Yu-Gi-Oh!

***Yu-Gi-Oh!*** is a manga series, two anime series, and a trading card game (the books came first, then the cards and then the series) based on the two anime series. The series follows the adventures of Yugi Mutou, a high school student who plays a game called Duel Monsters. It has a spin-off called _Yu-Gi-Oh! GX_. Japan has an exclusive anime based on the first seven volumes of the manga.

## Merchandise

"Yu-Gi-Oh cards" are a trading card game that uses monsters that Yugi and other characters on the show use. This trading card game is very popular with young children, teenagers, and even adults in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

## Plot

The series is about having hope and faith in for the characters and Duel Monsters on each cards. Yugi's grandfather Sugoroku Mutou (Solomon Muto) owns a game shop. One day, Yugi finds a strange puzzle at the back of the shop, and tries to solve it. He tries to solve the puzzle for 8 years. When he is 16, he solves it. When he finishes the puzzle, he gets an extra soul. The soul is Dark Yugi (Yami Yugi), an Egyptian Pharaoh. Yami Yugi successfully recovers his lost memory. Yugi defeats Dark Bakura (Yami Bakura), Dark Yugi's worst enemy. Yu-Gi-Oh; cards of Doom

## Related works

_Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_
_Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_ is an animation based on Yu-Gi-Oh! comic.
_Yu-Gi-Oh! GX_ The spin-off of _Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_. The story is set several years after the _Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_ story.
_Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DS_ The story is set many years after the _Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_ story. A prominent new feature of the _Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS_ series is the use of Synchro Monster.
_Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal_ An anime series. Relevance of previous work is not declared. Xyz Monsters are introduced.

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Yu-Gi-Oh!
- **ja kanji**: 遊☆戯☆王
- **ja romaji**: Yū-Gi-Ō!
- **genre**: Adventure fiction, Adventure, Fantasy genre, fantasy, science fiction


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Kazuki Takahashi
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Shōnen Jump
- **first**: September 30, 1996
- **last**: March 8, 2004
- **volumes**: 38
- **volume list**: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! chapters


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Hiroyuki Kakudō
- **writer**: Toshiki Inoue
- **music**: BMF
- **studio**: Toei Animation
- **network**: TV Asahi
- **first**: April 4, 1998
- **last**: October 10, 1998
- **episodes**: 27
- **episode list**: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) episodes


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: film
- **director**: Junji Shimizu
- **writer**: Yasuko Kobayashi
- **music**: BMF
- **studio**: Toei Animation
- **released**: March 6, 1999
- **runtime**: 30 minutes


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: novel
- **author**: Katsuhiko Chiba
- **illustrator**: Kazuki Takahashi
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen_
- **imprint**: Jump J Books
- **published**: September 3, 1999


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Anime television series
- **content**: *_Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters_


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Films
- **content**: *_Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions_


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Spin-offs
- **content**: *_Yu-Gi-Oh! R_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh! GX_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal_
*_Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V_
* _Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS_
* _Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens_


## Infobox (animanga/footer)