigeru Chiba as Kokurano (ep 13)

Shin Aomori as Professor Kanakura (ep 5)

Shitoshi Okado as Man (ep 20)

Shizumi Niki as
Honda's mother (ep 7)
Old woman (ep 4)

Shōzō Iizuka as
Kujirata (ep 7)
Zork (eps 25-27)

Takashi Nagasako as Group leader (ep 1)

Tamotsu Nishiwaki as
Doctor (ep 20)
Group member (ep 1)
Old man (ep 16)
Student (ep 9)
Teacher (ep 6)

Tetsu Inada as
Homeroom teacher (4 episodes

eps 3, 7, 12, 21

)
Jounouchi's father (ep 9)

Tomohisa Asō as Manager (ep 9)

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Ryou Bakura

Tsuyoshi Takishita as
Black suit man (ep 22)
Man (ep 18)
Monster (ep 26)
Reporter (ep 17)
Spectator (ep 23)

Uko Tachibana as Ticket cashier (ep 14)

Unshō Ishizuka as Gozaburo Kaiba (ep 20)

Wakana Yamazaki as Kageyama Lisa A (ep 15)

Yasuaki Horie as Male student (ep 3)

Yoshiyuki Kōno as
Chairman (ep 12)
Delinquent (ep 9)
Radio announcer (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 7)
Watchmaker's shop salesperson (ep 4)

Yukana Nogami as Miho Nosaka

Yukari Hikida as Grade school student (ep 21)

Yūko Sumitomo as Mayumi (ep 10)

Yumi Touma as Kaoruko (ep 19)

Yuri Amano as Nurse Miyuki (ep 16)

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Background Art:
Mini Art (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 24

)
Studio Loft (5 episodes

eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

)

Broadcaster:
Akita Asahi Broadcasting
Asahi Broadcasting Aomori
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Asahi Broadcasting Nagano
Ehime Asahi Television
Fukushima Broadcasting
Higashinippon Broadcasting
Hokkaido Television Broadcasting
Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting
Iwate Asahi Television
Kagoshima Broadcasting
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Niigata Television Network 21
Shizuoka Asahi Television
TV Asahi
Yamagata Television System

Digital Composite: Toei Kagaku Digital Tech

Digital Paint:
Kagura (eps 1-27)
Peacock (eps 1-27)

In-Between Animation:
Kagura (21 episodes

eps 1-4, 6-9, 11, 13-16, 19-23, 25-27

)
Märchen-Sha (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Wise Guy (eps 3, 10, 17)

Key Animation:
Märchen-Sha (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 18, 24

)
Wise Guy (eps 3, 10, 17)

Music: BMF

Music Assistance: TV Asahi Music

Online Editing: TOVIC

Production:
Toei Animation
TV Asahi

Production Assistance: Dentsu Inc.

Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center

French staff

French cast

(none)

Laurent Chauvet as
Yami Yugi

Yugi

Nessym Guetat as Seto Kaiba

Arnaud Léonard as
Pegasus Crawford
Salomon Muto

Bruno Mullenaerts as
Bandit Keith
Joey Wheeler
Panique

Carole Bailien as
Mai Valentine
Rebecca Hopkins
Serenity Wheeler

David Manet as Tristan Taylor

Frédéric Meaux as
Bakura
Yami Bakura

Jean-Marc Delhausse as Bandit Keith

Julie Basecqz as
Makuba Kaiba (ep 98)
Tea Gardner (ep 98)

Laurent Chauvet as Noah Kaiba

Marie Van R. as
Makuba Kaiba
Tea Gardner

Nessym Guetat as Insectoraga

Nicolas Dubois as Marek Ishtar

French companies

Recording Studio: Studio La Dame Blanche

Italian staff

Italian cast

(none)

Debora Magnaghi as Anzu Mazaki

Italian companies

(none)

German staff

German cast

(none)

Joachim Kerzel as Narrator

Till Hagen as Maximillian Pegasus/Pegasus J. Crawford

Uschi Hugo as Serenity

German companies

(none)

Arabic staff

Arabic companies

(none)

Broadcaster: MBC3

Dubbing: SuperM Production (Background:SuperM Production)

Production: KM Production (Backgrounds:KM Production)

Arabic cast

(none)

Dutch staff

Dutch cast

(none)

Pepijn Gunneweg as
Yami Yugi

Yugi

Sander de Heer as Seto Kaiba

Bram Bart as Kenta

Dieter Jansen as Joey

Finn Poncin as Marik

Fred Meijer as Maku

Lottie Hellingman as Thea

Marjolein Algera as Serennity

Niki Romijn as Mekuba

Rolf Koster as
Bakura

Yami Bakura

Sofie Hoeberechts as Mai

Stan Limburg as Shadi

Tony Neef as Odion

Dutch companies

Broadcaster:
Fox Kids Netherlands
Yorkiddin'

Distributor: Indies

Danish staff

Danish cast

(none)

Simon Stenspil as Seto Kaiba

Annevig Schelde Ebbe as Téa Gardner (young)

Sebastian Jessen as Joseph "Joey" Wheeler

Mathias Klenske as
Bakura

Weevil Underwood

Torbjoern Hartvig Hummel (as Torbjoern Hummel)

Danish companies

Broadcaster: DR1

Tagalog staff

Tagalog cast

(none)

Jefferson Utanes as Yami Yugi

Robert Brillantes as Yugi Muto

Bernardo Malejana as Tristan (2nd dubber)

Ces Dela Cruz as Tea Gardner

Jefferson Utanes as Noah

Pinky Rebucas as Lady Mai Valentines

Tagalog companies

Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
HERO TV
Studio23

Dubbing: ABS-CBN

Polish staff

Polish cast

(none)

Aleksander Gawek as Yugi

Iwona Rulewicz as Tea Gardner

Jaroslaw Budnik as Maximilian Pegasus

Marek Wlodarczyk as
Bakura Ryou

Joey Wheeler

Mikolaj Klimek as Seto Kaiba

Miroslaw Wieprzewski as Tristan Taylor

Jacek Kalucki

Joanna Domanska

Polish companies

Broadcaster: Polsat

Portuguese staff

Portuguese cast

(none)

Luís Velez as
Kaiba (PT)
Tristan (PT)

Mário Bomba as
Mokuba (PT)

Yami Yugi (PT)

Yugi (PT)

Mila Belo as Tea (PT)

Quimbé as Joey (PT)

Portuguese companies

(none)

Swedish staff

Swedish companies

(none)

Broadcaster:
TV4

TV400

Swedish cast

(none)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff

Chinese (Taiwan) companies

(none)

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast

(none)

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